Mile High United Way Incorporated
Mile High United Way’s official website is unitedwaydenver.org; the site lists its tax ID (EIN 84-0404235), mission, community priorities, and program areas serving the Metro Denver region. The site also publishes Strategic Investment Grant materials, annual reports, and active news/leadership pages.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Colorado-based nonprofit working in education, basic needs, youth development or related community services with measurable local impact and capacity for strategic partnership.
Good Fit
- • Primary programming located in Colorado or serving Colorado communities
- • Clear alignment with education, food security, homelessness, or youth development priorities
- • Evidence of measurable local outcomes and capacity to manage restricted/strategic investments
- • Willingness to engage in a proposal conversation via the listed grants phone/email
- • Organizational scale consistent with grants that range from small operating awards to multi-hundred‑thousand dollar strategic investments
Geography
Giving is heavily concentrated in Colorado—about 94% of dollars in the latest year—despite grants touching a couple dozen states in small amounts, indicating a primarily in‑state footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows hundreds of distinct grantees (314) and prior years similarly fund many independent organizations, so the observed recipient set is broad even if some dollars cluster in larger strategic awards.
New Applicants
Observed behavior shows new grantees (29 in the latest year and many more in the prior year), and the organization publishes Strategic Investment materials and a grants email/phone to discuss proposals, which together indicate unfamiliar applicants can plausibly enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
