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Since 1987, the Foundation has directed more than $9 million to 180 agencies in 75 Colorado communities to increase economic opportunities for women and girls statewide. For more information about current and past grant recipients, contact Gretchen McComb, CEO & President at gretchenm@wfco.org.


2005 Grants

Please download our 2005 Year End Programs Report for a complete listing of 2005 grants and grantees.

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2004 Grants

OrganizationCityAmount
9to5 National Association of Working WomenDenver$15,000
African American Leadership InstituteDenver$10,000
Boulder County Latina Women's LeagueBoulder$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of PuebloPueblo$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis ValleyAlamosa$12,000
Colorado Center on Law and PolicyDenver$15,000
Colorado Social Legislation CommitteeDenver$25
Colorado State UniversityFort Collins$500
Colorado Women's AgendaDenver$12,500
Especially MeDenver$1,000
Girls on the Run of the Grand ValleyGrand Junction$3,000
National Council of Negro WomenDenver$1,000
O.N.E.Denver$15,000
Open World LearningDenver$9,000
Otero Junior CollegeLa Junta$750
Partners in Huerfano/Las Animas CountiesWalsenburg$1,500
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky MountainsDurango$10,000
Project Self-SufficiencyFort Collins$15,000
Project WISEDenver$15,000
Response--Help for Battered WomenAspen$10,000
Rocky Mountain Women's Film FestivalColorado Springs$1,000
Rose Community FoundationDenver$1,500
University of DenverDenver$100
Urban Science/Technology for All, Inc.Denver$7,500
White House ProjectNew York, NY$1,500
Women's Resource AgencyColorado Springs$18,000
Yampa Valley Community FoundationSteamboat Springs$12,100
YWCA of Boulder CountyBoulder$10,000
Judith Buck Wagner Donor Advised Fund
Colorado Women's AgendaDenver$4,684

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2003 Grants

OrganizationCityAmount
9to5 National Association of Working WomenDenver$10,800
Advocates Against Battering and AbuseSteamboat Springs$5,700
African American Leadership InstituteDenver $1,000
Alliance for Technology Learning and SocietyBoulder $3,000
Boulder Valley Women's Health CenterBoulder $5,000
Boys and Girls Club of PuebloPueblo $600
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro DenverDenver $5,000
The Center for Family and Couple TherapyFort Collins$5,000
Center for Women's Employment and EducationDenver$5,000
Colorado Alliance for Microenterprise InitiativesDenver $500
Colorado Center on Law and PolicyDenver $500
Colorado Social LegislationDenver $25
Colorado Women's AgendaDenver $12,186
Colorado Women's Bar Association FoundationDenver $1,500
El Paso County Sheriff's OfficeColorado Springs$1,000
Family Advisory NetworkSilverthorne $500
Friends of Rampart Regional Library DistrictWoodland Park$1,500
Gender PAC Washington DC $500
Girl Scouts Chipeta CouncilGrand Junction$13,000
Girls Inc. of Metro DenverDenver$17,390
Girls on the Run of the Grand ValleyGrand Junction$2,000
Gore Range Natural Science SchoolRed Cliff$3,500
Human Services Inc. Denver $1,000
Institute for Mestiza LeadershipDenver $7,000
Kids Campus School-Age Care ProgramSalida $2,500
Kiwanis Club of Estes ParkEstes Park$2,300
Leadership Pikes PeakColorado Springs$2,000
Lundy Foundation Denver $1,000
Meet the WildernessEdwards $10,000
Microbusiness Development CorporationDenver $7,500
Ms. Foundation for WomenNew York, NY$50,000
National Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceDenver $500
National Council of Negro WomenDenver $1,000
Open World LearningDenver $7,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky MountainsDenver $7,000
Project Self-SufficiencyLoveland$14,500
Project WISE Denver$10,500
Rocky Mountain Women's Film FestivalColorado Springs$1,000
SafeHouse Denver Denver$7,000
Start-Up Education Pueblo$7,000
The Pinon Project Cortez$5,000
The Women's Funding NetworkSan Francisco, CA$500
The Youth Foundation Edwards$1,000
Urban Science/Technology for All, Inc.Broomfield$5,000
Western Colorado Math and Science CenterGrand Junction$1,000
Women in the Fire ServiceMadison, WI$600
Women's Center of Larimer CountyFort Collins$3,800
Women's Resource AgencyColorado Springs$18,000
Women's Resource CenterDurango$5,500
Women's Wilderness InstituteBoulder$4,000
YMCA of the Pikes Peak RegionColorado Springs$2,500
YWCA of Boulder CountyBoulder$25,000
Status Project
Boulder County SafehouseBoulder $10,000
Colorado Center on Law and PolicyDenver $5,000
Girl Scouts Columbine CouncilPueblo $5,000
Operation Healthy CommunitiesDurango $5,000
Beyond Our Borders Donor Advised Fund
Afghans for Civil SocietyCambridge, MA$5,000
CEDPAWashington DC$5,000
Feminist Majority FoundationBeverly Hills, CA$5,000
Friends of Maiti NepalBoston, MA$5,000
Pathfinder International Waterown, MA$5,000
Fund for Women's Entrepreneurship
Microbusiness Development CorporationDenver$10,000
Girls to Women:Women to Girls
Kiwanis Club of Estes PartEstes Park$2,500
Moffat County PARTNERS Craig$3,000
Women's Resource CenterDurango$3,700
Judith Buck Wagner Donor Advised Fund
Women's Bean ProjectDenver$2,581
Work Options for WomenDenver$2,580
Lesbian Innovations Donor Advised Fund
The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Service Center of ColoradoDenver
Roaring Fork Giving Circle
2003 Art Award Aspen$600

