Community Partners

Community Trust: Apply today for funding!

Community Trust: Apply today for funding!

Organizations focused on Animal Care & Welfare, Arts & Culture, Education and the Environment encouraged to apply now CT1 deadline: July 12 Organizations focused on Health & Human Services, Civic Engagement - apply soon! CT2 RFP opens July...

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Community Partner Spotlight: A Spice of Life

Community Partner Spotlight: A Spice of Life

For A Spice of Life – a longtime partner of your Community Foundation – giving back is a matter of common sense. For A Spice of Life – a longtime partner of your Community Foundation – giving back is a matter of common sense.  “Our owners David Rubin and Dan...

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Community Partner Spotlight: Alpine Bank

Community Partner Spotlight: Alpine Bank

"Not only do we have a strong sense of social responsibility in the communities we serve, but also an environmental responsibility that affects all areas of our operations." On the heels of the longest government shutdown in our country’s history, and with another...

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Community Partner Spotlight: Hispanidad

Community Partner Spotlight: Hispanidad

"If you don’t find a way to speak directly to the Hispanic community you aim to serve, you’re missing out on about one-third of your total audience." To be ever more culturally relevant within the diverse communities we serve countywide, the Community Foundation...

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Community Partner Spotlight: Michelle Maloy Dillon

Community Partner Spotlight: Michelle Maloy Dillon

"A key role of the Community Foundation is to first delve into the research – the facts – of what’s happening in Boulder County in terms of growth, housing, our environment, and more. And then applying that knowledge and information to address our community’s unmet...

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Community Partner Spotlight: Oreg Foundation

Community Partner Spotlight: Oreg Foundation

"...we’re always looking for opportunities to partner with others in our community, to make a greater impact than our giving achieves alone." Community collaborations are increasingly important to solve local concerns and anticipate future challenges, and Julie...

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Community Partner Spotlight: Bryan Cave

Community Partner Spotlight: Bryan Cave

"The way I see it, no one should take all the good things about Boulder County for granted." “The way I see it, no one should take all the good things about Boulder County for granted,” says Chris Hazlitt, Managing Partner of Bryan Cave, among the Community...

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Celebrating Community

Celebrating Community

At last night's celebration of the Community Foundation's impact over the past year – and the impact of the friends, partners, donors, and grantees who are working together toward a more caring community – a full house enjoyed fellowship, music, and highlights from...

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Community Partner Spotlight: First Western Trust, Boulder

Community Partner Spotlight: First Western Trust, Boulder

"...for clients who have a passion to give back to our community, and to achieve the most meaningful impact for their dollars, we know the Community Foundation offers a range of giving options – and that that they’ve already completed the legwork and the vetting...

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Community Partner Spotlight: Quish & Co.

Community Partner Spotlight: Quish & Co.

“I think of the Community Foundation as a pollinator.” “I think of the Community Foundation as a pollinator,” says Mariah Quish, Principal of Quish & Co., LLC, a Boulder-based wealth management advisory and a Community Partner of the foundation. “My office is...

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Health Collaborative improves access to specialty care

Health Collaborative improves access to specialty care

Since 2007, the Community Foundation’s Boulder County Health Improvement Collaborative (BCHIC) aims to improve access to specialty care for Medicaid and uninsured patients countywide. First and foremost, the Community Foundation’s Boulder County Health Improvement...

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Community partners help facilitate building purchase

Community partners help facilitate building purchase

On Dec. 9, the Community Foundation Boulder County purchased the Spruce Street building where its offices reside. Thanks to the pro bono expertise and guidance of several partners in the community, the foundation’s transition to property owner and landlord went off...

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Community Partner Spotlight: Elevations Credit Union

Community Partner Spotlight: Elevations Credit Union

“We know we thrive when our member-owners and community members thrive,” says Dennis Paul of Elevations Credit Union, a longtime Community Partner of The Community Foundation. “That’s why we channel time, energy and resources into community initiatives.”As Vice...

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Remembering Jean Tabaka and the Jean Tabaka Memorial Fund

Remembering Jean Tabaka and the Jean Tabaka Memorial Fund

By Ryan Martens and Rachel Weston Rowell   One of the many magical things about Jean Tabaka was that she connected so deeply with people, even if only meeting them for a short time. Many of us meet new people and ask the simple questions: What do you do? Where do...

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The “rubber chicken” fundraiser: can we do better?

The “rubber chicken” fundraiser: can we do better?

In a word, yes. According to Narciso Garibay – Vice President of Commercial Banking at Colorado Business Bank, featured last month in our Community Partner spotlight – nonprofit and for-profit partnerships can make things more interesting, and beneficial, all around....

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