communities - CoBiz Financial

2015
CoBiz Financial C O M M U N I T Y
REPORT
With more than 20 years behind us, CoBiz Financial
looks ahead to what the next 20 years will bring.
Placing community at the very heart of what
we do, we are committed to a culture that
gives back and inspires volunteerism and a
passion to support our local communities in
Colorado and Arizona.
CoBiz celebrates community service through
three important and unique philanthropic arms.
Through these strong programs, we give back to
the community financially; encourage employees to
affect change by volunteering their time and talents;
and continue to engage and be present in the many
activities and events doing good in our local communities.
CoBiz has been committed to giving back to our community since
the very beginning, knowing that we are making a real difference to
programs and the people they serve.
Corporate citizenship continues to be the cornerstone of our company mission and we are proud to
contribute to making our communities stronger. We are honored to highlight our contribution to the
community, and graciously extend our gratitude to our employees, customers and supporters who play
a valuable role in making it possible.
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Since its 2001 inception, the Biz Bash continues to be an annual company highlight,
featuring an exciting, casual, fun concert fundraiser benefiting local children’s nonprofit
organizations. CoBiz underwrites a portion of the event, while managing all aspects of
the planning and execution. Employees, clients, vendors and community partners
contribute to the fundraising efforts by selling event sponsorships and tickets;
and procuring unique auction items – all raising funds for our beneficiaries.
Biz Bash entertainers continue to be a who’s who in rock ‘n roll history. Celebrating
the 15th year in Colorado, the legendary Kenny Loggins played to a full house at
Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium. Arizona welcomed The Gin Blossoms, a Phoenix-area
homegrown favorite, at the 9th annual Biz Bash in October.
More importantly, Biz Bash proceeds were $280,000 in Colorado, donated to Hope
House of Colorado and Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center; and $148,000 to Child
Crisis Arizona and ICAN in Arizona. These remarkable numbers bring our total Biz Bash
distribution funds to more than $4.5 million!
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Child Crisis Arizona
Hope House of Colorado
ICAN
Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center
The merger of Child Crisis Nursery, Inc. and Child Crisis Center in
2015 brought together two stellar organizations in the Valley with a
combined 71 years of serving Arizona’s most vulnerable children from
abuse and neglect. Child Crisis Arizona offers emergency children’s
shelter care; prevention and education services and programs; and
foster care and adoption services. With a vision of a community where
children and families have the support and opportunities they need to
thrive, they strengthen families by providing a safe environment for
children to learn and heal.
ICAN is a free, family-centered youth service organization based in the
East Valley of the Phoenix metro area that provides a full complement
to programs proven effective in equipping youth to achieve personal
and academic success by tackling substance abuse, gang involvement
and juvenile delinquency. Since 1991 ICAN has touched and changed
the lives of thousands of elementary to high school aged youth.
2015 CoBiz Financial Community Report
Hope House is metro-Denver’s only resource providing free selfsufficiency programs to parenting teen moms, including residential,
GED, and college and career support programs. Additional
supportive services include healthy relationship and parenting
programs, mentoring, early learning, life skills workshops and
certified counseling – all designed to prepare them for long-term
independence. Hope House relies on numerous volunteers and local
business partnerships to accomplish its mission of serving 150 teen
moms and 225 children annually.
The Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center transforms the lives
of abused, neglected, and at-risk children through compassionate
legal advocacy, community education and public policy reform. The
Children’s Law Center works to prevent abuse, protect children who
have suffered devastating maltreatment and prepare children for a
future that is abuse free – a life full of promise and hope.
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Arizona
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On behalf of the professional staff and board of Child
Crisis
Arizona we would like to extend a special thanks to CoBiz Financial
for hosting AZ Biz Bash. You have helped keep vulnerable children safe
from abuse and neglect and to make families stronger by providing financial
support. The foster care system in Arizona is in a crisis with more than 19,000
children in out-of-home care. This shows that the services Child Crisis Arizona
offers are more in-demand than ever before. The proceeds from Biz Bash help to
ensure we can continue to help find safe and stable homes for children. Thank you.
- TORRIE TAJ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Being a beneficiary of the 2014 and 2015 Arizona Biz Bash was an amazing experience.
The funds raised by Biz Bash have a direct impact on ICAN’s ability to continue to provide
more than 1,300 at-risk youth with free after school and summer programming empowering
youth to be productive, self-confident, and responsible members of the community. Without
the generosity and support of community partners like CoBiz Financial, the youth ICAN
serves – over 80% of which live below the federal poverty line – would not have equal access
to the tools they need to achieve academic and personal success.
