Investee Portfolio

Current Investees:

Early Childhood Development

The Longmont Children's Council (LCC) collaboratively develops learners through community-centered services.To accomplish this mission with the low-income population served, they help families remove as many barriers to their child’s education as necessary and to ensure that those children served are ready to learn in kindergarten. They provide quality Head Start programs to young children and their families.

2008: $25,000 awarded to hire development staff, develop marketing materials, and for Board training. SVP projects include: marketing and community outreach; help hiring and orienting development staff; Board development; organizational development.

Executive Director: Amy Ogilvie

Longmont Children's Council

82 21st Ave., Suite C

Longmont, CO 80501
303-776-8523

www.longmontchildrenscouncil.org

Youth Development Programs During Out-of-School Time

Colorado Youth Program (CYP) connects Colorado's underprivileged kids with nature and their communities. CYP does this by offering front-range youth, between the ages of 11 and 18 years old and from multi-level income households, opportunities to experience a mountain summer camp and school year program that instills pride and confidence through active learning, working and playing in a natural, outdoor setting.

2005: $15,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: Board training and recruitment; fund development planning; evaluating and implementing direct mail campaign; assessing fundraising database software needs; marketing/outreach; strategic planning.
2006: $15,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: mission revision; board development; marketing planning and implementation; fund development.
2007: $15,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: strategic planning; marketing and outreach; fund development planning; volunteer program consulting; program evaluation data analysis.
2008: $15,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: human resources; volunteer program implementation; community relations.

Co-Executive Directors: Steve Ehredt and Robyn Johnson
Colorado Youth Program
3970 N. Broadway, Suite B2
Boulder, CO 80304
303.402.9656
www.coloradoyouthprogram.org

Growing Gardens' mission is to cultivate community through gardening. SVP's support of Growing Gardens is directed towards ¡Cultiva! Youth Project, a youth operated organic market garden. Participants plant and nurture a 2 acre garden, harvest the produce weekly to sell at the Boulder County Farmer's Market, and donate a portion of what is harvested to those in need in the local community. ¡Cultiva! teaches sustainable agriculture, leadership, entrepreneurial and life skills to youth ages 11-20.

2006: $15,000, including $10,000 towards general operating funds for the ¡Cultiva! Youth Project and expansion of Cultiva/Peace Garden programming and $5,000 designated to support implementation of an earned income strategy for Cultiva. SVP projects include: earned income strategy development and implementation; management systems including monitoring and assessment; strategic planning.
2007: $25,000 for the ¡Cultiva! Youth Project. SVP projects include: marketing and communications; organizational and Board development; fund development planning; strategic planning.
2008: $20,000 for the ¡Cultiva! Youth Project and overall organizational capacity building. SVP projects include: marketing tool redesign; Board development; volunteer program development; fund development and business planning.

Executive Director: Ramona Clark
Growing Gardens
3198 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
303.413.7248
www.growinggardens.org

Women's Wilderness Institute's mission is to strengthen the courage, confidence, and leadership qualities of girls and women, through the support and challenge of wilderness- and community-based experiences. The Girls' Wilderness Program, which is the primary focus of SVP's support, composes 60% of the work of the Institute. The Girls' Wilderness Program is designed to give girls the power of their own voice, and the confidence that they can make a difference in their own lives and in the world around them.

2006: $30,000, of which $5,000 is designated for donor software and computer upgrades; $25,000 is designated to support a part-time Development Director to increase revenue from individual donors, corporate sponsors, and foundations. SVP projects include: fund development; Girls' Programs website design; information technology assessment and network help; human resources.
2007: $30,000 for girls' wilderness programming and organizational capacity building. SVP projects include: leadership transition coaching; Board development; fund development planning; program assessment; event planning; search engine optimization and internet marketing.
2008: $20,000 for girls' wilderness programming and overall organizational capacity building. SVP projects include: information technology; individual donor development planning; program development; corporate and community outreach, integrated planning.

