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DANIELS FUND OVERVIEW Bill Daniels was a patriotic American who achieved success through a combination of hard work, determination, and a willingness to take risks. Comparison He was a decorated fi ghter pilot in World Scholarship Program War II, and he went on to become one Grants Program of the pioneers in the cable television Scholarship industry. ‚ roughout his lifetime Program Grants 30% he gave generously to people in Program need and the organizations that 70% serve them. Bill Daniels spent his fi nal years carefully defi ning his goals for the Daniels Fund New Utah TABLE OF CONTENTS New Mexico 5% Wyoming Colorado 10% which carries on his legacy 15% Mexico 10% 10-YEAR TIMELINE ...... Foldout 10% Utah of generosity by providing 5% MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN Wyoming college scholarships 10% AND THE PRESIDENT/CEO ...... 3 to deserving students Metro Denver National Colorado and grants to nonprofi t 50% 10% 75% GRANTS PROGRAM organizations in Colorado, 10 Years of Giving ...... 4-5 New Mexico, Utah, and Grant Allocations by State Scholarship Allocations by State Wyoming. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Percentage Percentage 10 Years of Giving ...... 6-7 Daniels Fund Grants Program TEN YEARS – TEN STORIES ...... 8-17 Honoring the percentages for giving Aging FINANCIAL SUMMARY...... 18 established by Bill Daniels, each year Alcoholism & Substance Abuse approximately 70% of charitable allocations Amateur Sports SPOTLIGHT are made through the Daniels Fund Grants Disabilities Board of Directors ...... 19 Program in the funding areas (listed at right) Education 2009 Highlights ...... 19 he defi ned for the foundation. Homeless & Disadvantaged Youth Development

The Daniels Fund would like to thank Daniels Fund Grantees, Daniels Scholars, and Community Daniels Fund Scholarship Program Volunteers for providing photos or allowing their images to be used in this annual report. Thanks Bill Daniels directed that approximately 30% of charitable allocations be made through to photographers James Baca, Robert Linn, Tia the Daniels Fund Scholarship Program, which consists of the Daniels Scholarship and Brayman with The Children’s Hospital, Carrie the Daniels Opportunity Scholarship. Daniels Scholarships give promising students Padilla, Don Usner and Karen Johnson; contributing writer Andrea Sinor; and graphic artist Rob with fi nancial need the opportunity to obtain a bachelor’s degree. Daniels Opportunity Johnson — Wilson/Johnson Creative for design. Scholarships support non-traditional students including adults entering or returning to

The Daniels Fund logo and tagline are trademarks of the Daniels college; students from alternative schools, juvenile justice facilities and youth off ender programs; Fund. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without GED recipients; former foster care youth, returning military, and emergency service providers. written permission of the Daniels Fund.

2 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 10 Years of Making Life Better

Funding begins for grants in  Bill Daniels passes away New Mexico and Wyoming

The Daniels Charitable Fund becomes Second class of 59 the Daniels Fund and the Board of Daniels Scholars Directors is constituted – Phil Hogue named in Colorado  is named founding President/CEO New Mexico Military Institute receives $20 million grant for First Scholars Heading Into the capital construction, including the Daniels Leadership Center Future (SHIFT) program is held

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 New York Community Funding begins for Trust receives grants in Colorado $500,000 grant for the September 11th Fund  Inaugural class of 32 Daniels Scholars named in Colorado

Dan Ritchie is elected Children’s Hospital Chairman of the Board receives $2 million, Red Cross in Daniels Fund launches Daniels Scholarship 10-year grant to establish Hobbs, “7 Strategies for Success” program selects its 1,000th the Bill Daniels Center for New Mexico program to promote school- scholarship recipient Children’s Hearing  receives $10,000 business partnerships Bill Daniels Neighborhood Phil Hogue, founding Utah selects its Hero Award President/CEO passes away  fi rst group of Daniels Scholars Charter Schools Development Linda Childears Corporation receives $3 million grant becomes President/CEO J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 An emergency grant The Davis Hospice Center Central  Daniels Fund of $500,000 is made in Wyoming receives Wyoming successfully clarifi es for Hurricane Katrina $500,000 grant to Counseling that Amendment 41, victims construct the new Center Center which regulates gifts Daniels Fund surpasses receives $1 to state employees $100 million in grants Daniels Fund KOOL105 The Daniels College of million grant and their families, awarded since inception Cause of the Month Business receives to build meth does not apply to $3 million grant in support The Sea-Air Operations launches to promote treatment Daniels Scholarship of its award-winning Gallery at the Smithsonian nonprofi t awareness facility recipients business ethics program Institute in Washington  Betty Ford Center is named in memory Children’s Program of Bill Daniels  receives $1.5 million challenge grant to expand into Colorado

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community  Daniels Opportunity Scholarship (DOS) program launches Daniels Fund First Daniels John Saeman begins offering Scholars start Hank Brown is elected Chairman meeting space graduating  becomes of the Board free of charge President/CEO to nonprofi t Grantmaking organizations expands to serve all Grants funding seven program areas expands into Utah  in all four states

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Wyoming and New Mexico Jack Daniels, New Daniels Fund send their fi rst classes of founding Chairman building in Denver Daniels Fund partners Daniels Scholars to college of the Board is dedicated with the Denver DA’s passes away offi ce and 9NEWS to launch Parents are the Power anti-drug abuse campaign

 Denver’s Police Congressional Medal Hank Brown is elected Daniels Activities League of Honor Society Chairman of the Board Scholars receives $5 million posthumously presents career grant to construct new Bill Daniels with  Marlon Peoples mentoring Daniels Daniels Fund headquarters/facilities Distinguished Citizenship becomes the fi rst program Scholarship surpasses $200 (see story page 19) Award for lifetime of Daniels Scholar to launches program launches million in grants heroic services earn a doctorate Referral Agency awarded since Daniels Scholar Success degree process inception Program launches

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009  Feeding America Daniels Fund named Top Denver Hospice receives $1.7 million Foundation at National receives $1.5 million grant to benefi t Philanthropy Days grant to build a new emergency food wing for veterans  providers Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico receives $1.1 million Dominick Moreno becomes the  Funding is provided grant to expand capacity fi rst Daniels Scholar to be elected to launch the Meth to public offi ce  Project in Colorado The University of Wyoming and Wyoming College of Business receives $7.5 million grant support totaling $3.1 million approved to launch to expand “principle-based Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative  ethics” programs across (see story on page 19) the state 

For a listing of all grants and scholarships awarded since 2000, please visit our website at www.danielsfund.org. Message from the Chairman and President/CEO

 is year’s report to the community is a special one for the Daniels Fund. It marks 10 years in operation for our organization, as well as 10 years since our dear friend and founder, Bill Daniels, passed away. Each day we are reminded of his incredible generosity, his sincere interest in helping people achieve their potential, and his unfailing commitment to the highest standard of values and ethics. Weaving characteristics like these into the fabric of the Daniels Fund has been one of the many important steps along the road to building our foundation into what it is today.