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- JESSIE WHITFIELD, SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR
Colorado
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The funds Hope House received as a Biz Bash beneficiary proved to be actual game
changers for us. Because transportation is one of the biggest barriers our teen moms face
when working toward self-sufficiency, the purchase of two vans has given us the ability to
transport our girls to class, medical appointments, GED exams and more. We also used
some of the funds to purchase IT equipment, which has increased the efficiency of the
organization as a whole. Biz Bash truly made a significant difference for us on
the program and administrative sides, empowering us to serve more teen
moms than ever before.
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- LISA STEVEN, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Children’s Law Center is honored to have
been chosen as one of the beneficiaries by the CoBiz
Financial Biz Bash. The funds help us advocate for more
than 2,300 abused and neglected children every year and
to act as their voice during their time of crisis. We establish
caring, personal relationships with our child clients and fight
for their best interests, because every child matters.
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- RANDY FONS, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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CHILDREN’S & FAMILY SERVICES
A Precious Child (CO)
$2,500
matched, grant-giving organization led by a diverse board of
A Precious Child makes a positive impact on the lives of
disadvantaged and displaced children and families in
Colorado by working in collaboration with local
schools and community organizations to help meet
the basic human needs of these children. Funds
from CoBiz Cares Foundation filled backpacks with
school supplies for 200 children through the Fill A
Backpack program. The backpacks are distributed to
children in-need throughout the Denver metro area.
CoBiz Financial employees. Employee funds are supplemented
Alternatives to Violence (ATV) (CO)
$2,500
CoBiz employees have contributed over $640,000 through our
ATV educates and empowers victims, survivors and the
community to break the cycle of violence. CoBiz Cares funds
will be used for The Child and Adolescent program that includes three
vital components: counseling, school-based outreach and a youth
outreach program.
annual employee giving campaign, the Give Initiative.
Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels (AZ)
$5,000
The CoBiz Cares Foundation is an employee-funded, company-
by a $50,000 contribution from CoBiz; the focus areas for the
foundation are determined annually by our employees. Since 2009
In 2015, the Foundation granted to $156,500 to 42 organizations,
reviewing 233 applications throughout the year. Grants were
funded in the areas of Children’s and Family Services; Food Banks;
and Youth Development, Shelter and Crisis Services.
Serving children with cancer, Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels partners with
local hospitals and healthcare providers to provide free, specially designed
t-shirts with zippers, pockets and slits to allow access to chest-ports without
exposing the child’s body. This allows for the storing of IV lines in order to
prevent tangling and tugging on their clothing. This clothing line is designed
to allow children up to age 19 who have cancer or other life-threatening
illnesses requiring central lines and/or feeding tubes to keep on their shirts
for treatment.
COBIZ CONNECTION: REFERRED BY A FORMER COBIZ EMPLOYEE
Assistance League of Colorado Springs (CO)
$160K
$150K
$140K
CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin Counties (CO)
$2,500
CASA provides trained volunteers that are sworn in and appointed by
judges to advocate for the safety and well-being of abused and neglected
children. They advocate for the child’s best interests in areas of education,
health, foster placement and in finding a permanent home. They serve
450 children per year.
$130K
$120K
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2013
$100K
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
$120,000 to
26 organizations
$2,500
AL of Colorado Springs has been in existence for 46 years and is led
exclusively by volunteers. They are dedicated to improving the well-being of
children and families in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. Funds from the
CoBiz Cares Foundation funded Operation School Bell, a program to clothe
2,800 children in the region. Clothes for recipients encourages better school
attendance and builds self-esteem.
$123,750 to
26 organizations
$133,000 to
30 organizations
$148,500 to
39 organizations
$155,000 to
37 organizations
$153,000 to
$156,500 to
35 organizations 42 organizations
The 2015/16 giving areas:
CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY SERVICES: child care, adoption, foster
care, family counseling, parenting education, and other advocacy and
child welfare services that strengthen families and promote the wellbeing of children.
FOOD BANKS, FOOD PANTRIES AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, SHELTER AND CRISIS SERVICES:
organizations that shelter, nurture and develop youth. Includes group
homes, shelters and orphanages; camps and youth ranches serving the
needs of at-risk children; and recreation and youth service organizations.
2015 CoBiz Financial Community Report
Center for Work Education and Employment (CWEE) (CO)
$2,500
The Center for Work Education and Employment (CWEE) provides single
parents who are transitioning from public assistance to employment with
the job skills training and intensive support services they need to obtain and
retain employment. With a mission of fostering personal and professional
transformation for low-income single parent families through confidence
building, customized skills training, and career advancement, their services
range from adult literacy to workforce training to job placement and
employment retention services.
