A foundation of equality Women run 10 of Colorado’s 20 largest foundations.

In Colorado’s nonprofit industry, women have not only broken through the so-called glass ceiling – they’ve ascended to the executive suite.

Women run 10 of the state’s 20 largest foundations as measured by assets.

That’s down one job from 2000. But the influence they wield, and the bankrolls they control, have grown substantially.

Women head the state’s first-, second- and eighth-largest private or community foundations.

By Will Shanley
Denver Post Staff Writer

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