Colorado 50-50 wins $10,000 grant for gender parity efforts
A Fort Collins-based nonprofit has been awarded a $10,000 grant for its work to boost gender parity in positions of power in Colorado.
The grant given to Colorado 50-50 comes from Royal Neighbors of America, an Illinois-based, women-led insurance company. Along with the grant, the company also named Colorado 50-50 founder Erin Hottenstein the winner of one of ten Nation of Neighbors empowerment awards.
The grant will go toward helping to “hire an attorney and nonprofit consultant and fund more trainings, marketing, and internship stipends.”
“I really want to express my gratitude to all the people who have helped us,” Hottenstein said in a statement. “It’s really a community effort to inspire that next wave of women leaders!”
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