COBIZ CONNECTION: REFERRED BY SEAN KELLY, COLORADO BUSINESS BANKDENVER; JOHN IKALOWYCH, COBIZ ADVISORS; AND MARCIA ROMERO, COBIZ
FINANCIAL
Denver Children’s Advocacy Center (CO)
DCAC serves child victims of trauma. They specialize in being the
first responders to reports of child abuse and utilize additional
programs to keep children safe while providing support for
victims and their families who are recovering from trauma. This
program grant will benefit the Child and Adolescent Assessment
and Treatment Program serving children ages 1-17 who have
been physically, emotionally or sexually abused.
COBIZ CONNECTION: 2006-07 BIZ BASH RECIPIENT;
CLIENT OF COBIZ INSURANCE
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Family and Community Education and Support
Services (FACES) (CO) $4,000
FACES was originally a part of Denver Department of Social
Services. In 1983, they moved out of the Department and
redefined their purpose to providing home visitation services
and site-based parenting classes. The mission of FACES is to
prevent child abuse, neglect and family violence to one family at
a time.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2009 & 2013
Family HomeStead (CO)
$5,000
Family HomeStead was founded in 1978 as the Denver Emergency
Housing Coalition (DEHC) and was the first organization in metro Denver
to offer independent housing to homeless families. They now have 84
private apartment units of emergency and transitional housing serving 209
families with 464 children. They are the only agency in Denver that provides
emergency and transitional housing in private apartment units, and do not
request or accept federal or state funding for program operations.
Sacred Heart House of Denver (CO)
$2,500
Since 1980, Sacred Heart House of Denver provides
services to help homeless single mothers, enabling them
to move to stable housing to achieve and maintain selfsufficiency. The program also offers follow-up services to
increase their stability and remain in their homes.
COBIZ CONNECTION: PAST COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION
GRANTEE, 2013
TESSA (CO)
$2,500
TESSA is a multi-faceted agency serving women and children who are
victims of sexual and domestic violence. TESSA’s services include a
confidential safehouse, victim advocacy, counseling and children’s programs,
a 24/7 Crisis Line, and community outreach and education. CoBiz Cares
funds will be used to support the TESSA children’s program that encompasses
case management, individual counseling, play therapy, mentoring and
psycho-educational support groups.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2009 AND 2011
COBIZ CONNECTION: REFERRED BY TIM STACK, COLORADO BUSINESS BANKCOLORADO SPRINGS
Feeding Matters (AZ)
The Kempe Foundation (CO)
$5,000
Feeding Matters serves families experiencing pediatric feeding struggles
due to physical or medical reasons by educating and supporting parents
and medical staff. Feeding Matters is involved in research, propagation of
information and outreach. CoBiz Cares funds will be used to support the
Power of Two program, a mentoring program that works directly with parents
experiencing pediatric feeding struggles.
COBIZ CONNECTION: REFERRED BY GERALD DEETZ AND ANDREA MCNEELEY,
ARIZONA BUSINESS BANK
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery (CO)
$2,500
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery provides a hands-on-experience for
children with interactive exhibits that create meaningful opportunities to
learn, reflect, and have fun with science and culture. Funds from CoBiz Cares
provided admission to low-income and at-risk youth in Fort Collins and
Larimer County, supporting two school districts and 15 other community
nonprofit organizations.
Fostering Hope Foundation (CO)
$5,000
Fostering Hope and its corps of volunteer teams assist foster parents in their
care for neglected and abused children with physical disabilities by serving as
an extended family. Caring for abused and neglected children with physical
disabilities requires extra patience, care and expertise. Fostering Hope wants
to change the bleak odds of the outcomes of children in the foster care system.
Over the past eight years, Fostering Hope has served 423 foster children,
resulting in 63 adoptions.
Inter-Faith Community Services (CO)
$4,000
Inter-Faith Community Services operates with a goal of using community
resources to provide basic human services and enrichment programs to lowincome individuals while promoting self-sufficiency. They serve residents in
the south Denver metro area including Centennial, Englewood, Glendale,
Highlands Ranch and unincorporated Arapahoe County.
Kids Mobility Network (CO)
$5,000
Kids Mobility Network is a unique resource for children
with disabilities and their families that serves as an outlet
to obtain durable medical equipment like wheelchairs,
walkers and other similar equipment. Kids Mobility
Network provides children and their families the
needed medical equipment to ensure increased safety,
mobility, independence and new, positive ways to
become a more integrated member of the communities
where they live. Kids Mobility Network has served almost
800 children in the Denver metro area.
