Accomplishments

2002

Girls to Women...Women to Girls events take place in Snowmass, Steamboat Springs, Durango, Estes Park and Craig.

Fort Collins becomes the first city to complete all three phases of The Status Project: Women and Girls in Colorado. $20,000 is granted to 3 organizations that developed proposals addressing issues facing women and girls in their community.

Foundation joins with Chambers Family Fund to bring Dr. Molly Mead of Tufts University to Colorado for a Gender Matters forum. Dr. Mead highlights the issues of gender and coeducational programming in grantmaking and program design for both funders and nonprofit staff from all over the state.

Grants and programs: $538,565

2001

Foundation releases Status Project report, Women in Technology, showing that women are underrepresented in all sectors of Colorado's high-tech industry and girls are not pursuing tech careers, even though those in the industry find the work satisfying, there are less barriers for entry and higher-paying jobs.

In conjunction with the release of the Women in Technology report, the Foundation hosts a forum for community leaders, educators, nonprofits, business, and government to discuss strategies to recruit women into the high-tech industry.

Foundation releases Status Project report, Status of Girls: Our Daughters, Our Future, showing how girls are faring in Colorado.

Girls to Women...Women to Girls events take place in Snowmass, Steamboat Springs, Durango and Estes Park.

Grants and programs: $534,294

2000

Foundation partners with Washington D.C.-based Institute for Women's Policy Research in an ongoing project to establish baseline measures of the status of women in all 50 states. The Status of Women in Colorado report is released showing that Colorado women are better educated and earn more on average than women in the United States as a whole, but that there are still areas of improvement.

Foundation releases Women and Social Security, a report on Social Security reform proposals and their impact on women.

Girls to Women...Women to Girls events take place in Snowmass, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Durango and Estes Park.

Grants and programs: $478,211

1999

Foundation joins with Rose Community Foundation and LMC Foundation to host Coming of Age: Crafting a Just and Equitable Future for Women, a half-day event to discuss the issues facing women as they reach their senior years, including Social Security reform.

Foundation releases Cyberpink: Are Software Companies Selling Girls Short?, a report on the factors that contribute to the lack of girl-friendly software with the intent of identifying ways to not only improve the number and quality of games of interest to girls but also to address the broader issue of engaging girls in technology.

Girls to Women...Women to Girls events take place in Snowmass, Vail and Steamboat Springs.

Grants and programs: $418,000

1998

Foundation partners with the Colorado Girls Coalition to launch Voices Carry: Girls Speak Out on Issues Facing Their Generation, a girls' leadership and advocacy project.

Foundation launches the Girls to Women…Women to Girls project, a one-day conference that brings women and girls together and encourages girls to explore beyond their limits. Events take place in Snowmass and Vail.

Foundation launches the Mentoring Partnership, which brought together 10 organizations in the Colorado Springs area with successful mentoring programs to share best practices.

Foundation launches Girl-friendly Software Initiative, to survey available computer software games for girls and determine whether the lack of games for girls impacts their computer usage.

Foundation begins work on Status Project Special Report: Women in the Technology Sector, to gain greater insight into how women were faring in Colorado's fastest-growing, highest-paying sector.

Grants and programs: $343,000

1997

Foundation celebrates 10th anniversary and reaches the $10 million endowment Campaign 2000 goal ahead of schedule.

Grants and programs: $280,314

1996

Foundation begins the ongoing series, Women, Wealth & Wisdom, to help women manage their finances and encourage strategic philanthropy. Seminars are held in different communities throughout Colorado through 2000.

Foundation launches Campaign 2000 with the goal to meet a $10 million endowment by the millennium.

Grants and programs: $236,606

1995

Foundation hosts Summit on Women's Economic Security, a forum that draws 3,000 participants and more than 30 renowned experts to discuss and propose measures to discuss and propose measures to address the challenges to women's economic security.

Grants and programs: $249,300

1994

Foundation releases The Status Project of Women and Girls in Colorado, a groundbreaking report that identifies the key barriers faced by women and girls in the state.

Grants and programs: $217,511

1993

Foundation undertakes year-long study on the status of women and girls in Colorado.

Grants and programs: $201,365

1992

Grants and programs: $191,170

1991

Foundation launches its first systemic change initiative, Girls Count. The initiative works to change systems that hinder girls from achieving in school, and increase the probability they will become economically self-sufficient as adults.

Foundation is named Outstanding Foundation in Colorado at the National Philanthropy Day celebration.

Grants and programs: $197,000

1990

Grants and programs: $242,470

1989

Grants and programs: $239,284

1988

Grants and programs: $121,785

1987

Statewide Needs Assessment. Overwhelmingly, participants identify economic empowerment of women as the top priority to achieve full participation in society.