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2002 Grants

OrganizationCityAmount
9 to 5 Nat'l Assoc. of Working WomenDenver $10,000
Amnesty International Denver$500
Boulder Valley Women's Health CenterBoulder$9,000
Boulder Valley School DistrictBoulder$1,000
Boys and Girls Club of PuebloPueblo$4,500
Celebrate Girls Grand Junction $1,000
Center for Women's Employment and EducationDenver$10,000
Center for Youth in Science Culture and New Media-CU BoulderDenver$8,500
City of Loveland - Journey: A Young Women's ConferenceLoveland$500
Colorado West Mental Health CenterEagle$4,000
Colorado Women's AgendaDenver$12,500
Colorado Women's AgendaDenver$2,802
Denver Commons CafeDenver$1,500
Denver Film Society - Pan-African Film Festival: War on Sistahs PanelDenver$650
Denver Indian Family Resource CenterDenver$1,000
Denver SafeHouse Denver$6,000
Family Visitor ProgramGlenwood Springs $8,000
Front Range Earth ForceDenver$10,000
Girls Inc. Denver$10,000
Girls on the Run of the Grand ValleyGrand Junction $500
HER House Glenwood Springs $1,000
Human Services Inc.Denver$8,000
Junior AchievementDenver$1,000
Mi Casa Resource Center for WomenDenver$15,000
Mind on the MediaDuluth, MN $250
Moffat County PartnersCraig$3,000
Ms. Foundation of WomenDenver$50,000
Open World LearningDenver$2,000
Partners in HousingColorado Springs $11,000
Partners in HousingColorado Springs $1,500
Pikes Peak Community FoundationColorado Springs $1,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky MountainsDurango$7,000
Project Self-Sufficiency Loveland$10,000
Project Wise Denver$12,500
Response - Help for Battered WomenAspen$10,000
Rocky Mountain Women's Film FestivalColorado Springs $1,500
Rural Communities Resource CenterYuma$5,000
Summer Heat Fire Camp for Young WomenColorado Springs $750
Thornton Elementary - Down the Role Model Runway: Women of AchievementThornton$1,500
University of Colorado at Denver Center for Human Investment PolicyDenver$5,000
University of Denver Women's ProgramDenver$375
Women's Center of Larimer CountyFort Collins $10,000
Women's Resource AgencyColorado Springs $15,000
Women's Resource Center of Durango - Girls to Women, Women to Girls Conference Durango$3,300
Women's Resource Center of Durango - Ready>Set>GoDurango$6,700
YWCA of Boulder CountyBoulder$5,000
Status Project
Catholic Charities NorthernFort Collins $5,000
Colorado State University - Girls in Technology CollaborativeFort Collins $10,000
Women's Center of Larimer CountyFort Collins $5,000
Voices Carry Program
Meet the WildernessEdwards$10,000
YWCA of Boulder CountyBoulder$10,000
Beyond Our Borders Donor Advised Fund
Centre for Development and Population ActivitiesGuatemala City, Guatemala $5,000
Pathfinder InternationalWatertown, MA$5,000
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human RightsBoulder$5,000
Women's Funding Network San Francisco, CA $5,000
Judith Buck Wagner Donor Advised Fund
Microbusiness Development CorporationStatewide$4,811
Lesbian Innovations Donor Advised Fund
Safehouse DenverDenver$1,200
Roaring Fork Giving Circle
2002 Art AwardAspen$500

