Making a positive difference requires making informed decisions.
To The Community Foundation, that means our decisions are informed by meeting people, listening, and shining a light on local issues through data and information. We rely on our Boulder County TRENDS Report, which tracks more than 150 community indicators about environmental sustainability, community livability and economic vibrancy over time. We use TRENDS data to inform ourselves and to be a resource for the public.
TRENDS is essential to our grant-making. Every member of our grant review committees receives an in-depth presentation about how to evaluate proposals through the lens of greatest need. Ditto for all Leadership Fellows. Plus we’ve given hundreds of TRENDS presentations to thousands of community leaders, businesses and residents inform strategic planning and local policymaking.
Data from TRENDS shines a powerful light on what we all need to understand about where we live and work. We’re committed to compiling, using and sharing TRENDS—combined with our local expertise and deep understanding of community issues—so that philanthropists, decision-makers and community members can spark community change.
Together we can do so much more than alone. Please give today.
