Looking to the future
Northern Colorado continues to evolve, as do the challenges facing our communities and region. This past year, with support from our first-ever Community Champions, the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado stepped forward to address new and pressing issues such as water sustainability, preparing tomorrow’s workforce for high-growth careers, supporting the nonprofit sector, and responding to natural disasters.
Tackling the big issues facing our region requires trusted leadership and an unwavering commitment to collaboration. With support from Community Champions, the Foundation can build on the momentum of recent initiatives and embrace new opportunities in our region—ensuring the communities we serve continue to be the best places to live, raise a family, build a business, and retire.
That’s where you come in.
Your support is needed to bring together people, partners, and philanthropy to make a positive impact in Northern Colorado. We ask you to consider a gift to join our work as a Community Champion for the coming year. Your contribution will help ensure a vibrant future for our region. Thank you in advance for considering this request and for all that you do for our communities.
Community Champions tackle big issues
Through the support of Community Champions, the Foundation continued its unwavering commitment to collaboration throughout 2022. View a list below of last year’s accomplishments and next year’s intentions. Click on image below to view an enlarged version.
Want to be part of transformational community change? Become a Community Champion today.
Community Champions Frequently Asked Questions
Northern Colorado faces complex regional issues no single entity can solve alone. The Community Foundation of Northern Colorado recognizes the need for strong community partnerships and aligned action. To support the future of our community, the Foundation has worked to bring people and resources together to spark change, channel passion into action, and explore solutions.
Community Champions make this work possible by investing in the future of the region by supporting the initiatives of the Foundation. Your investment activates the Foundation to address key community issues, respond to crises, and plan for our region’s future wellbeing. We simply couldn’t do this work without charitable gifts from donors like you.
Being a Community Champion means caring about the future of Northern Colorado, continuing your philanthropic journey, and contributing to results made possible by collective impact. Community Champions receive priority registration to events and will be recognized at events and in the annual impact report beginning in 2022 (distribution date of this report will be early 2023).
All gifts to become a Community Champion are 100% tax deductible.
All Community Champions are critical to the success of the Foundation’s work on community initiatives. Please invest at a level that is meaningful to you and your family. No amount is too small to start making a difference. The Foundation pledges to use your investment for the betterment of our incredible communities.
A grant from your donor advised fund is an excellent way to become a Community Champion. Simply designate a grant to the Community Champions fund from the donor portal. Alternatively, fund representatives may contact our philanthropic services team at (970) 224-3462 or [email protected] to direct a grant out of their fund.
Becoming a Community Champion is a great way to use IRA qualified minimum distribution dollars to give charitably. Simply instruct your IRA administrator to make a gift to the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado and designate that gift to go toward “Community Champions”.
We encourage corporate partners to consider sponsoring the Celebration of Philanthropy which includes recognition at the corresponding Community Champion giving level. Sponsorship guarantees seats and prominent recognition at the Foundation’s flagship event. Corporate partners are welcome to become Community Champions if event sponsorship does not meet your organization’s philanthropic needs.
The challenges and opportunities facing Northern Colorado are ongoing and evolving. Please consider including a Community Champion investment in your annual charitable giving.
Please contact Development Officer, Catherine Bucholz, at [email protected] or (970) 825-5792 with any questions. Thank you for your generosity!
Current Champions
Lifetime Circle
Bruce and Muriel Hach
Bouchard Family Fund
Anonymous
President’s Circle
Newendorp Family Charitable Foundation Fund
Leadership Circle
First Western Trust
Anonymous
Catalyst Circle
Dudzinski Family Fund
Edwards Family Fund
FNBO
Sara Hoffman-Myers and Randy Myers
Innovation Circle
Advance Tank Construction Co.
Bank of Colorado
BizWest
Coan, Payton and Payne, LLC
Dellenbach Motors
Driscoll Family Fund
El Pomar Foundation
Bill and Sharon Farr
Jung-Springberg Fund
NAI Affinity / Affinity Partners
Nellis-Williams Fund
Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies
Andy and Suzanne Peterson Family Fund
Kristin and John Todd
Marla and Rocci Trumper
UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation
Community Circle
Bohemian Foundation
Bolder Events
Connecting Point
Ent Credit Union
FirstBank
HUB International Limited
KRFC 88.9 FM
Lamp Rynearson, Inc.