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2001 Grants

OrganizationCityAmount
9 to 5 National Assoc. of Working WomenStatewide$10,000
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Boulder $5,000
Center for Women's Emp. & EarningsDenver$10,000
Center for Youth in Science, Culture and News Media at CU BoulderDenver$6,000
Colorado West Mental Health CenterEagle$5,000
Colorado Women's AgendaStatewide$10,000
Colorado Women's Bar Assoc. FoundationStatewide$5,000
CU Boulder/Five Points - Simply the BestDenver$6,000
Desert Research InstituteSteamboat Springs$5,000
Girls Incorporated Denver$10,000
Gore Range Natural Science SchoolRed Cliff$5,535
Greeley Recreation CenterGreeley$6,000
Institute for Mestiza LeadershipDenver$10,000
Kids Campus Salida$2,500
Little Voice ProductionsDenver$5,000
Mi Casa Resource Center for WomenDenver$15,000
Ms. Foundation for WomenStatewide$50,000
People United For FamiliesDenver$15,000
Project Self-Sufficiency Loveland/Ft. Collins$10,000
Project Wise Denver$5,000
Start Up EducationPueblo$8,000
Volunteer Center Colorado Springs$15,000
Women's Center of Larimer CountyFt. Collins$8,000
Women's Resource AgencyColorado Springs$13,000
Women's Resource Center of DurangoDurango$8,000
Women's Wilderness InstituteBoulder$8,000
Yampa Valley PartnersCraig$11,000
Beyond Our Borders Donor Advised Fund
Centre for Development & Population StudiesGuatemala City$5,000
Women's Funding NetworkNew York$5,000
Fund for Women's Entrepreneurship
Mi Casa Resource Center for WomenPueblo$16,083
Colorado Enterprise FoundationDenver$8,000
Judith B. Wagner Donor Advised Fund
Colorado MicrocreditStatewide$5,000
Women's Bean ProjectDenver$2,613
Lesbian Innovations Donor Advised Fund
The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Community Services Center of ColoradoDenver$1,200
Roaring Fork Giving Circle
Leadership AspenAspen$1,500
Opportunity Fund Giving Circle
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro DenverDenver$550
Ms. Foundation for WomenStatewide$20,500
Rocky Mountain PBSDenver$500
Discretionary Fund
American Red CrossDenver/India$500
Asian Pacific American Women's LeadershipDenver$1,000
Celebrate Girls Grand Junction $1,500
Children's Museum Denver$500
Colorado Fiscal Policy InstituteStatewide$1,500
Colorado Women's AgendaDenver$1,000
Colorado Women's Leadership CoalitionDenver$250
Denver Film SocietyDenver$500
Escuela TatleolocoDenver$319
Four Mile Historic ParkDenver$500
Gender PAC Denver$500
Jumpstart ProductionsDenver$1,000
Lundy FoundationDenver$1,000
Metropolitan State College of Denver FoundationDenver$100
National Council of Negro WomenDenver$1,500
National Organization of Men Against SexismDenver$500
Pikes Peak Community FoundationColorado Springs $1,000
New York Women's FoundationNew York, NY $1,000
Young Women Empowerment Training ProgramDenver$300
Steamboat Springs Discovery Learning CenterSteamboat Springs $250
YWCA of Boulder CountyBoulder$300
Voices Carry Leadership Program
Girl Scouts of Chipeta CouncilGrand Junction $10,000
Meet the WildernessEdwards$10,000

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