“The need for your continued support of the ODF is one thing that hasn’t gone away. Threats against LGBTQI rights and lives are on the rise again after so many years of gains and triumphs. Our vigilance against a backward slide into intolerance and fear is essential...
"So far, collectively, $7M has been granted to a wide range of local nonprofits from member companies' success, and more teams are swapping out happy hours for volunteer days than ever before." By Matt Zwiebel Director, Pledge 1% Colorado For newcomers and natives...
"Our volunteers are trained to do firefighting, surface ice and swift water rescues, dive rescues, rope rescues, urban searches, evidence searches, traffic control to ensure road safety, mobile air cascades, and so much more." Last month, a headline in the Daily...
When the Road RisesWhen I was taking high school physics (which I never understood) our teacher asked us to define “matter.”“You know what?” he said. “We can’t define it. We can only describe what it is, in relation to something else.”Is it any wonder I never...
On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Community Foundation hosted a discussion with Sheriff Joe Pelle and District Attorney Stan Garnett about mental health and our criminal justice system. This blog provides ideas and resources, if you need help or would like to continue to be...
"Boulder County as a whole is making strides toward greater inclusivity and equity, but we still have a ways to go. That’s why I’m always putting myself out there and challenging the boards and organizations I work with, asking questions about whether we’re being...
“There’s plenty of work to be done, locally. And the Community Foundation provides the insight and information to propel us forward.” Substantially involved in serving the local legal community, Steve Jacobson – a partner at Collins, Rafik & Jacobson, LLC, a...
As spring turned to summer in 2017, your Community Foundation embarked on a journey across Boulder County to listen to you and your neighbors. We asked your thoughts and feelings about our community, what issues are most important to you, and what you would do to make...
"It’s imperative to be aware, purposeful, and conversational about why and how we want to create a healthier community." Información en Español abajo By Marta Loachamin, Bilingual REALTOR®, Boulder County ERA Tradewind Real Estate, LLC As a self-employed real...
"As you prepare for the holiday season, make it a wrap: Add cross-sector, community partnerships to your year-end checklist." To elevate awareness and ignite action around our community’s social, economic, and environmental issues, we periodically feature local...
"Many Boulder County residents aren’t originally from here and may have philanthropic priorities elsewhere. So it’s on us in the nonprofit sector to reach out to our community, and illustrate the need and the opportunity for people to get involved locally." To elevate...
“I believe we’re responsible for others in the community. That’s important to me as a value." When Mary Lynne Hixson moved to Boulder in 2011, she looked for ways to be engaged with the community. “When you’re new in town, you don’t know people,” she...
"We were shocked to learn in the TRENDS Report that Boulder County has such a weak tradition of giving, because we see a community that has abundant wealth and enormous needs." When Julie Rogers and Lenny Berman moved here a little over three years ago – after decades...
"Before Leadership Fellows, I kind of felt like I was on the outside looking in. Now, I’m even more involved in my community, having come out of the program feeling like there’s a lot more I can do." “Looking back, I think about how I would listen to all these...
"I challenge us to consider Boulder County as our family. As such, we must continue to create connections, and energize each other’s goals and priorities, accomplishing more together than we do alone." Información en Español abajo By Marta Loachamin,...
Tax reform efforts are moving quickly in Washington, with potentially adverse impacts on the nonprofit sector – in our community, and nationally. Here's what you can do right now. #protectgiving According to Jason Lee, Chair of the Charitable Giving Coalition, tax...
Resources to build inclusive and just communities. As a longtime grantee of the Community Foundation, the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) is a statewide, membership-based coalition of immigrant, faith, labor, youth, community, business and ally...
"It’s crucial that we understand how policies affect our community – and to really understand current community data, it’s important to compare and review previous years’ data." Información en Español abajo By Marta Loachamin, Boulder County bilingual...
“As a participant in the Knight Community Information Lab, we plan to explore the information needs of people who are left out of the county’s economic success, particularly Latinos and other populations under-represented by our current power structure. This...
Inspiration from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s acceptance speech on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize (1964).