El Pomar honors nonprofits, awards $200k in grants
El Pomar honored seven Colorado nonprofits this week, with $200,000 in grants for their work. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, an Arvada-based conservation group, won the state’s outstanding nonprofit with the Julie and Spencer Penrose Award. The award includes a $50,000 cash prize. Other award winners — each receiving $25,000 – were: – Creede [...]
At tonight’s annual El Pomar Foundation’s Awards for Excellence ceremony, two local nonprofits received awards and one individual was honored.
Bob Holmes, executive director of Homeward Pikes Peak, was named co-recipient of the Shrine of the Sun Award, which is given to a nonprofit professional for having a profound and lasting impact on the nonprofit community.
“What specifically impressed us is that Bob has been a tireless champion of the underserved population for years,” said Peter Maiurro, director of Awards for Excellence for El Pomar.
Continue reading …An atrium in the Science & Engineering Building on the UCCS campus was named in recognition of the El Pomar Foundation, which donated $1 million to its construction. CU President Bruce Benson and UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak were both on hand to unveil the plaque noting El Pomar’s gift, created by Carolyn Fox, architect, Facilities [...]
Continue reading …The El Pomar Foundation celebrated its 10,000th grant with a $150,000 gift to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center today. The grant will go toward general operating support. Julie Penrose, who established El Pomar with her husband Spencer Penrose, was one of the founders of the Fine Arts Center. “It is fitting that the foundation’s [...]
Continue reading …The Catamount Institute received a $25,000 grant from the El Pomar Foundation. The grant will be used to focus education efforts in school children, as well as to support the Pikes Peak Sustainable Business Network. Catamount is a nonprofit, ecological leadership organization that focuses on improving sustainability throughout the Pikes Peak region. As the organization’s [...]
Continue reading …El Pomar Foundation will host the signing of a second Army Community Covenant of Fort Carson today at 3 p.m. at the Garden Pavilion at Penrose House.
The program is designed to foster and sustain effective state and local community partnerships with the Army to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families, both at their current duty stations and as they transfer to other states.
Continue reading …The EL Pomar Foundation has released the names of 26 local recipients of $305,000 as part of the 2009 Colorado Assistance Fund II program.
Continue reading …This week the El Pomar Foundation’s board of trustees will announce the last in a series of 10 regional awards – all unsolicited grants to area nonprofit agencies distributed through Colorado.
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