$2,500
The Kempe Foundation focuses on the prevention and treatment of child
abuse and neglect. Funds from CoBiz Cares will support the Improving
Mental Health OF Families (The IMHOFF Clinic), a
program providing direct services (evidence-based
behavioral health treatment) to children and
families who have been affected by child abuse
and neglect.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES
FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2013
Think 360 Arts (CO)
$5,000
Think 360 Arts Complete Education has
a 65-year history of serving K-12 schools
and community venues in Denver. They
provide arts programming for students in areas
of high poverty with little or no exposure to the
arts. Last year, Think 360 impacted 2,187 teachers at 84
schools, reaching 21,117 students. They provide educational performances,
placement of a professional artist in the school on a part-or full-time basis
to assist with art-related projects, artist workshops for the classroom and
professional development for teachers.
FOOD BANKS, FOOD PANTRIES, FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Boulder Food Rescue (CO)
$2,500
Boulder Food Rescue provides “direct, just-in-time” delivery of perishable
food items from donors to other nonprofit organizations that already have
the distribution channels in place to make instant use of the perishable food.
With a force of bicycle-led volunteers, they load the food onto a bike trailer
and transport it directly to a food distribution organization. Food is delivered
to one of 50 organizations served by Boulder Food Rescue, including food
shelters serving the homeless; low-income elderly housing; working-poor
families; and school food programs.
Bridge House (CO)
$5,000
Bridge House provides daytime shelter, food, medical and mental health
services, housing support, and a transitional employment program for
homeless individuals in Boulder County. In 2013, Bridge House served 52,579
individuals, supported by a cadre of 600 volunteers.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2011
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Emergency Family Assistance Association (CO)
$2,500
EFAA helps those in Boulder and Broomfield Counties whose immediate
need for food, shelter and other basic necessities cannot be adequately met by
other means. Additionally, they assist in helping those they serve work toward
financial stability and self-sufficiency. Funds from CoBiz Cares will support
their food pantry that distributed 637,432 pounds of food last year, serving
1,700 households.
COBIZ CONNECTION: REFERRED BY KATHY BECKWITH, COBIZ WEALTH;
COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2012
Homeless Gear (CO)
$5,000
Homeless Gear provides homeless men, women and children with supplies
like outdoor gear, outerwear, non-perishable food and hygiene products
needed to survive on the streets. Additionally, they offer support to help
transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency. Homeless Gear utilizes
volunteers to help with myriad activities from day and nighttime support to
helping assemble various supplies into 15,000 bags that are distributed at a
local service center for the homeless through its Street Outreach program.
CoBiz Cares funds were used to purchase non-perishable food.
The GrowHaus (CO)
$2,500
The GrowHaus is an indoor farm and food education center located in the
north Denver neighborhood of Globeville, Elyria and Swansea. A savvy
operation whose model is being replicated in other states, GrowHaus focuses
on food production, food distribution and food education with hopes of
providing a ground up approach to food sustainability for those living in this
Denver community that is considered a “food desert.”
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2013
The Growing Project (CO)
The Growing Project (TGP) addresses the issue of food insecurity in Northern
Colorado. It focuses on working with low-income families and at-risk youth.
Fort Collins hosts 73% of Larimer County’s impoverished population and
Colorado has experienced the third largest increase in food insecurity in the
nation. TGP created programs working with at-risk youth through
gardening and cultivation to help fulfill community service hours
and to feed the poor. In partnership with Colorado State
University, they have installed and maintained community
gardens in low income areas.
$2,500
Restoration Outreach serves Colorado residents
living in poverty and transition along the east Colfax
corridor in Aurora. Last year they served 4,300 adults
and children who received services that helped to
meet their immediate needs (food distribution) and
empowered them toward a path of self-sufficiency.
COBIZ CONNECTION: REFERRED BY MARK FRANK,
COBIZ FINANCIAL
TLC Meals on Wheels (CO)
$4,500
TLC Meals on Wheels enriches the lives of seniors and others in the south
metro Denver area by providing nutritious meals and services that promote
dignity, well-being and independence. TCL Meals on Wheels (TLC MOW)
has been delivering meals to homebound residents in the Littleton and
Englewood area for more than 44 years, covering a 95-square-mile area in
western Arapahoe and southeastern Jefferson Counties.
