Own Your Future
Helping you on your path to homeownership
We’re proud to join Colorado’s Black and African American families, friends and neighbors in taking ownership of the rich and vibrant future they desire. In our commitment to accelerating Black homeownership in the Denver Metro Area and beyond, we want to help build intergenerational wealth and financial well-being in Black communities across the United States.
We do so with the help of our founders at Gary Community Ventures, a Denver-based philanthropic organization with a 40-year history of increasing opportunity for Colorado kids and families. And like our founders, who are committed to delivering breakthrough solutions for Colorado – we never do it alone.
Our Community Advisory Board
Denver-area leaders who helped us create the Dearfield Fund and continue to advise our work.
Makisha Boothe
Founder, SistahBiz Global
Jackson Dreiling
Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Cedric Buchanon
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, Bank of Montreal
Terrance Carrol
Counsel Member, Sherman and Howard, LLC
Luanna Graham
Branch Manager, Fairway Mortgage Company
Khadija K. Haynes
CEO, K-Solutions
Kevin Marchman
Chair, National Organization of African Americans in Housing
St. Marks Sanders
Branch Manager, The Mortgage Network
Muriel Williams-Thompson
President, National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Denver Chapter
Aisha T. Weeks
Managing Director, Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth
Tiffany Roan
Client Success Manager, Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth
Steven Gui
Investment Analyst, Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth
Santhosh Ramdoss
President and CEO, Gary Community Ventures
Catherine Toner
Director, Impact Investing, Gary Community Ventures
Mary Gerlach
Senior Brand and Integrated Marketing Manager, Gary Community Ventures
The Dearfield Fund Team at Gary Community Ventures
The Dearfield Fund is a Gary Community Venture.
Media Inquiries
Contact Mary Gerlach at mgerlach@garycommunity.org or 720.340.2480.
Our Background
As one of the newest ventures in the Gary Community Ventures portfolio, the Dearfield Fund represents a breakthrough solution built at a time when no other solution like it existed.
Gary Community Ventures is the legacy of Colorado philanthropists Sam and Nancy Gary, who combined the resources of a foundation and a B Corp to increase opportunity for Colorado kids and families.
Together, Gary Philanthropy and Gary Ventures partner with our community to leverage business, policy and philanthropy to break down the biggest barriers to opportunity and co-create breakthrough solutions for those who need it most. As we listen with humility to our community, partners, and each other, we learn together to drive action that guarantees School Readiness, drives Youth Success, and stimulates Family Economic Mobility.
Whether we’re growing solutions that already exist, building solutions that don’t yet exist or changing the policy landscape to expand opportunity to those who need it most, we dare to be bold, working urgently with our community and partners to deliver a future where all Colorado kids can grow up healthy and reach their full potential.
