Grant Review Committee Team Members Essential - Consider Fall 2025 Opportunity

At the BCF, grant funding is awarded through a thoughtful, structured process that ensures accountability and impact. Volunteer reviewers use a clearly defined scoring rubric to assess each application based on set criteria. This framework helps ensure funding decisions are fair, strategic, and focused on addressing the most pressing local needs. Most of the review work can be done remotely from the comfort of a volunteer’s home, making participation flexible and accessible. The review process culminates in a group meeting where scores are discussed and final funding recommendations are made collaboratively.

Serving as a grant reviewer offers volunteers a unique window into the heart of our community. It provides meaningful insight into the challenges local individuals and families face, and highlights the incredible work being done by nonprofit organizations to meet those needs—from youth programming and senior services to mental health support and beyond. Volunteers not only contribute to strengthening our community, but they also build new connections and friendships with fellow reviewers who share a passion for service and civic engagement.

To express interest in joining the Fall 2025 Human Services grant review cycle or others taking place in 2026 complete an interest form.

Volunteer Match Set for September 16th

You’re invited to Volunteer Match on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from 4:30 to 6:30 at the Broomfield Community Center. Chat with 20+ different local non-profits to discover where giving your time and talents will be most rewarding while serving your community! Register through the button below and please spread the word!

Thank you Food and Beverage Sponsors

Thanks goes to Rock City Pizza and Ice and the Broomfield Chamber of Commerce for supplying hearty snacks and refreshing drinks.

Supporting Our Neighbors

in a Time of Rising Need

As we setttle into routine after a busy summer, it’s a good time to reflect on what truly matters—our shared values and the kind of community we want to build together.

In June, the Broomfield Community Foundation conducted a nonprofit climate survey, and the results are clear:

• Basic human service needs are greater than ever in Broomfield.
• Local nonprofits are facing significant funding shortfalls.

Recent changes to federal assistance programs will increase the number of residents in need of food, housing, and healthcare support. For example, in Colorado, over 584,000 people rely on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)—and many will soon face reduced access to this vital resource. Additionally, cuts to housing programs like Section 8 vouchers could leave an estimated 150 Broomfield households at risk of losing their homes, as eligibility tightens and funding shrinks.

At the Broomfield Community Foundation, we are committed to helping our neighbors through these challenges.

• Through our iGIVE365 Grantmaking Program, we support local nonprofits that provide food assistance, physical health and mental health services, housing support, and more.
• iGIVE365 involves pledging a $1-a-day donation where 100% of every dollar you give goes directly to organizations making a difference right here in our community.
  

Building Brighter Summers—

And Brighter Futures

This June, two summer camps hosted by Broomfield Early Childhood Council gave 25 local youth the chance to explore their creativity, build friendships, and discover community resources—thanks to grant funding from the Broomfield Community Foundation.

From garden tours and mural painting to museum visits and library adventures, these campers experienced a summer to remember.

Housing with Heart: Two Groundbreakings Signal Hope for a More Affordable Broomfield

At the Broomfield Community Foundation, we know that community-based solutions are strongest when we collaborate—bringing together civic and business leaders, donors, partners, and organizations to address the challenges that affect us all. And today, we celebrate not just collaboration, but progress.

We’d like to congratulate these groups for rolling up their sleeves to make affordable housing a real possibility in Broomfield, Colorado: Broomfield Housing Alliance Board of Commissioners,Kristin Hyser, ED of the Broomfield Housing Alliance and her team, Ulysses Development Group,  the City and County of Broomfield leadership including Guyleen Castriotta.

Two major affordable housing projects officially broke ground this summer, demonstrating what’s possible when vision, advocacy, and partnership come together to serve community needs.  Learn more about the two projects here.

A Strong Start: Supporting Kindergarten Readiness

Through Summer Summitts

Do you remember your first classroom experience? Sitting cross-legged on a rug, raising your hand, learning to count with marshmallows—it’s all part of the big transition into kindergarten.

This June, Broomfield Community Foundation helped make those first experiences possible for incoming kindergarteners through the Rising K Summer Summit, a month-long academic program fully funded by Impact on Education and supported in part by BCF.

Hosted at Birch Elementary, the program welcomed students from across the district—many of whom had never attended preschool—giving them a vital head start on literacy, numeracy, and classroom routines.

Early childhood education changes lives, and the results speak for themselves:

• 100% of last year’s participants enrolled in school
• 80% met kindergarten readiness benchmarks
• 80% improved in core academic areas

Thanks to our donors, these students are ready to begin their academic journeys with confidence.tion at a time.