2006 Grantees
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Public Policy & Advocacy
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women | Strengthening women's ability to work for economic justice | $12500 |
| Chinook Fund | Promoting social justice and freedom from oppression | $10000 |
| Colorado Center on Law and Policy | Advocating for justice and economic security for lower income Coloradoans | $10000 |
| Colorado Children's Campaign | Creating hope and opportunity for children in Colorado | $10000 |
| Colorado Consumer Health Initiative | Ensuring barrier free access to quality health care | $5000 |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | Seeking alternatives to mass incarceration | $5000 |
| Colorado Progressive Coalition | Building coalitions, conducting researxh, organizing communities and getting out the vote | $20000 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Promoting citizen participation in democracy | $5000 |
| Front Range Economic Strategy Center | Educating, organizing and empowering working families | $9000 |
| GLBT Center of Colorado | Providing support and advocacy for Colorado's gay, lesbian, and transgender population | $7500 |
| Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training | Strengthening grassroots fundraising skills of people working for social justice | $5000 |
| LARASA | Policy development to benefit the Latino community | $5000 |
| Metro Organizations for People | Empowering people to strengthen and trasform their communities through community organizing | $8000 |
| Padres Unidos | Working for educational equity, student rights, and justice for immigrants | $5000 |
| Progressnow.org | Providing a credible voice in advancing progressive solutions | $5000 |
| Rights for All People | Organizing with immigrants and their allies to achieve justice, dignity and human rights | $10000 |
Direct Services
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boulder County Community Services Department | Support for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey | $5000 |
| Compass House | Providing affordable counseling services to individuals and families | $5000 |
| el Centro Amistad | A multicultural alliance for immigrants serving all with equality for human rights | $2500 |
| Growing Gardens | Providing environmentally sustainable gardening programs that empower people to experience a direct and deep connection with plants, the land and each other | $2500 |
| Immigrant Legal Center of Boulder County | Assisting with immigration matters for low-income members of Boulder County | $3000 |
| Impact on Education | Leveraging community resources to improve learning | $5500 |
| Intercambio de Comunidades | Reducing language and cultural barriers for Latino immigrants | $9000 |
| Project YES | Providing leadership opportunities for young people through the arts and service learning | $7500 |
| Social Venture Partners Boulder | Assisting nonprofit organizations in strengthening organizational capacity and sustainability | $6000 |
| Teens, Inc. | Offering recreational opportunities, youth employment and training, and support services for teens | $5000 |
| United Black Women of Boulder Valley | Providing social, educational, spiritual and emotional support for African American families in Boulder County | $3000 |
| Voices for Children | Training CASAs who advocate for and provide service to child victims of abuse and neglect | $5000 |
| YMCA | Creating a supporting environment for youth to self-determine and refuel emotionally, socially, physically and intellectually | $5000 |
Trustee Awards
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boulder Valley Women's Health | Providing quality health care for every woman | $12000 |
| Catalyst Academy | Feasibility study to assess the need for a high school that serves non-traditional and high risk students in Boulder County | $5000 |
| Center for Independent Media | Organizing and providing journalism training to progressive bloggers in Colorado | $5000 |
| Coalition for the Medically Underserved | Providing affordable, timely, quality health care for everyone in Colorado | $5000 |
| Colorado Music Festival | Educates, entertains and challenges audiences of all ages by presenting classical music | $2500 |
| Deproduction | Providing media services and training to progressive organizations | $8000 |
| Great Education Colorado Fund | Nonpartisan,statewide, grassroots organization of public school supporters that advocates for adequate funding for K-12 education in Colorado | $1500 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | Tutoring for low-income students | $5000 |
| KGNU Boulder Community Radio | Support for expansion to the Denver metro area | $5000 |
| New Mexico Center for Civic Policy | Contributing to public discourse on important issues in New Mexico and around the country | $7000 |
| OUR Center | Working to assist families with children who are residents of the St. Vrain region | $5000 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains | Longmont reproductive health clinic for teens | $3000 |
| Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Non-Violence | Ending violence against women, youth and children through support, advocacy and education | $11000 |
| Women Donors Network | Mobilizing progressive women donors | $31500 |
Special Projects
| Amount: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philanthropic Community Organizing Collaborative of Colorado | A joint project of the Ford Foundation and 11 Colorado funders to expand philanthropic support for community organizing and to foster collaboration among community organizing groups working for social justice. | $11500 |
| State of Change | An effort to start a new online tool for connecting people to non-profits working to advance positive change at the state level. | $50000 |
| The Bell Policy Center | A state-level, multi-issue policy center working to reinvigorate the well-being of Coloradoans and to promote policies that open gateways to opportunity. | $100000 |
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