Colorado Association of Funders

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Winter 2012/2013

Dear Colleagues and Partners,

  

As another year comes to a close, we'd like to thank you for all you do in your communities. We look forward to working with you in the year ahead.

 

Best regards,

 

Joanne Kelley

Executive Director

Colorado Association of Funders

C3 Forum - Save the date!

Front Range funders and nonprofits: Please mark your calendars for the next annual C3 Forum.

 

In partnership with the Community Resource Center and the Colorado Nonprofit Association, the Colorado Association of Funders will again be hosting this all-day event bringing together Front Range foundations and nonprofits for a full day of dialogue, workshops and networking opportunities.

  

The 2013 C3 Forum -- in cooperation with our nonprofit partners in Colorado Springs and Pueblo -- will be held at Penrose House in Colorado Springs on July 23. Stayed tuned for more details. 

CAF, Colorado foundation annual reports online

 

The Colorado Association of Funders' annual report is online. 

 

CAF2011 Annual Report

For a compilation of annual reports of our member foundations and philanthropic organizations, please click here.

New CAF officers, directors elected

 

CAF members elected new officers for 2013:

Chair: Mary Shipsey Gunn, head of Pueblo grantmaking for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Vice Chair and Chair-Elect: Marla Williams, CEO, Community First Foundation

Secretary: Shepard Nevel, vice president of policy and evaluation, The Colorado Health Foundation

Treasurer: Alyssa Kopf, CEO, Community Shares of Colorado 

 

Joining the board as new directors in 2013:

Mark Andersen, executive director, Yampa Valley Community Foundation

Gary Butterworth, senior vice president, El Pomar Foundation

Gay Cook, vice president for programs and strategy, The Colorado Trust

Joe Ignat, trustee, Nord Family Foundation

Ruth Rohs, executive director, IMA Foundation

Ellen Sandberg, president, First Data Foundation

 

Continuing on the board as directors:

Rob Greenlee, executive director, Greenlee Family Foundation

Sue Renner, executive director, David and Laura Merage Foundation

Tim Schultz, president, Boettcher Foundation

Tamara Tormohlen, executive director, Aspen Community Foundation

Chris Wiant, CEO, Caring for Colorado Foundation

 

Thanks to the following members who will conclude their board service at the end of 2012: CAF Board Chair Susan Steele, Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation; Linda Childears, Daniels Fund; Dave Palenchar, El Pomar Foundation; Tim Sweeney, Gill Foundation.

Colorado philanthropy headlines

Rose Community Foundation awards $3.1 million in Q3 grants

The Colorado Trust recognized by National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Community First Foundation's 2013 Colorado Gives Day sets new donation record.

Sue Anschutz-Rodgers receives Cranmer Award for land preservation work.

The Denver Foundation launches GIVE Magazine. 

Western Union names Luella Chavez D'Angelo Chief Communications Officer.

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Send us your news and stories of impact, innovation, collaboration or lessons learned. 

Recent reports of interest

How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World's Problems (Time) 

In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits (New York Times)

Commitment to Value: The State of Corporate Citizenship 2012 (Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College)

Renewing the Nonprofit Value Commitment (Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies)

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CAF Staff

Joanne Kelley
Executive Director
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The Colorado Association of Funders is a nonprofit network of private foundations, community foundations, family foundations, corporate funders, federated funds and workplace giving programs. Our mission is to bring people, information and resources together to promote effective and responsible philanthropy in Colorado.

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