2000 Grantees
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Public Policy & Advocacy
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Center for Policy Alternatives | Linking progressive legislators nationwide. | $10000 |
| Colorado Business and Professional Women's Foundation | Making education affordable to low-income women. | $10000 |
| Colorado Project Exile | Reducing the level of gun violence in Colorado. | $5000 |
| Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition | To improve the quality of education for all children in Colorado. | $15000 |
| Foundation for the Boulder Valley Schools | To enhance and enrich the educational experiences of students, to motivate and recognize those who guide student learning, and to increase community support for K-12 public education. | $25000 |
| Latino Taskforce for Boulder County | To improve the lives of Latino families in Boulder County. | $15000 |
| Lundy Foundation - Leadership Challenge 2001 | A Leadership/Community Building Initiative, pilot-testing an new model of leadership development. | $15000 |
| Political Research Associates | An independent, not-for-profit research center which monitors and analyzes the organizations, leaders, ideas, and activities of the US political right. | $10000 |
Direct Services
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attention Homes | Preparing abused and neglected youth to become positive community members | $25000 |
| Boulder Community Network | To facilitate the broad use of information technology to benefit the community | $7065 |
| Boulder County AIDS Project (BCAP) | Providing support, advocacy and education to those in our community who are infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS and to serve as an outreach and information center to prevent further transmission of the HIV virus | $10000 |
| Boulder County Foster Parent Association | Helping to fund foster parent services in Boulder County | $10000 |
| Boulder Valley Women's Health Center | To increase access to pregnancy prevention/wellness promotion for teens | $20000 |
| Colorado MicroCredit | Providing equal access to unsecured credit for self-employment to low income people, especially women, through microcredit lending circles | $10000 |
| Colorado Youth Program | Offering Colorado youths who are 11-16 years old and from lower income households, the opportunity to experience a mountain camp and year-round follow-up programming that instills pride and confidence through active learning, working and playing in a natural, outdoor setting. | $10000 |
| Dental Aid | Providing affordable dental health care to low-income individuals and families. | $15000 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | To promote self-sufficiency and educational success for low-income children by providing a long-term program of mentoring, tutoring, social & academic enrichment, and guaranteed scholarships for higher education. | $5500 |
| Poets & Actors Networking (PAN) | An after school arts program that supports the academic and personal growth of Latino/a students while promoting greater community involvement. | $12000 |
| Project Self-Sufficiency | To assist low-income families in obtaining the education, job training and life skills necessary to move toward financial self-sufficiency. | $5000 |
| Sojourner School | A charter school whose mission is to establish an alliance of students, teachers, parents, and community members whose primary goal is to stimulate and guide the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth of its students. | $10000 |
| The Women's Wilderness Institute | Providing wilderness experiences for adolescent girls and women. | $10000 |
| Thorne Ecological Center | To offer hands-on environmental education to young people along the Front Range of Colorado. | $10000 |
| Voices For Children | Providing abused and neglected children with a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). | $10000 |
| YWCA of Boulder County | Providing support and activities for disadvantaged youth and women. | $10000 |
Trustee Awards
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Altoona Area School District Foundation | Contribution to help launch a pilot project for a Digital Divide Initiative. | $25000 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | To ensure the fulfillment of the mission of The Children's Hospital by seeking donations, informing the public and increasing community understanding. | $15000 |
| Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM) | Nourishes the spirit of community and cultivates awareness of urban life. They provide resources for persons in crisis and create opportunities for individual and community growth and service. | $5000 |
| Easter Seals Central Pennsylvania | To maximize equality, dignity and independence for people with disabilities. | $10000 |
| Family Learning Center | To encourage successful lifelong learning and economic self sufficiency, for families of diverse cultures and limited incomes, in a learning environment where families feel nurtured, respected, and empowered. | $5000 |
| Family Star | Transformation through education; education that empowers by developing the potential of people of all ages and cultures to think for themselves, to do for themselves, and to create better lives. | $25000 |
| Make-A-Wish | To grant wishes to Colorado children between the ages of 2-1/2 and 18 years, who are fighting terminal illnesses or life-threatening medical conditions. | $5000 |
| University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | Providing top-quality medical care. | $25000 |
Special Projects
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bell Policy Center | A progressive public policy Institute dedicated to expanding opportunity and promoting effective government for all Coloradoans. | $150000 |
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