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Happy Culture of Giving Season!
Join the movement and help raise $1 million for Boulder County non-profits doing so much with so little!
Be part of The Community Foundation's growing movement to build a local culture of giving! How can you use your time, talent, and treasure to make Boulder County a better place?
Getting Started:
- Search this directory of 500 non-profit organizations serving Boulder County and contact groups that spark your interests!
- Scan the Community Calendar for fun community benefits, workshops, meetings, and more!
- Check out the COG Blog to read about the work, ideas, and needs of local non-profits!
- Click on How to Give to get ideas for easy giving and to read the latest in philanthropy news!
Non-profit Partners:
Non-profit and Governmental Groups serving Boulder County may register on www.cultureofgiving.org by emailing COG@commfound.org. Participation is free. Please provide your organization's full contact information, mission statement, EIN# (required for posting), geographical area served (e.g., specific city in Boulder County, all Boulder County, Boulder County and beyond), issue area served (e.g., education, animals, health) and year founded. You will receive an email confirming your registration and account information. From there, start posting to the COG Blog and Community Calendar!
Giving is a ball! Pass it on!
Local Heroes
The Clark Family
Marty and James Clark and their children Travis, 16, and Tyler, 13,
from Gunbarrel, each made a contribution to the Millennium Trust, a
grassroots fundraising campaign that asked each Boulder County citizen
to give one hour of income from this millennium to benefit the next
millennium. Why did they give to the Trust?
"It was a unique idea that wasn't asking much of people and something
that we could really achieve" - Marty Clark
Andrew Wilson
It's easy to NOT get involved, but once you make the effort you realize
how fun it is and it becomes addictive. Helping the less fortunate
provides a tremendous amount of perspective to life.
Roy Young
After years of being driven crazy by watching the peace and
environmental groups I worked with scrounge for money, I did something
I never thought I'd do -- I became a successful businessman in order to
have money to give away to groups whose work I admire.
Success Stories
Affordable Housing Alliance
In 1994, Boulder Housing Partners joined with
Affordable Housing Alliance to develop the award winning Poplar Gardens
in North Boulder. Poplar Gardens is a small community of single-family
homes, surrounding a common green.
Circle of Care, Don Shields
Don Shields
I found out about Circle of Care in the Meals on Wheels Newsletter. Circle of Care connected with MOW hoping to impact more MOW clients and am I grateful they did!
Growing Gardens' ¡Cultiva! Program
Vicky Borregoyouth leader 2000
The Children's Peace Garden was an idea I came up with when I went to a youth conference in Boston. I saw the diversity of youth in the US trying hard to improve their communities.