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2024 – Support for programs that introduce winter sports to youth who otherwise may not have access, prioritizing organizations that serve communities of color.

2023 – Support for programs that introduce winter sports to youth who otherwise may not have access, prioritizing organizations that serve communities of color.

2022 – Support for programs that introduce winter sports to youth who otherwise may not have access, prioritizing organizations that serve communities of color.

2021 – Support for pilot programs that introduce winter sports to youth who otherwise may not have access, prioritizing organizations that serve communities of color.

Ski and Snowboard Outreach Society – $85,000

Colorado
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to help empower youth to develop lifelong skills and find their true potential utilizing outdoor experiences.

SOS Outreach – $250,000

2016 – Engage at-risk and underserved youth through outdoor adventure sports, including skiing and snowboarding

The Community Foundation of Boulder – $500,000

Boulder County, CO
2022 – To support those impacted by the Marshall Fire in Boulder County.

El Dorado Community Foundation – $100,000

South Lake Tahoe, CA & NV
2020
– Support the organization’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. 

Tulane University School of Medicine – $1,000,000

2020 – To help expand and improve COVID-19 testing in the region, including for vulnerable populations that are most at risk.

Epic Promise Employee Foundation – $1,000,000

2020 – To establish a new fund to provide additional assistance to Vail Resorts employees due to the impacts of COVID-19. 

The El Dorado Community Foundation – $150,000

South Lake Tahoe, CA & NV
2020 – To the Foundation’s Coronavirus Relief Fund that will support families in need and non-profits that provide critical basic needs and other social services to the community.

Help Colorado Now – $300,000

State of Colorado
2020
– Support non-profits across Colorado that are providing critical services during the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Operation Homefront, Inc – $750,000

2018 – Support for military families

Environmental Defense Fund – $150,000

2018 – Clean energy program

The Other Side Academy – $150,000

2018 – Capital support for first Colorado-based Academy

HIAS INC – $100,000

2018 – Support to help refugees rebuild their lives in safety and dignity

Walking Mountains Science Center – $25,000

Eagle County, CO
2018 – Support for programs that promote environmental stewardship through natural science education

Vail Veterans Program – $10,000

Eagle County, CO
2018 – Support for program that provides military injured and their families transformational experiences

Trust for Public Land – $250,000

Denver, CO
2017
– Bike connection trail project

American Friends of Whistler – $250,000

Whistler, BC
2017 – Supporting youth from the Lil’wat and Squamish nations by rebuilding a community school and helping to launch a youth sports and mentoring program

The Summit Foundation – $250,000

Summit County, CO
2017 – Provide care through Catch Afterschool program; Support Mountain Futures Center to help kids find an affordable, practical path to college/post-secondary education

Our Community Foundation – $250,000

Eagle County, CO
2017 – Early Childhood Education Programs

South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center – $125,000

South Lake Tahoe, CA & NV
2017 – Ensuring kids have access to regular meals during the summer months

Stowe Land Trust – $100,000

Vermont
2017 – Land Protection Initiative to permanently protect more than 350 acres of land for the benefit of the community

EpicPromise Employee Foundation – $1,500,000

2016 – Foundation supports Vail Resorts employees in times of need and for their educational pursuits

Emergency Family Assistance Association – $250,000

Boulder, CO
2016
– Self-sufficiency support for families in need

Our Community Foundation – $250,000

Eagle County, CO
2016
– Summer Lunch Program – providing food for underserved populations during summer months

Park City Community Foundation – $250,000

Summit County, UT
2016
– Resources to open new PC Tots childcare center

Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe – $125,000

Truckee, CA & NV
2016 – Expand after school program to address youth academic achievement

Boys and Girls Club of South Lake Tahoe – $125,000

South Lake Tahoe, CA & NV
2016 – Support after school program for community youth

Monaro Early Intervention Service – $75,000 (A$100,000)

New South Wales, Australia
2016 – Support of early intervention and therapy services for children who have a disability or developmental delay

Moose Day Care Center – $75,000

Jackson, WY
2016 – Support of preschool program for families

Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha – $33,500

Kenosha, WI
2016 – Support to enable growth of after-school programming by nearly 50%

Valley Outreach – $33,500

Stillwater, MN
2016 – Providing over 8500 weekend meals to families in the St. Croix Valley

North Star Reach – $33,500

Detroit, MI
2016 – Support Michigan camp that creates special experiences for kids with chronic and life-threatening health challenges

Intermountain Healthcare Foundation – $250,000

Summit County, UT
2014 – Live Well Center capital campaign

Foothills United Way Flood Relief – $350,000

Boulder, CO
2013 – Flood relief support after historic Colorado floods

Livewell Colorado – $300,000

2012 – Support and promotion of healthy nutrition in Colorado

Walking Mountains Science Center – $25,000

Eagle County, CO
2008 – Support for programs that promote environmental stewardship through natural science education

Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) – $500,000

2021 – To support ARC’s work to end mass incarceration in California and transform the criminal justice system so that it is more just and equitable for all people.

Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley – $250,000

2021 – To support several key programs including the Civic Engagement and Narrative Change Initiative and the Network for Transformational Change. 

