How Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) significantly increased their grant funding with Philanthropy Expert
PE worked with the leadership at GALS to increase their grant funding from $40,000 a year to $250,000 annually through grant prospect research, writing support and management.
The Challenge
The choice to begin with an all-girls school is underscored by national, state, and local research illustrating that our society is at risk of losing a significant part of yet another generation of young women, particularly young women of color. Research confirms that single-sex schools benefit students that are the most educationally at-risk, including girls and minority students, so GALS was founded to provide a public, tuition-free, single gender, college preparatory school in Denver Public Schools.
Providing a Personalized and Holistic Education
GALS and their counterpart, BOYS, are tuition-free DPS charter schools and are the only public, single-gender, college-preparatory schools in Colorado. GALS envisions a world where all young women and men, regardless of their background, are given access to a personalized and holistic education that provides them the opportunity to access the skills, knowledge, and self-determination to succeed in college and to develop as leaders in their communities and the world.
The Solution
When Liz Wolfson first opened GALS in Denver, she reached out to PE to engage around fundraising support including grant prospect research and writing, which allowed GALS to significantly increase their grant funding. Now in their 9th academic school year, GALS Denver is thriving in DPS.
Grants Applied for and Received (in the 2016-2017 academic schoolyear):
Anschutz Foundation: Applied for $225,000 over three years; Received $150,000 over three years
Daniels Fund: Applied for $100,000; Received $100,000
Gates Foundation: Applied for $50,000; Received $50,000
Connie Burwell and William White Foundation: Applied for $15,000; Received $10,000
US Lacrosse: Applied for $5,000; Received $2,000