When Bill outlined his vision for the Daniels Fund, he was very specifi c about the charitable purposes and geographic areas he wanted to support. For the past 10 years we’ve worked hard as a Board of Directors and staff to build and refi ne the Daniels Fund into an organization of which Bill Daniels would be proud – not only one that makes the impact he wanted in communities he cared about, but that also refl ects his personal values and approach to helping others.

To this day, the Daniels Fund Board of Directors is still 100% composed of people who personally knew Bill; all who care deeply about guiding the foundation in the direction he would have wanted. We’ve deliberately taken advantage of their collective knowledge to study and document Bill’s lifetime of helping others, his values and principles, and what motivated his directives for the organization. We then turned that understanding into policies, strategies, and practices that guide everything we do in a way that honors Bill’s wishes and his legacy – now and into the future.

As we look back on the last 10 years, we cannot help but think that even Bill would be amazed by all that is being accomplished through the foundation he established. ‚ e people whose lives have been aff ected are what tell the real story. It’s thrilling to consider the 1,755 young people who have been given the opportunity to get a college education through Daniels Scholarships. Bill would be incredibly proud to see how many Daniels Scholars have not only graduated, but are also giving back as volunteers and as involved citizens in their communities.

Likewise, we know it would please him immensely to hear the remarkable stories we hear every day about countless people whose lives have been changed by the thousands of organizations receiving Daniels Fund grants. Knowing Bill, he would have wanted to reach out and meet the individuals personally, encourage them to never give up, and to face their challenges head-on.

In celebration of the Daniels Fund’s 10-year anniversary, this report highlights 10 years of giving through our grants and scholarship programs. As you will see, it takes you beyond the numbers and explores 10 stories of lives made better - from Adam, who recovered from a life of drug addiction; to Katrina, who overcame a learning disability to fulfi ll her dream of helping others. ‚ ey represent the impact Bill Daniels wanted to make and we are honored to share their stories with you.

Bill loved helping people and changed many individual’s lives during his lifetime. Guided by his principles, we look forward to carrying on his legacy of making life better, one individual at a time for many more decades to come.

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 3 THE DANIELS FUND GRANTS PROGRAM Achieving the Impact that Bill Daniels Wanted to Make

Bill Daniels had a very personal Daniels Fund – 10 Years of Grantmaking concern and active involvement with individuals facing challenges. ‚ e Total grants paid since inception: $270.1 million seven funding areas he defi ned for the Total # of grants paid since inception: 6,000 Daniels Fund Grants Program were a direct outgrowth of the challenges he Total grants paid by state since inception: observed others experiencing, or that he experienced himself. ‚ ey share Colorado New Mexico Wyoming Utah National the common theme of investing in $168,616,120 $45,052,567 $21,912,100 $9,975,487 $24,619,235 individuals to give them access to tools or skills to be resilient and successful. GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDING AREAS Aging – Bill’s interest in helping older adults cope with the diffi culties of maintaining From our fi rst year, the Board and staff independence and quality of life stemmed from personal experiences as he aged and those have focused on building a Grants of his mother. Program that honors Bill Daniels’ direction and motivations, designing Alcoholism & Substance Abuse – As someone who identifi ed himself as a recovering grant strategies that provide the impact alcoholic, Bill wanted to help persons struggling with alcohol or substance abuse to achieve Bill wanted as his legacy. Community stability. engagement has been an important Amateur Sports – Bill believed that the teamwork and discipline instilled through element of our success. By reaching out, participation in sports had the power to change the direction of a young person’s life listening, and learning about the unique for the better. character and needs of individual communities across our four states, Disabilities – Observing his mother’s care of his developmentally disabled sister, as well as we’ve built strong relationships with his own struggle with hearing loss, led to Bill’s goal to help individuals and families cope with thousands of nonprofi ts whose impact the challenges of disabilities. is aligned with our goals. Education – Bill believed all young people deserve equal opportunities for an excellent Since the fi rst 12 grants were awarded education as a necessity for a successful future. in 2000, we’ve grown to more than 700 Homeless & Disadvantaged – First-hand experience growing up poor during the Great grants each year, which reach into the Depression made a profound impression on Bill, fueling an incredibly strong desire to help farthest corners of our four-state region those in need. of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Youth Development – Bill believed that character, values, and responsibility were critical and Utah. In just ten years, total grant to success in life, and supported youth programs that instill those traits. awards exceed $270 million. More than 6,000 grants have supported grantees large and small, rural and urban, from start-ups to a century old.

We have great respect and admiration for the exceptional nonprofi ts serving our communities. ‚ ey are the front line that allows us to achieve the real legacy Bill Daniels sought. Working together, we are improving the lives of people every day.

Support is provided to education reform initiatives and programs that expand school choice and boost academic achievement.

4 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community Hospice programs that help seniors Quality sports programs that teach discipline, confi dence, teamwork, and maintain personal dignity and sportsmanship receive support through the Amateur Sports funding area. maintain maximum independence and quality of life receive support from the Daniels Fund.

The tragedy of addiction to alcohol and/or drugs is a reality across our four-state region. Helping lift the burden of addiction is a focus of the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse funding area.

Food banks across our four states provide healthy, nutritious food to thousands of people. We are proud to join the countless volunteers and People with disabilities are often not able to afford the life-altering equipment they donors in helping food banks reach as many people as possible. need. The Daniels Fund supports agencies that provide equipment to the disabled.

