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Speaker 1 (00:00):
For a rod today and now joining me from the
Nathan Yip Foundation, we have Jill Shinklehenwood to come on
and talk about a.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Program I love so much.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I love everything about this and I'm thrilled to have
them on again to talk about it. Jill, first of all,
welcome back to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Hey, thank you so much, thanks for having us again.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Who is Nathan Yip and what is the Nathan Yip Foundation.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
So, Nathan Yip is a young man who was tragically
killed in a car accident about twenty three years ago,
and his parents decided to Nathan had been to China
and had really wanted to help students in rural areas.
(00:45):
Originally sort of started in China, he had seen just
the disparity between at education in urban China versus world China,
and so upon his death, his parents turned that grief
and tragedy into to a foundation to support rural schools internationally.
So for the first fifteen years that's what the foundation did.
(01:08):
But in the past eight years, the foundation has been
focused on supporting schools in rural Colorado to close that
educational opportunity gap between rural and urban schools in Colorado.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
And we've talked so much about the nature of property taxes.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And how schools are funded.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
And because rural areas have much less density, you don't
have that property tax base.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
So it's really a.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Struggle for rural schools to go above and beyond on
pretty much anything because our funding is so tight. And
that is the kind of stuff that you guys step
in to fill the gap. If you are a teacher
or you know a teacher in a rural area, and
rural is defined, if you're in a rural area, you
probably know it. It's not going to be a shock.
If you're on the front range, you're not going to
(01:52):
qualify for these grants. But if you're in a rural
school district, this is They do grants for a wide
variety of things. What are some of the things you
guys grant to last year, Jill.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
So, we had last year a really fun one that
we funded, and that was our second year funding. It
was a fire Science Pathways program in Bennett. So Bennett
High School trains students with both an em S as
well as a wildfire fighting certificate. So we provided equipment
(02:23):
and supplies for that so they can continue to go
to the program and so students can graduate and actually
walk right into a job in wildline firefighting.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Which we know is a big need.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
We also funded a in Pagosa Springs, the Alternative High
School wanted to build a greenhouse and sort of do
some learning around that, and we were able to support that.
Another thing on sort of a different level, but in
so Rocco in South Route, their microscopes were about fifty
(02:56):
years old, so we were able to fund all new
micros goes for them.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
So we should like.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
To bring schools into the twenty first century.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I mean, I just think what first of all, losing
a child is every parent's nightmare, and for the Yips
to decide to take this horrible tragedy and turn it
into something so positive and wonderful.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
My heart goes out to them.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
But also I am filled with admiration for them making
this happen and keeping it going. Now, you guys have
to raise money for this obviously as a nonprofit. Tell
me about what's happening.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
February first, so we are having our largest annual fundraiser
is a Chinese New Year Gala. It's to honor the
heritage of the Yep family, as they are from Taiwan.
And China, so it's it's our largest fundraiser. And this
year we are actually honoring Linda and Jimmydia because over
(03:54):
the past, since the death of Nathan, they have committed
their life to this and have donated billions to schools
internationally and just in Colorado alone it's been one point Fourmalion,
So the yips A just are instrumental to this. We
are honoring them at our gala. It is one of
the largest Chinese New Year galas in the metro area.
(04:16):
We have lion dancers, a night market, traditional family style
meal and it's really a really fun and unique event
and so we're looking for we have a few spaces left.
It's the Grand Tiet and it's it's just quite the evening.
So once again it's a way to honor their traditions
(04:37):
and celebrate the Chinese New Year, but all for a
really good cause in being able to then turn around
and grant this money to rural schools.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Prices are currently three point fifty per ticket or two
fifty for people thirty five and under. You can still
be a table sponsor for a table for ten. All
of that information is linked at the website and I
linked to their website on the blog today, I just,
like I said, I.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Love the mission here.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I love the fact that rural schools and rural teachers
are able to get some love.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
And I also wanted.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
To talk to you because how do people apply for
these grants? So we've talked about the fundraising, We've talked
about how do people apply, what do they have to do?
