Nonprofit Network, Oct. 2, 2015

BRIEFS

More than 225 Larimer County middle- and high-school students and 30 local nonprofits will participate in Give Next, a yearlong program designed to teach students about giving and the important roles nonprofits play in their communities. Give Next is a school-based youth philanthropy program that offers students experience in teamwork. Through the program, local businesses, foundations and individuals become classroom donors by providing each participating school in the Poudre and Thompson Valley school districts with $5,000 to award to Larimer County nonprofits. With the financial support of these donors, students manage their own grantmaking programs. Students work together to identify community needs, choose a focus area, create their own mission statement, research nonprofits, volunteer, conduct site visits, review grant applications and make funding decisions. At the end of the school year, students award grants to selected nonprofits.

FUNDRAISERS

The Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s 26th annual Doggie Dash, the organization’s second largest fundraiser of the year, brought nearly 600 people and dogs to Boulder Reservoir for a 2-mile fun run/walk, individual and team fundraising contests and a pet expo featuring 43 vendors with activities for animal lovers and dogs. Highlights included paw print art, dog massages, games, a pancake breakfast by Whole Foods and a beer garden by Dry Dock brewing. Other top sponsors were Wags and Menace Make a Difference Foundation, Applied Trust, Broadway Animal Hospital, Corden Pharma, Cottonwood Kennels, Daily Camera, First National Bank of Colorado, Gaiam, KBCO, Nuf Said Advertising and Superior Liquor.

 GRANTS

Scientific and cultural organizations in Boulder and Broomfield counties will receive $907,614 in funding from the Denver-based Scientific and Cultural Facilities District to present programs and activities. The district’s board approved distribution of $7.7 million to 240 organizations in seven metro Denver counties. Organizations in Boulder County will receive $736,963, and organizations in Broomfield County will receive $170,651. Travis Laberge and Clint Huber are chairmen of the cultural councils in Boulder and Broomfield counties, respectively. Funds are generated by taking one-cent on every $10 worth of sales and use tax.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (Nadaq: PPC) donated $100,000 to help fund the relocation and modernization of a poultry-research facility at Auburn University in Alabama. Greeley-based Pilgrim’s Pride is the second-largest poultry company in the United States. Research being conducted at Auburn includes studies on meat quality, litter management, animal welfare and antibiotic-free production. The new research facilities will allow for increased control, precision and replication to meet research needs well into the future, as well as the ability to generate new knowledge and technology to sustain commercial poultry production.

Three Boulder nonprofits are among 18 around the state to be awarded capital funding grants from the Boettcher Foundation. The grants are to help support community-enrichment projects. “I Have a Dream” Foundation of Boulder County received $30,000 toward the purchase and renovation of a new headquarters facility, the Museum of Boulder got $75,000 toward the purchase and renovation of a historic building to serve as the museum’s new home, and the Dairy Center for the Arts received $25,000 toward renovation of the organization’s existing facility.

Researchers at the University of Northern Colorado are part of a team that received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how to improve training for secondary-school math teachers. UNC math professors Jodie Novak, principal investigator, Rob Powers and Frieda Parker will partner with Oklahoma State University’s Mike Oehrtman on the three-year project. The grant from the NSF’s Fundamental Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, Workforce Development program will explore expert teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching, which consists of general mathematical knowledge as well as knowledge of how to teach mathematics effectively.

Mental Health Partners was awarded a $1.6 million grant for Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The project expands MHP’s primary care integration efforts by providing onsite integrated behavioral, physical and oral health-care services specifically designed to meet the needs of individuals with serious mental illness. The funding, to be dispersed over four years with payments of $400,000 annually, expands MHP’s partnership with primary-care providers and supports development of the Ryan Wellness Center at 1000 Alpine Ave. in Boulder into a health home.

Good Samaritan Society Fort Collins Village received a $3,000 social-accountability grant from its Good Samaritan Society Foundation. The money, combined with man hours donated by Village employees, residents and family members will benefit the Fort Collins Rescue Mission through various yearlong projects.

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