Power The Change Endowment Campaign Fill The Purse

							The Women’s Foundation of
Colorado


        Fill The Purse
            2009
Our Mission
   The mission of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado is to

identify needs, build resources and lead change
        so that every   woman in Colorado is
           economically self-sufficient,
         and every girl is on the path to
    economic self-sufficiency in adulthood
         as defined by the Self-Sufficiency Standard*.
Percentage of Women living in Poverty


 16.0%                   13.3%
 14.0%
             10.6%
 12.0%
 10.0%
                                   Colorado Males
  8.0%                             Below Poverty
  6.0%                             Colorado Females
  4.0%                             Below Poverty
  2.0%
  0.0%
         2007 American Community
            Survey - US Census
Percentage of Colorado Families with
Children Who Live in Poverty
 35.0%                      34.3%
                                    All Families
 30.0%
 25.0%
                                    Married-Couple
 20.0%                      14.0%   Families
 15.0%
         8.4%                       Female
                6.9%
 10.0%                              Householder, no
  5.0%                              husband present
                                    Male Householder,
  0.0%                              no wife present
         2007 American Community
            Survey - US Census
Number of Female Dropouts
Grades 7 through 12—Colorado
9000
                                                                                              7973
8000
                                                                              7424
7000
                                                                6477
6000
       4916   4649          4603
5000                                     4149        3912
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3000
2000
1000
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                Colorado Department of Education – Includes Alternative Schools –
                http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_stats.htm
2006-2007 Female Drop-out Data

        Female              Female     Native
         Total    Female     Total    American     Asian      Black    Hispanic     White
         Pupil     Total    Dropout    Female     Female     Female     Female     Female
Grade   Count    Dropouts    Rate     Dropouts   Dropouts   Dropouts   Dropouts   Dropouts

7th     32534      336       1.0%       10          8         32         172        114
8th     33196      502       1.5%       10         16         46         236        194
9th     37100     1586       4.3%       43         28         144        921        450
10th    34072     1737       5.1%       31         28         156        889        633
11th    31439     1803       5.7%       35         21         153        810        784
12th    31298     2088       6.7%       49         45         193        841        960

Total   199639    8052       4.0%       178        146        724       3869       3135

%                                      6.6%       2.3%       5.4%       7.5%       2.5%
Key Findings: The Power of Education
                                         Households Below the Self-Sufficiency Standard
                                         by Education, Race, and Gender: Colorado 2000
 100
  90
  80                                                                                             73
  70
                                          56                          52                               55
  60
  50                                                                                                        44
  40                                           33                           34
            31                                                                   29
  30                                                 24                                                           23
                   19
  20                    14                                  15                         12
                               7
  10
   0
                 Male: White               Male: Non-White              Female: White            Female: Non-White
                                                          Gender and Race

       Less than High School       High School Diploma      Some College or Associate's Degree    Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Our Strategies for Systemic Change

   Research
    Building upon the work of Governor Ritter’s P-20
    Council, and collaborating with the Drop-Out Coalition
    led by the Colorado Children’s Campaign, we are poised
    to fund gender-specific research on the primary drop-out
    causes for girls, and best-in-class solutions and
    interventions for addressing this issue.
Our Strategies for Systemic Change, continued

   Education
    Our education campaign to build awareness began with
    a Public Service Announcement on CBS 4 and Comcast
    in December of 2008. We will continue with educational
    events throughout the state to shine a spotlight on this
    issue and the solutions necessary to solve it.
Our Strategies for Systemic Change, continued

   Public Policy Reform
    We are working with the Colorado Coalition for Girls and
    other partners to identify policy changes that will
    increase the number of girls graduating from high school.
Our Strategies for Systemic Change, continued

   Nonprofit Grants
    We will invest in the nonprofit organizations throughout
    Colorado that are implementing the research-based
    solutions for keeping girls in school.
Our Strategies for Systemic Change, continued
   Fundraising
    To ensure long-term impact through the creation of an
    endowment
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$14,000,000
$12,000,000
$10,000,000
 $8,000,000
 $6,000,000
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Fill The Purse

   The Women’s Foundation of Colorado
    values philanthropy at every level. We
    want every woman and man to feel that
    they can be part of a collective “million
    dollar gift”.
Fill The Purse Goals


   $1 million raised by July 2009

   5,000 gifts averaging $200
Why do we need to Fill The Purse?

  The Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s Fill Purse
  campaign hopes to increase awareness of the girls’
  dropout rate in Colorado, as well as raise endowment
  funds to provide a sustained funding stream for our
  work with girls, and endowing our critical research
  and education efforts.
What Can You Do?
   Sign up for our weekly Public Policy email “The
    Voice”.
   Tell your friends, family and government
    representative that we need to keep more girls
    in school.
   Hold a Purse Party of your own!
   Support this important work with a donation.
FAQs

   Is my contribution tax-deductible?
   Will the Foundation accept multi-year gifts?
   In what forms can my donations be made?
Thank You


     The Women’s Foundation of Colorado
     The Chambers Center
     1901 East Asbury Avenue
     Denver, CO 80208
     P: 303.285.2960
     www.wfco.org