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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.
Grants Awarded October 2007

A+ Denver
$10,000
For general operating support

The Bell Policy Center
$25,000
For general operating support

Big Brothers Big Sisters
$25,000
For support of one-to-one mentoring programs

Butterfly Hope
$15,000
For general operating support

Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center
$14,100
For support of the G.R.O.W Science and Literacy Collaborative Program

Capitol Hill United Neighbors, Inc.
$12,500
For support of community participation work

Colorado Progressive Coalition
$20,000
For support of the Rights and Juvenile Justice Education (RJJE) project

Colorado Public Radio
$20,000
For support of the Public Insight Network Program

Colorado Youth Program
$15,000
For general operating support

Denver Public Schools Foundation
$30,000
For the Science Tracks program

Denver Youth Program dba Metro Denver Partners
$15,000
For general operating support

Denver Zoological Foundation
$10,000
For support of the Wonders in Nature - Wonders in Neighborhoods program

Dumb Friends League
$10,000
For support of the humane education program

Groundwork Denver
$5,000
For general operating support

Institute for Consensus Action
$5,000
For general operating support

KBDI - Colorado Public Television, Inc.
$10,000
For support of the Public Affairs program

The Keystone Center
$22,500
For support of the Classroom Access to Science Education program

Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA)
$25,000
For general operating support

Leader's Challenge
$10,000
For general operating support

Mile High Youth Corps
$15,000
For general operating support

OpenWorld Learning
$28,000
For general operating support

Rights for All People
$10,000
For general operating support

United Black Women of Boulder Valley
$7,000
For general operating support

YESS Institute
$15,000
For general operating support

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
$10,000
For general operating support
Grants Awarded June 2007

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

Academy of Urban Learning
$10,000
For general operating support

ACLU Foundation of Colorado
$20,000
For general operating support

Acorn School for Early Child Development
$10,000
For support for professional development and parent education programs

The Banyon Tree
$18,500
For general operating support

Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, Inc.
$25,000
For general operating support

Colorado Academy
$8,000
For support for Horizons

Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund
$12,000
For support of the African American Voter Registration and Information project

Colorado Mountain Club
$10,000
For support of the Youth Education Project (YEP)

Colorado Youth At Risk
$12,500
For general operating support

Common Cause Education Fund
$15,000
For support of the Fair Vote Colorado project

The Conflict Center
$20,000
For general operating support

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

Denver Museum of Nature and Science
$10,000
For support of the Simply Science program

Denver Summerbridge
$20,000
For general operating support

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

Facing History and Ourselves
$12,000
For general operating support

Family Learning Center
$25,000
For general operating support

FrontRange Earth Force
$17,500
For general operating support

Intercambio de Communidades
$20,000
For general operating support

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

The Learning Source
$23,000
For support of the Family Literacy Program

Meet the Wilderness, Inc.
$10,000
For general operating support

National Inventors Hall of Fame
$10,000
For support for Club Invention

Net Results Junior Tennis
$10,000
For general operating support

Third Way Center, Inc.
$10,000
For support of youth development project

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

The White House Project
$20,000
For support of the Vote, Run, Lead Project

Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery
$17,500
For general operating support
Grants Awarded February 2007

Alternatives for Youth, Inc.
$10,000
For program support

Bluff Lake Nature Center
$20,000
For general operating support

College Summit
$20,000
For general operating support

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

Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists
$18,000
For general operating support

The Colorado Council on Economic Education
$15,000
For general operating support restricted for support of programming the seven-county Denver Metropolitan area

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

Colorado School of Mines Foundation, Inc.
$17,000
For program support

Community Resource Center
$30,000
For general operating support

Denver Public Schools Foundation
$30,000
For program support

EDUCO School of Colorado
$10,000
For support of the Peak Leadership Program

Great Education Colorado Fund
$7,500
For general operating support

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

Junior Achievement of the Rocky Mountains, Inc.
$7,500
For general operating support

Math Literacy Project
$5,000
For general operating support

Northwest Parents for Excellent Schools
$20,000
For general operating support

Padres Unidos, Inc.
$17,500
For general operating support

Public Education & Business Coalition
$20,000
For general operating support

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
$15,000
For general operating support

