Business is booming in the tiny town of Nederland, population 1,536.Sales tax revenue rose nearly 10% between 2016 and 2017, helped along by a popular new pizzeria, coffee shop and bike-ski retailer, and hordes of weekend tourists. Ned even added a shoe repair shop:...
Boulder County’s uninsured rate remains low, thanks to the Affordable Care Act and local efforts to enroll low-income residents in publicly funded health programs.Enrollment in Medicaid and Colorado’s Child Health Plan Plus was off about 10% at this writing from its...
Boulder County residents are highly educated overall. But the pursuit of strong education outcomes for all students has for decades been met with mixed results, with students from white, non-Hispanic and more educated households consistently faring better than their...
Nikki Larsen made a good life for herself during the decade she lived in Boulder. She and her husband were active and engaged citizens. They stumped for city council candidates, served on boards and commissions, donated time and money to local nonprofits and helped...
El éxito de una comunidad depende del nivel de conexión entre sus residentes. Según Emily Sánchez, una reciente graduada de Longmont High School, que asistirá a Harvard, y que aparece en nuestra portada, la representación y accesibilidad son lo esencial.Emily se...
En EspañolThe success of a community turns on its residents’ connectedness with one another. For Emily Sánchez, the Longmont High School graduate featured on our cover, it comes down to representation and access.Emily describes herself as “a warrior for social...
¿Cómo clasificaría a su comunidad? Hicimos esta pregunta durante casi sesenta conversaciones e invariablemente la gente respondió con una pregunta: “¿Qué quieren decir con la palabra comunidad?”Un grupo de líderes religiosos consideró la pregunta en silencio por...
En Español How would you rate your community? We asked that question in nearly sixty conversations and invariably folks answered with a question: “What do you mean by community?”One group of faith leaders sat silent with the question for a while then voiced a...
Join us for our free community presentations of TRENDS 2019, Oct. 7 in Longmont and Oct. 15 in Boulder! You're invited to attend a free community presentation of TRENDS 2019! Please join us for a presentation of highlights from our newly published TRENDS...
As one of four national participants in the Knight Foundation’s Community Information Lab, your Community Foundation had the unique opportunity to explore what it means to create the conditions for Latino Bilingual Cultural Brokers (LBCBs) to help drive decisions...
Since 1991, Community Foundation Boulder County has been a community catalyst, responding to immediate needs and anticipating future challenges. We're here to help your make a difference in the community you love.INFORMED DECISIONSThrough informed decision-making, we...
The Boulder County TRENDS report has become a recognized leading resource for comprehensive research on our community’s emerging needs. With over 150 indicators tracked and featured in a biennial publication, TRENDS informs and engages local policy makers, business...
"First-generation Latinx students count on Adelante! to help make their dreams come true, becoming lifelong learners along the way." “The Adelante! program seeks to decrease the dropout rate and increase the graduation rate for Boulder High School’s at-risk Latino...
"The difficult and transformative road to equity leads inevitably through our heart of hearts." My telephone rang on a Wednesday afternoon in April. A dear friend was crying. "Did you see it?" she sobbed. I had. I was watching live television coverage with hundreds of...
"…the development of our generous hearts does not depend upon our bankbook or investment accounts. It depends upon how closely we pay attention to ourselves and to what leads to happiness for others and for ourselves." Some two decades ago, Jane Lewenthal prepared a...
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...
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...
"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...
“The Open Door Fund is a really amazing fit for Boulder County to strengthen the resiliency of our LGBTQ population, and our community overall.” For many years, the Open Door Fund of Community Foundation Boulder County hosted the annual Open Door Fund Dinner. This...
“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...