Community First Foundation

We are passionate about the power of community.

At Community First Foundation, our name says it all. Since 1975, we have been helping generous donors and innovative nonprofits come together to improve the quality of life and create positive change in Jefferson County, the Denver metropolitan area and beyond. We serve as a connector, partner, collaborator and resource to fuel the power of community for the greater good. We are proud to use our energy, leadership and trusted stewardship of financial resources to energize giving across our state, strengthen nonprofits, support donors and find new ways to address community needs.

We Join Forces.

We help fuel positive change by uniting the power of many. We sparked the state’s largest community giving movement – Colorado Gives Day – and strive to help the community work together for the good of all.

We Support the Do-ers.

We find innovative and collaborative ways to strengthen nonprofits. After all, they are the heart and soul of the change we seek. We work side-by-side to offer connections, tools, resources and education to help them focus on their mission.

We Inspire the Givers.

We engage people to be a positive force for change. We want it to feel good to do good – so that one do-gooder will bring along another – and so on, and so on, and so on.

We Bring the Good Together.

When it comes to doing big things in our community, we say the more the merrier. We foster partnerships and work collaboratively with individuals, organizations and other foundations to address community challenges in new ways.

We Wear our Heart, and our Credentials, on our Sleeve.

The National Standards seal by our name is official confirmation from the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations that we have met the nation’s highest standardfor philanthropic excellence. It demonstrates our commitment to transparency, quality, integrity and accountability as we carry out our mission.

Community First Foundation has been bringing donors and nonprofit organizations together for more than 40 years.

We are proud of our beginnings and the many ways we have grown and expanded over the years to serve our community.

We were founded in 1975 as Lutheran Medical Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of Lutheran Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital supporting Denver’s west side.

Over the years, our name  changed and our geographic focus expanded to respond to community need and help generous donors and innovative nonprofits come together to improve the quality of life and create positive change in Jefferson County, the Denver metropolitan area and beyond.

As we look to the future, we take our position as a leading Colorado community foundation seriously. This makes us more determined than ever to bring community partners together and find real solutions for some of our most challenging social problems.