The Community Foundation’s Environmental Affinity Group (EAG) provides connections and inspiration to donors who are passionate about protecting and promoting our shared environment locally, regionally, nationally, and worldwide.
“With the leadership of the Community Foundation, and its role as a community convener and facilitator, EAG is bringing together people who really care about the environment, and who want to make a difference,” said Joellen Raderstorf, an EAG participant with a particular passion to address climate change. “We have more climate scientists, wealth managers and folks who work in natural foods than anyplace else in the world. How can we capitalize on that, learn and get inspired by each other and make an impact by putting our passions and our funds together? We’re interested in building a more resilient, inclusive community, and coming together to serve the community at-large in terms of caring for the environment.”
Among participants, survey results show 67 percent interested in climate change, 61 percent in energy, and 56 percent in population growth; other top areas of interest include environmental education, water, and pollination.
Since 2014, local environmental philanthropists have granted more than $2.3 million through Donor-Advised Funds at the Community Foundation, in addition to more than $149,000 in environmental grantmaking to Boulder County nonprofits through the foundation’s Community Trust grant cycle.
