The Community Foundation launched a Million Dollar Mission last fall, challenging the people of Boulder County to dig deep, despite the recession, and help us build the Community Trust.
You delivered. And you are continuing to contribute despite the down economy. This is inspiring. It shows the resilience of a community that cares.
Here are the facts: In the first four months of the Community Trust Initiative, more than 800 of you contributed $813,000. Because of this, The Community Foundation will award grants to local nonprofits this week worth nearly double the amount awarded last year.
Please come be a part of the excitement. On January 27th from 5 to 7 p.m., $314,000 will be granted to 95 Boulder County non-profit groups. That’s up from $175,000 last year. This reception will be held at Xilinx, 3100 Logic Drive, in Longmont. You are invited!
Grantees include Boulder County non-profit organizations working on behalf of health and human services, youth, basic needs, the arts, the environment, civic engagement, and education.
We at The Community Foundation salute this great early progress, especially in a year when almost everyone lost money.
Fundraising efforts for the Community Trust Initiative will continue full force. In addition to the $813,000 donated by the community in 2008, an additional $800,000 has been pledged and promised over the next three years. A total of $1.6 million has already been committed towards the four-year $4 million Community Trust goal.
This inspiring momentum puts the Community Trust Initiative on a trajectory to meet its lofty goal. We urge everyone who gave last year to continue to give and urge your friends to give. Let’s look after each other. Together, we can pull through these hard times.
Donations to The Community Foundation’s Community Trust can be made by calling Chris Barge at 303-442-0436 x110, visiting www.commfound.org, or by mailing a check to 1123 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302.