They don't have to write like one of those serious
fancy grant proposals, do.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
They No, you know, that's another thing when we talk
about some of the inequities. You know, big districts in
the Metro area will have designated grant writers. So we
try to keep this as easy as possible. Our school
wide grants this spring, it's a little it's a little
more work than the teacher grants in the fall, but
it still is pretty basic, just sharing information about the
(05:45):
district and the population, and then explaining what they hope
to do and some of the intended outcomes, and then
sharing a budget. So and then actually the first step
is just to send in a letter of inquiry and
then we'll let them know if they need.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
To complete the whole application.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
But we really want to make it possible for small districts,
small staffs.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
To fill out the application.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
So you don't need any great skills, you just need
some great ideas or a big need.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
And let us know how many grants do you guys
give every year? And I'm guessing it matters how much
money is in the pot, So what do you guys average?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So we used to.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
In prior year, So when I was here we fund
about eight to nine program nine grant requests. The last
couple of years we have funded close to nineteen or
twenty in this way, as we've been able to sort
of share the walls a little bit more and also
really encourage a lot of Sometimes we don't fund the
whole thing, but it encourages the community to step in.
(06:52):
So we really try to leverage that money to give
the community a chance to sort of, you know, raise
the rest of those but we certainly like to see
projects to completion. We probably have close to a million
in requests in our spring round cycle and have about
two hundred thousand to give away, so we really we're
(07:16):
just you know, touching the surface of the need out there.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But we do like to.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Go to projects where you know, the ten twenty thousand
dollars will make it big, big impact.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Right, Well, people can if you can't go to the
Chinese New Year's Gala, or you just like to make
a donation, you can do that on the homepage at
Nathan Yipp Foundation dot org.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
I linked to that again.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Again, spread the word with your world teachers. If they
have a need or they have something that they really
want to do with their kids, have them look into this.
Because someone is going to be awarded the money. Right
the money is going out, you may as well want
it to come to your community and your schools and
your teachers. And you can't do that if you don't
put in a grant proposal. Jill Jingle ahead Wo from
(08:02):
the Nathan Yip Foundation, thank you so much and just
thank you for what you guys are doing. And please
extend my admiration and just gratitude to the Yips for me.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Please all right, well do that, Mandy, thank you for
helping us spread the word.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
We really appreciate, no problem, Thanks Jill. Happy all right,
Happy New Year, Happy Chinese New Year.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
There you go. Love that.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I love love love this, cause love it, absolutely love it.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
So a couple of things.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
I've got a list of three days at Denver Attractions.
Did you know this that you can go for free
on some days? Zach, twenty five year old Zach.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I do, I do have. I'm a zoo member myself. Hi.
I love the free days because it helps me go with
some friends and whatnot. There you go, I'll tell you
all about it next
For a rod today and now joining me from the
Nathan Yip Foundation, we have Jill Shinklehenwood to come on
and talk about a.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Program I love so much.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
I love everything about this and I'm thrilled to have
them on again to talk about it. Jill, first of all,
welcome back to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Hey, thank you so much, thanks for having us again.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Who is Nathan Yip and what is the Nathan Yip Foundation.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
So, Nathan Yip is a young man who was tragically
killed in a car accident about twenty three years ago,
and his parents decided to Nathan had been to China
and had really wanted to help students in rural areas.
(00:45):
Originally sort of started in China, he had seen just
the disparity between at education in urban China versus world China,
and so upon his death, his parents turned that grief
and tragedy into to a foundation to support rural schools internationally.
So for the first fifteen years that's what the foundation did.
(01:08):
But in the past eight years, the foundation has been
focused on supporting schools in rural Colorado to close that
educational opportunity gap between rural and urban schools in Colorado.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
And we've talked so much about the nature of property taxes.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And how schools are funded.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
And because rural areas have much less density, you don't
have that property tax base.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
So it's really a.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Struggle for rural schools to go above and beyond on
pretty much anything because our funding is so tight. And
that is the kind of stuff that you guys step
in to fill the gap. If you are a teacher
or you know a teacher in a rural area, and
rural is defined, if you're in a rural area, you
probably know it. It's not going to be a shock.
If you're on the front range, you're not going to
(01:52):
qualify for these grants. But if you're in a rural
school district, this is They do grants for a wide
variety of things. What are some of the things you
guys grant to last year, Jill.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
So, we had last year a really fun one that
we funded, and that was our second year funding. It
was a fire Science Pathways program in Bennett. So Bennett
High School trains students with both an em S as
well as a wildfire fighting certificate. So we provided equipment
(02:23):
and supplies for that so they can continue to go
to the program and so students can graduate and actually
walk right into a job in wildline firefighting.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Which we know is a big need.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
We also funded a in Pagosa Springs, the Alternative High
School wanted to build a greenhouse and sort of do
some learning around that, and we were able to support that.