We Don’t Waste (CO)
$5,000
We Don’t Waste partners with more than 50 food banks in the metro Denver
area to provide nutritious food to homeless and low-income populations,
collecting previously prepared food from top restaurants, catering companies,
grocery stores and businesses that are willing to donate their unused food.
The organization has delivered more than 3.7 million meals, with an in-kind
value of more than $2.7 million. Funds from CoBiz Cares have funded 10,000
meals within their partner agencies.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2013
2015 CoBiz Financial Community Report
$2,500
YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix programs educate, advocate for, feed and
provide vital support for low-income women and their families, seniors
and disabled adults in Maricopa County. Additionally, YWCA provides
transportation for those without vehicles, while delivering meals to
homebound clients. They provide at least one nutritious meal every weekday
for their clients. YWCA provides 33,000 congregate meals
and delivers 60,000 meals each year. Funds from CoBiz
Cares will fund a program that feeds seniors living
in the west side of Phoenix metro called Valley
West Senior Centers.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES
FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2013
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT,
SHELTER AND CRISIS SERVICES
Almost Home (CO)
$5,000
Almost Home provides shelter for homeless
individuals and families in Adams County,
providing bilingual case management services
to assist in finding housing and improving selfsufficiency. Other services include emergency assistance
for families, a program that helps cover utilities and rent. Over the
past 21 years, the organization has served more than 42,000 individuals and
13,000 families.
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado (CO)
$2,500
Restoration Outreach Programs (CO)
YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix (AZ)
$2,500
Boys Hope Girls Hope supports low-income youth in the metro Denver
area by helping to provide a strong college preparatory foundation. Staff and
volunteers strive to give the children value-centered, family-like homes, along
with opportunities and tools to succeed in their educational path to attend
college. CoBiz Cares will fund a residential scholar program that focuses on
the development of values, character and good academic habits in a warm,
compassionate family-like setting.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2012
Child Advocates – Denver CASA (CO)
$2,500
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) advocates for the best interests
of abused and neglected children in Denver juvenile court through the
services of specially selected and trained community volunteers from
diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Dollars from CoBiz Cares
will support the volunteer advocate training, allowing them to serve
440 children involved in abuse or neglect cases during per year.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2011
Colorado Community Shelter Providers (CO)
Colorado Community Shelter Providers, dba HomeAid
Colorado, is a public/private/nonprofit partnership that
coordinates nonprofit organizations needing more transitional
housing with home builders and building suppliers. Together
these partners build new or expand existing facilities that provide
shelter to families trying to transition out of homelessness.
COBIZ CONNECTION: ERIC MUNIZ, CBB-REAL ESTATE, IS ON THE BOARD.
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona (AZ)
$5,000
Operating with a mission of giving every girl whose life they touch safety,
hope and opportunity, Flo Crit has served Arizona’s girls and their families
for more than a century. They provide emergency shelter, residential
housing, healthcare, education, counseling, and social support to girls
and young women ages 10 to 21. Funds from CoBiz Cares will fund
their Therapeutic Group Home which consists of four 10-bed cottages
where almost 200 girls receive 24-hour supervised care, food, clothing,
counseling, healthcare, education, life skills and mentoring. Flo Crit helps
them overcome issues of abuse, neglect, poverty, homelessness, teen
pregnancy/parenting, and behavioral and/or mental health problems.
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Gabriel’s Angels (AZ)
$2,500
Gabriel’s Angels helps improve the emotional, health and well-being of
children by integrating a pet therapy program nurturing their emotional
development and enhancing the quality of their lives. They serve more than
13,700 at-risk children and partner with 175 pet therapy teams in Maricopa,
Pinal, Cochise, Santa Cruz and Yavapai Counties. The pet therapy program
creates a very strong bond between the dogs and children strong enough to
teach core behaviors.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE 2009, 2012
I Have A Dream Foundation Boulder County (CO)
$2,500
IHADF provides year-round after-school and summer programming
to low-income, largely Hispanic youth from second grade through
high school graduation. It is an effective drop-out prevention
program dedicated to empowering low-income children (Dreamers)
to achieve their education and career goals through a long-term
program model. IHADF is the only after-school program that
provides this long-term approach, working with individual kids for 10
years. Dreamers who graduate from both the program and from high
school will receive a post-secondary education scholarship. They operate
at seven sites, either in partnership with Boulder Housing Partners or at
specific schools.
