Civic Participation
About Civic Participation
The Gay & Lesbian Fund supports organizations that strengthen and encourage individuals to actively participate in civic life, discussions, and outcomes in their cities and towns.
We invested more than $1.5 million in 55 Colorado nonprofit organizations in our Civic Participation program area in 2010. Nonprofits we supported ranged from Leadership Pikes Peak and the Colorado Progressive Coalition to Community Shares of Colorado and the Colorado Nonprofit Association.
Click here to review all 2010 grants from the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
Featured Grantee
The story above focuses on Escuela Tlatelolco, one of our 2010 Civic Participation grantees. Escuela’s mission is to liberate the mind, heart, and spirit of its students. Founded in Denver in 1970 by Corky and Geraldine Gonzales, the community school teaches students to think critically and creatively, and take a stand for social justice. Executive Director Nita Gonzales says, “What difference does academic brilliance make if it does nothing to make a better world?”
55
The number of Civic Participation organizations supported by the Gay & Lesbian Fund in 2010
$1,598,100
The total dollar amount the Gay & Lesbian Fund invested in Colorado Civic Participation nonprofit organizations in 2010
