December 4, 2009
UC Denver receives gift from Walmart to help green Colorado’s small communities
Colorado’s small communities are going green, thanks to the Colorado Municipal League (CML) and a generous gift from the Walmart Foundation.
News archive for 2009
November 23, 2009
“Colorado State of Mind” Looks at charitable giving during difficult economic times
How are Colorado foundations and nonprofits coping, and what is the ripple effect for the programs they support?
October 7, 2009
CU Endowment Manager Named “Rising Star” by Leading Industry Publication
Caleb Sevian, one of the University of Colorado’s endowment’s portfolio managers, was named a “Rising Star of Foundations & Endowments” by the Euromoney Institutional Investor online network, which publishes widely read trade magazines and newsletters for a money manager audience.
September 25, 2009
Fashion Event to Benefit UC Denver’s Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome
2009 marks the 50th anniversary of identifying the genetic cause of Down syndrome. To commemorate this historic discovery, the Global Down Syndrome Foundation has organized the Be Beautiful Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show, a fundraiser featuring honoree Music Icon Quincy Jones, singer-songwriter Josh Kelley and a fashion show including guest models with Down syndrome.
August 10, 2009
Commitment to Prevent Leading Childhood Dental Disease Leads to Creation of $1.5 million Gift for School of Dental Medicine
The Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation is giving $1.5 million to create an endowed chair in Early Childhood Caries Research.
August 6, 2009
Millennium Harvest House Concert Event
The University of Colorado Foundation and CU Boulder’s Environmental Studies has been chosen to be highlighted at the Millennium Harvest House’s FAC Rockin’ The Gardens Summer Concert Series on August 7th, 2009.
July 22, 2009
CU Foundation Announces Changes In Portfolio Management
After five years of internal management of its investment portfolio—which includes the University of Colorado endowment—the University of Colorado Foundation is outsourcing these services to Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), an asset management firm based in New York.
July 21, 2009
CU Posts Solid Fundraising Results Despite Recession
More than 50,000 donors made contributions toward University of Colorado people, places, and programs during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009—more than in any other year in CU’s 133-year history, the university announced today.
July 7, 2009
Horwitz nets $650,000 from Avon Foundation for breast cancer outreach and research
Kate Horwitz, PhD, a breast cancer researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and distinguished professor of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, has received $650,000 from the Avon Foundation for Women in support of various breast cancer outreach and research programs.
June 26, 2009
$4.75 Million in Gifts Make Late Boulderite Largest-Ever Individual Donor to CU Buffs
Louise Bennett Reed, who passed away at age 103 last June, gave gifts totaling more than $4.75 million for University of Colorado at Boulder athletic scholarships, making her the largest individual donor to the CU-Boulder Athletics department.