Summary
Organization name
Colorado Gerontological Society
other names
CGS
1980
Tax id (EIN)
74-2139782
Category
Human Services
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1129 N Pennsylvania StDenver, CO 80203
CO, US
About
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You Make Aging in Colorado Kinder, Healthier, and More Hopeful
In Colorado, 1 in 4 older adults lives alone, and too many face barriers to basic care, connection, and dignity.
Your monthly support ensures that no one has to navigate aging in isolation.
Because of your generosity, older adults across Colorado receive:
🎁Holiday baskets that bring comfort and joy to 350 neighbors in need
🧭Trusted advice for 1,000 older adults navigating Medicare and Medicaid
❤️Counseling and support for 600 people facing the challenges of aging
🦷Dental and vision care for hundreds who couldn’t otherwise afford it
Your generosity transforms lives — like Kris’s.
“I will be 76 in December and am mostly homebound. The holiday gift bag you delivered was
filled with everything I love and need. I hadn’t had a tangerine or an apple in six years.
It’s hard to believe there are so many angels on this earth—but there are, and that’s what you all are.”
And you bring hope to families like Dorothy’s:
“My husband looks forward to his weekly call from his Telephone Buddy. It’s something that
belongs just to him and gives him encouragement. Thank you for offering friendship to him.”
Your Gift This Colorado Gives Day (Nov. 1 – Dec. 9)
Your gift ensures older adults aren’t forgotten.
When you give monthly, you become part of a community standing beside Colorado’s aging adults
— bringing them connection, care, and comfort when they need it most.
Give today.
Give monthly.
Give comfort to Colorado’s seniors ❤️
Mission
The Colorado Gerontological Society enhances the quality of life for older adults across Colorado by ensuring they have access to the care, resources, and respect they deserve. Together, we’re building a Colorado where every older adult can age with health, purpose, and connection.
We fulfill this mission by:
EMPOWERING | older adults and their families with education, guidance, and direct support to navigate programs and resources that improve their well-being.
CONNECTING | communities through trusted information—shared via print, digital, and in-person events—that promotes dignity, independence, and healthy aging.
ADVOCATING | for change by shaping public policy that protects and uplifts Colorado’s aging population.
ELEVATING | awareness and understanding of the issues facing older adults to inspire compassion and action statewide.
STRENGTHENING | the field of aging services by providing continuing education and upholding high professional standards for those who serve older adults.
Background Statement
Organized in 1980 as a not-for-profit, the mission of the Colorado Gerontological Society (The Society) is to provide information, education and training, advocacy and public policy on behalf of, and services to older adults and their families as well as those who work with older adults. Over the course of the years since 1980, The Society has launched and successfully implemented a significant number of programs that older adults enjoy . Some of these include:
1. SHARING HOLIDAY JOY
Annual delivery of 350 holiday baskets to low income older adults in the metro Denver area with the help of 100 community volunteers.
2. KEEPING UP TO DATE
Professional and consumer education programming addressing senior issues, including Aging in Place, Advance Care Planning, Emotional Wellbeing, Healthy Aging, Dementia Training, and Leadership classes.
3. KEEPING IN TOUCH
Volunteer Telephone Buddies call older adults 1-2 times per week to check in, provide a friendly voice, and offer a listening ear to older adults who appreciate the social interaction.
4. HELPING WITH HEALTH
Grants for dental services, visual aids, and mental health counseling for those in need.
5. KNOWING YOUR RESOURCES
Senior Resource Guidebook (print copies found in libraries) and Housing and Home Care Locator (searchable database at www.senioranswers.org), an annually updated comprehensive statewide listing of licensed home care, adult day care, hospice, assisted living, and nursing homes as well as independent living and low to moderate income housing.
6. CELEBRATING OLDER ADULTS
Annually produces the Salute to Seniors, longest running senior expo (39 years) in Colorado.
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Organization Data
Denver, CO 80203