2004 Grantees
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Public Policy & Advocacy
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chinook Fund | An alternative community foundation established in 1987 to provide grants and technical assistance to Colorado grassroots organizations working for progressive social change. | $5000 |
| Colorado Children's Campaign | Established in 1985, CCC champions the full development of every child by researching and providing data on child health and well-being, and stimulating public debate on important children's issues. | $10000 |
| Colorado Fiscal Policy Center | Research and advocacy to benefit Colorado's poor and working poor. | $10000 |
| Colorado Progressive Coalition | Colorado's largest progressive membership organization and a leading voice for civil rights, racial justice, corporate accountability, tax fairness, and high quality education for all Coloradoans. | $15000 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | A nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization to encourage citizen action, and promote open, honest and accountable government. | $15000 |
| Council for Excellence in Government | National in scope, the Council works to improve the performance of government at all levels; and helps to create stronger public sector leadership and management, driven by innovation and focused on results; and increased citizen confidence and participation in government, through better understanding of government and its role. | $10000 |
| Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training | GIFT develops and strengthens the grassroots fundraising skills of people working for social justice. | $5000 |
| KGNU Boulder Community Radio | Boulder County's independent community radio station, dedicated to reflecting the diversity of the local and world community, and to providing a channel for individuals, groups, issues. | $10000 |
| LARASA | Leads and influences change to improve the quality of life for the Latino community in Colorado. | $5000 |
| One Nation Enlightened | Founded by youth and young adults in communities of color to build direct-action, grassroots organizing group and to train leaders and organizers in traditionally overlooked communities. | $5000 |
| ProgressNow | A non-profit formed to provide a 'fair and balanced' response to the radical right-wing interests that dominate our region's politics and media. | $10000 |
| Rights for All People | A grassroots immigrant rights group that organizes immigrants and their allies to achieve justice, dignity, and human rights for immigrants in Denver and throughout Colorado. | $10000 |
| The Center | The Center is a focal point and catalyst for community organizing, support services, social activities, and cultural events for the LGBTQ community in Denver and throughout Colorado. | $10000 |
| Women's Foundation of Colorado | Founded on the belief that women's success is essential to the success of the community, the Foundation promotes the full participation of women and girls in society. | $10000 |
Direct Services
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attention Homes | Provides safe shelter and support services to youth in Boulder County. | $10000 |
| Blue Sky Bridge | Eases the emotional trauma children experience during the investigation and prosecution process of a child abuse case. | $8000 |
| El Centro Amistad | A nonprofit organization committed to making structural, social and political changes to benefit immigrants by providing information and legal assistance. | $10000 |
| Impact on Education | A nonprofit organization focused on leveraging community resources to impact student learning, create opportunities, and increase support for public education in the Boulder Valley School District. | $10000 |
| INVST Community Studies | A non-partisan model to educate young people about the democratic process as a tool for positive social change, and to empower students to be responsible citizens and advocates for their generation. | $2500 |
| Kid Connects | A program that uses therapeutic interaction with horses to transform the mental health and life skills of adolescents, adults and families. | $5000 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Longmont Teen Clinic | Provides reproductive healthcare for teens in Longmont. | $5000 |
| Project YES | Provides leadership opportunities for young people through the arts and service learning. | $5000 |
| Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley | Through community education and direct services, LCWC empowers women and children, promotes equality and respect in all relationships, and advocates for the fundamental right of every individual to a life free of violence. | $5000 |
| The Inn Between | Provides safe, transitional housing with case management and supportive services that will promote stability and increased levels of self-sufficiency. | $5000 |
| Volunteer Connection | Provides coordination to match community volunteers with volunteer opportunities, and supports organizations seeking to engage volunteers. | $3000 |
| YWCA of Boulder County | Serves women and their families through programs designed to protect children, empower women and girls, and eliminate racism. | $5000 |
Trustee Awards
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boulder Valley Women's Health Center | Supports reproductive freedom and provides a full range of community education and gynecological health care services for every woman without respect to differences in income, race, disability, ethnicity, creed, age, and sexual orientation. | $2500 |
| City of Denver, Office of Strategic and Philanthropic Partnerships | Serves as the primary liaison between the City and the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. | $2500 |
| Coalition for the Medically Underserved | A membership organization working towards access to affordable, timely, quality health care for everyone in Colorado. | $10000 |
| Colorado Consumer Health Initiative | A unified, statewide organization of consumers and consumer advocates whose goal is adequate and affordable health care for everyone. | $15000 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | Promotes self-sufficiency and educational success for low-income children by providing a long-term program of mentoring, tutoring, social & academic enrichment, and guarantied scholarships for higher education. | $2500 |
| Lundy Foundation | A private foundation that supports the building of collaborative leadership and the strengthening of organizational capacity in nonprofits seeking to meet the social challenges of our changing world. | $2500 |
| MESA - Moving to End Sexual Assault | Works to end sexual assault by focusing on its causes and consequences and by providing an emergency hotline, counseling services, advocacy and information. | $5000 |
| OUR Center | Provides basic needs services for low-income residents in the St. Vrain Valley. | $5000 |
| People's Clinic | Provides high quality, accessible health care for the medically underserved in Boulder County. | $2500 |
| Political Research Associates | An independent, national research center which monitors and analyzes the organizations, leaders, ideas, and activities of the US political right. | $7500 |
| Social Venture Partners Boulder | An innovative way for community-minded individuals and business professionals to contribute actively to positive social change in Boulder County by investing expertise, time, and money through pooled resources and a venture capital approach to nonprofit organizations. | $5000 |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School | Offers a legal education enhanced through cross-disciplinary studies. | $5000 |
| Women Donors Network | Provides the tools and relationships women need to be activist donors working together for progressive change. | $12000 |
Special Projects
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bell Policy Center | A progressive public policy Institute dedicated to expanding opportunity and promoting effective government for all Coloradoans. | $100000 |
| State of Change | An online resource that will connect people to non-profits working to advance positive change at the state level | $25000 |
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