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A BOULDER-BASED STARTUP developed out of the University of Colorado received a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CU officials announced Thursday. Mobile Assay Inc. — a company developing technology that integrates mobile devices, test strips, geo-tagging and cloud computing to assess effects from seed-borne pathogens — was the winner of the Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Exploration Round 9 grants. More than 80 of the $100,000 grants were awarded Thursday.
SPRINT FOUNDATION’S 2012 grant recipients are Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, awarded $25,000, Denver Kids, Inc., $15,000, and Denver Museum of Nature & Science, $10,000.
THE ROLLING HILLS COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION is making a difference for troubled teens. The Foundation donated $80,000 to The Second Wind Fund, which aims to decrease the number of teen suicides by giving them access to counselors and treatments. According to Barb Lutz, the foundation’s secretary, the money is raised through an annual golf tournament and gala event that is held at the country club.
LATEST ‘CAPTURED EVENTS’ ON BLACKTIE
* October 29, 2012 – ArtReach Dine & D’art Kickoff
* October 24, 2012 – Young Artists Live Life to the Fullest with Aurora Mental Health Center
* October 27, 2012 – City Slicker Soiree 2012
BLACKTIE IS SPONSORING A FREE SEMINAR on how to use video to enhance your fundraising and events. It’s 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, 7800 E Tufts Ave. Register here.
THE PUKSTA FOUNDATION made grants totaling $160,000 as part of its Puksta Scholar program. The money funds 44 scholarships for the 2012-13 school year at the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Denver and Colorado State University.
ST. THOMAS MORE HEALTH FOUNDATION has given the Canon City Police Department two automatic external defibrillators, which are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest.
THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF DENVER/BOULDER said Thursday it has begun publishing the details of complaints against businesses and nonprofits in their entirety on its website.
GOOD NEWS: Colorado is experiencing a decline in economic insecurity as household resources begin to stabilize in many parts of the country, according to a report released Thursday by the Rockefeller Foundation and Yale University professor Jacob Hacker .
ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.
THE DENVER CSU ALUMNI NETWORK is looking for projects in the first half of 2013 to participate in as a volunteer group. Email: knpohly@yahoo.com
Whatever your spiritual tradition or path, we invite you to step away from the hectic preparations for Christmas. Come spend an evening in the soaring setting of the Cathedral, absorbed in the beloved music of Messiah.
Tickets are $24 (row 44 and lower), $21 (row 45 and higher, and the gallery), and $15 for students and seniors age 65 and over.
Please note that the first two rows of seats are reserved for patrons. For information on becoming a Patron, please contact Stephen Tappe at 303-577-7726. Please also note that your ticket guarantees you a seat within your chosen row only. The nursery is open for these performances.
HANDEL’S MESSIAH (ABOVE) IS USING EFFICIENT TICKETS. Consider Efficient Tickets, Blacktie’s sister company, for your next ticketed event. Online ticketing is inexpensive, consumer-friendly and provides your organization with valuable purchasing and entrance data. Contact Brett McCann-Lehl at 303-339-3819.
HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING DONATION REQUESTS? Blacktie can set up a website for your business or organization that makes it easy for you to be responsive to charity requests and carefully manage all aspects of the process. Here’s a request page we set up for a local company. For information about BT Donation Tracker, call Don Knox at 720-272-0961.
SPRINGS FUNDRAISING EFFORT LAUNCHES: Thursday at midnight, the 2012 Indy GiVE! campaign website went online. The project is coordinated by the Pikes Peak Community Foundation and the Colorado Springs Independent. Donors tripled their contributions in the previous three campaigns from $198,234 in 2009 to $699,823 in 2011.
MONEY FOR HOUSING: Fort Collins-based nonprofit Funding Partners will handle loan originations for all mortgages for Loveland Habitat for Humanity.
DID YOU KNOW? You can advertise your nonprofit event easily and affordably to 300,000 readers in the 17 Colorado Community Media newspapers from Thornton to Castle Rock? Blacktie offers discounted rates to organizations that have not previously advertised in the CCM publications. These publications include Arvada Press, Castle Rock News-Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News-Press, Englewood Herald, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Westminster Window, Westsider and Wheat Ridge Transcript. Call Brett McCann-Lehl or Don Knox at 303-832-2903 for more details!
DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUTURE ISSUE OF BLACKTIE FOR BUSINESS? Send an email to the editor, Don Knox.
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