The Colorado Bar Foundation

• Publication year: 2004
• Pages: 27
• Citation: Vol. 33 No. 3 Pg. 27

33 Colo.Law. 27 Colorado Lawyer 2004.

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The Colorado Lawyer
March 2004
Vol. 33, No. 3 [Page 27]

Features

The Colorado Bar Foundation

The Colorado Bar Foundation, established in 1953 by members of the Colorado Bar Association ("CBA"), functions exclusively for educational and charitable purposes and is an organization qualifying under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

The Foundation promotes the advancement of jurisprudence and the administration of justice in Colorado through grants to help educate the general public, and to provide assistance to legal institutions and legal services programs in Colorado

All CBA members are also members of the Foundation. The Foundation is governed by a nine-member Board of Trustees elected by the Board of Governors of the CBA. The current members of the Board of Trustees are: Deborah R. Adams Colorado Springs, chairperson; A. Lenore Martinez, Denver, vice chairperson; Michael E. McLachlan, Durango, treasurer; H. Barton Mendenhall, Rocky Ford, Bar Fellows president; John W. Dunn, Vail, COLTAF liaison; John S. Holt, Denver; Rebecca Koppes Conway, Greeley; Richard J. Scheurer, Lakewood; and Robert A. Schuetze, Boulder; and ex-officio members Charles C. Turner, CBA Executive Director, and Dana J. Collier Smith, Foundation staff director and CBA Assistant Executive Director.

Financial support for the Foundation comes from several sources. Voluntary contributions are solicited from CBA members along with the annual dues. These voluntary contributions constitute approximately 10 percent of the annual income into the corpus of the Foundation. Memorial contributions for deceased lawyers, friends, and family are welcome. Bequests are made to the Foundation in wills and as special gifts. The primary source of endowment funding, however, is derived from the Colorado Bar Fellows.

The Colorado Bar Fellows came into existence in 1977 through the efforts of Maurice Reuler. With a program patterned after the American Bar Fellows, new members are selected each year and honored at the annual dinner. Bar Fellows are members in good standing in the CBA who have been recommended by their colleagues. These lawyers have been selected because of their outstanding contributions to their communities.

New members pledge $1,500 toward the Bar Foundation's endowment, to be paid in ten equal annual installments. All contributions are tax deductible. On completion of their financial commitment, a member becomes a Fellow Emeritus. Although these members are exempt from making a mandatory annual contribution, most continue to contribute to the activities of the Foundation.

The Foundation has supported a variety of worthwhile projects, institutions, and endeavors. However, given the limited funding available for grants and the growing availability of other funding sources for the direct delivery of legal services, the Foundation has chosen to reemphasize the education and research aspects of its charter.

Ultimately, the Foundation maintains flexibility to support activities within the stated purposes of its charter. Thus, all applicants falling within the broad definitions of the charter are free to apply.

The following organizations are the most recent recipients of the Foundation funds: Center for Education in Law and Democracy, Colorado Bar Association Law Education Committee (mock trial competition), Colorado Center on Law & Policy, Colorado Close-Up, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, Colorado Judicial Institute, Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, Colorado Legal Services, Colorado Springs Teen Court, The Counseling Center, Court Care for the Pikes Peak Region, Denver Rotary/University of Denver College of Law/CBA, Durango Teen Court, Justice Information Center, League of Women Voters of Colorado, Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People, Mesa County Bar Association (mock trial), North American Indian Services, Project Safeguard, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law Indian Law Clinic, and University of Denver College of Law Public Interest Clerkship.

For more information concerning the Foundation, contact Dana J. Collier Smith at (303) 824-5318 or (800) 332-6736.

COLORADO BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS
(As of 1/21/04)

Arthur A. Abplanalp, Jr., Vail *
Anthony T. Accetta, Denver *
Deborah R. Adams, Colorado Springs *
Derry B. Adams, Colorado Springs
Bennett S. Aisenberg, Denver *
Thomas N. Alfrey, Denver
Ann Allott, Littleton
Gordon L. Allott, Jr., Littleton
Donald W. Alperstein, Denver *
Federico C. Alvarez, Denver
R. Sterling Ambler, Denver *
Geoffrey P. Anderson, Englewood
Julie E. Anderson, Denver
Betty C. Arkell, Denver *
Angela R. Arkin, Castle Rock
Harry L. Arkin, Denver
Baxter W. Arnold, Sterling
Walter B. Ash, Denver *
Jonathan D. Asher, Denver *
H. Gregory Austin, Denver *
Lewis T. Babcock, Denver
William Babich, Denver
Gerald L. Bader, Jr., Denver
Donald K. Bain, Denver
John T. Baker, Denver
Kenneth A. Baker, Salida *
Barbara S. Banks, Denver *
Richard J. Banta, Englewood
Scott S. Barker, Denver
Patrick E. Barney, Steamboat Springs
Frederick J. Baumann, Denver *
Robin L. Beattie, Denver
Kathryn McCord Beck, Golden
Seth J. Benezra, Lakewood
Amy L. Benson, Denver
Robert E. Benson, Denver
Field C. Benton, Denver *
Susan Bernhardt, Denver
Jack W. Berryhill, Denver
Donald A. Bertram, Denver
William A. Bianco, Denver
J. Fern Black, Denver *
Stanley A. Black, Boulder *
Gary B. Blum, Denver
Joseph I. Bodine, Greeley
Larry L. Bohning, Denver
Albert M. Bonin, Denver *
Victor F. Boog, Lakewood
Peter W. Booth, Colorado Springs
Douglas E. Bragg, Denver *
Edgar H. Brandenburg, Brush
Robert W. Brandes, Jr., Fort Collins
L. Richard Bratton, Gunnison *
Christopher R. Brauchli, Boulder *
Albert Brenman, Denver *
G. Scott Briggs, San Jose, CA *
Steve C. Briggs, Denver *
Geraldine A. Brimmer, Denver
Rebecca S. Bromley, Colorado Springs *
Michael R. Bromley, Colorado Springs
Baird B. Brown, Grand Junction
Elizabeth E. Brown, Denver
Thomas G. Brown, Denver *
Norman Brownstein, Denver *
Harold H. Bruff, Boulder
Megan F. Brynhildsen, Denver
James Buchanan, Boulder *
Susan Fox Buchanan, Lakewood *
Alan H. Bucholtz, Denver *
George R. Buck, Jr., Cortez *
Bruce T. Buell, Colorado Springs *
Glen A. Burbridge, Denver *
Donald H. Burkhardt, Denver *
Fotios M. Burtzos, Colorado Springs
Robert G. Busch, Lakewood
Mari C. Bush, Boulder
David Butler, Denver *
James E. Bye, Denver *
Laura Bynum Jenkins, Colorado
Springs
David P. Cain, Denver
Douglas M. Cain, Denver *
Maureen A. Cain, Denver *
Clifford J. Calhoun, Boulder
Thomas J. Callahan, Wray *
A. Bruce Campbell, Denver *
Brian T. Campbell, Denver *
Donald E. Campbell, Colorado Springs *
Leonard M. Campbell, Denver *
E. Michael Canges, Denver
Joel W. Cantrick, Denver
Gerald A. Caplan, Boulder...