A Denver Foundation scholarship for nonprofit employees has helped 152 students with $891,154

The Helen McLoraine Nonprofit Employee Scholarship at The Denver Foundation has supported 152 students with $891,154 to date.

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October 2, 2026

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The Denver Foundation is spotlighting a scholarship built for the people who keep local nonprofits running. The Helen McLoraine Nonprofit Employee Scholarship supports employees of Denver-area nonprofit organizations who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate coursework. To date, the foundation says, it has supported 152 students with a total of $891,154 in scholarships.

The foundation’s Sept. 1 story follows one recipient, Juan Aguilar-Estrada, a college advisor with the Denver Scholarship Foundation, which is a separate organization. He works with students at George Washington High School, the same school he graduated from. With the scholarship, the foundation says, he completed a master’s in business administration at Metropolitan State University of Denver, graduating in May 2026, and paid off his student loans.

How to take part

The Denver Foundation says it manages more than 80 scholarship funds, including this one.
To ask about creating a scholarship fund, the foundation lists 303-300-1790 and information@denverfoundation.org.

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Source: The Denver Foundation (published Sept. 1, 2026). Verified Oct. 2, 2026.

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