Executive Director: Beth Davis
Women's Wilderness Institute
5723 Arapahoe, Suite 1B
Boulder, CO 80303
303.938.9191
www.womenswilderness.org

Organizations Strengthening Economic and Educational Opportunities for Latinos

Intercambio de Comunidades increases opportunities and independence for adult immigrants and builds a richer, more integrated community, by reducing language and cultural barriers in Boulder County, by providing no-cost/low-cost English classes, community resource education, and intercultural events. Intercambio was founded in October 2000, in response to an expressed need of Boulder County's Latino community to learn English and improve the quality of life for themselves and their families, and today serves immigrants from around the world.

2005: $25,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: evaluating and refining development plan; marketing; in-home class safety; volunteer recruitment/retention/appreciation plan; Board training, orientation, assessment tools.
2006: $30,200, of which $25,000 is designated for general operating support; $5,200 for donor database, training, and data conversion. SVP projects include: fund development coaching; development of Board orientation; insurance and legal issues; continued planning for replication.
2007: $25,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: HR planning; legal affairs; Board development; fund development coaching.
2008: $15,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: intellectual property protection; replication; development coaching.

Executive Director: Lee Shainis
Intercambio de Comunidades
4735 Walnut St Suite B
Boulder, CO 80301
303.996.0275
www.intercambioweb.org

Graduated Investees:

Alternatives For Youth (AFY) works with youth to promote the prevention of many risk behaviors. AFY's work also includes intervention and treatment in tough areas like teen pregnancy, gang intervention and dropout prevention. Their clients are predominantly Latino, low income and from single parent households.

2001: $10,000 awarded for general operating support of their Homework Heroes after school program for middle school youth. The program includes homework assistance, service learning projects and open discussions that have current relevance to the kids.
2002: $10,000 awarded for general operating support of their Homework Heroes after school program for middle school youth.

Alternatives For Youth
24 9th Ave.
Longmont, CO 80501
303.776.8184
www.alternativesforyouth.org

The Boulder Day Nursery Association operates the Boulder Day Nursery primarily for families and children of limited resources of the greater Boulder community. Boulder Day provides and promotes high quality, developmentally appropriate child care environments, early learning programs, and family services that respond to diverse ethnic, cultural and social traditions.

2001: $25,000 awarded to assist in the renovation and expansion of the Boulder Day Nursery building.
2002: $25,000
2003: $25,000. SVP projects include: alternative debt-relief financing, business planning towards replication.
2004: $10,000 designated for replication.

Boulder Day Nursery Association
1518 Spruce St.
Boulder, CO 80302
303.442.7605
www.boulderdaynursery.org

The Family Learning Center's, "Ignite Your Potential...See What you Can Do!" is designed to help middle school youth build self-confidence, high self-esteem and self-respect. Each participant receives $50 per month stipend for participation in this project and is required to save at least 10% per month of their stipend. The purpose of the stipend is to help mitigate the negative effects of poverty and assist in the personal development of children. Poverty is one of the number one barriers to the healthy development of children.

2001: $15,000 to support a program coordinator to oversee the Ignite Your Potential Program.
2002: $20,000 to support the Ignite Your Potential Program.

Family Learning Center
3164 34th St.
Boulder, CO 80301
303.442.8979
www.flcboulder.org

The Longmont YMCA provides an early child care and education program. They hold monthly family activities including free swim, educational seminars and field trips that include parents and siblings. In many cases, staff members make home visits to get to know the parents better. Parents are also encouraged to attend day care/preschool with their child. The YMCA's emphasis is on strengthening the entire family.

2001: $25,000 awarded to assist in increasing the educational capacity of the early child education program.

Longmont YMCA
950 Lashley
Longmont, CO 80501
303.776.0370
www.longmontymca.org

Manhattan Middle School's after school program, The Learning Center, has grown into its present incarnation from an original idea for tutoring students in math. It offers a supervised space for students to hang out, read, study, draw, and get help with homework.