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 5 THE DANIELS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Finding the Winning Formula for Success

Bill Daniels once said, “One of my favorite hobbies is helping students achieve their utmost potential through education.” Before his death ten years ago, he dreamed of turning that hobby into something bigger and outlined the basic elements for the Daniels Scholarship program. Over the years, the program has undergone signifi cant evolution and growth as we’ve worked hard to fi nd the winning formula for success. ‚ e program is about more than just fi nancial support. We’ve spent a great deal of time developing elements that have become the hallmarks of the program’s success. ‚ ese include the Daniels Scholar Success Program, the network of community agencies across our four states that nominate scholarship candidates, the many local volunteers who interview and select our Scholars, and many other elements. Today, 10 years later, the program has awarded more than $56 million in college scholarships to graduating high school seniors with fi nancial need. It has grown from naming 32 Daniels Scholars in Colorado its fi rst year, to more than 250 annually. Today’s Scholars hail from urban and rural communities throughout Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah. 1,755 outstanding young people have been named Daniels Scholars since the program was established in 2000. Additionally, the Daniels Fund has provided a total of $10 million in scholarships to non-traditional college students since the Daniels Opportunity Scholarship program launched in 2003.

Before heading off to schools across the country, new Daniels Scholars gather together on a college campus to meet one another, share questions about college, develop support systems, and learn about the Daniels Scholarship Program. Activities in the “Scholars Heading Into the Future Together” program include workshops that teach life skills, volunteer activities, and a closing banquet.

6 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community Measuring Impact 452 Daniels Scholars have graduated from college (as of March 2, 2010) 68% of Daniels Scholars graduate from college – as compared to national statistics which show an overall college population graduation rate of 57% and 26% for low-income or fi rst-generation students (graduation rates are based on students who have earned a Bachelor’s degree within 6 academic years)

Male 35.61% Female Program Support 64.39% First Generation to Attend College 665 high schools and youth-serving organizations 72% serve as Referral Agencies The 253 members of the 2009 Class of Daniels Scholars gather at the University Approximately 300 community volunteers in 18 of Denver for the “Scholars Heading Into the Future Together” program. communities help select each class of Scholars 25 universities where 70% of Scholars attend New Daniels Scholars by Year school participate in the Daniels Scholar Success 300 Program, a support system designed to help Daniels Scholarships – 10 Years of Giving 249 256 253 250 223 Daniels Scholars graduate from college and achieve 196 success in life Total Daniels Scholarships 200 186 $56,071,667 awarded since inception 162 150 139 Total Daniels Scholars named 1,755 100 since inception (as of 2009) 59 DANIELS OPPORTUNITY 50 32 SCHOLARSHIPS

0 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 Daniels Opportunity Scholarships support non- traditional students including adults entering or Male vs. Female First Generation returning to college; students from alternative schools, juvenile justice facilities and youth Male Daniels Scholars 35.61% offender programs; GED recipients; former foster Female by Ethnicity 64.39% First Generation Male Male care youth, returning military, and emergency to Attend College 35.61% 35.61% service providers. 72% Female Female 64.39% 64.39% First GenerationFirst Generation to Attend Collegeto Attend College African American or Black: 13% 72% 72% Total Daniels Opportunity Scholarships Asian, Asian American, Pacifi c Islander: 9% awarded since inception: $9,999,184 Male Following a national trend, Data is from 2009 only. Caucasian: 32% 35.61% more female students Total Daniels Opportunity Female Hispanic: 31% than male students apply 64.39% First Generation 300 for Daniels Scholarships. Scholars Named: 2,371 to Attend College Native/Aleut, or Native American: 4% 249 256 253 72% 250 Other Race: 11% Total Daniels Opportunity 223 300 300 196 256 256 Scholarships awarded 186 249 253249 253 200 250 250 162 Who are Daniels Scholars? The Daniels Scholarship223 Program223 by state since inception: 150 139 196 196 Graduating high school seniors with fi nancial Strives200 to…200 186 186 162 162 100 need. They are selected based on • Provide150 fi nancial150 139 support139 to students with 59 • Strength of character fi nancial need 50 32 • Academic performance or promise • Help100 students100 obtain a Bachelor’s degree  Colorado $7,249,568 300 59 59 0 • Leadership potential  New Mexico $1,103,402 • Encourage50 32 students50 32 to give back to their 249 256 253 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09  250 • Potential to contribute to one’s community communities Utah $1,165,464 223 • Well rounded personality. • Achieve0 higher0 than average college  Wyoming $480,750 196 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02‘00 ‘03‘01 ‘04‘02 ‘05‘03 ‘06‘04 ‘07‘05 ‘08‘06 ‘09‘07 ‘08 ‘09 200 186 graduation rates 162 Applicants come from virtually every county in • Help students become successful, 150 139 the Fund’s four states. productive members of their communities

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0 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 In celebration of the Daniels Fund’s 10-year anniversary, we share with you 10 special stories about individuals whose lives have been made better. From Daniels Fund scholarship recipients to individuals who have received help and support from many incredible nonprofi ts throughout our four states, their stories are about second chances, new opportunities, and achieving dreams.

