The following lists Community First Foundation’s grant and sponsorship activity for year 2005.
Nonprofit Preservation Endowment Challenge Grants ($1,737,438)
Matching grants and disbursements made to Nonprofit Preservation Endowment Challenge Grant participants:
The Adoption Exchange
The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Blue Sky Bridge
Boulder History Museum
Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center
Center for Work Education and Employment, Inc. (CWEE)
Children’s Outreach Project
Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.
Colorado Council on Economic Education
Colorado Homeless Families
The Conflict Center
The Denver Center for Crime Victims
DenverWorks
El Centro Su Teatro
Family Tree
Girl Scouts – Mile High Council
The Greenway Foundation
Hospice of Metro Denver – Life Quality Institute
Hotel de Paris Museum
Jeffco Action Center
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Jefferson County Library Foundation
The Jefferson Foundation
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc.
Lutheran Family Services of Colorado
Metro Community Provider Network
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Colorado
Rocky Mountain MS Center
Seniors’ Resource Center
Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home
The Uptown Partnership, Inc.
Visiting Nurse Association
Wheat Ridge Rotary Club
YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
Community Grants
American Red Cross ($5,805)
Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities ($5,000)
Children’s theater program
Arvada Community Center ($500)
Food Bank
Colorado Nonprofit Association ($10,000)
Citizens Actions – Nonprofit Voice Program
Christian Action Guild ($500)
Food Bank
Friendship Bridge ($2,500)
Volunteerism
Helping Hands for the Homeless ($500)
Food Bank
Jeffco Action Center ($100)
School Supply Drive for Leadership Jefferson County
Jeffco Action Center ($500)
Food Bank
Jeffco Children’s Alliance ($20,150)
Operations
Kiwanis Clubs of Jefferson County ($10,000)
Jefferson County Schools - Outdoor Lab
Metro Food Bank ($500)
Food Bank
Seniors’ Resource Center ($20,000)
Transportation
Susan M. Duncan Family YMCA ($5,000)
Strong Kids Campaign
West Chamber Serving Jefferson County ($19,475)
Youth Leadership Jefferson County program
Young AmeriTown Belmar Campus ($10,000)
Youth Philanthropy Program
Young AmeriTown Belmar Campus ($445)
Philanthropy Program Match
Strengthening Grants ($174,978)
Grants given to Community First Foundation Nonprofit Partners to build core organizational systems and strong nonprofits.
Strengthening Grants awarded to:
The Adoption Exchange
The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Blue Sky Bridge
Boulder History Museum
Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center
Center for Work Education and Employment, Inc. (CWEE)
Children’s Outreach Project
Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.
Colorado Council on Economic Education
Colorado Homeless Families
Colorado Nonprofit Association
The Conflict Center
The Denver Center for Crime Victims
DenverWorks
Family Tree
Girl Scouts – Mile Hi Council
Hospice of Metro Denver – Life Quality Institute
Jeffco Action Center
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
The Jefferson Foundation
Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc.
Lutheran Family Services of Colorado
Metro Community Provider Network
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Colorado
Rocky Mountain MS Center
Seniors’ Resource Center
Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home
The Uptown Partnership, Inc.
Visiting Nurse Association
Wellspring Senior Foundation
Wheat Ridge Rotary Club
Sponsorships ($14,045)
Argyle Foundation
CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
Jefferson Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Jefferson County Good News Coalition
The Jefferson Foundation
Metro Community Provider Network
National Philanthropy Day/Wells Fargo
Seniors’ Resource Center
Wheat Ridge Ministries
YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
Grants to Support ELMC
Community First Foundation is the fund-raising arm of our namesake – Lutheran Medical Center. Today, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center (ELMC) remains a beneficiary of the Foundation.
In 2005, more than $3,265,254 was granted to ELMC to support programs and services. Highlights include:
Behavioral Health ($5,000)
Training program “Beyond Play”
Breast Care Center ($4,800)
Support clients at the Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment needing mammograms
Cardiovascular ($15,000)
Accreditation of the Chest Pain Center
Colorado Lutheran Home ($14,027)
Renovations to enhance the quality of life for residents
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center ($176,604)
Volunteer Programs
Hospice ($10,240)
Bereavement training, bereavement materials, hand sculpture program
Hospice Care Center Construction ($3,000,000)
Capital Campaign headed by the Foundation to build the Exempla Lutheran Hospice Care Center
Humanitarian Support ($23,990)
Grants and interest-free loans for ELMC employees facing financial crisis
Pet Therapy Program ($2,589)
Therapeutic visits by pet therapy dogs
Women’s Care ($9,744)
Birthing Simulator, Baby’s First Ride, and outreach to the Jefferson County Health Department
Grants by Donor Fund: Designated Funds
Collier Family Scholarship Fund ($14,250)
Red Rocks Community College – Scholarships
Colorado Law Enforcement Officers Association ($114,109)
Operations
Colorado Peace Officers Foundation, Inc. ($8,600)
Operations
Fox Family Scholarship Fund ($42,500)
Scholarships
Hagedorn ($5,000)
Jeffco Action Center
Hotel de Paris Museum ($50,295)
The Jefferson Foundation ($3,100)
Chris Faughnan Memorial Scholarship
The Jefferson Foundation Fund 1 ($42,933)
Operations
The Jefferson Foundation Fund 2 ($40,000)
Operations
Kunz-Miller ($10,000)
STRIDE – Families Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency
Advised Funds
Cochran Fund ($2,844)
Educational awards for oncology health-care providers through the John and Lois Cochran Fund
Employees of Lutheran Medical Center ($945)
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Janet A. Fania Scholarship Fund ($1,000)
Blessed Sacrament School
Leach Family ($25,000)
The Argyle Foundation
Exempla Lutheran Hospice Care Center
Storatz Family Trust ($2,010)
World Vision
Food for the Poor, Inc.
Exempla Lutheran Hospice Care Center
Endowment
Community First Foundation provides nonprofit organizations the opportunity to establish an endowment fund at the Foundation. By doing this, the organization demonstrates long-term planning of its financial resources and helps assure its operational viability. In 2005, over three dozen nonprofits held more than 40 separate endowments at the Foundation.
