OUR IMPACT
Beyond the Event: The Impact of the Keystone Leadership Awards
Keystone Policy Center empowers leaders to employ an audacious approach to tackling society’s most pressing policy issues: collaborative, inclusive, and bipartisan decision-making. Each year, Keystone takes an evening to honor leaders who create lasting solutions through strategic collaboration and embody the spirit and tenor of Keystone’s mission. The funds raised through the Annual Leadership Awards are leveraged by Keystone to inspire even more leaders to rise above entrenched positions to reach common higher ground. Here are some ways your dollars are utilized:
- Innovative Ideas and Projects: Underwrite critically important staff time and resources needed to develop new ideas and to conduct necessary background research to ensure staff adequately understands all sides of an issue before seeking fundraised dollars.
- Issue Research: Identify stakeholders and conduct interviews to better understand the nuances and underlying concerns of those closest to the issues.
- Thought Partnership: Work with potential project participants to design processes that will most effectively address the issues before them and to frame the initiative so that it will attract additional funding sources.
- Process Support: Engage in fundraising efforts to support the processes which we convene.
- Critical Operations Support: Supports the backbone of the organization, including the President’s office, Administration, and Marketing, Communications & Development, to ensure Keystone will continue to empower leaders to solve challenging issues for years to come.
The support generated from the Leadership Awards makes a lasting difference as Keystone Policy Center shepherds shared-goal partners to find mutually agreeable solutions in energy, environment, education, health, agriculture, emerging genetic technologies, land management, and tribal communities. Please learn more about just a few of the projects detailed below that are making an enduring impact.
Decarbonization Dialogue
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The Decarbonization Dialogue convened experts from different sectors to develop recommendations for near-term federal policies to drive economy-wide and equitable decarbonization. Those recommendations were published this year.
A Just and Inclusive Outdoor System
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Keystone facilitates Next 100 Colorado, which is committed to the establishment of a just and inclusive parks and public lands system. In the last year, Next 100 Colorado has launched a mentorship program and supported policy that led to the creation of the Outdoor Equity Grant Program.
Reshaping the Future of Education
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Keystone partners with educators, policymakers, communities, and industry leaders to ensure students are prepared for tomorrow’s opportunities. Keystone’s education work led to Colorado dedicating more than $13 million for educator programs as well as the launch of a new initiative that will develop an academic and cultural curriculum for Ute Mountain Ute students and community.
Farm Labor Practices Group
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The Farm Labor Practices Group (FLPG) is a multi-stakeholder initiative committed to improving farm labor practices on farms and enhancing the farm worker’s experience. Led by Keystone, FLPG brings together key industry stakeholders like growers and farm worker member organizations, the U.S. Department of Labor, and non-governmental organizations.
Investing in Colorado's Water Plan
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Keystone facilitates a diverse set of leaders working to identify a viable strategy for securing funding and implementation of the Colorado’s Water Plan. In recent years, this coalition has secured general funding for water through generated revenue from sports betting and through legislation providing a total of $20 million to fund the Plan and support Colorado's water basins.
Keynotes Podcast
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Few things match the power of personal, in-depth storytelling. That is why Keystone Policy Center launched a podcast this year called Keynotes: Stories of Collective Impact. The podcast captures the nuances and complexity of our work and has been recognized as a 2021 Gold Winner of the Hermes Creative Awards.