The Black Santa Project

10/08/2026

A message from our Executive Director Auon’tai M. Anderson about our upcoming 2026 programming.

08/03/2026

🎒✨ THE CLASSROOM COMEBACK IS HERE! ✨🎒

The Black Santa Project is teaming up with some incredible community partners to help students start the new school year ready, confident, and excited to learn!

Join us on Sunday, August 16, 2026, for a FREE back-to-school celebration featuring:

📚 School supplies
💈 Fresh haircuts
👟 Shoes
🎉 Activities, resources, and more!

The event time and location will be provided after registration.

📝 Register your student today:
https://forms.gle/9qHgJi7Fn3ZLcpQT8

Let’s come together to make sure every child walks into the classroom prepared to succeed. Please share this post with families throughout our community!

12/26/2025

We’re so pumped for Black Santa VI!!!!

AMAZING NEWS!!!!!! 😍🎅🏻🎄🎁🎉🎉🎉

12/25/2025

From all of us here at The Black Santa Project, Merry Christmas!

12/23/2025

There isn’t a “Real Black Santa,” because that title was never meant to belong to one person or one organization. Black Santa has never been singular. Black Santa is collective.

Black Santa is the police department that steps up when they see a toy deficit and refuse to let a child go without. Black Santa is the teacher who pours everything they have into their students until the final bell of the semester. Black Santa is the barber who volunteers their hands, the donor who gives quietly, the volunteer who stays late, and the parent who shows up even when resources are thin. Black Santa exists wherever love, dignity, and responsibility show up for our children.

We are all Black Santa.

To everyone who continues to make this dream real year after year, thank you. Thank you to the volunteers who gave their time and labor, to the partners who opened their doors, to the donors who trusted us, and to the families who allowed us into their holiday. This work happens because a village decides, again and again, that our children deserve joy, stability, and to be seen. Every toy packed and every smile protected is proof that this community shows up when it matters most.

We are still learning, still growing, and still adapting to community feedback. As a 100% volunteer-run organization, there will be moments when we do not meet a perfect standard of customer service, but we will always lead with care, accountability, transparency, and a commitment to improve.

This year, many organizations were forced to compete for the same limited resources, often relying on systems like Toys for Tots that were never designed to fully serve Black communities. We made a different choice. We declared our independence. And because of this community, the Grinch did not steal Christmas from Denver’s kids. Next year, we invite organizations to collaborate with us for one unified Eastside celebration to maximize collective impact.

In 2026, we return to the Manual Campus:

12.5.2026: FREE Haircuts & Holiday Pics
12.19.2026: Black Santa Project Chapter VI, Giveaway!

Thank you for believing, for showing up, and for proving once again that Black Santa lives in all of us.

12/23/2025

FREE Holiday Pictures with Black Santa and Mrs. "Cookie" Claus are in.

Please use the QR code or check your email to get your pictures. If you did NOT get your pictures, email us ASAP at: [email protected]

Thank you to Vince Chandler / for taking these amazing pictures!

12/15/2025

We are in the final days of the 2025 Black Santa Project season.

We have made the decision to approve all families who completed our official Google Form registration in November (please note: RSVP’ing on our website does not constitute registration). To fully serve the 500 approved families, we must secure an additional 890 toys across the remaining age groups.

Because ActBlue only disburses funds on Mondays, we are asking supporters to donate via Venmo or CashApp so we have immediate access to funds to continue purchasing toys in real time.

These closing days are critical. We cannot finish this work without you.

12/12/2025

The Whos didn’t wait for the Grinch’s heart to grow—and neither will we.

Because of delays in how funds are released, we need immediate donations to continue purchasing toys daily for the 2025 Black Santa Project Celebration.

Venmo or Cash App:

This is how the village protects joy.
This is how we make sure no child is left out.