Grant History

Spring 2008  

Fall 2007

  • 9 to 5 Colorado, Denver - $4500
    9 to 5 Colorado works to improve the workplace for women and strengthen the ability of low-wage/no-wage women in Colorado to win economic justice. Chinook's general operating grant supports immediate reform to require self-sufficiency wages and pay equity for women and nonstandard workers, an improved unemployment system and affordable leave policies.
  • Alamosa Riverkeepers, Capulin - $7000
    Alamosa Riverkeepers' mission is to strive for a clean functional river system which benefits the economic, ecological and recreational needs of the community.
  • Art-N-Motion Art Collective, Denver - $3000
    To promote social justice through art expression.
  • Center for Justice, Peace and Environment, Fort Collins - $7000
    The mission of the Center for Justice, Peace and Environment is to develop strategies, programs and actions that rurther economic, social and environmental justice, sustainability, human rights, dignity and peace for all.
  • Centro Humanitario, Denver - $4500
    El Centro Humanitario promotes the rights and well-being of day laborers through education, job skill and leadership development, united action and advocacy.
  • Colorado ACORN, Denver - $7000
    Our mission is to organize and empower low- and moderate-income people to address systemic social problems from the roots to the top. Members address issues that directly affect their communities, through building sustainable grassroots neighborhood groups to run projects and campaigns on the city-wide, statewide, and national levels. All work is lead by grassroots community leaders.
  • Colorado Anti-Violence Program (CAVP), Denver - $7000
    The Colorado Anti-Violence Program is dedicated to ending violence within and against the lesbain, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities in Colorado.
  • Colorado Women’s Agenda, Denver - $7000
    Colorado Women's Agenda is an anti-racist, social justice network that advocates statewide for economic security, political empowerment and race equity. We engage women along a continuum of non-partisan activism, including grassroots organizing, community education, leadership development and political participation at both local and statewide levels.
  • Companeros, Durango - $7000
    Companeros advocates for immigrant and Latino rights in southwest Colorado, establishes networking and collaboration among Latinos, develops a Latino power base by establishing strong relationships with members of the Latino community, and effects policy changes to improve the lives of Latinos and immigrants.
  • Congregations Building Community, Windsor - $4500
    The mission of CBC is to develop the capacities of low to moderate income community leadership to build powerful organizing efforts in our communities capable of involving large numbers of people in the identification, research and resolution of their own self-described community issues.
  • Inside/Out Youth Services, Colorado Springs - $7000
    To educate, empower and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning youth ages 13-22.
  • Recreate 68, Denver - $1000
    The awarding of the DNC to Denver for August 2008 presents a unique opportunity for the Denver community. Recreate 68 - in addition to providing support for all those coming to Denver to demonstrate at the DNC - will use the excitement and attention generated by this event as a catalyst to empower people to begin creating community-based alternatives to a failed two-party system. R68 will create a Four-Day Festival of Democracy, to coincide with the DNC, with workshops, trainings and demonstration services that will jump-start projects that will last well beyond the DNC. The awarding of the DNC to Denver for mission is to provide an artistic vehicle for conflict resolution, crime prevention, tutoring, mentoring and community cohesion.
  • Southwest Intertribal Voice, Cortez - $1500
    The mission of Southwest Intertribal Voice is to improve the overall quality of life and wellness of the Native peoples of southwest Colorado, to create and implement educational, social, health, and spiritual wellness programs based on the highest values of the traditions and cultures of the areas.
  • Two Spirit Society of Denver, Denver - $7000
    The Two Spirit Society of Denver formed to confront and combat issues of homophobia, racism, and oppression from the Native American community, the non-Native communities, and the GLBT community at large.