110 volunteer champions 2 short months

40 NONPROFITS ❊ 3,100+ DONATIONS ❊ $427,000+
123 TIMES NON-PROFITS FEATURED BY GIVE! MEDIA PARTNERS
110 VOLUNTEER CHAMPIONS ❊ 2 SHORT MONTHS
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GIVE! 2010 AWARDS CEREMONY
To much applause, checks totaling $427,370 were
awarded to the 40 local nonprofits participating
in the 2010 Give! Campaign. Funders
and nonprofits shared stories on why they
participate and how Give! has impacted their
organizations. Indy publisher John Weiss noted
that giving away $427,370 in checks was a good way to
win friends. Beer, wine and appetizers were graciously
provided by Bristol Brewing Company, Buffalo Gals, El
Pomar Foundation and the Independent.
AT EL POMAR FOUNDATION’S GARDEN PAVILION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
John Weiss, Chair
Colorado Springs Independent
Carrie Simison-Bitz, Co-Chair
Colorado Springs Independent
Connie Dudgeon
The Colorado College
Susan Edmondson
Bee Vradenburg Foundation
Cecelia Jacobs
Community Consultant
Laura Long
Bristol Brewing Company
Renee Moorefield
Wisdom Works
Jo Dufton Palmer
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
Carrie Perkins
VEDA Salon
Dave Somers
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
EX-OFFICIO
Michael Hannigan
Pikes Peak Community Foundation
BOARD
Carolye Asfahl
elope, Inc.
Josie Burke
El Pomar Foundation
Heather Carroll
Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation
Joe Cole
FOX 21
Jenifer Furda
Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce
Todd Luce
Luce Research
Mary Lou Makepeace
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
Mary Mashburn
Fairy Godmother of the Arts
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Thank You! Gracias! Merci! Dankschen! Arigato!
$23,581.00
PIKES PEAK URBAN GARDENS
$20,943.50
WOMEN’S RESOURCE AGENCY
$20,530.00
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION
$19,915.77
$15,742.50
MISSION MEDICAL CLINIC
$15,335.00
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
$13,728.50
COLORADO SPRINGS DIVERSITY FORUM
$13,298.50
DREAMPOWER ANIMAL RESCUE
The Give! class of 2010
$12,495.50
Pikes Peak Community Foundation’s
Executive Director Michael Hannigan
announced a new “Ingenuity Grant”
program. For details, visit ppcf.org/
IngenuityGrantsOverview. PPCF served as
the Give! 2010 campaign’s fiscal sponsor. Our
gratitude also goes out to Amy Sue Lambert.
MANITOU ART THEATRE
$11,721.00
PIKES PEAK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
$11,565.25
IMAGINATION CELEBRATION
$10,662.00
PIKES PEAK FAMILY CONNECTIONS
$10,169.37
KIDS ON BIKES
$10,113.00
CHEYENNE VILLAGE
$9,201.00
EL PASO COUNTY NATURE CENTERS
$9,195.00
SUICIDE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP
$8,765.50
SILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES
$8,489.00
MILTON FOSTER CHILDREN’S FUND (CASA)
$8,441.00
ROCK LEDGE RANCH
$7,985.50
GRECCIO HOUSING
Sincerely,
Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation’s
Dr. John Kurish shares how their mission
resonates with Give!’s holistic approach.
$7,321.25
AFA Colonel Neal Rappaport outlines how 80 cadets utilized their
analytical and social media skills to help Give! nonprofits reach out to
donors in their 20s and 30s.
FUTURESELF
$6,777.00
FOSTERING HOPE
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
$6,678.00
James Stewart
Steve Wood
$24,941.00
PALMER LAND TRUST
$18,056.00
of the Give! campaign is it enables
From our perspective, the best part
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ds and to be wowed by the incredibl
all of us to make so many new frien
neighbors.
work done by our caring and talented
do it again in 2011. And soon.
And even better news, we get to
ts seeking to participate in Give! 2011
Application materials for nonprofi
t
will be in the March 10 Independen
will be available next month. Details
and on csindy.com.
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One major goal of Give! is to crea
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s to achieve their philanthropic goa
businesses and other organization
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by participating in our fun, effective
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foundation or business
year fundraising campaign. If your
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exploring a partnership with Give
call one of us at 577-4545.
Becca Sickbert
Lynne Telford
$28,777.35
TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE COALITION
FRIENDS OF GARDEN OF THE GODS
related to Give!.
Colorado Ecospiritual Center
Pikes Peak United Way
FRIENDS OF CHEYENNE CAÑON
CHILDREN’S LITERACY CENTER
2009 total of just over $198,000.
Together we more than doubled our
ey for these amazing nonprofits.
