“It’s important to interrogate our biases and assumptions. And it’s important to remember that kids enact what they experience in the world.” “We emphasize self-reflection and knowledge building around gender, sexuality, and diversity,” says Sara Staley, who...
"The Leadership Fellows program provided me a roadmap, a better lay of the land … and showed me a more well-rounded reality of our community, which is incredibly valuable." A recent alum of Leadership Fellows Boulder County – a joint leadership development and...
"We’re grassroots. We’re nonpartisan. And we're all about empowering young people to lead Colorado not left, not right, but forward." Since 2006, New Era Colorado – a grantee of your Community Foundation – engages, educates, and trains new generations of young leaders...
Advocating for disability rights, the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC) – a grantee of your Community Foundation – advances social justice for people with all types of disabilities. Advocating for disability rights, the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition...
Hot off the press, learn about the important role nonprofits play in Boulder County, and in counties across Colorado. Did you know? Nonprofits account for 11.3% of Colorado's GDP. Nonprofits make up 9% of the state's workforce. And nonprofits contribute...
"Across all major arts disciplines – the visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, and arts education – Arts Longmont has a really long history of offering diverse programming." More than three decades in, Arts Longmont – a grantee of your Community Foundation – is...
“It all started with an old school bus. When there was no curbside pickup, and people in the Boulder area started realizing that things that could be recycled weren’t, an Eco-Cycle bus would come by to pick up recyclables like newspapers at neighborhood corners.”...
In an inspired and inspiring celebration of the ever-evolving local Zeitgeist, the Museum of Boulder provides engaging experiences for visitors to explore the continuing history of the region. In an inspired and inspiring celebration of the ever-evolving local...
"We provide a variety of ways for young musicians to deepen their musical skills and passions, to engage the community through performances of the highest possible artistic level, and to make friends and hone their life skills." Comprising three orchestras and a wind...
“Great new art responds to the human condition.” ~Cynthia Katsarelis, Music Director and Conductor of the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra Bach, Haydn, and Mozart. Ravel, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky. “We present high-quality performances of music from...
“Housing provides an ideal platform to help families access much needed services and programs.” Boulder’s high cost of living means that a family of four with one preschool-age child and one elementary-school-age child needs to earn $85,836 a year to meet basic needs...
“We work with children who have been abused and neglected by the people who are supposed to take care of them, and protect them. We aim to change the trajectory of their lives by training and supporting volunteers to advocate for the needs of these children going...
Last year, CRC coordinated bilingual phone calls, text messages, and mail pieces to 6K individuals who were considered unlikely to vote, resulting in 30K contact attempts to participate in the 2018 election. “At its core, the Community Resource Center is a statewide,...
For more than 13 years, St. Benedict Health and Healing Ministry – a grantee of your Community Foundation – has provided free medical services to people in Boulder County who have limited or no connection to the healthcare delivery system. For more than 13 years, St....
The wide-ranging projects and programs of this Louisville-based, independent nonprofit – from Classroom Innovation Grants to an Opportunity Fund – impact more than 31K local students and 4K educators each school year. The work of the Impact on Education Foundation for...
"We have 56 years’ experience delivering quality arts education programs to K-12 students, teachers, and communities through performing, visual, digital, and literary arts." At Think 360 Arts for Learning – a grantee of your Community Foundation – a dedicated team...
“For students of all abilities and ages – from 5 to 90 years old – our 230 volunteers provided 1,300 lessons to 367 students in 2018. All of our lessons are taught by volunteers..." Since 1975, Ignite Adaptive Sports – a grantee of Community Foundation Boulder County...
“There’s so much to be done, and we can all help in some way. Together, we need to keep persevering in order to keep helping.” Pamela Malzbender – an alumna of Leadership Fellows Boulder County, a joint leadership development and networking program of the Community...
“Leadership Fellows really helps open up connections and lines of communication, and expand knowledge about different community issues.” A Community Foundation donor, Lisa White is also a recent alumna of Leadership Fellows Boulder County, a joint leadership...
“To be aware of the importance and value of equity, and to make an impact in the community I grew up in – and that I now call home – are very important to me. I want my 5-year-old daughter to have that awareness, too, and to understand the world from others’ points of...