Community Justice Reform Coalition – $250,000

2021 – To support efforts to build power for and with communities of color to end gun violence.

American Civil Liberties Union – $709,229

2020 – To support the ACLU’s mission to protect, defend and extend the civil rights and civil liberties of all people.

Equal Justice Initiative – $500,000

2020 – To support the mission of EJI to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenge racial and economic injustice, protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American Society. 

Know Your Rights Camp – $500,000

2020 – To support the mission of Know Your Rights Camp to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.

Boys & Girls Club of Boston – $200,000

Boston, MA
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to help young people, especially those who need it most, build strong character and realize their full potential as responsible citizens and leaders.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio – $200,000

Cleveland, OH
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire and enable young people who need us most to reach their full potential as productive, responsible, caring citizens.

Good Shepherd Services – $200,000

New York, NY
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to help strengthen communities so that all New York City children, youth and families succeed and thrive.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore – $175,000

Baltimore, MD
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities – $150,000

Minneapolis, MN
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Chicago Youth Centers – $150,000

Chicago, IL
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to invest in youth in under-served communities to help them discover and realize their full potential.

Entrepreneurship for All – $150,000

Longmont, CO
2020 – To help launch the EparaTodos Accelerator, a free program offered in Spanish for people interested in developing a business or non-profit.

Girls. Inc. – $75,000

Chicago, IL
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe – $50,000

South Lake Tahoe, CA
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to empower all young people to reach their full potential.

Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver – $50,000

Denver, CO
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to provide a safe, supportive, fun and enriching environment that inspires and empowers youth to achieve their greatest potential.

Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe – $50,000

North Lake Tahoe
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire and empower youth to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Boys & Girls Club of Salt Lake City – $50,000

Salt Lake City, UT
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to inspire and empower youth to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre – $50,000 (USD)

Whistler, BC
2020
– To help launch the Cultural Sensitivity and Indigenous Leadership Program Development Initiative, which will develop a culturally rooted approach to Indigenous leadership.

Zero Ceiling – $15,000 (USD)

Whistler, BC
2020
– To support the mission of the organization to end youth homelessness.

New Venture Fund – Fund for a Safer Future – $150,000

2018 – To work with other donors to support organizations working on common-sense policy reform to reduce gun violence.

Anti-Recidivism Coalition – $25,000

2017 – To support ARC’s work to end mass incarceration in California and transform the criminal justice system so that it is more just and equitable for all people.

2022

  • Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) – $250,000
    • To support the removal of barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing through education, training, advocacy, and the creative arts.
  • The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation – $300,000
    • To support the eradication of the stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community.
  • The Confess Project – $130,000
    • To support building a culture of mental health for Black boys, men, and their families through capacity building, advocacy, organizing and movement building through activating barbers with mental health awareness and resources.
  • Drug Policy Alliance – $400,000
    • To support research, policy and other alternatives to the war on drugs which disproportionately criminalizes communities of color and compounds the harms of co-occurring mental and behavioral health disorders.
  • Latinx Therapists Action Network – $150,000
    • To support a platform and network of Latinx mental health practitioners honoring and affirming the dignity and healing of migrant communities marginalized by criminalization, detention, and deportation.
  • Mental Health Liberation – $50,000
    • To connect Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BI&POC) with quality therapy, support clinicians of color, and help dismantle systemic inequity and reclaim healing for melanated, marginalized and displaced Peoples.
  • National Queer and Trans People of Color Network – $130,000
    • To support the transformation of mental health for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC).
  • Native American Connections, Inc. – $300,000
    • To support the improvement of the lives of individuals and families through culturally appropriate behavioral health.
  • The Sky Center/New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project – $200,000
    • To support meeting the challenge of youth suicide in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico through lasting solutions that encourage resiliency, courage, connection and hope.
  • The Steve Fund (Stephen C. Rose Legacy Foundation) – $250,000
    • To support programs and strategies that build understanding and assistance for the mental and emotional health of the nation’s young people of color.

2021

  • Asian Health Services – $150,000
    • To support mental and behavioral health services for the Asian communities in Oakland, California.
  • The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation – $100,000
    • To support their work to eradicate stigma around mental health issues in the African American community.
  • The Confess Project – $100,000
    • To support the expansion of the organization in California with a goal to train 500 new barbers to be mental health advocates.
  • Instituto Familiar de la Raza – $250,000
    • To increase access to community-based mental healthcare for Latinx communities and enable learning and collaboration among local leaders to scale community driven mental and behavioral health practices. 
  • Native American Connections – $200,000
    • To provide culturally appropriate and responsive behavioral health care to Native American communities.
  • The Sky Center/New Mexico Suicide Prevention Project – $100,000
    • To meet the challenge of youth suicide by building lasting solutions that encourage resiliency, courage, connection and hope in New Mexico.
  • The Steve Fund – $150,000
    • To support narrative change and education to eliminate stigma against those with mental illness and increase access to community-based mental healthcare for BIPOC communities and students.

Katz Amsterdam Grants

Key Focus Areas

Additional Grants

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