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Steve Graham Award for Building Nonprofit Capacity
Thanks to the Boettcher Foundation, the award winner is provided with a $5,000 check to present to the Colorado Nonprofit Association member nonprofit of her choice.
Steve Graham, former executive director of the Community Resource Center, was a passionate leader, powerful advocate of grassroots causes, generous friend, and champion of nonprofits. His leadership and values have been a tremendous inspiration to many people across Colorado who work to make our state and our communities better places to live. The Steve Graham Award for Building Nonprofit Capacity is a special recognition in memory of a wonderful man and extraordinary nonprofit leader. This award honors leaders who, like Steve, have demonstrated remarkable dedication and commitment to the quality of programs and services in the nonprofit sector as a whole.
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Cathy Robbins is a recognized facilitator and leader in the field of nonprofit management and has 23 years experience as a nonprofit chief executive officer. She serves as an instructor at the University of Colorado, Graduate School of Public Affairs, where she has taught nonprofit management curriculum since 1993, and she is an adjunct faculty member for Community Programs for the Center of Creative Leadership.
In 1991 she started the Colorado Springs Nonprofit Center. In 1996 the Chamber Foundation added two leadership initiatives, IntroSprings and the Colorado Springs Leadership Institute. In 1998 the Volunteer Center of the Pikes Peak Region joined the programs of the Chamber Foundation. In 2003 Cathy joined the senior staff of El Pomar Foundation. She is responsible for the regional approach to grant making, whose purpose is to regionalize El Pomar Foundation operating programs and grant making throughout Colorado. She also oversees nonprofit leadership initiatives and expanding training and technical assistance programs in rural Colorado.
Cathy has a BA in Sociology from Northern Illinois University and a Master’s in Urban Affairs from Wichita State University. She currently is on the Advisory Council for the Inasmuch Foundation, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Pikes Peak Region, and chair of the Penrose/St. Francis Health systems Board of Trustees.