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Amp the Cause

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Since Christie and Walter Isenberg founded Amp the Cause-Formerly Concerts for Kids-in 2004, we have distributed more than $7 million in monetary and in-kind donations to our named beneficiaries.

Each year, Amp the Cause helps to support over 50 child-focused organizations annually through its fundraising events and community service projects. Annual events include: Denver Day of Rock, Community Day, Holidays For Kids, and Celebrity Waiter.

  • Address:

    1616 17th Street, Suite 462 Denver, CO 80202

  • Phone:

    (303) 605-2885

  • Website:

    https://www.ampthecause.org

  • Year Founded:

    2004

  • EIN (Federal Tax ID Number):

    201706475

  • Mission Statement:

    Amp the Cause is a nonprofit organization that raises funds, awareness, and provides volunteerism for organizations serving children and their families in Colorado through annual events and community service projects. We support these organizations so they can focus on critical needs such as staffing and programming.

“On behalf of everyone at Firefly Autism, our sincerest thanks for another immensely successful Community Day! We are grateful for everything you and your team at Amp the Cause have done to ensure a seamless and smooth operation throughout the day. The corps of volunteers we had working here at Firefly were wonderful, dedicated and enjoyable, and it was such a pleasure to help them discover more about what Firefly is all about. We are honored to be included among the selected non-profit organizations for Community Day 2018. Thank you for all you do, for the efforts of the Amp the Cause team, and for doing so much to help change the lives of the children of Colorado.”

- David Sevick, Vice President - Marketing & Development, Firefly Autism, May 18, 2018

“I wanted to make sure to thank you and your team (Amp the Cause) for everything you did in making last Saturday (for Community Day) possible. I know your team put in a lot of hours making this event possible and I want to make sure you know your hard work paid off. I am amazed at the generosity of Amp the Cause. Thank you so much for providing the materials for this project. We have been wanting to install the retaining wall for 4 years now and couldn’t have done it without you. Please thank the volunteers for all their hard work. We ended up laying 225ft of retaining wall. Their team was amazing! I wasn’t sure we could complete such a large project in one day, but they stuck with it. This was one of the hardest working teams I’ve been around.”

- Dylan Skeadas, Facilities Manager, Joshua Station - Mile High Ministries, May 15, 2018

“The teachers and kiddos have been marveling at their freshly painted bathrooms, new raised gardening beds, and beautifully mulched landscaped beds in the front of our school. It looks so fantastic! We were all so impressed with how hard all of the volunteers worked to spruce up our school and approached every project with such a positive, can-do attitude.”

- Alisha Williams, Development Director for Children's Outreach Project

“We feel honored and grateful to have been included Community Day. I found the staff to be very reliable and receptive to my many questions over the last couple of months, and the day itself went beautifully!”

- Keisha Myco, Manager of Special Events and Business Partnerships Warren Village

  • Program Name:

    Holidays for Kids

  • Program Description:

    Each December, Holidays For Kids brings joy to over 1,800 local children from Title 1 schools. The event provides children with the ultimate holiday party, complete with arts and crafts, balloon artists, face painters, lunch, a visit with Santa and a backpack full of books and presents! In 2017, Amp the Cause volunteers wrapped over 29,000 presents for 2,139 children, with a total giveback of $377,611.38! Thank you to the 1,216 volunteers whose dedication made these events possible.

  • Beneficiaries:

    Aurora Public Schools, Denver Public Schools, STEM Launch School, Ricardo Flores Magon Academy, and Tennyson Center for Children

  • Success Story:

    Over the years of Holidays for Kids, we have been able to increase the amount of giveback, volunteers involved, and number of schools that we are able to support, making this past year our biggest.

  • Program Name:

    Community Day

  • Program Description:

    Community Day allows nonprofits to spend their budgets on critical areas like programming and staffing to help the children and families they serve. 2018’s Community Day was a huge success, contributing a combined $525,870.19 in labor, supplies, and monetary donations to our 50 beneficiaries in Denver. Amp the Cause’s volunteers generated a combined 4,206 hours over the course of a single, six-hour day. Community Day is a wonderful opportunity for volunteers to give back to their community and learn more about local nonprofits. Teams of volunteers will go out to 50+ sites and participate in various facility improvement projects, including: landscaping, indoor and outdoor painting, general cleaning, and other facility improvement tasks.

  • Beneficiaries:

    Each year we serve over 50 child and family-focused nonprofits in the Denver Metro area.

  • Success Story:

    Each year this turnkey event gives local nonprofits the necessary supplies and connections with volunteers to augment their budgets and perform necessary facility improvement projects. In 2017, our giveback was just over a million dollars.

  • Program Name:

    Denver Day of Rock

  • Program Description:

    Denver Day of Rock is a one-of-a-kind FREE event, put on by Amp the Cause, which unites the community to raise funds and awareness for over 50 nonprofit organizations. This unique music festival features local, regional, and national performers on five stages across Downtown Denver's 16th Street Mall.

  • Beneficiaries:

    This event supports the over 50 child and family-focused nonprofits in the Denver Metro area.

  • Success Story:

    Denver Day of Rock is recognized for its emphasis on community giveback, hosting more than 100,000 attendees annually. In 2018, Denver Day of Rock welcome national acts Elle King, Delta Rae, and A Thousand Horses.

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