Grant Summary
In 2010 the Foundation awarded $13.4 million in grants. Grants were made through our Nonprofit Preservation Initiative which, from a granting perspective, is comprised of Endowment Challenge Grants, GivingFirst.org, and distributions from nonprofit charitable funds.
The Foundation also makes grants from Donor Advised Funds and the Foundation’s family of discretionary and restricted funds. Last, the Foundation makes grants to Exempla Lutheran Medical Center through its oversight of funds designated for that organization.
NONPROFIT PRESERVATION INITIATIVE
Endowment Challenge Grants
The following nonprofit organizations received matching grants totaling nearly $240,000 through their participation in the Endowment Challenge Grant Program that helps ensure their long-term financial stability:
ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapter
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado
Colorado CASA
Colorado Humanities
Colorado Preservation
Dental Aid
Goodwill Industries of Denver
NAMI Colorado
OpenWorld Learning
Platte Valley Medical Center Foundation
The Wildlife Experience
GivingFirst.org
In 2010 the Foundation processed more than 14,000 donations totaling approximately
$2.5 million for 455 nonprofit organizations. On Colorado Gives Day alone, more than 20,000 donations totaling $8.4 million were received for 529 organizations. These donations were boosted with a $320,000 Incentive Fund bringing the total distributed for Colorado Gives Day to $8.7 million.
In addition, the Foundation paid more than $268,000 in bank and credit card processing
fees so that 100% of all gifts made through GivingFirst.org went directly to the participating organizations.
Nonprofit Funds
The Foundation manages nearly 100 endowed and non-endowed funds on behalf of our nonprofit partners. In 2010 the Foundation distributed grants totaling over $450,000 from these funds, comprised of distributions, investment returns, and interest earnings. The following organizations received grants:
The Adoption Exchange
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Aurora Mental Health Center
Blue Sky Bridge
Boulder History Museum
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Center for Work, Education & Employment
Colorado CASA
The Colorado Council on Economic Education
Colorado Law Enforcement Officers' Association
DenverWorks
Doctors Care
Family Tree
Girl Scouts of Colorado
The GLBT Community Center of Colorado
The Greatest Generations Foundation
The Greenway Foundation
Hotel de Paris Museum
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Jefferson County Library Foundation
The Jefferson Foundation
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Life Quality Institute
Metro Community Provider Network
Mountain Area Land Trust
Open Media Foundation
Platte Valley Medical Center Foundation
Project WISE
Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center
Seniors' Resource Center
Visiting Nurse Association
Wheat Ridge Rotary Club Foundation
YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
SELECTED COMMUNITY GRANTS
The Foundation maintains funds to address needs in the community. In 2010, the following community grants were distributed to select
organizations, including:
Denver Office of Drug Strategy
$10,000 to support implementation of a strategic plan developed by the Denver Drug Strategy
Commission (DDSC) to address substance abuse education, prevention, intervention, treatment, and evaluation in the metropolitan Denver area.
Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
$21,700 to provide 38 financial assistance grants to 26 patients receiving care at the Rocky
Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center. These grants helped pay for housing, transportation, and other non-medical related expenses.
Seniors’ Resource Center
$35,544 to support Phase I of Seniors’ Resource Center’s capital campaign which will result in a new, state-of-the-art Adult Day & Respite Services building, slated to open in 2011.
Education
$10,860 to support a curriculum devoted to
educating students about philanthropy at the
Belmar campus of Young AmeriTowne.
YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
$5,000 in support of the 2010 Strong
Kids Campaign.
The following nonprofit organizations,
associations, and charitable groups also
received financial support in 2010:
American Heart Association
Bonfils Blood Center Foundation
Bridges Integrative Health Services
CoBiz Financial Biz Bash
Denver Health Foundation
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Girl Scouts of Colorado
GoodSpark
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation
Mile High United Way
Women's Vision Foundation
DONOR ADVISED FUND GRANTS
Donor Advised Funds are created by individuals, families and businesses to support charities and causes they care about. The following is a
selection of grants the Foundation made from Donor Advised Funds in 2010:
Best Should Teach Fund
Eastern Kentucky University Foundation
Hale Family Fund
American Institute for Cancer Research
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Saint Thomas Academy
Leach Family Donor Advised Fund
Red Rocks Community College Foundation
University of Denver
Morrissey Family Fund
The Max Fund
Montgomery Boulevard Church of Christ
Koger and Marcie Propst Family Donor Advised Fund
Community First Foundation
The PBJ Reece Charitable Fund
ACE Mentor Program of Colorado
Big Sticks Foundation
Cancer League of Colorado
Children's Diabetes Foundation at Denver
Colorado Neurological Institute
The Denver Hospice
The Gathering Place, A Refuge for Rebuilding Lives
Guatemalan Project
Judi's House
Kroenke Sports Charities
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Mental Health America of Colorado
Mizel Museum
Volunteers of America
The Clyde H. Riley Fund
Independence Institute
Spalding Community Foundation Family of Funds
Assistance League of Denver
Brain Injury Association of Colorado
Colorado Neurological Institute
Easter Seals Colorado
Storatz Family Donor Advised Fund
Colorado Christian University
Computers in Ministry
His Love Fellowship
Missions Ministries
Rangeview Community Church
Word of Life Worship Center
Tuthill Family Fund
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
University of Wyoming Foundation
EXEMPLA LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER GRANTS
The Foundation distributed grants totaling $137,845 from the following Exempla Lutheran Medical Center family of funds to support
charitable endeavors at ELMC in 2010:
Behavioral Health Fund
Cancer Services Fund
Children's Care Fund
Community Assistance Fund
Emergency/Trauma Fund
Imaging Fund
Neurology/Stroke Fund
Orthopedics Fund
Primary Care/Occupational Health Fund
Surgical Services Fund
Women's Care Fund
Colorado Lutheran Home Endowment Fund
$500,000 to support redesign and renovation at Exempla Colorado Lutheran Home.
Friends of Hospice Endowment Fund
$74,632 to purchase equipment to provide pain relief for patients at Collier Hospice Center.
