Press Releases
Foundation endorses BVSD Mill Levy Override Foundation applauds District’s $5millon earmark for Early Childhood Initiative
Submitted by cogadmin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:55Vote Children First – Vote Yes on 3A!
Community Foundation endorses BVSD Mill Levy Override
Foundation applauds District’s $5 million earmark for Early Childhood Initiative
Channel 22 Premiere: READY- SET-LEARN: The Starting Point Matters
Submitted by cogadmin on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 12:42
Sponsored by The Community Foundation, Mr. Millet discusses the growing
“Achievement Gap” among our students and the importance of investing in
education at the earliest levels.
6pm on KGNU: The State of Giving in Boulder County, with Chris Barge and Host, Kathy Partridge
Submitted by cogadmin on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 15:52Chris Barge will sit in live for the full hour as Kathy covers the 6 Principles of High Impact Giving, as outlined in the new book, "Change Philanthropy: Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results through Social Justice" by Alicia Epstein Korten and edited by Kim Klein.
Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers Benefit for NARF
Submitted by carly on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 13:56Blues for Native Justice
Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers to perform benefit concert for Native American Rights Fund
$90,000 Community Foundation grant leveraged to secure $629, 468 for early childhood education
Submitted by cogadmin on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 12:06
Boulder (July 17, 2009) – The Community Foundation’s recent and largest unrestricted grant of $90,000 served as leverage for the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition’s Providers Advancing School Outcomes program (PASO) to receive a $629,468 grant from the Statewide Strategic Use Fund (SSUF). In essence, every dollar of The Community Foundation’s original $90,000 investment has been turned into 8 dollars.
Open Door Dinner, April 11, 2009, Keynote Speaker, Rea Carey
Submitted by cogadmin on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 13:57Rea Carey to Headline Open Door Dinner
Saturday, April 11, 2009 at the St. Julien Hotel
BOULDER COUNTY (March 11, 2009) – The 12th annual Open Door Dinner will be on April 11th at the St. Julien Hotel in downtown Boulder. Rea Carey, Executive Director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, will be the keynote speaker. She will be introduced by recently elected Congressman Jared Polis.
Starbucks/Volunteer Connection/HandsOn Network's I'm In! Campaign
Submitted by Sue on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 14:56Nonprofit transit organization adds hybrid car to bus fleet
Submitted by Special Transit on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 18:10It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Special Transit’s newest vehicle, a brightly colored hybrid that will be zipping around town beginning Wednesday, Nov. 12 providing rides to older adults and people with disabilities. Wrapped in purple and teal, the 2009 Toyota Prius is the first of several gas-electric hybrids that the Boulder County nonprofit organization is adding to its fleet to make it more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly.
Volunteer "Victims" Needed for Hospital Evacuation and Full Scale Surge Exercise Nov. 13
Submitted by Sue on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 21:38SVP Announces New Funding for Boulder County Non-Profits
Submitted by jennie on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 19:01
Social Venture Partners Announces New Funding Opportunities for Boulder County Nonprofits
Boulder, Colo. (October 22, 2008) – Social Venture Partners Boulder County (SVP) released their new funding guidelines this week. SVP is a fund of The Community Foundation which has provided $840,000 and thousands of hours of management consulting to 13 nonprofits in Boulder County.
