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Equity Funds 2024 Request for Proposals

Equity Funds 2024 Request for Proposals

 Solicitud Para Propuestas: Fondos de equidad 2024 en español aquí OverviewOur Equity Funds are a set of discretionary grantmaking funds of Community Foundation Boulder County addressing needs throughout Boulder County.Equity Funds: BRAVO Fund | Open Door...

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Community Partner Profile: Rex Laceby

Community Partner Profile: Rex Laceby

Rex Laceby served in the U.S. Marines for 21 years on active duty. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder through a special commissioning program in the Marines, and later, after retiring from the Marines in 2013 moved back to Boulder and planted roots. In...

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2024 Equity Funds: BRAVO Fund

2024 Equity Funds: BRAVO Fund

The BRAVO Fund aims to improve the quality of life for Latino communities throughout Boulder County. BRAVO engages donors in philanthropy with the purpose of building resiliency through active voices and opportunities. The BRAVO Fund supports the Latino community in...

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Meet the Staff: Kelsey Fleming

Meet the Staff: Kelsey Fleming

Meet Kelsey, our Senior Accountant! Kelsey started at the community foundation as a temp in 2020 and soon joined the finance team full time. Since then, she’s played an integral role supporting the finance and operations team in their day-to-day work by making sure...

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Meet the Staff: Jeff Johnson

Meet the Staff: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson joined the finance team at the community foundation in November of 2023 as our Controller. Having worked a majority of his career in the world of nonprofit finance, Jeff brings a wealth of experience to the team. But spreadsheets and audits aren't all...

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Open Door Fund Grantee Spotlight: Firehouse Art Center

Open Door Fund Grantee Spotlight: Firehouse Art Center

Firehouse Art Center is a hub for art in Longmont, Colorado. The art center, located in a historic firehouse, hosts exhibits, classes, and other programing for artists and art enthusiasts in the Longmont area. Among other core values, the Firehouse Art Center holds...

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Donor Profile: Ginny Corsi

Donor Profile: Ginny Corsi

Over the course of her career, Ginny Corsi worked for the Aspen Institute in New York and Aspen, served in the Agency for International Development at the US State Department in Washington D.C., worked for years with New York City investment firms, and started her own...

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Meet the Staff: Hannah Rosenblume

Meet the Staff: Hannah Rosenblume

Hannah Rosenblume joined Community Foundation Boulder County four years ago and serves as our Executive Coordinator. When she's not coordinating board gatherings and staff meetings, supporting the work of the Boulder County Wildfire Fund, or, perhaps most...

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Donor Profile: Steven and Heidi Todd

Donor Profile: Steven and Heidi Todd

Whether surrounded by the lakes and forests of their home state Minnesota, nestled in the mountains surrounding their first Colorado home in Estes Park, or strengthening the Boulder County community to take bold steps toward climate action, Steven and Heidi Todd have...

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Grantee Spotlight: Cal-Wood Education Center

Grantee Spotlight: Cal-Wood Education Center

Nestled in the foothills just north of Jamestown, Colorado, Cal-Wood Education Center has been serving the community since 1982. Guided by their founding vision to inspire a greater appreciation for the natural world, to offer environmental education to those who...

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2024 15 Forever Cohort Zeros in on Youth Mental Health

2024 15 Forever Cohort Zeros in on Youth Mental Health

Youth-led committee to focus grantmaking on youth mental health by mitigating the impact of social media, combating substance abuse, and amplifying efforts towards suicide prevention. 15 Forever was established at Community Foundation Boulder County in 2006 to...

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Meet the Staff: Lexi Brown

Meet the Staff: Lexi Brown

Meet Lexi, Community Foundation Boulder County’s Development Assistant! Lexi joined the community foundation in September of 2023 and immediately got to work, helping to coordinate the weekly tasks of the development team, support the daily needs of donors,...

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Agency Endowment Fund Profile: Imagine!

Agency Endowment Fund Profile: Imagine!

Imagine! has served the Boulder County community for over sixty years, providing opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to fully engage in their communities. By partnering with Community Foundation Boulder County to hold their...

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Grantee Spotlight: Elevate Boulder

Grantee Spotlight: Elevate Boulder

The City of Boulder’s guaranteed income pilot project takes root.Boulder is known for being one of the happiest cities in the U.S., but it’s also one of the most expensive places to live in the nation. Nearly one in four Boulder households lacks the monthly income to...

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Meet the Staff: David Ramon Ortiz

Meet the Staff: David Ramon Ortiz

If you’ve given us a call or visited us in person sometime in the past few months, you may have had the pleasure of meeting our new Operations Manager, David Ramon Ortiz! David joined Community Foundation Boulder County in September of 2023 having previously worked on...

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Donor Profile: James F. Williams

Donor Profile: James F. Williams

James F. Williams has lived a life in service of the Boulder County community. Having served as the Dean of University Libraries at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1988 to 2017, James joined the CFBC Board Trustees soon after. Around the same time, James —...

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