Civic & Education Grants 08

Grants Awarded October 2008

Adoption Alliance
$18,000
For support of the Raising Colorado initiative

Bennie E. Goodwin After School Academic Program
$19,000
For general operating support

Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center
$14,000
For support of the G.R.O.W program

Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc.
$15,000
For support of the Neighborhood Engagement Program

Colorado Children's Campaign
$25,000
For general operating support

The Colorado Parent and Child Foundation
$25,000
For general operating support

Colorado Youth at Risk
$15,000
For general operating support

The Conflict Center
$22,500
For general operating support

Emily Griffith Foundation
$26,493
For general operating support

Environmental Learning for Kids
$30,000
For general operating support

Family Star
$40,000
For general operating support

Goodwill Industries of Denver
$20,000
For support of the Youth Services Program

Groundwork Denver
$12,000
For general operating support

James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club
$18,000
For general operating support

Year One, Inc. dba Mile High Youth Corps
$15,000
For general operating support

OpenWorld Learning
$30,000
For general operating support

Our Merciful Savior Ministries
$15,000
For general operating support

Parenting Place
$25,000
For general operating support

Reach Out and Read
$20,000
For general operating support

Rocky Mountain Parents as Teachers
$10,000
For general operating support

University of Colorado Foundation
$15,000
For support of the Pre-Collegiate Middle School Academic Program

Volunteer Connection of Boulder County
$17,000
For general operating support

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
$5,000
For support of the Live! @ City Park project

Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery
$17,500
For general operating support

Young Philanthropists Foundation
$10,000
For general operating support

 

Grants Awarded June 2008

9to5 National Association of Working Women - Colorado Chapter
$15,000
For support of the Election Connection project

ACLU Foundation of Colorado
$25,000
For general operating support

CityWILD
$15,000
For support of the Leadership Development program

Colorado Academy
$10,000
For support for Horizons general operating support

Colorado American Friends Service Committee
$10,000
For general operating support

Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
$20,000
For general operating support

The Colorado Mountain Club
$12,000
For support for the Youth Education Program (YEP!)

Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition
$15,000
For support of the Latino School Readiness Program

Common Cause Education Fund
$25,000
For support of Just Vote Colorado (fka Fair Vote Colorado)

Denver Kids, Inc.
$15,000
For general operating support

Denver Public Schools Foundation
$27,500
For support of Denver Camp

East Denver Colfax Partnership
$10,000
For general operating support

Great Education Colorado Fund
$30,000
For general operating support

I Have A Dream Foundation of Boulder County
$20,000
For general operating support

Impact on Education
$15,000
For general operating support

Intercambio de Communidades Espanol/Ingles
$25,000
For general operating support

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy, Inc.
$30,000
For general operating support

The Learning Source
$25,000
For support of family literacy programs

Mile High Montessori Early Learning Center
$25,000
For general operating support

Parent Pathways
$30,000
For support of the Florence Critton School and Early Learning Center

Public Communicators, Inc.
$5,000
For support of the activist studio program

Qualistar Early Learning
$30,000
For general operating support

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
$25,000
For general operating support

Regis University
$15,500
For support of the 2007-08 Porter-Billups Leadership Academy

Saint John's Cathedral
$10,000
For support of the Abrahamic Initiative

Thorne Ecological Institute
$15,000
For support of Project BEAR

Urban Science - Technology for All
$10,000
For support of Simply the Best! program

Young Americans Center for Financial Education
$17,500
For support of the Send-a-School Initiative

 

Grants Awarded February 2008

Arapahoe Community College Foundation
$20,000
For support of the ACC Child Development Center

Audubon Society of Greater Denver
$10,000
For support of environmental education programs

Bluff Lake Nature Center
$20,000
For support of elementary science education program

Boulder County RSVP Board, Inc.
$15,000
For general operating support

Boulder Day Nursery Association
$75,000
For support for Early Learning and Family Resource Programs

College Summit
$20,000
For general operating support

Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
$15,000
For general operating support

Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists
$20,000
For general operating support

Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
$15,000
For support of the Colorado After School Network

Colorado MESA
$20,000
For general operating support

Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
$20,000
For general operating support

Colorado UpLIFT
$7,500
For general operating support

Community College of Aurora Foundation
$18,000
For support of the CCA Community ESL Program

Community Resource Center
$30,000
For general operating support

Denver Urban Gardens
$20,000
For general operating support

Ed and Ruth Lehman YMCA
$15,000
For support of the early Years Childcare Center

EDUCO School of Colorado
$7,000
For the Homeless Youth Leadership Program

Growing Gardens of Boulder County
$16,000
For support of the Fresh Food, Families and Fitness Project

Interfaith Alliance of Colorado
$15,000
For general operating support

Junior Achievement of Rocky Mountains, Inc.
$15,000
For support of the JA Hispanic Initiative

Latina Initiative
$15,000
For general operating support

League of Women Voters of Colorado Education Fund
$10,000
For general operating support

Metro Volunteers
$20,000
For general operating support

Minds Matter of Denver, Inc.
$10,000
For general operating support

Padres Unidos, Inc.
$17,500
For support of the Freedom to Learn Campaign

Project Voyce
$5,000
For general operating support

Public Education & Business Coalition
$22,500
For support for program and professional development

Rainbow Bridge
$7,500
For support of the Youth and Elders Program

Red Rocks Community College Foundation
$7,500
For support of Community Learning Centers

Spellbinders
$75,00
For general operating support

University of Denver Bridge Project
$25,000
For general operating support

West Denver Preparatory Charter School
$25,000
For general operating support.