In 2020, Mark Donovan, an entrepreneur who’d made his fortune overseas, decided that it was time to spread some of his wealth directly to people who were struggling. That June, Donovan started doling ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — An idea born from the ...

After a one-year pilot program the Denver Basic Income Project is seeing initial signs of success and has already landed an additional $2 million in funds from the city. Like so many others who are ...

Eat your heart out, MrBeast. Mark Donovan doesn’t know where he got the idea to start handing out $1,000 to people in need, only that he was doing it before it became cool. “I love the immediacy of it ...

The Denver Basic Income Project just got an extension and more funding. The project offers up to $1,000 a month to Denver's poorest residents. The project said it's provided $6.5 million to residents ...

Cash is freedom. That has been Denver Basic Income Project founder Mark Donovan’s refrain as he led a program that provided more than 800 homeless people in the Denver area with no-strings-attached ...

DENVER (CBS4) – "People go through a lot of stuff in life. Not everybody's life's perfect," said Michael Evans as he picked up food at a distribution kitchen in Five Points. Now holding down a ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver City Council is now officially a part of a new initiative to curb rising homelessness in the city. Council members voted unanimously on Monday to fork over $2 million for the ...