Colorado Springs-based El Pomar Foundation has distributed $1million to Colorado nonprofits, its fifth allocation since theeconomy tanked in 2008.
Nonprofits in El Paso and Teller counties received $299,000, ElPomar spokeswoman Josie Burke said Wednesday. More than half of the$1 million went to rural areas of the state.
In a news release, El Pomar officials said that even though thereare signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, a survey of thestate's health and human service providers indicated 'the needs arestill great.'
The survey found that demand for services increased for 88percent of the nonprofits in the past 12 months, while 59 percent ofthem experienced a decline in donations.
'Throughout the state, health and human service providers arestill challenged by an increase in demand for services coupled witha decrease in funding,' El Pomar Chairman and CEO William J. Hyblsaid in the statement. 'The trustees of El Pomar feel strongly thatthis remains an area where the Foundation can make a significantdifference by providing resources for those organizations that aresupporting Coloradans still struggling to get by on a daily basis.'
More than 150 nonprofits, including 31 in the Pikes Peak region,are receiving money through the Colorado Assistance Fund V, the nameof the El Pomar emergency grant program. Previous CAF distributionsof $1 million went out in each of the past four years.
Burke said the checks went out in the mail on Tuesday. Some werehand-delivered, including one to Care and Share Food Bank ofSouthern Colorado.
'With today's donation we are able to provide the equivalent of600,000 meals to those in need in Southern Colorado through ourpartner agencies!' Care and Share said in a Facebook posting.
WHO GOT WHAT:
Pikes Peak-area recipients and the amount they received:
Care and Share
$75,000
CASA of the Pikes Peak Region
$15,000
Catholic Charities of Colorado Springs
$25,000
City of Woodland Park
$2,500
Ecumenical Social Ministries
$15,500
Community Cupboard of Woodland Park
$2,500
El Paso County Medical Society
$5,000
El Paso Fountain Valley Senior Citizen
$5,000
Energy Resource Center
$5,000
God's Pantry
$7,500
Help the Needy
$2,500
Homeward Pikes Peak
$15,000
Interfaith Hospitality Network
$5,000
Little Chapel of the Hills
$2,000
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
$10,000
Northern Churches Care Inc.
$10,500
One Nation Walking Together
$2,000
Open Bible Baptist Church
$5,000
Peak Vista Community Health Centers
$7,500
Pikes Peak Community Action Agency
$7,500
Rocky Mountain Health Care Services
$5,000
SET of Colorado Springs.
$5,000
Silver Key Senior Services
$5,000
Springs Rescue Mission
$5,000
Teller County Social Services
$5,000
Teller Senior Coalition
$2,500
The Salvation Army-Colorado Springs
$20,000
Tri-Lakes CARES
$8,500
Urban Peak-Colorado Springs
$5,000
Westside CARES
$10,500
White Bison
$2,500
