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Why I get excited about GivingFirst

By Dana Rinderknecht, GivingFirst Manager I wanted to title this “Why I love GivingFirst.org .” But then I wondered if it is wrong for the person responsible for the website to tell you why she loves it. This time of year, for the second year in a row, is just crazy at Community First Foundation. Things are extremely exciting as we get everything ready for December 6, our second Colorado Gives Day . My main job right now is to review all of the newly submitted profiles for those who would like to become GivingFirst participants. For those of you who have no idea what that means, let me give you a quick overview. Each nonprofit that you find on GivingFirst.org has gone through a process of entering information about what exactly they do. This information includes who sits on their board of directors and then statistics about that board, such as what percent support the organization financially. It also includes information on each of their programs, including how they measure succ