Chambers Family Fund: 2008 Annual Report Grantees

2008 Grant Distribution

EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN

Clayton Early Learning
Construction of Clayton Educare Center, a high quality birth-to-five early education center that is part of a national network to improve the early education system (Multi-Year Capital Support)

$200,000

Colorado Children's Campaign
Development of a cost model that examines major funding streams and cost drivers of the state budget and assists policy makers with fiscal planning and decision making (Project Support)

$75,000

Qualistar Early Learning
Expanding the quality improvement rating system that measures and improves early care and education in Colorado (General Support)

$50,000

Endowment challenge gifts, re-granting funds and operating support to expand women’s philanthropy and provide a permanent resource for women and girls in the states where the Chambers family’s oil business operated

North Dakota Women’s Network	$40,000

Women’s Foundation of Montana	$25,000

Women’s Foundation of Oklahoma	$175,000

Women’s Fund of Fargo-Moorhead	$75,000

Women’s Fund of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region	$25,000

Wyoming Women’s Foundation	$25,000

Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Support for a second update to the Colorado Self-Sufficiency Standard and to develop a statewide marketing and messaging plan for the Colorado Self-Sufficiency Calculator (Multi-Year Project Support)

$25,000

Global Fund for Women
International grants for women’s groups that increase girls' access to education and advocate for and defend women's human rights around the world (General Support)

$10,000

The Women's Foundation of Colorado
The final payment of a $1 million commitment to the Power the Change Endowment Campaign, an effort to double the endowment and increase grantmaking to impact economic self-sufficiency of women and the future of girls in Colorado (Multi-Year Endowment Support)

$500,000

Women's Funding Network
Women Moving Millions, an initiative to cultivate new $1 million donors to women’s funds (Multi-Year Project Support)

Quantum Leap Donor Circle to leverage resources for the creation and support of women’s funds (Project Support)

$75,000

$10,000

Women's Health
Support for family planning and reproductive health services for low-income women (Project and General Support)

$10,000

The Bell Policy Center
Public education, nonpartisan research and policy development to create opportunities for individuals and families to move toward self-sufficiency (Multi-Year General Support)

Technology improvements to increase organizational efficiency (Project Support)

$150,000

$11,000

Changemakers
Social change philanthropy that strengthens society by addressing root causes of problems through public policy, education, advocacy and communications (Multi-Year General Support)

$10,000

Colorado C3 Roundtable
Coordination of civic engagement work among Colorado not-for-profit organizations through strategic communication, collection of data and voter education projects (General Support)

$10,000

Dēmos
Research and publication of Women Lead the Way, a book that offers advice for engaging women's leadership in policy debates and decisions (Project Support)

$20,000

Latina Initiative
Provide information and training to encourage Latina women to become civically engaged in issues important to their families and community (General Support)

$25,000

NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado Foundation
Prevention First Colorado, a project to prevent unintended pregnancy and provide resources that improve the health, educational and economic opportunities for women and their families (Project Support)

$10,000

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Power the Promise Campaign, an initiative to change the social climate and build effective strategies to ensure women’s choice and access to reproductive health and rights (Multi-Year Project Support)

$20,000

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
Challenge grant for construction of a new high-quality reproductive health care and community education facility in a broadly accessible Denver location (Multi-Year Capital Support)

Comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services, advocacy and educational programs in the Rocky Mountain region (General Support)

$150,000

$10,000

Political Research Associates
Progressive thinking, action and support of movements that build a more inclusive and democratic society through research, analysis and referrals (General Support)

$10,000

UC Berkeley Foundation
Establish the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement to promote civil dialogue in discussions that seek to resolve current policy issues (Project Support)

$68,000

The White House Project
Advance women’s leadership and increase the number of women running for political office by providing training to be successful and effective leaders (General Support)

$10,000

KIRKLAND MUSEUM OF FINE & DECORATIVE ART

Funding for Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art is a priority for Chambers Family Fund.

The museum and its nationally important display of 20th century decorative arts, Colorado art history and artists and retrospective of Vance Kirkland (General Support)

$815,000

Capital support for art acquisitions and the purchase of property adjacent to the museum for parking and possible future expansion (Multi-Year Capital Support)

$330,000

City and County of Denver Construction of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium (Multi-Year Capital Support)	$200,000
Clyfford Still Museum Challenge to establish an endowment fund for future operations of this new museum to be built in Denver (Multi-Year Endowment Support)	$25,000
Colorado Ballet Superior quality classical ballet and innovative dance through performances, training and education programs that enhance the cultural life of the community (General Support)	$15,000
Colorado Symphony Association Quality musical performances and programs that contribute to the cultural vitality of Colorado (General Support)	$15,000
The Denver Foundation Restoration of the historic electric fountain in Denver's City Park and establishment of an endowed fund for maintenance (Project Support)	$10,000
Music Associates of Aspen World class music education and performances presented by this internationally renowned classical music festival and school (General Support)	$15,000
Opera Colorado Promotion of opera to a wide audience through educational and cultural activities that create passion and excitement for the art of grand opera (General Support)	$80,000

EDUCATION

Hastings 1066 Foundation
To increase scholarship funding for students attending Hastings College of the Law (Endowed Scholarship Fund)	$52,000

FAITH

Christ Episcopal Church of Aspen
Renovation and upgrade of the facilities to enhance the church's capacity to carry out its mission to serve the community and minister to people in need (Capital Support)

Emergency relief for cyclone-stricken villagers in the Irrawaddy delta region in Myanmar, Burma (Project Support)

$75,000

$10,000

Episcopal Church Foundation
Advance the mission of the church and its work (General Support)

$15,000

Saint John's Cathedral
Leadership and resources for the church and its outreach to the surrounding community (General Support)

$100,000

Grants Under $10,000	$67,566
Events	$15,950
Matching Gifts	$2,630
Memberships and Affiliations	$16,165

TOTAL 2008 GRANTS	$3,683,311

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