Chinook Fund Founded Chinook Fund 1987 Chinook Fund is founded by people of wealth– committed to change power dynamics by putting grantmaking power in the han [...]
Beginning of Grantmaking Chinook Fund 1990 Chinook Fund begins our legacy by funding community organizing groups across Colorado through an activist-led Grantmaking Committ [...]
Resources to Expand Chinook Fund 1995 Chinook Fund’s support, resources, and community grows to such a level that we buy a house to create more intentional commun [...]
Donor Activist Organizing Chinook Fund 2000 Donor activists spearhead a successful endowment campaign to ensure that Chinook Fund continues to provide necessary funding to gr [...]
Education as a Radical Act Chinook Fund 2002 Chinook Fund’s grantmaking program is so successful that volunteers and grantees ask for additional education from our staff [...]
Social Justice Institute Forms Chinook Fund 2003 The Social Justice Institute (SJI) forms. The SJI trains neighborhood residents of Cole, Sun Valley, La Alma/Lincoln Park, and Bak [...]
Social Justice Awareness Program Chinook Fund 2004 The Social Justice Awareness program is created. SJA was created for businesses and non-profits to learn about oppressive framewor [...]
Chinook Fund is Radical Chinook Fund 2006 Chinook Fund becomes more radical as a funder and community organization, visibly taking a stand on immigration, marriage equality [...]
Reclaim Our Vote Chinook Fund 2008 A temporary ‘Reclaim Our Vote’ grant category is created to funnel money into civic engagement work around voter regis [...]
Collective Leadership Model Chinook Fund 2009 Board approves implementation of a Collective Leadership Model, a progressive shift in power dynamics in the organization, demons [...]
