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Making Your List and Checking It Twice: How to Read Nonprofit Profiles for Colorado Gives Day in Five Easy Steps

By Dana Rinderknecht, Director of Online Giving at Community First Foundation Colorado Gives Day is coming! Once again it is time to make your list and, like Santa, check it twice! As you craft your list, the wonderful thing about ColoradoGives.org , the online giving platform for Colorado Gives Day , is that you can learn more about the nonprofits you already support as well as others you didn’t realize were out there doing good work. This year we have more than 2,000 nonprofits from all over the state of Colorado participating. You might ask yourself, “What can I learn about these nonprofits?” and, “Where do I start?” Go to ColoradoGives.org and  search . You can search by name, cause, or location. For instance, if you want to find out which nonprofits are working in your neighborhood, type in your zip code and press “Go.” When you see one you like, click “Learn More” on the widget to view the profile . The first tab is an overview of the program, starting with pictu

Participating in #GivingTuesday the Colorado Way

By Samantha Barlow, Communications Coordinator at Community First Foundation Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us in a wave of late night lines and busy websites; today is #GivingTuesday. In Colorado, the way we participate in #GivingTuesday is by scheduling our Colorado Gives Day donations. This year, our Colorado Gives Day Rally  coincides with #GivingTuesday to remind Coloradans to give where they live. The Rally is the last “big hurrah” before Colorado Gives Day and takes place on the West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol. Nonprofit representatives show up in costumes, FirstBank conducts five cash prize drawings, and the Governor officially proclaims December 6, 2016, as Colorado Gives Day. Sixteen-year-old Allison Winn of the Stink Bug Project is also talking all about KidsforColoardoGives.org as the place for kids in the Colorado Gives Day movement. Nonprofits and Coloradans across the state will continue to rally support for their causes in the last