T E N Y E A R S 1 TEN STORIES SCHOLARSHIPS

Katrina Achieving the dream of giving back as a teacher When people told Katrina Radosevich she disabilities. She couldn’t go to college due to her learning found all that and disability, that just made her push herself more at Eastern even harder. New Mexico Katrina always knew she wanted to go to University. college. “My ultimate goal was becoming a “My school teacher to give back to the community,” she had only 4,500 said. For her, those goals weren’t a matter students and only of “if”, but rather a matter of “how.” She 15-20 kids in each wasn’t about to let her reading and writing class. ‚ e class disability, nor her fi nancial need, stand in sizes were perfect her way. and really helped She applied for and was awarded a Daniels me. I needed that Scholarship – an important fi rst step. one-on-one, and Because the Daniels Scholarship allows to know I could go students to attend the school of their to my professors choice, Katrina was Katrina Radosevich, right, achieved her dream of becoming also able to look for a special childhood education teacher. a school that could “My case is different. I anytime and say ‘I accommodate her needed a certain kind of don’t understand.’ Without that to let these kids know that they can make unique learning it. I’m also helping their parents learn how needs. “My case is school. I knew I was going support, I might not have been to be an advocate for their children, which diff erent. I needed to need a lot of support.” is awesome,” said Katrina. a certain kind of successful,” said school. I knew I Katrina. “When I fi rst walked into the Daniels was going to need a lot of support,” she Katrina’s careful eff orts paid off in spades. Scholarship program, I didn’t know much said. She had the highest GPA in her class, about Bill Daniels. Each year I went graduated Summa Cum Laude, and back as a mentor to other Scholars and I Katrina looked for a university that had learned how generous he was. He taught smaller classes and a teacher-to-student earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. Today, she me that if you make a mistake, it’s ok – try ratio that would allow her to get extra help again and never give up. If someone needs when she needed it. “Something that might is a special education preschool teacher working with 3-5 year-olds. help, reach out and help them. Each day I take someone two hours to do, for me it want to impact these children’s lives, their might take four hours,” she explained. She “I’ve always wanted to be teaching, but parents’ lives, the community – just like also looked for schools that specifi cally especially on the special education side Bill Daniels did.” off ered support for students with learning since I have a learning disability. It’s great

8 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community T E N Y E A R S 2 TEN STORIES GRANTS

Adam Turning his life around with a hand up from Step 13 While other teens his age might have been Funding Area ALCOHOLISM & struggling with solving math problems, SUBSTANCE ABUSE Adam was struggling with a drug addiction. “‚ e fi rst time I smoked pot was Objective: in 5th grade. ‚ e fi rst time I did cocaine I Ensuring youth and adults with alcohol was in 7th grade. By the time I was in 8th and substance abuse challenges achieve grade, I was doing crystal meth. I was a full stability. blown addict by the time I was 15,” said Focus areas: Adam. Prevention (emphasis on youth), Treatment, To support his addiction, Adam stole from Supportive/After-Care Services his family, ultimately burning bridges with every family member. If he came around, Total grants – Alcoholism & Substance Abuse since inception $18,824,183 they would call the cops on him. Only his mother would talk to him. Total # of grants – Alcoholism & Substance Eventually Adam started selling drugs. Abuse since inception 259 He got involved with individuals making Adam and his mother are thankful for the second chance he Total grants – meth and started shooting up. His stealing received through a program supported by the Daniels Fund. Alcoholism & Substance became more serious, often landing him provided they stay drug and alcohol free, Abuse in each state in jail. When he wasn’t in jail, he found since inception himself living on the streets much of the get a job, pay a small rental fee, attend time. “My life had become a mess,” he said. three support meetings per week, buy their “I didn’t care who I stole from or who I own food, and clean up after themselves.  Colorado $12,908,939 ripped off . I’ve had more guns and weapons “I didn’t need a handout. I would have  New Mexico $1,277,810 in my face than I care to remember,” he just taken it for granted,” says Adam.  Wyoming $2,380,180 said. “Having to be in those meetings made me  Utah $858,753 accountable.”  National $1,398,500 One day, sitting in a cop car after being arrested for stealing, feeling like he was Step 13 gave Adam the structure and 2009 grants – Alcoholism & Substance “on death’s door,” Adam decided he was confi dence he needed to get back on his Abuse $2,427,654 ready to be done with it all. From jail, he feet. A big stumbling block for him was his contacted Step 13, a transitional living teeth, which had deteriorated and become 2009 # of grants – Alcoholism & Substance program that helps addicted homeless blackened from his drug use. “I hadn’t Abuse 43 men give up their dependency and become smiled in years,” said Adam. “I didn’t like productive members of society. Bill Daniels talking to people because they could see supported Step 13 during his lifetime my teeth. Step 13’s dentist did enough and he’s even in the process of buying his and the Daniels Fund has continued that work in my mouth for me to be able to own house. His family is talking to him support with grants totaling $509,000. get out there without scaring people, to again, and he and his dad have a very close get out and get a job. Just the fact that my relationship today. ‚ ree days after Adam’s release from jail, teeth looked better made me feel like a new “Step 13 gave me the place to stay where he moved into Step 13. “‚ at’s where my person.” life changed,” said Adam. I could prove to people that I could be Today, Adam has been sober for three trustworthy and be a good person again,” Step 13’s slogan is “a hand up, not a years. He’s also held down a good-paying, said Adam. “I would not be who I am handout.” ‚ e organization allows stable job for more than two years. He’s today without Step 13.” residents to stay as long as necessary just dollars away from being debt free,

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 9 T E N Y E A R S 3 TEN STORIES GRANTS Lorrie Maintaining her independence with the help of Meals on Wheels Lorrie, left, welcomes Larry, Funding Area AGING a volunteer from the Meals on Objective: Wheels program. Ensuring older adults achieve maximum independence and quality of life.

Focus areas: In-Home Services, Community Engagement, Meals on End of Life/Palliative Care Wheels of Greeley is one Total grants paid – Aging of more than 50 since inception $15,960,047 meal delivery Total # of grants – Aging programs since inception 395 across our 4-state region Total grants – that combined Driving to the grocery store to buy food. Aging in each state have received more than $3.1 million in Walking into the kitchen to fi x meals. since inception support from the Daniels Fund over the ‚ ese are actions many of us take for last 10 years. A common goal across the granted. However, they can be challenging many providers is to help older adults for seniors like Lorrie. Lorrie lives by remain independent in their homes as long  Colorado $10,097,329 herself, she hasn’t driven in fi ve years, and as possible, something that Bill Daniels  New Mexico $1,368,235 ever since her knee surgery four years ago, cared deeply about. For Lorrie, the  Wyoming $2,802,235 she’s had diffi culty getting around. “‚ ere program has helped her do just that. “My  Utah $514,325 have been times when I haven’t felt well husband passed away over 15 years ago.  National $1,177,923 enough physically to be able to fi x [food] I’ve been in this house 15 years. You really for myself,” she 2009 grants – Aging $3,049,775 get accustomed to explained. “The warm food – it’s really that. I wouldn’t like 2009 # of grants – Aging 73 Lorrie depends on to move,” she said. Meals on Wheels something that I wouldn’t For most of these to deliver warm, food, they also provide a daily check on have without Meals on meal delivery nutritious meals the well-being of the people being served. programs, to her home every Wheels. I wouldn’t be eating Meals on Wheels of Greeley volunteers volunteers are their day. “‚ e warm are instructed to never just leave the meals. this well at all.” lifeblood. Meals on food – it’s really “We have to see each client every day Wheels of Greeley something that I because often we’re the only ones they see,” has more than 100 wouldn’t have without Meals on Wheels,” explained Larry. volunteers who deliver up to 150 warm she said. “I wouldn’t be eating this well at meals each day to people throughout Weld For people like Lorrie, the volunteers are all.” County. Larry, a volunteer who delivers her favorite part of the program. “I enjoy Lorrie’s not alone. In 2009, Meals on Lorrie’s meals to her, “went out on a route the food, but Larry is always so responsive Wheels of Greeley served 54,134 meals to one day with another volunteer and got and enjoyable, uplifting, he’s got a good 1,810 individuals like her, many of whom hooked.” Now he delivers fi ve days a week. attitude, and it’s nice to see somebody,” she are homebound. 90% of the organization’s said. Not only do volunteers like Larry deliver clients are elderly.