COBIZ CONNECTION: PAST COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2011
Junior Achievement (CO)
$2,500
Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain provides financial literacy education
to middle- and high-school children throughout Colorado and southern
Wyoming. Funds from CoBiz Cares will provide tuition for 125 students to
attend JA Finance Park, an interactive, engaging, one-day learning model
that teaches middle and high school students money management, finance
education (investing and debt) and an overview of the importance of
education, career and financial choices.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE 2009, 2012
Red Ribbon Project (CO)
$2,500
RRP empowers Eagle County teens by creating conversations on teen
pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and other STIs. Their programs are focused on
prevention, education and awareness. Through their Youth
Skills Building program, a free program offered in
all schools in Eagle County, their classes include
topics on human sexuality, prevention (from
substance abuse to coping with stress, anger
management) and social and emotional
development. Additionally, they offer
culturally based programming for Latino
youth; free HIV testing; and financial aid
for families and individuals burdened with
expenses associated with the management
and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (CO)
$5,000
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN) is an emergency
shelter for victims of domestic violence in the Boulder area. Funding from
the CoBiz Cares Foundation will provide evidence-based trauma care for
children who have been impacted by violence in their families and who are
residents of SPAN’s Emergency Shelter.
UMOM (AZ)
$5,000
UMOM provides homeless families and individuals
with safe shelter, housing and supportive services to
help them reach their greatest potential. UMOM
helps families exit homelessness and return
to permanent housing in their community,
and maintain housing stability by equipping
them with the needed resources for
education and employment. Funds from
CoBiz Cares will be used for the Child
Development Center (CDC), a program
offering daycare services to resident families
so the adults can attend school and participate
in a workforce development program work.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION
GRANTEE, 2013
Whiz Kids (CO)
$5,000
Whiz Kids Tutoring provides innovative, effective tutoring and mentoring
programs targeting high-risk students from public elementary and
middle schools in metro Denver. Volunteers serve as one-on-one tutors to
disadvantaged children, improving their literacy, social skills and attitude
toward school. Whiz Kids serves more than 825 students in six metro
Denver counties and in a designated Western Slope school.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2009
YESS Institute (CO)
$4,000
The YESS Institute offers training, peer mentoring and school engagement
programs in Denver and Adams County public high schools. The YESS
Institute has developed an inclusive, comprehensive, wrap-around student
engagement peer mentoring model focusing on turning failing freshmen
into successful high school graduates.
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2012
COBIZ CONNECTION: COBIZ CARES
FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2012; REFERRED
BY LISA PROCTOR, COLORADO BUSINESS
BANK-VAIL
Release the Fear (AZ)
$5,000
RTF works with youth in schools, community
centers, detention and treatment centers, and jails to
build character and teach life skills that will enable youth to break
the cycle of violence and recidivism within the legal system. RTF focuses
on youth who are at risk of being incarcerated and those already in the
correction system. Since 2005, more than 7,000 youth have been served.
RTF has a large impact with a small budget by utilizing volunteers and
collaboration efforts with local organizations and community leaders.
COBIZ CONNECTION: PAST COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION GRANTEE, 2013;
MATTHEW MAPES, ARIZONA BUSINESS BANK-PHOENIX, SERVES ON THE BOARD
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Trustees,
You ROCK!
Each year, 11 employee Trustees are selected to serve on the CoBiz Cares Foundation as respected stewards of employee
and company funds. They donate numerous hours each month reviewing many grant proposals and making tough
decisions on which applications to fund. Foundation grants are awarded up to $5,000 per quarter, with applications
received on a rolling quarterly basis. Funds awarded are allocated toward impactful, urgent needs.
2015 COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION BOARD
(left to right):
• Leslie Woodson, Foundation President, Credit Administration •
Dan Owens, CoBiz Wealth AZ • Amalie Harvell, Colorado Business Bank
-Denver • Cheryl Short, IT • De Hogge, Loan Ops • (back row) Justin Lauber,
Loan Review • Matthew Mapes, Arizona Business Bank-Phoenix •
Andrew Paredes, CoBiz Private Bank
2015
2016 COBIZ CARES FOUNDATION BOARD
(back row, left to right) De Hogge, Loan Ops • Charles Finder, Arizona
Business Bank-Phoenix • Greg Atkinson, Colorado Business Bank-Denver
• Laurie Laudeman, SAG • Cheryl Short, Foundation President, IT
• Amalie Harvell, Colorado Business Bank-Denver • Shane Phillips,
CoBiz Private Bank • (middle) Carrie Patterson, Human Resources
(front row) Andrew Paredes, CoBiz Private Bank • Dan Owens, CoBiz
Wealth AZ • Elias Espinoza, Arizona Business Bank-Tempe
Not pictured: Justin Lauber, Loan Review
2015 CoBiz Financial Community Report
2016
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Giving Back Through
Sponsorships
CoBiz Financial and our companies donate to not-for-profits and sponsor community events
on a case-by-case basis. In addition, each company and bank location also has the ability to
support organizations with customer or employee connections, neighborhood ties or specific
industries served. As a founding member company of the community partnership, B:CIVIC,
CoBiz has joined forces with other like-minded companies to share ideas, community activities
and best corporate philanthropic practices.
