Barton Institute For Community Action

The barton institute supports leaders and their communities who are working to develop and foster places for opportunity, connection, and belonging in metro denver.

The village institute is a holistic family support center for refugee and immigrant families in northwest aurora. This model combines housing, language learning, childcare, job readiness workshops, and mental health services to achieve the village institute's mission to cultivate a multigenerational ecosystem that uplifts the power of refugee and immigrant families and brings them closer to their neighbors. The barton institute is the fiscal sponsor for the village insitute.

The colorado safe parking initiative is a grassroots initiative to encourage safe, legal parking locations for individuals and families experiencing homelessness who are living in their vehicles in colorado's front-range communities. The barton institute is the fiscal sponsor for colorado safe parking initiative.

Food justice northwest aurora is building a multicultural, intergenerational, and intersectional movement for food justice and food sovereignty to transform local food systems. Founded in 2022 by a collective of community residents, gardeners, nonprofit representatives, and advocates, food justice northwest aurora was born out of a desire to address urgent gaps in access to nutritious, affordable, and culturally relevant food in nw aurora. The barton institute is the fiscal sponsor for food justice northwest aurora.