1 0 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community T E N Y E A R S 4 TEN STORIES GRANTS

Jacob Utilizing his education to help his New Mexico community Jacob grew up in a working Funding Area EDUCATION class neighborhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Objectives: Raised by a single mother, he Early Childhood Education – Improving and his mom lived with his the quality of the early childhood education grandmother for much of his system to ensure quality and school childhood. Jacob remembers readiness. learning at an early age his K-12 Education Reform – Improving the family’s concern with the area’s quality of the K-12 educational system to public schools. “‚ e schools in ensure increased student achievement. and around my neighborhood Ethics & Integrity in Education – were pretty crowded, with Impacting the quality of ethics curriculum to a history of low academic foster principle-centered leadership. achievement,” he said. “My family wanted me to be in an Total grants – Education Educate New Mexico helped Jacob, left, get to where he since inception $76,760,809 environment with high expectations.” is today, helping the people of New Mexico through the state’s Legislative Finance Committee. So his family worked hard to pay for Total # of grants – Education since inception 1,604 a private, Catholic education, from New Mexico really helped cover that gap elementary through middle school. and make it possible.” Total grants – However, the cost to attend private high Education in each school was out of reach. Educate New Mexico’s investment in Jacob’s education has more than paid off . state since inception ‚ at’s when Educate New Mexico came in He graduated from high school in the to the picture. ‚ e organization works to top 10% of his class. He was accepted promote and fi nance excellent educational into Princeton, where with the help of  Colorado $52,756,979 opportunities for fi nancial aid and students from  New Mexico $6,657,100 his stepfather’s  families with Wyoming $6,294,904 growing business,  Utah $2,743,292 modest incomes. “My family wanted me he graduated with  National $8,308,533 ‚ e Daniels Fund to be in an environment a degree in Public has given a total of with high expectations.” and International 2009 grants – Education $5,985,318 $560,000 in grants Aff airs. He then 2009 # of grants – Education 123 to the organization, returned to his providing home state, where the country. “‚ ese are issues I’m very scholarships to more than 500 youth. he now works on issues that challenge passionate about,” he said. Jacob intends Educate New Mexico off ered Jacob a four- New Mexico’s people. to return to school to obtain a law degree. year scholarship to attend high school. ‚ e In addition to his job with the state’s “Educate New Mexico was a great help scholarship didn’t cover all the costs, but Legislative Finance Committee, Jacob to my family. ‚ ey give families a hand it made it possible for his family to aff ord volunteers with two legal organizations up – working families who want the ability the school. “My family fell into the donut where he’s researching issues that impact to send their kids to a school that will hole eff ect,” said Jacob. “We didn’t make low income New Mexicans, including provide their child with the opportunity so much that it would be easy to aff ord the why the state has the highest percentage to succeed. I am very thankful to them,” school, but we also didn’t make so little of uninsured women with children in that we required complete aid. Educate said Jacob.

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 1 1 T E N Y E A R S 5 TEN STORIES SCHOLARSHIPS Andre Following his heart to help people Volunteer Firefi ghter. Nonprofi t Board helping people,” said Member. FBI Special Agent. Andre Andre. McGregor is proud to carry all of these Eventually Andre titles. He’s also grateful to the Daniels was hired to work Scholarship program for helping lead him for the FBI where he down the road that brought him to these works today in the and other rewarding experiences. cyber crimes unit. “I’ve Andre grew up in Denver and went to gotten back to helping Denver Public Schools. He always planned people by locking up to attend college, especially after watching very bad criminals. It’s his older brother become the fi rst in their rewarding. At the end family to get a college degree. “My brother of the day, we do good came back after college to help out with work. I’m loving it,” he the family and wanted to make sure I was said. on the same path,” said Andre. Andre now calls New Andre was defi nitely on the right path, Jersey home. ‚ ere he’s having applied to and been accepted involved in the local to many universities, including Brown community as both a University on the East coast. “But I didn’t “I try to do as much as have the money I can in the community or scholarships to go there,” said because everyone in the Andre. ‚ en he community helped me.” applied for and was awarded a Daniels Scholarship, becoming one of the fi rst volunteer fi refi ghter Daniels Scholars when the program and a volunteer EMT. started in 2000. ‚ e scholarship enabled He loves those roles The Daniels Scholarship opened up a world of opportunity Andre to go where he really wanted. “With and speaks of the countless number of lives for Andre McGregor. the Daniels Scholarship, I decided to try he has helped. Andre also remains involved Brown – it would allow me to step out of in the Denver community, where he serves regret I have is that I never got to meet Bill my comfort zone, to be out of state and try on the advisory board for Environmental Daniels. A man who would be willing to to survive,” he said. Learning for Kids, a Denver nonprofi t give so much to so many people he never Brown turned out to be a great experience that works with youth development met – it says a lot in itself. Bill Daniels for Andre. He graduated with a degree in through natural resource education and has helped Colorado more than I think he Political Science and landed a job on New conservation. Once a program participant thought he could.” York’s Wall Street right out of college. when he was a boy, he has remained ‚ at job, along with a few others he tried, involved with the organization ever since. helped him realize that his heart wasn’t in “I try to do as much as I can in the the for-profi t world. “With everyone who community because everyone in the was always helping me, my heart was with community helped me,” said Andre. “One

