The Community Foundation
Fact Sheet
Mission: The Community Foundation exists to improve the quality of life in Boulder County, now and forever, and to build a culture of giving.
Founded: 1991
Funds Under Management: > $38.6 million
Memberships:
Council
on Foundations
Colorado
Association of Nonprofit Organizations
GivingNet
Certified under the National
Standards for Community Foundations
Number of Funds:
Agency
Endowments: 29
Donor Advised Endowed
Funds: 76
Donor Advised Gift
Funds: 68
Donor Advised Impact
Funds: 10
Field of
Interest Funds: 15
Unrestricted Funds:
4
Designated Funds: 31
Administrative Funds: 9
Scholarship Funds: 4
Staff:
Josie Heath, President
Jennie Arbogash, Executive Director of Social Venture
Partners
Maegan Ball, Individual Giving Coordinator
Chris Barge, Director of School Readiness
Suzanne Barnes, Spruce Street Mansion and
Community Foundation Office Administrator
Kara Edwards, Director of Finance
Barbara Green, Boulder County Civic Forum Associate Director
Margaret Katz, Director of Philanthropic Services
Morgan Rogers McMillan, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurs
Foundation of Colorado and Boulder County Civic Forum Director
Gretchen Minekime, Director of Advancement
Elvira Ramos, Director
of Programs
Stefan Reyes, Grants Administrator
Bruce Skelton, Database & Operations Administrator
Office Hours: M-F 9:00-5:00
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
1123 Spruce St., Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Phone: 303-442-0436
Toll Free: 1-877-744-7239
Fax: 303-442-1221
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder
County:
The Best Way To Invest In The Community
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County is one
of approximately 650 community foundations across the
country and around the world. They are set up by people,
corporations and families dedicated to improving the
quality of life in a specific region.
The Community Foundation was founded
in 1991 to encourage philanthropy and create opportunities
to improve the quality of life in Boulder County. Our
primary focus is to be a steward for endowment funds
and work with advisors to those funds as they make their
charitable gifts from them. We have given out over $40
million in grants to nonprofit groups working in the
arts, education, civic engagement, the environment,
and health and human services.
We are a resource to donors and their professional
advisors in the community in a variety of ways.
First, we act as a flexible vehicle for philanthropy,
working with a variety of gifts (including cash, securities,
closely held stock, real estate, and others) and offering
the maximum tax advantages for those gifts. Donors may
use their gifts to contribute to the foundation’s
unrestricted funds, knowing their money will be available
in perpetuity to meet the most pressing community needs,
or may choose instead to set up donor
advised endowments,
donor advised gift funds, or donor
advised impact funds. Second, we are a center of
expertise on both philanthropy and nonprofit groups
working to improve the quality of life in Boulder County.
We act as a staff for donors and their families, helping
to educate them, strategize with them, and facilitate
family giving for maximum results.
In addition, we strive to be a catalyst in the community.
Our goal is to help strengthen nonprofit groups, by
helping them to build capacity and providing technical
assistance. Some of our programs include our Community
Ventures workshop, a day-long capacity-building
seminar featuring Kim Klein; and our W.I.N.
(What Interests Nonprofits) Lunches, a series of
free lunches and presentations on topics such as event
planning, board development,and business partnerships.
We also have a number of programs that are dedicated to promoting philanthropy in Boulder County. They include the Millennium Trust and the Culture of Giving movement.
