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The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County has been in touch with our colleagues at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. We know many Boulder County folks want to know what you can do.

Susan Polis Schutz, friend of The Community Foundation, has produced a new film, "SEEDS of Resiliency." The film introduces us people to understand that our darkest moments can contain a shining light and introduces us to twelve diverse people who have survived tragedies and challenges by having great hope and helping others.

See the film on May 2, 3, or 5 on Colorado Public Television or on June 16 on Rocky Mountain PBS.

Wednesday, May 8
7:00-9:00 p.m.
The Conversation Project in Boulder County

Health care professionals who work with seriously ill patients can give testament to the fact that end-of-life decision-making, while always challenging, is much less difficult when patients have done advance care planning and have discussed their wishes with their family. Join a community-wide discussion, led by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Ellen Goodman.

$10/person
Spice of Life Event Center, 5706 Arapahoe Road, Boulder

Who has inspired you with his or her service?

Please join us on February 8th for Root Causes, a nonprofit advocacy cohort for nonprofit providers in Boulder County.   This program is offered in partnership between The Community Foundation, Boulder County Community Services Department and the Colorado Participation Project. Details are attached.

The recently enacted American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 brings back, for another year, the popular IRA charitable rollover provision wherein donors age 70½ or older are once again eligible to move up to $100,000 from their IRAs directly to qualified charities without having to pay income taxes on the money. This provision is retroactive to January 1, 2012.

The Community Foundation wants to point out the two following time-sensitive special transition rules incorporated into Act, due to the legislation’s retroactive nature:   

Did you all read that Mark Zuckerberg donated 18M Facebook shares (valued at $498.8M) to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation? Just shows community foundations can handle gifts of all sizes!

For the first time, The Community Foundation is eligible to receive gifts through Colorado Gives Day. Any donations made will support our operations. This is the third Colorado Gives Day, and we anticipate that it will again be wildly successful!

Please join so many others around the state by building a Culture of Giving! Give here on Colorado Gives Day.  All credit card fees are free on December 4 only.

TCF is eligible for the first time to receive donations through Colorado Gives Day! Visit our profile on December 4th and please donate!

How do community foundations serve their communities?

Community foundations play a key role in identifying and solving community problems. In 2011, they gave an estimated $4.2 billion to a variety of nonprofit activities in fields that included the arts and education, health and human services, the environment, and disaster relief.