1 2 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community T E N Y E A R S 6 TEN STORIES GRANTS

Juan Boxing his way out of becoming a high school dropout Bill Daniels believed Funding Area AMATEUR SPORTS that the teamwork and discipline instilled Objective: through participation in Expanding opportunities for participation in sports had the power to quality youth sports programs that foster change the direction of a sportsmanship, confi dence, discipline, and young person’s life. ‚ at’s teamwork. In addition, we support programs that expand opportunities for national and precisely what it did for international amateur sports competition. Juan. Juan was on the verge Focus areas: of dropping out of high Youth Sports, Competition school last year. He rarely Total grants – Amateur Sports attended his classes and since inception $14,787,016 his grades were poor. His older brother had Total # of grants – Amateur Sports already dropped out and since inception 287 Juan planned to do the same. ‚ at is, until the Total grants – day Chet Alexander, Amateur Sports in each state since inception local police offi cer and volunteer boxing coach, Juan, center, turned himself around thanks to a Wyoming gave a talk about a new youth boxing youth boxing program and coaches Chet, left, and Steve. program in the Evanston, Wyoming  Colorado $10,138,890 community. ring.” ‚ e youth are also required to sign  New Mexico $567,175 a code of conduct and remain drug and  Wyoming $990,377 ‚ e Evanston Youth Boxing program alcohol free. is open to all youth, but specifi cally  Utah $361,250  targets kids who are at risk. ‚ e program ‚ e approach works. “We’re really seeing National $2,729,324 an improvement in these kids’ grades encourages participation in a competitive 2009 grants – Amateur Sports $4,848,020 boxing atmosphere, an environment once they stick with the program,” said which teaches the youth about good Chet. For Juan, it has meant a complete 2009 # of grants – Amateur Sports 36 sportsmanship, team unity, and self- turnaround. Being part of the program respect. Youth are encouraged to attend has driven him to work hard to improve practices four nights a week. ‚ e Daniels his grades and to think diff erently about Fund has awarded grants totaling $27,647 school. “Back then I didn’t pay attention. Juan has also been recognized as a model to the program. Now I see that school’s worth fi nishing, student for demonstrating his school’s and I plan on getting out of high school,” pillars of character, which include For Juan, the program was a perfect fi t, said Juan. Today, he has nearly straight A’s. citizenship, trustworthiness, loyalty, but there were some expectations he would responsibility, and volunteerism. have to meet. “We have a policy that if you “Last year the kid was about out the door,” don’t maintain a C in every class, you don’t said Chet. “Now all of a sudden this year “It’s really cool when you get a kid like Juan box,” said Chet. “We really push the books. he’s 100% attendance – not even one single who thinks he won’t accomplish anything We teach the kids that if you’re not smart tardy since day one of the school year. ‚ e and then he turns around,” said Chet. “He upstairs, you’re going to be dumb in the dean of grades is just shaking his head that is going to graduate, I know it.” he can’t believe it!”

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 1 3 T E N Y E A R S 7 TEN STORIES GRANTS Max Learning how to hear with the help of the Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing Lisa never thought her young son, Max, Funding Area DISABILITIES had a problem with his hearing. “He seemed to respond to sound and music,” Objective: she said. But when he never developed Ensuring physically and developmentally speech and failed a hearing test, doctors disabled individuals and their families said that he was likely deaf. Lisa couldn’t achieve maximum independence and quality believe it. Eventually, Max was diagnosed of life. with Auditory Neuropathy, a hearing Focus areas: disorder in which sound enters the inner Developmental Disabilities, Physical ear but the brain doesn’t process the sound. Disabilities For Max, it was like listening to a car radio in between stations – the sounds were Total grants – Disabilities there but without a clear signal. since inception $10,465,214 Max’s parents were advised to try cochlear Total # of grants – Disabilities implants, surgically implanted electronic since inception 291 devices that provide a sense of sound to a Max visits the hearing center regularly so Cochlear Implant person who is profoundly deaf or severely Program Specialist, Jennifer, can perform hearing tests and Total grants – hard of hearing. ‚ ey work by taking the make necessary adjustments. Disabilities in each state since inception incoming sounds and changing them to million, 10-year grant. Bill Daniels’ own electrical pulses which are then sent to the hearing loss formed a strong catalyst for brain. the grant.  Colorado $6,518,155 A surgeon near Max’s home in New Jersey At the Children’s hearing center, Max’s implanted a cochlear device in one of  New Mexico $1,110,279 family found a world of help and support  Wyoming $1,692,200 Max’s ears. ‚ e other ear wasn’t done due for dealing with his situation. Most to concerns that it might compromise an  Utah $368,575 importantly, Children’s brought together  National $776,005 earlier surgery. specialized surgeons who collaborated in With the one implant in, Max could hear the operating room to successfully implant 2009 grants – Disabilities $1,092,726 sounds more clearly, but his brain still had Max’s second ear with a cochlear implant. 2009 # of grants – Disabilities 51 trouble processing them due to competing “‚ ey are the greatest team of people sounds from the un-implanted ear. With I’ve encountered in the area of deafness,” only one ear working, it was diffi cult for said Lisa. ‚ e center has also helped Max still has a long way to go in terms of him to tell where the sounds were coming connect the family with various programs, hearing. Because the sound is converted from. ‚ at was hindering his progress in discussions, and people to help make their to electrical pulses, Max’s brain has had hearing things properly and in learning lives better. to start from scratch to learn what those how to speak. Today, Max is 7 years old, and with the pulses mean. “It’s a lot of training to teach When Max’s family relocated to Colorado second implant, he is already showing a kid how to make their brain understand to fi nd better services and school programs improvement. “He’s hearing better because what their ear is processing,” said Lisa. But for him, they found the Bill Daniels Center actual sound is coming in the second ear,” the family has found the right partner to for Children’s Hearing, which provides said Lisa, and he can tell where sounds are help them in their goal of giving Max the comprehensive diagnostic and treatment coming from. Now “he can diff erentiate best possible quality of life and giving him services for children who are deaf or hard- between the names of the family by the the gift of hearing. of-hearing. ‚ e Daniels Fund helped syllable and the vowel sound that goes with establish the center in 2005 with a $2 it,” said Lisa.

