Thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Longmont Community Foundation, Burlington Elementary School will launch the St. Vrain Valley School District's first nonfiction program this fall.

The Longmont Community Foundation's Board of Directors and Staff invite you to our Scholarship and Community Service Award Reception on May 20th at 4pm at the Longmont Public Library. Meet and help us to congratulate these outstanding representatives of our local youth.  

LCF is proud to celebrate the excellent work done by nonprofits in our community.  Thank you for all the wonderful work you do! On April 5th LCF awarded $168,000 in 20 minutes to 75 organizations.  

Come celebrate Giving in our Community at our Annual Grants Breakfast.  There are just a few seats left.  Make your reservation today by

Come on...Let's BABL!

We're driven by accomplishing our vision of a future where all people of the St. Vrain Valley lead independent, generous, and creative lives.

In the next few weeks we want to hear from you so that we learn about the issues that you want to work on to better our community.  We will exam our survey feedback, gather information at the Community Forums and eventually bring neighbors, nonprofits, businesses and the city together to develop solutions to the issue(s) that you and the rest of the community select as top priorities.  We won't solve every issue but our immediate goal is to collectively develop solutions that address some of the most pressing needs.

Here's how you can get involved and BABL

1.  Participate in our community survey.   It's just a few short questions AND your views help determine which issue(s) we should address. Take the survey

2.  Attend one of six public forum to express your views on how to Build A Better Longmont. Select one of these dates OR contact us to customize a feedback forum for your group or neighborhood.  To RSVP for a forum please send an email OR call us at 303-678-6555

                Saturday, April 20 at 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

                Wednesday, April 24 at 6:30 pm to 8 p.m.

                Tuesday, April 30 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

                Saturday, May 4th  8 a.m. to 9:30 am.

                Sunday, May 5th 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

                Thursday, May 9th 6 pm. to 7:30 p.m.

3.  Support the BABL fund.  This fund will be used to fund the broadest array of issues you care about (e.g. health, human services, education, and arts).  Donate online or contact us about donating other assets such as appreciated stock, real estate, or a required distribution from an IRA

4.  Create your own fund to improve Longmont. You have the control of how to grant from your own fund.  You may make your donations to support heath and human services organizations, arts and culture, schools, churches and/or city programs, etc.  

In this workshop you will learn how to build successful and sustainable relationships with Foundation funders, how to position your programs as viable investtment opportunities 

We want you to dream up a project that is out of the ordinary, one that inspires students to learn.  We seek to fund ideas that represent new thinking and are not easily done with existing education or grant funding structures. Read how to apply with a simple video you create

We want to hear from you by March 31, 2013.  The community survey remains open so please provide your opinion by clicking here Annual Community Survey.  Tell us the issues you care about and how The Longmont Community Foundation can help address those issues.  Provide your opinion today and enter a drawing to win a $400 grant to the qualifying charity of your choice.  We promise the survey is short -- just 13 questions.  

Watch the video of an exceptional young man accept the New Fund Award.  LCF salutes Jordan Holloway and his extraordinary efforts to raise funds for suicide prevention.  http://youtu.be/5FlxUJDCsZk

See all the "Your Story" award winners, read the grants from 2011 and get details about the 2012 Giving Celebration. Thanks to all of our donors and business partners.  You make Longmont a great place to live!  Check out this issue of Giving Perspectives

Join us as we celebrate philanthropy in the community.  Come celebrate and imagine the future possibilities!

Giving Spark & Collaborative Excellence Awards

The Longmont Community Foundation has created this award to celebrate and recognize a person in our community for his/her impact with a nonprofit organization.

The Longmont Community Foundation expresses its concern for our neighbors in Larimer County who are fighting the High Park Fire. From our friends at Northern Colorado Community Foundation: "Please consider supporting the Red Cross Northern Colorado Chapter with monetary support to provide High Park Fire evacuees with pre-paid cards for the purchase of clothes and other necessities."  

The Longmont community lost an influential member and friend. Although Gretchen Beall passed away last week, her legacy in the community as well as her passion for the arts and music will continue to live on. As a Professor Emeritus of College and Music at the University of Colorado she motivated thousands of students to achieve their goals and dreams- as well as inspired the community with her volunteer service to various organizations.

Share Your Story...

Send us an image and your application with your story -- 500 characters or less.  

Congratulations to our 2012 Annual Breakfast grantees.  Thanks for all the work you do for our community!

Read more in the Times Call article