Michael Merriman Family Giving Fund
Mueller Pye and Associates CPA
Odell Brewing
OtterCares Foundation
Palmer Flowers
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Richard and Cathy Schott
Partners Circle
Robin Cavill
Rhys Christensen
Lori Colina-Lee
Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
Eide Bailly LLP
Fischer, Brown, Bartlett, Larsen & Irby, P.C.
Debbie and Greg Hammons
Tom Hilbert and Claire Bouchard
Ann Hutchison
Innovest Portfolio Solutions LLC
Denise and Patrick Juliana
Pat and Larry Kendall
Joan Kram and Kent McLaughlin
Northern Water
PNC Bank
Nick and Erin Roe
Sethre Family Fund
Marietta and Mike White
Friends Circle
Bekah and Tom Behr
Brian Beinlich
Nsisong and Albert Bimper
Catherine and Ethan Bucholz
Cindy and John Chapdelaine
James and Gail Cozette Charitable Fund
Kenneth and Roberta Dillman
Doug Erion
Cecil and Kay Gutierrez
Lynn and Norma Hammond
Doug and Cathy Hutchinson
Chris and Diana Hutchinson
Liz and Paul Johnson
Francesca Mazzulla and James Hamilton
Kathleen McNamara and Dan Clawson
OneHope
Lorraine Seger
Donna Shavlik
Paul and Lynne Valentich-Scott
Inaugural Community Champions
2021-2022
Kathleen Antony
Avant Garde Aleworks
Bank of Colorado
Wendy Banks
Tom and Bekah Behr
Brian Beinlich
Bernard Birnbaum
BizWest
Scott Black
Boggess Family Foundation
Bohemian Foundation
Bolder Events
Bouchard Family Fund
Claire Bouchard and Tom Hilbert
Denise and Mark Bretting
Catherine Bucholz
Scott Budny
Frank and Dot Cada
Trina Caligari
Charles Campbell
Ken and Joy Campbell
John & Cindy Chapdelaine
Clear Image Media
Coan, Payton & Payne
Colina Foundation
Connecting Point
Anita Conner
Joanne Curry
Laurie Davis
Dellenbach Motors
Dohn Construction
Jennifer Dossett
Driscoll Family Fund
Dudzinski Family Fund
Edwards Family Fund
Theresa Edwards
Eide Bailly
El Pomar Foundation
Ella Fahrlander
Bill Farr
First Western Trust
FirstBank
FNBO
Forney Industries
Christine Frey
Lynne & Martin Gerber
Linda Gonzales
Cecil & Kay Gutierrez
Bruce and Muriel Hach
Lynn and Norman Hammond
Greg and Debbie Hammons
Craig Hansel
Jim & Twila Hendrix
HUB International Limited
Chris and Diana Hutchinson
Carolyn Hutchinson
Doug Hutchinson
Jackson Family Fund
Steve Joyce
Denise and Patrick Juliana
K-Lynn Cameron & Bob Keller
Barb and Kurt Knierim
Emily Land
Scott and Carolyn Larrabee
Susan Larson
Chuck Levine
The Light Center
Loveland Housing Authority
Steve & Diane McAuley
Elizabeth Messerli
Joshua Miller
John H. and Linda M. Monum
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Moore
Cathy Morgan
Mueller Pye and Associates CPA
Randy Myers
NAI Affinity
Nellis-Williams Fund
Larry Newell
Newendorp Family Charitable Foundation Fund
Kay and David Norris
Odell Brewing
OtterCares Foundation
Chris Otto
Palmer Flowers
Andy and Suzanne Peterson Family Fund
Elizabeth Peterson
Jim & Patricia Pickering
Plante Moran
Laura Quattrini
Patricia DeAngelis Ratner
Rhys Christensen
Richard Rosenblatt
Tom Satter
Cathy & Richard Schott
Serimus Foundation
Sethre Family Fund
Bob and Ginger Shearer
Kurt & Joanna Spieler
Randy and Nita Starr
Nicole Staudinger
David Steinke
Lise Thomas
Kristin & John Todd
Marla and Rocci Trumper
Rosemary Wheeler
J.S. Wyllie Family Fund
Zwetzig Family Fund