$20,000 Pledged to Benefit CU-Boulder’s GLBT Programs
Contact: Kimberly Bowman, 303-541-1446, kimberly.bowman@cufund.org
BOULDER, Colo. (Dec 17, 2007) – The Gill Foundation recently pledged a matching grant of $20,000 to benefit the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Over the next year, the CU Foundation will raise an additional $20,000 to match the funding.
The CU-Boulder GLBT Resource Center and the LGBT Studies Certificate Program will benefit from the funding. The Resource Center provides information dissemination and referral, educational, cultural and social programs, advocacy and voice for the GLBT community at CU-Boulder. The Gill Grant will support operating costs and outreach activities. The LGBT Studies Certificate Program, an interdisciplinary collaboration focusing on LGBT topics, will also benefit. The funding will be added to the certificate program’s endowment.
To match the Gill Grant, donors may choose to benefit any of the myriad GLBT programs at CU-Boulder.
“The Gill Foundation is proud to support the University of Colorado’s comprehensive effort to engage lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students and community members. The education and dialogue that is initiated through this program is helping advance equality through understanding,” said Julie Voyles of the Gill Foundation.
The Gill Foundation is a Denver-based foundation and the nation’s largest funder focusing primarily on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights. This is the second such grant to CU-Boulder that has been pledged by the Gill Foundation. Last year, they pledged $25,000 in matching funds, which the University of Colorado Foundation matched with $27,000.
For more information on giving opportunities on GLBT programs at CU-Boulder, please visit www.colorado.edu/glbtrc.
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