As a catalyst that ignites local change, we’re tackling issues like access to healthcare, poverty prevention, violence prevention, mental health, and more. By celebrating Colorado Gives Day – today, Dec. 4 – with a gift to your Community Foundation...
Keep your gift simple, meaningful, and local this holiday season with a donation to your Community Foundation Boulder County. Together, we’ll keep the arts vibrant, help students get ahead, work on women’s issues, fight for our environment, and more. ...
It's time to get ahead on your year-end giving! We may be turning the clocks back, but there’s never been a better time to get ahead and support your Community Foundation Boulder County. Your foundation is a way to make a difference—locally, and beyond. Let’s...
Make a difference you can see! Together, we’re building inclusive and just communities and enhancing the lives of all who live here. It starts with donating to your Community Foundation Boulder County — that’s how to make a local difference you can see. Read...
At our Friends Party this week – an annual event celebrating donors of Community Foundation Boulder County – CEO Jeff Hirota introduced the foundation's new Strategic Plan emphasizing equity in our community. "We are better than our current circumstances. Indeed,...
"It’s shocking to me that Colorado ranks 46th in teacher pay and 42nd in per student funding, nationally. Put another way, the state’s school funding lags behind the national average by $2,800 per pupil! So while Amendment 73 may raise taxes for some of us (8% of tax...
Last night, in an intimate setting at Community Foundation Boulder County, a panel of local veterans and leaders of veteran programs engrossed a standing-room only audience with their personal experiences in the military, and their insights on the challenges and...
This week, the foundation’s Environmental Affinity Group convened internationally renowned conservationists/ecologists Dan Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, and presented a screening of “The Human Element,” James Balog’s urgent narrative about how environmental change is...
If you have any doubt that your clients are walking in your door with social impact on their minds, just take a look around! Doing good is everywhere! It's critical that you're aware of this trend so you can maximize social impact as an emotional hook to build client...
Each of us has our own approach to “doing good.” Each of us leans toward one of three Social Impact Personality Types: Investor, Activator, or Connector. You'll realize it's a lot easier to help your clients with philanthropy if you know which type they are, or...
"The foundation has such a depth of knowledge about the local nonprofit community, and how we – also by getting our kids involved – can make a difference. It’s very turnkey.” Ask Jane McConnell about her approach to giving, and she’ll answer that she and her husband –...
“Nonprofits fill the gaps in the fabric of our community, addressing unmet needs – from promoting critical initiatives, from early childhood education and funding other nonprofit organizations, to addressing the needs of the marginalized.” When James Graham first got...
Greetings, Having finished my first month at your Community Foundation, I'm very excited about the future of philanthropy in Boulder County. I've begun meeting with community foundation donors and professional advisors and am humbled by their passion for making our...
The way we think about our home and our community is what gives us a sense of place, and inspires us to make a difference therein. That sentiment is beautifully captured in this poem by Elizabeth Robinson. The way we think about our home and our community is what...
“My husband felt very strongly about the value of community foundations. And he saw the foundation as the best vehicle to continue to support our passion within the larger context of this community." For Beau Rezendes, a constant passion is how we care for our aging...
“My husband and I trust the staff of the Community Foundation, and we appreciate the guidance and advice that the foundation provides.” donate “I believe in ‘paying it forward,’” says Robyn Landry, a member of the Legacy Society of Community Foundation Boulder County....
"Community Foundation Boulder County makes it easy for us to achieve our philanthropic goals in Jeff’s memory by doing all the background research. The foundation is so tuned in to the community, and we know that our dollars are making the most impact as a result."...
“This may seem like a cool and hip place to be for Millennials to come and work, but the day-to-day people – what I think of as grassroots members of our community – often can’t make ends meet. Recognizing and addressing those needs and discrepancies – also in terms...
"We give to a variety of organizations and causes. There’s so much need out there. In addition, it’s so easy to work with the foundation to realize my grandmother’s wishes." It was Lauren Voigt’s grandmother who helped set the stage for her family’s future charitable...
“We’re really interested in strengthening any marginalized group.” It all started about 18 years ago. That’s when Randy Clapp and James Hoppe got involved with the Community Foundation’s Millennium Trust, which ignites action around some of our most urgent...