Programs serving youth, the aged, and the homeless were among the major grant recipients as the Daniels Fund board approved $8.2 million in funding at their recent third quarter meeting.  

 

Major grant recipients included: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver; Brothers Redevelopment; CeDAR – Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation; Colorado Council on Economic Education; Colorado League of Charter Schools; Common Good Colorado; Emily Griffith Foundation; Family Tree; Friends of the Haven; Leaders Challenge; Little Sisters of the Poor; Mi Casa Resource Center for Women; Senior Support Services; Special Transit; Teach for America; The Delores Project; The Gathering Place; United States Amateur Boxing; University of Northern Colorado Foundation; Volunteers of America; Zion Senior Center; and many others.

 

“The level of funding made available through the charitable legacy of Bill Daniels is amazing,” said Linda Childears, president and CEO of the Daniels Fund. “However, the nonprofit organizations that strengthen our communities by providing vital services, continue to struggle with a lack of funding and need everyone’s support,” she added.

 

The Daniels Fund will award a projected $38 million in grants and $12 million in college scholarships, totaling an estimated $50 million in funding in 2008. The program areas eligible for grants through the Daniels Fund include: Aging, Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, Amateur Sports, Disabilities, Education, Homeless & Disadvantaged and Youth Development.

 

The Daniels Fund operates the Daniels Fund Scholarship Program and the Daniels Fund Grants Program in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, as well as funding programs with a national impact. Visit www.danielsfund.org for more information.