2001: $15,000 awarded to support a program coordinator to oversee The Learning Center.
2002: $15,000 awarded for program support of The Learning Center.
2003: $15,000 awarded for program support of The Learning Center. SVP projects include mobilizing parents to identify and secure long-term sources of funding, including training parents in grant writing, and developing a volunteer program.

Manhattan Middle School
290 Manhattan Dr.
Boulder, CO 80303
303.494.0335
www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/manhattan/aboutMMS.html

Medicine Horse Program (MHP) is dedicated to creating breakthroughs in increased self-esteem, self-confidence, and quality of life issues for low-income adolescents, families and individuals through Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Experiences. Group and individual programs are available through various experiential and educational horsemanship courses. Target population served: low-income, at-risk youth ages 10-18 in Boulder County.

2003: $20,000 awarded for general operating support of their ongoing equine therapy programs for at-risk youth. SVP projects include: strategic planning, real estate negotiations, fundraising planning, volunteer program development, marketing, and finance.
2004: $30,000 awarded for general operating support and to hire one to two additional M.A.-level contract therapists to staff and expand current programs. SVP projects include: strategic planning, fund development planning and training, HR policy development, marketing and business development, and Board development.
2005: $15,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: marketing, business development and facility usage, and fund development.
2006: $30,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: website redevelopment; business development and facility usage; Board member recruitment; and capital campaign planning.
2007: $30,000 awarded for general operating support. SVP projects include: earned income maximization; IT; marketing and communications; facility usage planning; event planning; Board recruitment and development.

Executive Director: Karolyn Gazella
Medicine Horse Program
8778 Arapahoe Road
Boulder, CO 80303
720.406.7630
www.medicinehorse.org

Project YES (Youth Envisioning Social change) works to help young people realize their potential to effect positive social change in their own lives, in their communities, and on a larger, global level. Through their drop in center in Lafayette and educational workshops around Boulder County, Project YES supports youth ages 11-19 in using the arts/service/action as a means for social commentary and as a tool for democratic participation and social change.

2001: $5,000 awarded for general operating support of the drop in center. The center provides homework assistance and opportunities for kids in the Lafayette area to experiment with art.
2002: $10,000 awarded for general operating support of the drop in center.
2003: $25,000 awarded for general operating support of the drop in center, and to hire a consultant to support fundraising plan/proposal development. SVP projects include finance and accounting systems training and support, strategic planning, Board development.
2004: $25,000 awarded total. $15,000 of the award is to be designated for general operating expenses, and $10,000 is to be restricted for use in capacity building projects in the areas of Board development, strategic planning, and marketing.
2005: $15,000 awarded for general operating, $5,000 of which is designated for specific capacity building projects. SVP projects include: completion of promotion materials; Board and staff implementation of fiscal planning and oversight; consultation on new database/fund development systems.

Project YES
104 West Baseline Road
Lafayette, CO 80026
303.926.0306
www.project-yes.org

TEENS Inc. has the goal of empowering youth by offering recreational opportunities, youth employment and training, support services and a safe, drug-free environment in which to socialize. They are committed to providing a nurturing atmosphere for youth and their families in the Nederland mountain region.

2001: $5,000 in general operating support for the free after school Teen Center.
2002: $25,000 in general operating support for the free after school Teen Center.
2003: $25,000 general operating support for the free after school Teen Center, and teen-run coffee cart business planning and implementation. SVP projects include: business planning consulting.
2004: $25,000 general operating support. SVP projects include: business planning, Board training and development, fund development planning.
2005: $25,000 general operating support, $10,000 of which is designated for specific capacity building projects. SVP projects include: cost-benefit analysis of earned income projects and overall fundraising tactics and their effectiveness; create and implement development plan; grow membership program; outreach and marketing.

TEENS, Inc.
151 East Street, P.O. Box 1070
Nederland, CO 80466
303.258.3821
www.teensinc.org