El Pomar Foundation

El Pomar Foundation

…a grant making and operating foundation

Theo GregoryVice President10 Lake CircleColorado Springs, CO 80906

719-577-7081800-554-7711

www.elpomar.org

www.elpomar.org/emergingleaders

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http://www.elpomar.org/emergingleaders

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Guiding Principles Uphold the Penrose legacy Take action to affect positive change Ensure leadership is an enduring theme in all we do Engage in things no one else is doing Give special consideration to southern and rural Colorado Remain flexible to respond to changes in state needs

VisionTo most effectively assist, encourage and promote the general well being of the inhabitants of the State of Colorado.

MissionTo enhance, encourage, and promote the current and future well being of the people of Colorado through grantmaking and community stewardship.

Incorporation Dec 16, 1937

El Pomar Foundation

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El Pomar Foundation

Grant making in Colorado that supports:• Arts and Humanities• Civic and Community Issues

• includes Amateur Sports• Education• Health• Human services

Proactive Philanthropy• Unique Grants • Community Stewardship Programs

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Overall Impact 1937 - 2010*

* Note: Community Stewardship Impact through March 2010;El Pomar grants approved and assets as of September 2010

• Asset Growth - $21.1 million to more than $443 million

• Grants approved – more than 10,073 totaling $404 million

• Community Stewardship Programs - $47 million to benefit all 64 Colorado counties

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Community Stewardship Programs

•Identify, encourage, and support outstanding leaders of all ages and diverse populations

•Create philanthropic opportunities for community leaders and fuel their desire to “give back to community”

•Provide additional and unique sources when grant dollars alone are not the solution

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Community Stewardship Programs

1989 Awards for Excellence 1991 El Pomar Fellowship 1992 Penrose House 1994 American Council of Young Political Leaders 1997 Empty Stocking Fund 1999 Karl E. Eitel Fund 2000 Colorado Leadership Alliance

2001 Emerging Leaders Program 2002 Forum for Civic Advancement 2002 El Pomar Wildland Fire Fund 2003 El Pomar Regional Partnerships

Emerging Leaders Development (ELD) Program

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MissionFacilitate the process for developing diverse leadership potential with a strong commitment to broad-based community involvement in Southern Colorado

Service on Non-profit BoardsService on Public Sector Boards & CommissionsMentoringCivic Engagement

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Emerging Leaders Program Overview

Staff Roles and Responsibilities

To support the ELD Program, our trustees, senior staff, and fellows

are called upon to:

• Train and facilitate

• Frame issues

• Conduct research

• Gather information

• Communicate knowledge

• Manage logistics

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ELD Program Best Practices

• Identify/Cultivate/Communicate• Convene• Empower• Take Action

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Emerging Leaders Program Colorado Springs

Comprehensive Structure

Facilitating/Cultivating the wealth of diverse leadership potential for broad-based community involvement and civic engagement.

Asian American Advisory Council Jay PatelUna Ng

Stella Hodgkins

Hispanic Advisory CouncilJohn Vargas

Paul Martinez

Black Advisory Council James Proby

Yolanda Fennick

Native American Advisory CouncilKateri KerwinDebbie Howell

Center for Nonprofit Excellence

David Somers

El Pomar FoundationTheo Gregory

George Guerrero

Community LeadershipPrograms

Colorado Springs Leadership Institute Center for Creative Leadership

Leadership Pikes Peak

Convene Empower

Communicate

Take Action

Pathwaysto Community Service and Civic Engagement

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Emerging Leaders Development Program

“Aim for service and success will follow.”- Albert Schweitzer

www.elpomar.org/emergingleaders719-577-7081

Understanding the ELD Program Pathway

Contact Theo Gregory 577-7081Fill Out ELD Program Contact Sheetwww.elpomar.org/emergingleaders

Attend Advisory Council Meeting;Enroll/Complete Community Leadership Development Programs; Leadership Skills and Board Governance Workshops

Complete ELD Online Civic Profile

Begin Civic Engagement!!

Broad- based Community Involvement and Civic Engagement Pathway

COMMUNICATE

EMPOWER

CONVENE & EDUCATE

TAKE ACTION

Collaborative Premise –How?

“If you bring the appropriate people together in constructive

ways with good information, they will create authentic

visions and strategies for addressing the shared concerns

of the organization or community.”

-David D. Chrislip and Carl Larson

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Pathways to Broad-Based Community Involvement – How?

• Stewardship– A moral responsibility for the care and use of money, time, talents, or

other resources, with respect to the principles or needs of a community or group.