Another thing on sort of a different level, but in
so Rocco in South Route, their microscopes were about fifty
(02:56):
years old, so we were able to fund all new
micros goes for them.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
So we should like.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
To bring schools into the twenty first century.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I mean, I just think what first of all, losing
a child is every parent's nightmare, and for the Yips
to decide to take this horrible tragedy and turn it
into something so positive and wonderful.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
My heart goes out to them.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
But also I am filled with admiration for them making
this happen and keeping it going. Now, you guys have
to raise money for this obviously as a nonprofit. Tell
me about what's happening.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
February first, so we are having our largest annual fundraiser
is a Chinese New Year Gala. It's to honor the
heritage of the Yep family, as they are from Taiwan.
And China, so it's it's our largest fundraiser. And this
year we are actually honoring Linda and Jimmydia because over
(03:54):
the past, since the death of Nathan, they have committed
their life to this and have donated billions to schools
internationally and just in Colorado alone it's been one point Fourmalion,
So the yips A just are instrumental to this. We
are honoring them at our gala. It is one of
the largest Chinese New Year galas in the metro area.
(04:16):
We have lion dancers, a night market, traditional family style
meal and it's really a really fun and unique event
and so we're looking for we have a few spaces left.
It's the Grand Tiet and it's it's just quite the evening.
So once again it's a way to honor their traditions
(04:37):
and celebrate the Chinese New Year, but all for a
really good cause in being able to then turn around
and grant this money to rural schools.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Prices are currently three point fifty per ticket or two
fifty for people thirty five and under. You can still
be a table sponsor for a table for ten. All
of that information is linked at the website and I
linked to their website on the blog today, I just,
like I said, I.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Love the mission here.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I love the fact that rural schools and rural teachers
are able to get some love.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
And I also wanted.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
To talk to you because how do people apply for
these grants? So we've talked about the fundraising, We've talked
about how do people apply, what do they have to do?
They don't have to write like one of those serious
fancy grant proposals, do.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
They No, you know, that's another thing when we talk
about some of the inequities. You know, big districts in
the Metro area will have designated grant writers. So we
try to keep this as easy as possible. Our school
wide grants this spring, it's a little it's a little
more work than the teacher grants in the fall, but
it still is pretty basic, just sharing information about the
(05:45):
district and the population, and then explaining what they hope
to do and some of the intended outcomes, and then
sharing a budget. So and then actually the first step
is just to send in a letter of inquiry and
then we'll let them know if they need.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
To complete the whole application.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
But we really want to make it possible for small districts,
small staffs.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
To fill out the application.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
So you don't need any great skills, you just need
some great ideas or a big need.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
And let us know how many grants do you guys
give every year? And I'm guessing it matters how much
money is in the pot, So what do you guys average?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So we used to.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
In prior year, So when I was here we fund
about eight to nine program nine grant requests. The last
couple of years we have funded close to nineteen or
twenty in this way, as we've been able to sort
of share the walls a little bit more and also
really encourage a lot of Sometimes we don't fund the
whole thing, but it encourages the community to step in.
(06:52):
So we really try to leverage that money to give
the community a chance to sort of, you know, raise
the rest of those but we certainly like to see
projects to completion. We probably have close to a million
in requests in our spring round cycle and have about
two hundred thousand to give away, so we really we're
(07:16):
just you know, touching the surface of the need out there.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But we do like to.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Go to projects where you know, the ten twenty thousand
dollars will make it big, big impact.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Right, Well, people can if you can't go to the
Chinese New Year's Gala, or you just like to make
a donation, you can do that on the homepage at
Nathan Yipp Foundation dot org.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
I linked to that again.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Again, spread the word with your world teachers. If they
have a need or they have something that they really
want to do with their kids, have them look into this.
Because someone is going to be awarded the money. Right
the money is going out, you may as well want
it to come to your community and your schools and
your teachers. And you can't do that if you don't
put in a grant proposal. Jill Jingle ahead Wo from
(08:02):
the Nathan Yip Foundation, thank you so much and just
thank you for what you guys are doing. And please
extend my admiration and just gratitude to the Yips for me.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Please all right, well do that, Mandy, thank you for
helping us spread the word.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
We really appreciate, no problem, Thanks Jill. Happy all right,
Happy New Year, Happy Chinese New Year.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
There you go. Love that.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I love love love this, cause love it, absolutely love it.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
So a couple of things.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
I've got a list of three days at Denver Attractions.
Did you know this that you can go for free
on some days? Zach, twenty five year old Zach.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I do, I do have. I'm a zoo member myself. Hi.
I love the free days because it helps me go with
some friends and whatnot. There you go, I'll tell you
all about it next
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