$1 million Milestone
Thanks to the joint generosity of CoBiz Financial employees and company dollars, the CoBiz
Cares Foundation proudly crossed the $1 million milestone of grants awarded to not-for-profits
in Arizona and Colorado in 2016, funding 202 unique organizations since 2009. Funds are
raised during our annual employee giving campaign, the Give Initiative, and throughout the
year with employees joining forces to host fun and engaging department fundraisers.
Employee Volunteerism
and Not-for-Profit Board Service
CoBiz employees are encouraged to donate their time and talents in supporting issues that are important to them. Employees participate
in all kinds of activities – from bicycle tours and team walks to service project days and bake sales – we encourage employees to rally together
to give back to our local communities in ways that are meaningful to them.
Our employees were busy in 2015!
•2
18 employees recorded their
volunteer hours
• Employees volunteered more than
14,440 hours
• Employees volunteered at
250+ not-for-profits
•8
1 employees served in a board
member capacity for a nonprofit
CoBiz offers employees one paid day off annually
to volunteer with a not-forprofit of their choice.
Additionally, our
employees take the
lead by passionately
serving on the
boards of valuable
local, state and
national organizations.
Take a look at the
not-for-profits where our
employees volunteered last year (listed on the
following page); employees who served in a
board capacity are noted in blue.
WellBiz
Our commitment to our community extends to
focusing on strengthening the health and wellbeing of our employees. Both are core values for
our company, and we’re fortunate that it’s possible
to do both at the same time. Our employees
walk, run, ride, paint and mud-volleyball-it-up –
anything to get their hearts pumping and create
awareness for local organizations. Families and
friends are always welcome to join in and support the
amazing causes we endorse.
Serving the Business
Needs of Not-for-Profit
Organizations
At CoBiz Financial, we understand that not-forprofit organizations are businesses as well. Our
comprehensive, cohesive products are tailored to
nonprofits and community agencies. Our goal is to
give these fantastic organizations the freedom to do
the work they do best – helping our communities.
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Some of the Not-For-Profit Organizations CoBiz Employees Served (2015)
Organizations in blue denote board service by a CoBiz employee
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Colorado Bankers Association
Hope House
Rosie’s House
AASK - Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
Colorado Eagles Foundation
HOPE worldwide
Rotary Club of Denver Southeast
Access Opportunity
Colorado Historic Foundation
Hyland Hills Youth Hockey
Royal Family Kids Camp
Ace Scholarships
Colorado Nonprofit Loan Fund
I Help
RUFF, Inc.
Adams 14 Education Foundation
Colorado Safety Association
Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire
Salvation Army
Adams County Animal Shelter
Colorado State Investment Advisory Committee
Independent Electrical Contractors Assoc.
SARRC/Autism Speaks
All Souls Church
Colorado Thunderbirds Hockey
Interfaith Cooperative Ministries
Savio House
Alpha Omicron
Columbine High School Boys Lacrosse
Invisible Disabilities
Senior Housing Options
ALS Association AZ Chapter
Compelling Communications
Japan America Society of Colorado
Shiloh House
American Cancer Society
Congregation Rodef Shalom
Jeffco Action Center
Sojourner House
American Diabetes Association
Cotton Creek PTA
Jewish Colorado
Southeast Community Outreach (SECOR)
American Healing Arts Foundation
Cottonwood Institute
Jumping Eagles Jump Rope Team
Southwest Human Development
American Heart Association
Creative Adoptions
Junior Achievement
Special Olympics
AMIfs
Creekside Bible Church
Junior Achievement of Southern Colorado
St Frances Cabrini Parish
AMP The Cause
CU Risk Management and Insurance
Advisory Council
Junior League of Denver
St Johns Church/School
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Knights of Peter Claver
St. Mary’s Food Bank
KW Cares
St. Vincent de Paul
Littleton Breakfast Optimist Club
STEM School
Littleton Hospital Community Board
Stout Street Foundation
Littleton Lacrosse Club
Sun Canyon Elementary School
Littleton Preparatory Charter School
Tempe Diablos Charities
Littleton Town Hall Center
Temple Sinai
Denver Rescue Mission
Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) Phoenix
Tennyson Center for Children
Denver Sister Cities International
Longmont Area Economic Council
Denver Urban Renewal Authority
Longmont Community Foundation
The Arizona Chapter of RMA - The Risk
Management Association
Denver Zoological Foundation
Maggie’s Place
The First Tee of Phoenix
Deseret Industries
Men For the Cure
The Jefferson County Action Center
Desert View Bible Church
Mercy Housing
The Watkin’s Shelter
Destination Imagination
Metro Community Provider Network
Tibetan Association of Colorado
Dignity Foundation Board
Mi Casa
Littleton Town Hall Arts Center
Dinamic Fundraisers Inc.
