DONATE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY LED PROJECTS
Every dollar you donate seeds an investment in community that will compound in value for years to come.
We fuel community-led projects. Through InteRoots, communities design and carry out projects to meet self-identified needs - on their own terms. Led by the communities we serve, our goal is to break down barriers for funders and communities alike. What is for the community, should be by the community.
InteRoots was founded by our Chair, Ronald Kibirige, and our Executive Director, M. Scott Frank. Ronald and Scott’s friendship was sparked in 2008 when they led a musical collaboration between students from Stanford University and children of the Peace Africa Children’s Ensemble, a nonprofit from Uganda. The music was an inspiration, highlighting the innate human ability to connect and communicate beyond barriers of language and history. But the experience also provoked a larger discussion regarding the barriers between us, especially those implicit in our partnerships despite the best of intentions. Over the next decade, the conversation developed, ultimately focusing on how nonprofit work could evolve to address inequity and better serve communities. In 2018, Ronald and Scott founded The InteRoots Initiative to put this conversation into action.
Any conversation about change must have a point of departure. Through our pillars, we are able to cultivate a conversation based on core community values, and begin the process of developing projects that are built to sustain.
Uplifting through economic opportunity.
Facilitating access to educational opportunities.
Cultural preservation, continuation and innovation.
Enhancing physical and mental well-being.
Improving habitats.
Hellen Boyer French
Mary Jo Martin and Tom Abood
Chris and Jezabel Chavez
Sue and David Dunn
Lisa and Steve Friedman
Rick and Mary Anne Shube
Cambria and Brian Reinsborough
Julie and Chuck King
Katherine Boyer
Molly and Michael Frank
Tim and Caroline Denison
Tim and Kelly Harrell
Edie and Greg O’Connor
The Hanawa Family
The Mankoff Family
Jerry and Helen Frank
Eddie Lederman and Maggie Jensen
Jill and Brian Corrigan
The Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Foundation
The Denver B’nai Havurah Congregation
Nick and Katy Raffensperger
Barbara Snook
Jill and Spud Van de Water
Yves Mulowayi
Michelle Frank
Tish and Christian Onsager
Woody and Mary Emlen
Anonymous Founder
Marco Cummings