But we generated far more than mon
ee
21’s Joe Cole; Wisdom Works’ Ren
Through our talented trainers (Fox
n; Co-Pilot Creative’s entire staff;
Moorefield, KRDO-TV’s Barrett Tryo
icipating nonprofits learning from
FAC’s Becca Sickbert) as well as part
gazers
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one another, we empowered thes
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Ahriana Platten
Black Chamber of Commerce
$427,370.44
John Weiss
Give! 2010 Co-chairs
VENETUCCI FARM
Carrie Simison-Bitz
$6,226.00
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FIELD INSTITUTE
$6,219.00
Concrete Couch
COOL SCIENCE
STAFF
$6,155.00
Amanda Lundgren
Jack Ward
CITIZENS PROJECT
$6,052.50
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK
$5,980.00
ELLICOTT WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER
$5,835.00
COLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMONIC
$5,795.00
HAMLETT SPAY & NEUTER CLINIC
$5,525.76
John Weiss, Independent publisher and Give! co-chair was all smiles
as he awarded $427,370 to local nonprofits.
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FOX VP of News Operations Joe Cole
emceed the ceremony and charmed
the audience. FOX 21 provided media
training to participating nonprofits
and featured 27 Give! groups on their
news programs.
Baseball Hall of Famer Goose Gossage, along with a roomful of Give!
donors, braved the frigid temperatures on Tuesday morning, Feb. 1 for
breakfast and stories at the Broadmoor. This was the first of five local
celebrity events that are being held as Give! rewards.
URBAN PEAK
$5,286.25
BIKE CLINIC TOO
$4,472.00
SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE
$4,408.19
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
$4,229.25
HARBOR HOUSE COLLABORATIVE
$3,450.00
DESIGNATED DRIVER OF COLORADO SPRINGS
$3,308.00
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado challenge for most donors under 29 in Dec. 2010
Winner: Children’s Literacy Center
CoPilot Creative donates a new website
Runners Up: Rocky Mountain Field Institute, Suicide Prevention Partnership
CoPilot Creative has donated a
website to one of this year’s Give!
nonprofits...
… and the winner is the Children’s
Literacy Center, award accepted
by Executive Director Gina Solazzi.
They won the vote to receive a new
website developed by the folks who
built the amazing Indy Give! site.
Center for Nonprofit
Excellence’s FRESC
Strategic Planning
Winners:
First Place: Trails and
Open Space Coalition
will receive a threeyear comprehensive
strategic plan.
Runners Up:
Designated Driver
Nonie Rispin from Designated Driver accepts a
of Colorado Springs
“Runner Up” award from Randy Scott at Front
and the Colorado
Range Executive Service Corps.
Springs Chapter of the
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will each
receive strategic planning consulting advice.
Friendly Competition Winners
To help create healthy
conversations about giving
back to our community, the
Give! nonprofits competed
for $30,000 in cash money
and over $10,000 in ads
from the Independent and
KRCC-FM.
Competitions were
in each of our seven
categories:
• the most unique
donations
• the most donations from
young adults in their 20s
and 30s
• from donors living in
the widest range of local
zip codes
For info on Give! 2011, e-mail
give@csindy.com
Animals
Unique donors
Young donors
Zip codes
Early bird
1st place
Humane Society of the PPR
DreamPower
Humane Society of the PPR
Humane Society of the PPR
Runner Up
DreamPower
Humane Society of the PPR
DreamPower
Grantor
Compassionate Care Veterinary Services
Compassionate Care Veterinary Services
PPCF
Independent & KRCC
Arts/Culture
Unique donors
Young donors
Zip codes
Early bird
1st place
Imagination Celebration
Imagination Celebration
Imagination Celebration
Imagination Celebration
Runner Up
Manitou Art Theatre
Rock Ledge Ranch
Manitou Art Theatre
Grantor
Bee Vradenburg Foundation
Bee Vradenburg Foundation
PPCF
Independent & KRCC
Community Building
Unique donors
Young donors
Zip codes
1st place
PP Urban Gardens
PP Urban Gardens
PP Urban Gardens,
PP Habitat for Humanity
PP Urban Gardens
Runner Up
PP Habitat for Humanity
Designated Driver
Grantor
Independent
Independent
Environment
Unique donors
Young donors
Zip codes
Early bird
1st place
Trails & Open Space Coalition
Trails & Open Space Coalition
Trails & Open Space Coalition
Trails & Open Space Coalition
Runner Up
Friends of Cheyenne Canon
Rocky Mtn Field Institute
Rocky Mtn Field Institute
Grantor
Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation
Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation
PPCF
Independent & KRCC
Family
Unique donors
Young donors
Zip codes
Early bird
1st place
Women’s Resource Agency
Women’s Resource Agency
Women’s Resource Agency
Women’s Resource Agency
Runner Up
Silver Key Senior Services
PP Family Connections
PP Family Connections
Grantor
Nor’wood
Nor’wood
PPCF
Independent & KRCC
Wellness
Unique donors
Young donors
Zip codes
Early bird
1st place
Runner Up
NAMI
Suicide Prevention Partnership
Suicide Prevention Partnership NAMI
NAMI & Suicide Prevention Partnership
NAMI
Grantor
Ent Federal Credit Union
Ent Federal Credit Union
PPCF
Independent & KRCC
1st place
Children’s Literacy Center
Children’s Literacy Center
Children’s Literacy Center
Children’s Literacy Center
Grantor
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
PPCF
Independent & KRCC
Early bird
Youth
Unique donors
Young donors
Zip codes
Early bird
tied:
tied:
PPCF
Independent & KRCC
Runner Up
Kids on Bikes
Kids on Bikes
Kids on Bikes