Does Denver Nuggets donate to fundraisers?

Requests for autographed memorabilia for fundraising, auctions and events are handled by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE) and Kroenke Sports Charities, the Nuggets' parent company and its charity.

Your organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in the state of Colorado.

An organization can receive only one donated item from one of the KSE teams per calendar year. KSE also owns the Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids and Colorado Mammoth, and requests for all of these teams go to the same department, so multiple team requests will not be filled.

Approved requests are filled with authentic autographed memorabilia signed by members of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Mammoth.

KSE does not donate game admission for fundraising, auctions and events.

KSE does not donate to schools or PTO/PTA organizations, or to third parties fundraising on behalf of another organization or an individual.

Personal items mailed in or dropped off for player or coach signatures are not accepted.

Tips from the program page: Pick one team when you apply: requests for the Nuggets, Avalanche, Rapids and Mammoth are reviewed together, and only one item per organization per year is given. · Colorado Rapids memorabilia has its own request page on the Rapids' community site. · No phone calls: KSE asks that all requests come through the online form. · Submitting a request does not guarantee a donation, and KSE says it cannot make exceptions to these guidelines.

What Denver Nuggets donates

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Denver Nuggets has typically donated: Authentic autographed memorabilia signed by members of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Mammoth.

Who can apply

Denver Nuggets donates to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

Denver Nuggets limits donation requests by area: Colorado.

How to apply

Denver Nuggets asks every request to include the following.

• Submit the request online through the KSE donation request form; the form must be filled out completely.
• Provide your organization's tax ID number on the application.
• The request must be received six weeks before the day your organization needs the item. The only exception is fundraisers held for critically ill or injured children and adults.

What Denver Nuggets will not fund

Denver Nuggets states in its own published guidelines that it will not fund the following.

• Schools and PTO/PTA organizations
• Third parties fundraising on behalf of another organization or individual
• Organizations outside Colorado
• More than one donated item per organization per calendar year across the KSE teams

This covers only what Denver Nuggets states. A request can still be turned down for reasons a company does not publish.

When to ask

Denver Nuggets states a lead time of 6 weeks. Count back that far from your event date and send the request no later than then.

Across more than 25,000 fundraising events in our own records over fifteen years, March, April and May are the busiest months for fundraisers, October is the next busiest, and July and December are the quietest.

Work backwards from your event rather than forwards from today, and if your event falls in the spring peak, ask earlier than the stated lead time rather than later.

Common questions

Do I need to be a 501(c)(3) to request a donation from Denver Nuggets?

Yes. Denver Nuggets' donation program is limited to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, so you will need your determination letter and Tax ID before you apply.

Can a school, team, or individual apply to Denver Nuggets?

Denver Nuggets states that it will not fund: Schools and PTO/PTA organizations; Third parties fundraising on behalf of another organization or individual; Organizations outside Colorado; More than one donated item per organization per calendar year across the KSE teams. Check your organization and your event against that list before you apply — those are the restrictions Denver Nuggets publishes itself.

How far ahead should we ask Denver Nuggets for a donation?

Denver Nuggets' stated lead time is 6 weeks. Work backwards from your event date: count back that far from the day of the event and send your request before that point.