Overview

The "Culture of Giving," a movement of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County is a joint effort of The Community Foundation, The Daily Camera, Sterling-Rice Group, Philanthropiece, Slice of Lime, and The Heyman-McConnell Family, among others.

We believe that thoughtful giving is a skill, one that requires research and learning. We hope to facilitate that process by bringing people, information, and resources together.

On this site you will find the following:

Non-profit and Governmental Groups serving Boulder County may register on www.cultureofgiving.org by emailing COG@commfound.org.

 


Local Heroes

Gretchen Beall

Professor Emeritus of College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder
My own life has been enriched by the arts, from the music in my family to my career at the University. Since retirement, volunteering first in the arts with The Longmont Council for the Arts and the Longmont Symphony Orchestra, and then following other social concerns have helped me to discover and know a whole new community.

Claire Riley

Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Volunteer
He’'s only 2-1/2 but he makes me laugh!! We have a regular, weekly routine- he in his car seat and me at the wheel. First he says, “Open that”- pointing at my sunroof. So I open and he waves and gets some air. Then he says, “Close that” and it happens.

Arlene Strand

Seventeen years ago my husband and I returned to Nederland after living in Australia for four years. I was homesick for that lovely country, and the many friends we had made living there. By becoming involved in volunteer work I could overcome that feeling of being isolated in a small town where I had not yet had a chance to make friends.

Success Stories

The Dairy Center for the Arts

For the past few years, The Dairy Center for the Arts has benefited from a partnership with the local tech company, Boulder Corporation (BC). Founded in 1998, Boulder Corporation’s goal is to deliver the highest quality and most cost effective product solutions for their customers Information Technology needs.

Adopt-A-School

NCAR Warehouse Manager
Before EXTRAs! for Education we took nine truckloads to the landfill one day. Schools could have reused most of it. Now we specifically save items in the warehouse for delivery to schools.

Thorne Natural Science School summer program

Wendy K. Potestio
parent
We are so fortunate to live in such an ecologically diverse area. The Thorne programs take advantage of this and create incredible learning experiences that are thought-provoking, yet playful. My children have learned a real appreciation for the local flora and fauna.