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
$15,000
For program support

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

Saint John's Cathedral
$7,500
For program support

Spellbinders
$7,500
For general operating support

University of Denver Advancement
$15,000
For program support

Grants Awarded October 2006

Bell Policy Center
$20,000
For general operating support

Bennie E. Goodwin After School Academic Program
$15,000
For general operating support

Butterfly Hope
$13,000
For general operating support

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

Colorado Progressive Coalition
$15,000
For program support

Community Resources, Inc.
$22,000
For general operating support

Deproduction: The (denverevolution) Production Group
$10,000
For general operating support

Emily Griffith Foundation
$15,000
For general operating support

Environmental Learning for Kids
$25,000
For general operating support

Family Star
$20,000
For general operating support

Goodwill Industries of Denver
$20,000
For program support

Immigrant Legal Center of Boulder County
$15,000
For general operating support

Keystone Center
$20,500
For program support

Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA)
$25,000
For general operating support

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

Neighborhood Resource Center of Colorado
$10,000
For general operating support

One Nation Enlightened
$7,500
For program support

Qualistar Early Learning
$27,000
For general operating support

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

University of Colorado Foundation
$25,000
For program support

Volunteer Connection
$15,000
For general operating support

West Denver Preparatory Charter School
$20,000
For general operating support

YESS Institute
$15,000
For general operating support

Grants Awarded June 2006

9to5 National Association of Working Women - Colorado Chapter
$10,000
For program support

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado
$20,000
For general operating support

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Inc.
$25,000
For program support

CityWILD
$10,000
For program support

Colorado Academy
$8,000
For program support

Colorado Children's Campaign
$20,000
For general operating support

Colorado MESA
$15,000
For general operating support

Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition
$10,000
For general operating support

Colorado Wildlife Federation
$15,000
For program support

Common Cause Education Fund
$15,000
For program support

Conflict Center
$15,000
For general operating support

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

Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
$15,000
For program support

Escuela Tlatelolco
$25,000
For general operating support

FrontRange Earth Force
$15,000
For general operating support

Growing Gardens of Boulder County
$15,000
For program support

I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County
$15,000
For general operating support

Impact on Education
$15,000
For general operating support

Intercambio de Communidades Espanol/Ingles
$15,000
For general operating support

Net Results Junior Tennis
$9,500
For general operating support

PeaceJam Foundation
$20,000
For general operating support

Regis University
$15,000
For program support

Sheridan School District #2
$10,000
For program support

Summer Scholars
$50,000
For general operating support

Thorne Ecological Institute
$15,000
For program support

University of Colorado Foundation
$13,000
For program support

Utterly Kids
$10,000
For general operating support

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
$15,000
For general operating support

Young Americans Center for Financial Education
$15,000
For program support



Grants Awarded February 2006

Alternatives for Youth, Inc.
$10,000
For the Homework Heroes program

Arapahoe Community College Foundation
$20,000
For support of the Arapahoe Community College Child Development Center and restricted to services for low income children

Audubon Society of Greater Denver
$15,000
For support of the Environmental Education program

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

Boulder Day Nursery Association
$25,000
For general operating support

Colorado Alliance for Microenterprise Initiatives (CAMI)
$20,000
For general operating support

Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers & Scientists
$15,000
For general operating support

Colorado Council on Economic Education
$15,000
For general operating support

Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
$15,000
For general operating support

Colorado Public Interest Research Foundation
$10,000
For the Municipal Program

Colorado Youth at Risk
$12,500
For program support

Denver Justice and Peace Committee Education Fund
$5,000
For the Global Solutions to Violence program

Denver Urban Gardens
$15,000
For general operating support

EDUCO School of Colorado
$10,000
For general operating support

El Comite de Longmont
$15,000
For general operating support

Front Range Center for Assault Prevention
$12,000
For general operating support

Leaders Challenge
$10,000
For general operating support

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

Meet the Wilderness, Inc.
$10,000
For support of the Outdoor Education program

Minds Matter of Denver, Inc.
$5,000
For general operating support

National Inventors Hall of Fame
$10,000
For Club Invention

Northwest Parents for Excellent Schools (NWPES)
$10,000
For general operating support

