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During the past 15 years, I’ve spent a lot of time (some might say an unusual amount, even) thinking about the importance of gathering and responding to feedback from the people social sector programs are designed to help.
We all know the charitable deduction works. It encourages Americans to give more money away than they might otherwise give. If it didn’t, we wouldn’t have it, or many other tax incentives for that matter.
Deductions and taxes are used, at all levels of government, to encourage behavior we want more of in society and discourage behavior we want less of. We have the mortgage interest deduction to encourage homeownership, and we have sin taxes to discourage consumption of substances deemed harmful, like alcohol or tobacco.
Everyone in the United States plays a race or ethnic card at some point, or at least everyone who responds to the decennial census. Despite the scientific consensus that race is an artificial social construct, unmoored from biological reality, is there a box that best describes you?
Whether you plan to respond to the census online, in writing, or by telephone, one question you'll be asked to answer is how, racially speaking, you self-identify. What follows are answers to some frequently asked questions to help guide you through the process.
Caring for Colorado Foundation has named Linda Reiner as its new President & CEO. Linda has worked for Caring for Colorado Foundation for the last nineteen years, and will begin her new position on April 1, 2020.
Read moreRose Community Foundation released its new strategic plan, which includes an updated mission, vision and set of values, as well as new goals and strategies to guide the Foundation’s work moving forward.
Read moreGovernor Jared Polis joined our members at a luncheon to discuss his priorities for 2020.
Read moreLaunched in the fall of 2018, the Arts & Culture Funders Group provides a space for funders to share projects, creative funding approaches, and opportunities to collaborate.
The Dakota Foundation's Ian Helms Award for Social Entrepreneurship honors organizations whose creative and inspiring projects increase self-sustainability while also providing a strong social return
Read moreCitizenship Data & Redistricting: New Opinion Research
Read moreUnpacking A Nonprofit's Financial Story for Strategic Grantmaking
To make good decisions, philanthropic leaders not only need accurate, up-to-date, and clear financial information, but also the ability to interpret and use this data to inform decisions. The workshop will focus on equipping funders with the tools and language to assess a nonprofit's financial health in a holistic way.
Members are invited to join us for our luncheon featuring Governor Jared Polis for remarks and Q&A.
Registration for this event is now closed.
2020 is the Telluride Foundation’s 20th anniversary, and to celebrate, the Foundation has planned an entire year's worth of event and programs. The Foundation’s 20th anniversary activities are designed to thank donors, celebrate community members
Read moreGlobal development funders pour millions of dollars every year into various forms of learning — from disseminating insights and lessons learned to reflecting and acting on program outcomes to using knowledge to improve decision-making. But, based on what we’ve seen, many of the smartest, most creative, and most successful organizations in the social impact space are hindered by poor learning systems. This means that they are failing to reach their potential in terms of performance and impact, and that they are limited in their ability to evolve or pivot in response to challenges they face.
Community First Foundation celebrated the tenth anniversary of its annual Colorado Gives Day with a record-breaking $39.6 million in don
Read moreAs we close out 2019 and head into a new decade, it’s time to reflect on what happened this year in the field of corporate social responsibility.
Lawmakers came to an agreement yesterday on a tax bill that includes the simplification of the private foundation excise tax. The provision is from the Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act, H.R. 4953.
Philanthropy Colorado has received an American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA for our 201
Read morePhilanthropy Colorado would like to welcome our newest members:
Read moreThe Early Childhood Mental Health Funders Network is a diverse group of Colorado grantmaking organizations that fund in many areas and have a shared interest in children’s mental health.
The Early Childhood Mental Health Funders Network is a diverse group of Colorado grantmaking organizations that fund in many areas and have a shared interest in children’s mental health.