1 4 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community T E N Y E A R S 8 TEN STORIES SCHOLARSHIPS

Max Learning how to hear with the help of the Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing œ eresa Proving that it’s never too late to fi nish school ‚ eresa Bradley is a member of the Navajo Salt Lake Community College. Tribe. Following traditional Navajo ‚ eresa successfully earned culture, her parents encouraged her to an Associate’s degree from the go to school, despite the fact that they Community College and then required a great deal of help caring for transferred to the University of their land and livestock. At their urging, Utah, where another Daniels ‚ eresa decided to give college a try after Opportunity Scholarship high school, moving to a college six hours helped her earn a Bachelor away. of Science degree in Business Unfortunately, ‚ eresa’s parents were Administration. older and in declining health. She found Today ‚ eresa works in the herself continually returning home every accounting department for weekend to help them. To get closer to her another Native American tribe, parents, she transferred to a school three which she enjoys because she hours away, but the costs of living in that feels like she is giving back. She city were prohibitive and, after awhile, is engaged to be married and she forced ‚ eresa to quit school in order to and her fi ancé have a daughter work full time and who “drives cover her bills. us to be the ‚ eresa continued to “It took me many years best we can stay close to home to to fi nally fi nish, but my for her every single day,” care for her parents, advice to young students eventually losing both said ‚ eresa. of them. “It has been or returning students is ‚ ey also a long and hard road recently that it is never too late.” bought their fi rst home. dealing with the loss “All this could not have been of both of my parents possible without fi nishing school. within a two-year It took me many years to fi nally span. ‚ ey have been fi nish, but my advice to young the backbone of my students or returning students is strength and I am that it is never too late,” she said. very thankful for ‚ eresa strives to be a role model all the support and for her nieces and nephews, The Daniels Opportunity Scholarship, which serves teachings they have advising them “if you want to go to school, non-traditional students, was the pathway to success for Theresa Bradley. given me.” it’s always possible. ‚ ere are lots of Remembering her parents’ advice and scholarships out there to help you.” very fortunate to be working for another recognizing the importance of getting a Native American tribe. ‚ e Daniels Fund “‚ e Daniels Fund Scholarship was has helped me tremendously and it has college degree, ‚ eresa moved to Utah such a blessing to receive and I am very, to return to school and fi nish her college been an honor to be part of the scholarship very thankful. It gave me the drive and program.” education. ‚ ere, she was awarded a determination to achieve my goals and I’m Daniels Opportunity Scholarship from

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 1 5 T E N Y E A R S 9 TEN STORIES GRANTS Crystal Creating a better life for herself and her children Crystal was a single mom with Funding Area HOMELESS & DISADVANTAGED nine kids, barely getting by on Objective: her salary as a Ensuring that homeless individuals and catering service families achieve and maintain self- manager. She suffi ciency. lived in a small, Focus areas: rented trailer Emergency Services, Transitional Housing that wasn’t large with Supportive Services enough for her family, so the kids Total grants – Homeless & Disadvantaged went back and since inception $49,485,978 forth with her ex- husband. Total # of grants – Homeless & Disadvantaged since inception 1,806 With thousands of dollars in Total grants – credit card debt Homeless & Disadvantaged A Utah program assisting low income women provided Crystal with the opportunity to put her in each state since and behind on family on the path to success. her trailer rent, inception Crystal wanted to classes on resumes, interviewing, dressing earn more money to better support herself for success, and others. Weekly she met  Colorado $32,482,148 with a mentor, who most importantly and her family. However, she lacked the  New Mexico $7,654,150 confi dence to go anywhere else. “I didn’t was “somebody who believed in me,” said  Wyoming $2,995,230 even have a GED. I couldn’t see that Crystal, and provided her with support  Utah $2,962,391 anybody would value me. I didn’t have the and encouragement. “‚ ey helped me see  National $3,392,060 education and the catering company didn’t I could do anything I set my mind to,” said require it. I stayed there because I didn’t Crystal. “PHP helped me realize what I 2009 grants – Homeless & see I could go anywhere else,” said Crystal. was capable of and that I was a commodity Disadvantaged $7,999,519 that someone might want.” ‚ at’s when she was introduced to 2009 # of grants – Homeless & People Helping People (PHP), a Utah PHP also helped her fi nd an opportunity Disadvantaged 388 organization that helps low-income to apply for a higher paying job driving women, primarily single moms, build big trucks for a large mining company. better futures for themselves and their “I saw the job requirements and I was fi rst in the family to go to college. Crystal children through long-term successful intimidated,” she said. Eventually she decided to join them as well and is working employment. 100% of the women served applied, but was rejected because “I didn’t toward a degree in mining engineering, by PHP live below the poverty line. ‚ e have a GED.” Crystal didn’t let that stop with her company paying for 75% of her Daniels Fund has provided $20,000 in her. She got her GED and applied again, schooling. “My twins were really struggling grants to the organization. this time with success. in school. It has been really good for my People Helping People’s Successful Today, Crystal is a driver for the mining kids to see me in school. I keep telling Employment Program helped Crystal company. She more than doubled her them you don’t want to be doing this when realize that she had many valuable skills to income which enabled her to buy a house you’re 40,” said Crystal. off er. She attended several PHP training and a car. ‚ ree of her daughters are the

