What We Do

Business Model

Realities For Children is a hybrid of two entities working together to connect the human services community to the business community to support local children in need.

The first entity is Realities For Children, Inc. This is a nonprofit cause marketing organization comprised of Business Members that pay a monthly membership fee. The fee provides marketing for their business, the positive name association, and the consumer appeal of supporting local children in need. These fees are a tax-deductible marketing expense, not a charitable donation and as a result, do not compete with the funding resources of the Partner Agencies.

The second entity is Realities For Children Charities, a 501c3 charitable organization where all tax-deductible donations and fundraising returns are directed. Realities For Children Charities underwrites all youth programs, Partner Youth Agency support and emergency grants as requested. As the membership fees of Realities For Children underwrite all administrative costs and implementation of services, 100% of all donations received are distributed to support the children served in Northern Colorado.

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History

The founder of Realities For Children is a former child protection case manager with Larimer County Child Protective Services. After years of seeing children slipping through the cracks of the system, he dedicated his efforts to creating a safety net of service and funding for children who have faced abuse and neglect so no child would be forgotten. He called this safety net Realities For Children.

During the process of creating the program's core services, it became apparent that to truly see no child is forgotten, it would be essential to unite the many valuable youth organizations that provide for at-risk youth in collaborative service. To address these issues and create a resource that could unite agencies and the community in service, Realties For Children created a program that would be non-competitive to the agencies they support. To do this, all the administrative costs for services would need to be underwritten privately. This interest in creating a collaborative alliance of youth agencies led to Realities For Children's innovative design, which has redefined the concept of fiscal efficiency and gained national attention.

Realities For Children Charities has always embraced a healing philosophy that identifies and supports three essential legs of service in providing for children who have faced abuse and neglect. The first leg of service requires we identify and meet the immediate, unmet and emergency needs so that no child in need is forgotten. The second leg requires effective support services once emergency needs have been met so that the healing process along the path of recovery can begin. The third leg focuses on the provision of services that equip, support and provide resources so that as children grow, they are empowered to break the cycle of abuse. Each of Realities For Children's six Core Services and Programs is designed with the intent to strengthen a specific leg within the healing process.

Realities For Children illustrates the power of private-social partnerships and has been honored in the business, human services and governmental sectors universally for its ability to unite in the fight against child abuse. Please take a look at a list of our Awards & Recognition here.

In dedicating efforts towards agency collaboration, community education and immediate support to children in need, Realities For Children have effectively created an opportunity for everyone to make a difference in a child's life.

Our Mission 

Realities For Children provides for the emergency and ongoing support needs of children in Northern Colorado who have been abused, neglected, or are at-risk. 

Our Core Values

Integrity, Servant Leadership, Collaboration, Excellence and Respect

Our Vision

The vision of Realities For Children is to build a resource like none other the world has ever seen, one that empowers the child protection community through collaboration, fiscal efficiency, and a strong continuum of service so that every child in need is provided for in our community. A program that connects every member of our community in service through a business leader, human service and consumer-based – mutually beneficial link. Inspiring and leading other communities to do the same – so that children will be served exponentially and for generations to come.