Minds Matter of Denver
TUCC Foundation
Diocese of Phoenix
Monarch Youth Football League
Twin Cities Pride
Donor Alliance
Most Precious Blood School
United Food Bank
East Ultimate
Mountain View Presbyterian Church
United Way of Larimer County
Easter Seals
MS Society of Colorado
Ed and Ruth Lehman YMCA
National Western Scholarship Foundation
University of Colorado Boulder Alumni
Association
Escuela de Guadalupe
National Western Stock Show Auction Committee
Fairmount Cemetary
New Orleans French Quarter Festivals Association
Family Promise of Greater Denver
North Valley Christian Academy
Family Tree
Phoenix Children’s Project
Feed My Starving Children
Phoenix College Women’s Softball Team
Fiesta Colorado Dance Company
Phoenix Country Club Foundation
Flatirons Community Church
Phoenix Inner City Kids
Animal Rescue League
Apex Foundation
Appraisal Institute
Arapahoe House
Arc of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties
Archbishops Guild
Arizona Bankers Association
Arizona Baseball Charities
Arizona Humane Society
Arizona Soccer Club
Arrupe Jesuit High School
Asian Hope
Association for Corporate Growth
ASU Preparatory Elementary
Autism Academy Parent Partnership Program
Avon Walk For Breast Cancer
AYL and Warriors Youth Sports
AZ Rescue
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Berkeley Neighborhood Association
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado
Big Idea Project
Blue Sky Bridge
Bonfils Foundation
Boulder and Denver Software Clubs
Boulder Community Foundation
Boy Scouts of America
Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver
Broomfield FISH Food Bank
Business Development Finance Corporation
Center for Work Education and Employment
(CWEE)
CFA Society Colorado
CHAMP
Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Child Crisis Arizona
Child Foster Care Facility
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Children’s Museum of Denver
ChildSafe Colorado
Chrysalis
Church For The Nations
Denver Active 20-30
Denver Chapter American Payroll Association
Denver Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC)
Denver Community Church
Denver Dumb Friends League
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Florence Crittenton Services
Food Bank of the Rockies
Food for the Hungry
Foothills United Way
Foundation for Global Scholars
FourFront
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Free Arts for Abused Children
Gilbert Chamber of Commerce
Golden Chamber of Commerce
Greenhouse Scholars
Griffith Centers for Children
Growing Home, Inc.
Pikes Peak Library District Foundation
Porter Billups Leadership Academy
Prison Ministries
Project Cure
Project Linus
Project PAVE
Public Relations Society of America
Pyle Center
Red Rocks Church
Reel Recovery
University Of Colorado Foundation
University of Colorado Hospital Foundation
University of Colorado Real Estate Foundation
University of Denver
Vail Performance Arts Academy
Veritas Preparatory High School
Vineyard Church
Volunteers of America
Warren Village
Watchtower Society
Western State Colorado University Foundation
Wild Animal Sanctuary
World Denver
Year Up
YMCA of Boulder Valley
Young Americans Bank/YA Center for Education
Youthroots
Release The Fear
Rocky Mountain Arts Association
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Habitat for Humanity
Rocky Mountain Association for Financial
Professionals
City of Phoenix Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT)
Heartlight Center for Grief Care
Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation
Highlands Baptist Church
Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center
Clear Light Buddhist Center
HIV Carelink
Rocky Mountain Human Services
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
HomeAid Colorado
Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute
Colorado Insurance Education Foundation
Honor Health Captive Insurance Exchange
Rocky Mountain Youth Medical Clinics
2015 CoBiz Financial Community Report
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Learn more about the community efforts of
CoBiz Financial and our family of services.
• Visit the In the Community section of our website.
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• Contact Marcia Romero at [email protected] or 720.264.5512.
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