"The largest areas of predicted future job growth over the next 10 years in Boulder County are in food preparation and service and retail sales, both categories with relatively low wages. Income and wages will remain an issue in the struggle towards self-sufficiency...
"If you think this is a traditional leadership training program – like learning skills of effective leadership – that’s not what this is. It’s so much more. It’s networking and collaboration and expanding your view across so many topics and issues that affect our...
"No matter how much or how little I’ve made, I always felt it was my responsibility to give. I would encourage all of us to give, and to teach our children by being givers ourselves." For Ann Cooper, establishing the Cooper Family Fund with the Community Foundation...
"For too long, homelessness has been addressed with either a one-size-fits-all solution or, worse, the wrong intervention at the wrong time. How do we change that?" To elevate awareness and ignite action around or community’s social, economic, and environmental...
What’s happening in Boulder County’s housing market, and what’s the impact of the high cost of living here? We recently hosted a salon for donors focused on the local effects of the national shortage of affordable housing – and what’s being done to address this...
"...the reality is that there is no place in Colorado where poverty doesn’t exist in some form or fashion." By Eliberto Mendoza, Board of Trustees, Community Foundation Boulder County, and Division Manager, Boulder County Community Action Programs, Community Services...
“Our purpose is to provide civil legal services to moderate- and lower-income earners in Boulder County and along the Front Range. It’s challenging for people in the middle to afford a private attorney. As a result, they’re often forced to represent themselves. “Our...
This morning on our monthly radio show, Boulder County real estate experts discussed what's happening in the county’s housing market…and the ripple effects of the high cost of living here. This morning on our monthly radio show – a partnership with KGNU Radio – Elvira...
For Maggie Alfonso – a longtime educator and volunteer in and around Boulder County – the decision to create a legacy gift was the answer to sleepless nights. We’ve come to know that many Boulder County residents want to leave a legacy of giving beyond their lifetimes...
Periodically, we like to highlight our valued community partners – like First National Bank that boasts a Colorado history dating back to 1934. Periodically, we like to highlight our valued community partners – like First National Bank that boasts a Colorado history...
Guest editorial contributed by Judy Amabile President and Co-founder, Polar Bottle [Polar Bottle is a Community Partner of The Community Foundation] Judy Amabile According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the pay gap between men and women in Colorado is widening....
By Robyn Hazlitt, Philanthropic Services Assistant Robyn Hazlitt Earlier this month, I volunteered with Flatirons Habitat for Humanity for Habitat’s National Women Build Week. About 15 women gathered to work on three Habitat houses -- after donning our...
We spoke this week to Lafayette Mayor ProTem Gustavo Reyna and Christina Suraez – Attendance Advocate, North Boulder and Mountain Schools – about the poverty-related challenges of the younger, quickly growing Latino population in our county. Last month, we explored...
The Community Foundation’s tally of grants made in 2015 comes to $6.9M – including grants from donor-advised funds and the foundation’s competitive grant cycles. The Community Foundation’s tally of grants made in 2015 comes to $6.9M* – including grants from...
Flexible funding empowers Community Trust grantees throughout Boulder County The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County announced $372,500 in grants to 131 Community Trust grantees comprising Boulder County nonprofits focused on animals and environment, the arts...
Colorado is a wonderful state to live and thrive in. But as we at The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County know, we are facing some serious challenges here. Did you know that to get an initiative on the ballot in Colorado -- for a statutory change or...
In 2014, an estimated 13 percent of families with children were living under the poverty level in Boulder County. For female-headed households with children at home, that rate was estimated to be 31 percent in 2014. The poverty level today is defined as $24,250 for a...
Chris Hazlitt By Chris Hazlitt, Chair, Board of Trustees, The Community Foundation Serving Boulder CountyAt The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, we’re mindful of how to make the most of the donations and other forms of support we receive from county...
In Boulder County, rising housing costs and a lack of affordable housing are pricing out the working and middle classes, which negatively affects the county’s economy as a whole. As we show in our Boulder County TRENDS Report, housing prices are rising faster than...
In our ongoing collaboration with KGNU Radio, we hosted on Monday a discussion about affordable housing in Boulder County. Housing prices have risen around the county. It's creating a crisis, and not just for those who need affordable housing. The Community...