Padres Unidos, Inc.
$15,000
For general operating support

Public Education & Business Coalition
$25,000
For general operating support

University of Denver Bridge Project
$20,000
For support of the Bridge Project


Women's Leadership Fund dba The White House Project
$10,000
For the Vote, Run, Lead initiative


Grants Awarded October 2005

The Bell Policy Center
$20,000
For general operating support

The Bennie E. Goodwin Educational Foundation
$15,000
For general operating support

Children's Outreach Project Therapeutic Day Care Center
$5,000
For general operating support

College Summit
$17,000
For Metro Denver activities

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

Colorado School of Mines Foundation, Inc.
$17,500
For the Mobile Science Show program

Community Resources, Inc.
$14,000
For general operating support

Dumb Friends League
$10,000
For the Humane Education program

Environmental Learning for Kids
$15,000
For general operating support

Family Star
$20,000
For general operating support

Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training
$10,000
For general operating support

The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado
$10,000
For general operating support

James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club
$20,000
For general operating support

Junior Achievement of Rocky Mountain, Inc.
$15,000
For general operating support

The Keystone Center
$17,185
For the Classroom Access to Science Education program

The Learning Source
$20,000
For the Family Literacy programs

Mile High Youth Corps
$15,000
For general operating support

One National Enlightened
$10,000
For the Students 4 Justice program

OpenWorld learning
$25,000
For general operating support

Reach Out and Read
$15,000
For general operating support

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
$15,000
For education programs

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

Sand Creek Regional Greenway
$7,500
For outreach and community involvement efforts

United Black Women of Boulder Valley
$7,000
For program support

Volunteer Connection
$13,000
For general operating support

YESS Institute
$10,000
For general operating support


Grants Awarded June 2005

Big Brothers big Sisters of Colorado, Inc.
$25,000
For program support

Butterfly Hope
$10,000
For general operating support

Center for Teaching International Relations
$15,000
For program support

Children's House Preschool
$10,000
For general operating support

cityWild
$10,000
For general operating support

Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund
$12,000
For program support

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

Colorado UpLIFT
$10,000
For general operating support

Colorado Women's Agenda
$10,000
For general operating support

Community College of Denver Foundation
$25,000
For general operating support

Denver Scores
$16,000
For general operating support

Denver Summerbridge
$20,000
For general operating support

Eco-Cycle, Inc.
$5,00
For program support

Emily Griffith Foundation
$15,000
For general operating support

Escuela Tlatelolco
$25,000
For general operating support

Growing Gardens of Boulder County
$15,000
For program support

Human Services, Inc.
$20,000
For program support

Impact on Education
$15,000
For general operating support

Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA)
$25,000
For general operating support

Northwest Coalition 4 Better Schools
$10,000
For program support

Regus University
$15,000
For program support

Rights for All People
$7,500
For general operating support

Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, Inc.
$10,000
For general operating support

Urban Science for All
$10,000
For program support

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
$15,000
For general operating support

Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery
$15,000
For general operating support

Women's Wilderness Institute
$6,000
For program support

Young Americans Center for Financial Education
$15,000
For program support

Grants Awarded February 2005

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

Assets for Colorado Youth
$10,000
For program support

Audubon Society of Greater Denver
$15,000
For program support

Bluff Lake Nature Center
$18,000
For general operating support

Boulder Day Nursery Association
$25,000
For general operating support

Colorado Council on Economic Education
$20,000
For general operating support

Colorado Wildlife Federation
$15,000
For program support

Denver Urban Gardens
$15,000
For general operating support

FrontRange Earth Force
$15,000
For general operating support

Jobs With Justice
$7,500
For general operating support

Meet the Wilderness, Inc.
$10,000
For program support

National Inventors Hall of Fame
$10,000
For program support

National Wildlife Federation
$14,636
For program support

PeaceJam Foundation
$20,000
For general operating support

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
$10,000
For general operating support

Summer Scholars
$20,000
For general operating support

Sun Valley Technology Project
$10,000
For general operating support

Thorne Ecological Institute
$15,000
For program support

University of Colorado Foundation
$10,000
For program support

University of Denver Bridge Project
$20,000
For general operating support


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