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We contribute an amount equal to $100 per Partner to a donor advised fund at the Pikes Peak Community Foundation (PPCF), a community-based non-profit organization that serves as a resource for philanthropy by offering grant funding, creating charitable funds, and providing leadership for community issues. By maintaining our finances at PPCF, STVP benefits from a 501(c)3 tax status and can diversify its assets after the fund grows to over $5,000.

All Partners have to opportunity to research and propose potential investment projects to the entire Partnership at an annual selection meeting. Partners who wish to propose a project establish a connection with the potential "Investee" and verify that the non-profit meets the following criteria. The organization must:

• Be based in the Pikes Peak Regions and not affiliated with CC
• Demonstrate a small operating budget
• Be a non-partisan and secular organization
• Demonstrate official 501(c)3 status

After each proposing Partner explains his or her investment candidate, all Partners engage in a discussion and vote to select that year's organization. Partners strive to select a project based on the groups preferences and ability to assist the organization.

Upon selection, STVP and the Investee develop a Memorandum of Understanding or set of outcomes to guide the investment. Both parties then enter into an official year-long partnership with measurable objectives. STVP donates the amassed funds, via a check from the PPCF to the selected organization and Partners begin volunteer work. In this way, the Partnership endeavors to build the programmatic capacity of an organization through creative and meaningful collaboration.