• Civic Engagement– Fulfilling civic obligations by working to make a difference in the life

of your community– Motivation: a sense of ownership

• Volunteerism– Working without pay on

behalf of other people or aparticular cause

– Motivation: altruism

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Emerging Leaders Development Program -

CommunicationPromoting and illustrating the vision, mission and

accomplishments to the broader community

Website: www.elpomar.org/emergingleaders

Impact: ELD Participants Civic Engagement

Profiles

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ELD Participants’ Online Civic Engagement

ProfilesProfile Criteria

• Community leadership development programs• Leadership skills training • Board governance workshop

Profile Information•Leadership training•Civic Engagement•Areas of Expertise•Service Areas of Interest•Education

ELD ParticipantsCivic Engagement Profiles

ELD Participants eligible for Civic Profiles

217

Civic Profiles available on the website

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Colorado Springs Advisory Councils

129

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Pueblo Advisory Councils43

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- ConveneELD Advisory Councils

A strategic process to convene and facilitateAgenda

• Community Leadership Development Programs• Leadership Skills Training and Workshops• Innovative Partnerships and Outreach Activities• Broad-Based Community Involvement and Networking

Currently, 275 Colorado Springs Advisory Council Participants 91+ Pueblo Advisory Council Participants

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Emerging Leaders Development

Program - EmpowerProviding opportunities for community leadership development

programs and skills training; networking with the broader community

Community Leadership Development Programs• Leadership Pikes Peak • Colorado Springs Leadership Institute • Center for Creative Leadership/ Community Leadership Program• Leadership Pueblo

Training/Workshops • ELD Board Governance Workshop• ELD Leadership Skills Training – “Leadership Plenty”• Forum for Civic Advancement• Center for Non Profit Excellence Workshops

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ELD ProgramCommunity Leadership

Development Program Scholarships

Impact:

Grant Dollars at Work

2001 – 2010

• Since 2001, 217 ELD Participants in Colorado Springs and Pueblo have completed the Community Leadership Development Programs.

• $212,169 have been awarded through 161 scholarship recipients

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Emerging Leaders Development Program –

Take Action

ELD CEO Roundtable Outreach and Annual Breakfast

ELD - Multicultural Youth Leadership Initiative (MYLI)

Outreach to high school students & Counselors

El Pomar’s Forum for Civic Advancement

El Pomar’s Pikes Peak Community Development (PPCD) Initiative

College Readiness and Success Program (CRSP)

Develop and support collaborative projects that address community quality of life issues

Emerging Leaders Development ProgramELD/CEO Roundtable Agenda

November 5, 2010

Purpose: connecting the spheres of influence through innovative partnerships and broad based community involvement

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CEO Roundtable Annual Meeting -What We Do-

Provide opportunities for leadership development and civic participation

Expand connections to the Colorado Springs executive and civic leadership in the nonprofit, public and private sectors


What Can You Do?

Identify and recruit prospective ELD Program Participants from your organization and network

Increase the opportunity for ethnic minorities to serve on civic and nonprofit governing boards

CEO Roundtable BreakfastImpact

CEO Roundtable BreakfastNovember 5, 2010 @ Penrose House

118 Attendees

59 - Nonprofit Sector CEO/Executives15 - ELD Participants14 - Public Sector CEO/Executives 10 - El Pomar Foundation Staff 7 - CEO Roundtable Taskforce Members

CEO Roundtable Breakfast Impact

66 CEO Roundtable Referrals

Advisory Councils ELD Advisory Council Meeting RSVP

ELD Advisory Council Meeting Attendees

Asian Advisory Council 5 5

Black Advisory Council 18 12

Hispanic Advisory Council

12 10

Native American Advisory Council

2 1

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After attending both the CEO Roundtable Breakfast and the CEO Roundtable Outreach

Meeting, David A. Loose, President/CEO, and the executive committee established a Board

Governance Ad Hoc Committee to address diversity within the JA Board


After attending the CEO Roundtable Breakfast in November, Dr. Robert Holmes, Executive Director, reported the Homeward Pikes Peak Board of Directors appointed a

ELD participant to the board

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Emerging Leaders Development (ELD) Program Multicultural Youth Leadership Initiative

(MYLI)

Who: Pikes Peak Area High School Students of all cultural heritages with a focus on Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian and Native Americans.

What: A life skills curriculum designed by El Pomar Emerging Leaders to support high school students in the Pikes Peak Area.

When: Four sessions, held in September and November of 2008 and February and May of 2009.

Why: To continue the momentum of the 2006 ELD/MYLI Survey and Focus Group and 2007 MYLI Summit by engaging high school students, principals, teachers, counselors, and School District Administrators.

Where: Sessions will be hel at El Pomar Foundation’

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“Preserving and documenting the contributions of African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic and Native American individuals from Southern Colorado”

Emerging Leaders Development ProgramThe Milton E. Proby Cultural Heritage Room

Dedicated February 4, 2006

Annual Event

September 16, 2006: Inducted Sen. Casimiro Barela (Hispanic American Inductee)

November 3, 2007: Inducted Lucian Amos “Sac” Jamison (Native American Inductee)

March 15, 2008: Inducted Andy Chun Song (Asian American Inductee)

February 20, 2009: Inducted Fannie Mae Duncan (African American Inductee)

September 24, 2010: Inducted Eva Ragoza Baca (Hispanic American Inductee)

November 18, 2011: Native American Inductee

May18, 2012: Asian American Inductee


Theo Gregory, VP, Director ELD Program719-577-7081 - [email protected]

George Guerrero, VP, Asst. Dir. ELD Program [email protected]

Virginia Woodfork, Program [email protected]

Aubrey Johnson, Program [email protected]

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