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Crystal Creating a better life for herself and her children Tazmil & Marilyn Building skills for a fi nancially responsible future Amid a world troubled Funding Area YOUTH DEVELOPMENT with overwhelming debt, 16-year-old Tazmil is Objective: a shining star of hope. Providing the opportunity for youth to Tazmil is hard at work develop character and gain the necessary saving his money, and life skills to become successful adults. according to him his saving Focus areas: account is “doin’ pretty Academic & Supplemental Services, good.” Civic Literacy & Community Engagement, Tazmil is a customer at Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship, Young Americans Bank, Career and Technical Education the only bank in the world Total grants paid – Youth Development specifi cally designed for since inception $74,381,879 young people. He’s had an account there nearly Total # of grants – Youth Development his entire life, thanks to Tazmil received a solid grounding in fi nancial skills as a second generation since inception 1,196 customer at Young Americans Bank. his mom, Marilyn, who Total grants – was one of the Bank’s fi rst Bank taught me the most was the customers when it opened in 1987. Youth Development in each importance of paying on time,” said state since inception Young Americans Bank was the brainchild Marilyn. She also joined the bank’s youth of Bill Daniels, founder of the Daniels advisory board, which taught her how a Fund. Bill opened the Bank 23 years ago bank functions and opened her eyes to all with the goal of teaching young people that Young Americans Bank had to off er  Colorado $39,692,286 about our fi nancial and economic system. to young people. Later in life, wanting  New Mexico $25,961,393 Of the Bank’s 15,000 accounts, more than her son, Tazmil to benefi t from it all, she  Wyoming $4,607,474 90 percent are savings with an average opened him a savings account when he was  Utah $2,040,926  National $2,079,800 balance just over $550. ‚ at’s because 3 months old. education, not profi t, is the Bank’s mission. Tazmil puts aside a large portion of his 2009 grants – Youth ‚ at also means the bank requires an allowance for savings, and he and his mom Development $5,834,323 annual subsidy, which Bill directed the make a deposit every month at Young 2009 # of grants – Youth Development 168 Daniels Fund to provide. Americans Bank. “‚ e Bank has taught Starting Young Americans Bank was one me how to save my money, whether it be of Bill Daniels’ proudest accomplishments, dollars or change,” said Tazmil. “When I never have any money and I always seem and both Marilyn and Tazmil are proof was little, I had a Barney piggy bank and to. Maybe it’s because I learned how that the concept works. At age 20, Marilyn I saved all my coins in there. I still do the rewarding it is to save my money and they had racked up debt from several credit same but now it’s in jars. ‚ e Bank taught haven’t grasped that yet.” cards she opened while in college. She me how much it really adds up.” His mom agrees. “Young people spend heard about Young Americans Bank, Tazmil’s experience with Young their money on clothes, food, and music which had just opened, and thought they Americans Bank has taught him important right now. I’ve seen him weigh his options, could help her learn what to do about her money skills. “I feel like I’ve managed especially at this age. He understands that debt. my money better than my friends,” he you have to save to reach what you want,” “As a customer, what Young Americans said. “When I do stuff with them, they she said.

Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community 1 7 Financial Summary

December 31 (unaudited) 2009) 2008) ASSETS Investments, at market value $ 1,116,023,917) $ 945,796,135) Property and equipment, net of depreciation 15,355,728) 15,764,755) Other assets 101,100) 102,117) $ 1,131,480,745 $ 961,663,007)

Years Ended December 31 (unaudited) 2009) 2008) REVENUES Investment income $ (24,749,359)) $ 162,866,992) Realized gains (losses) on sale of investments (41,139,205) (26,750,126) Unrealized gains (losses) on investments 284,033,081 (466,514,550) Other revenue 4,685 2,942,130) 218,149,202 (327,455,554) EXPENSES Grants paid 31,883,950 38,230,364) Scholarships paid 10,748,413 11,966,291) Administrative expenses 6,200,186 6,849,993 Investment management expenses 857,478 812,330 Excise and income taxes (1,911,945) 6,324,857 Depreciation expense 559,382 719,679) 48,331,464 64,903,514) Change in assets $ 169,817,738 $ (392,359,068)

For more information, please visit our website. 2009 Daniels Fund Tax Return The 2009 Form 990PF and listing of grants are available, once completed and fi led with the IRS, on the Daniels Fund website at www.danielsfund.org/publications.

1 8 Daniels Fund | 2009 Report to the Community Spotlight

Grant Helps Build Police Activities League Headquarters ‚ e new Jerry Kennedy Police Activities League (PAL) Headquarters is a place where kids, cops, and coaches come together to build a future fi lled with hope and purpose. Located at Valverde Park in west Denver, the state-of-the-art facility and athletic fi elds are funded through a $5 million grant from the Daniels Fund. ‚ e grant honors specifi c direction left by Bill Daniels in his estate. Daniels left additional funds to PAL in a separate part of his estate that resulted in a total of $7 million for the project. DANIELS FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS “‚ e board knew that Bill Daniels Seated, left to right: Back row from left: always believed in PAL,” said Linda James Griesemer, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Diane Denish, Lieutenant Governor, State of New Childears, President/CEO of the Daniels College of Business Mexico Daniels Fund. “It off ered a perfect Daniel Ritchie, Chairman, Denver Center for the June Travis, former cable television executive combination: It gave kids something to Performing Arts; Chancellor Emeritus, University Tony Acone, Chairman, La Jolla Networks do, and it allowed cops to be role models. of Denver Tom Marinkovich, former cable television Linda Childears (President/CEO) executive He liked that kids left PAL admiring Jim Nicholson, Senior Counsel, Brownstein Hyatt Hank Brown (Chairman of the Board), Past and respecting police offi cers.” Farber Schreck; Former Secretary, Department of President, University of Colorado Jerry Kennedy was a division chief for Veterans Affairs Brian Deevy, Chairman and CEO, RBC Daniels, LP the Denver Police and a long-time friend Steve Schuck, Chairman, The Schuck Corporation of Bill Daniels. Gayle Greer, former cable television executive and community volunteer

2009 HIGHLIGHT The Daniels Fund Launches Ethics Initiative Across 4 States Daniels Fund Meeting Space that collaborates on developing programs and curriculum designed to instill a high Since 2004, the Daniels Fund has offered standard of ethics in business school the use of its public meeting spaces students. free-of-charge to nonprofi t organizations. Since that time, more than 1,200 different “Bill Daniels considered achieving a organizations and more than 80,000 reputation for integrity and being ethical in people have taken advantage of this free business as the greatest accomplishments A $7.5 million grant established the community resource. Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative in late in his life,” said Linda Childears, Daniels 2009. ‚ e Initiative brings 8 colleges and Fund President/CEO. “He dedicated universities in Colorado, New Mexico, himself to sharing this message in a variety Utah, and Wyoming together to further of ways, including collaborating with For more information, please visit our website. strengthen principle-based business ethics the University of Denver to establish the education for students. Daniels College of Business to incorporate ethics, values, and social responsibility in ‚ e schools have formed a consortium the business school curriculum.”

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