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Sustaining Colorado Non-Profit Organizations, Agencies and Community
Walk into the Providers’ Resource Clearinghouse warehouse located in an Aurora industrial park and you won’t see children reading or doing art work. You won’t see families recovering from disasters or homeless people in safe, furnished housing. You won’t see adults taking classes to better their lives or teenagers involved in after-school programs that teach them the skills they need to avoid trouble. You won’t see any of those things, but Providers’ Resource Clearinghouse (PRC) helps make these things happen throughout metropolitan Denver, for tens of thousands of people every day.
Providers' Resource Clearinghouse (PRC) was opened in 1993 by a group of community leaders from the business, faith and nonprofit sectors who wanted to bridge the gap between struggling human-service providers and businesses seeking to serve the community through in-kind giving. Since that time, Providers' Resource Clearinghouse (PRC), a 501(c)(3) organization, has refurbished and redistributed more then $28 million dollars worth of goods and supplies to 1,510 community agencies throughout the Denver metro area.
PRC accepts donations from corporations and individuals of new and used office and household furnishings plus new office and household supplies, and finds new life for the items by recycling or redistributing them to other nonprofits and those they serve for a small fee.
In Fiscal Year 2007-2008, PRC
•distributed $1.3 million worth of in-kind goods to 246 nonprofit agencies who in turn served tens of thousands of individuals;
•provided furnishings directly to 489 low-income households;
•assisted 301 businesses and individuals in donating materials and furniture to nonprofit organizations and the people they serve; and
•provided vocational employment and training to 120 individuals with a chronic and persistent mental illness.
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