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2010 Grant Distribution


EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN

Clayton Early Learning
Construction of the Clayton Educare Center, a high quality, birth to five child care and early education center on the Clayton Campus (Multi-Year Capital Support)

 


$200,000

Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
Promote cross-sector thinking and action in early childhood education to develop a unified and strategic direction for systems change (General Support)

 


$10,000

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


$10,000


WOMEN’S ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Secure justice and economic security for all Coloradans, with special
emphasis on women's economic self-sufficiency (General Support)



$15,000

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
Underwriting of the welcome reception for the Women's Funding
Network conference (Event Support)

 


$11,500

Women's Funds Initiative
Endowment challenge gifts 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

 

 

Wyoming Women's Foundation


$25,000

Women’s Foundation of Montana

 

$25,000

Women’s Foundation of Oklahoma

 

$25,000

Women's Fund of Fargo-Moorhead

 

$75,000

Women's Fund of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region

 

$38,121

North Dakota Women's Network

 

$40,000


JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY

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

 


$155,000

Colorado Nonprofit Association
Educating nonprofits about the state's fiscal and constitutional challenges that impact funding for services they provide (Project Support)

 


$25,000

NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado Foundation
Public education and community organizing projects that promote access to reproductive rights and health care in Colorado (General Support)

 


$10,000

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


$10,000

 

 


KIRKLAND MUSEUM OF FINE & DECORATIVE ART

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

$783,000


HONORED COMMITMENTS

Arts and Culture

Aspen Music Festival and School
World class music education and performances presented by this internationally renowned classical music festival and school (General Support)

 


$11,000

City and County of Denver
Construction of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Newton Auditorium (Multi-Year Capital Support)

 


$200,000

Clyfford Still Museum
Construction of the Clyfford Still Museum  (Multi-Year Capital Support)

 


$50,000

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

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)

 


$20,000

FAITH


 

Episcopal Relief and Development
Project support for critical assistance and long-term recovery and rehabilitation aid in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake (Project Support)

 


$25,000
St. John's Cathedral
Leadership and resources for the church and its outreach to the surrounding community (General Support)



$50,000

 

Grants Under $10,000 $55,166

Events

$28,950

Matching Gifts

$4,375

Memberships and Affiliations

$5,480

 

 

TOTAL 2010 GRANTS

$1,947,592

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