Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

The Community Foundation of Northern Colorado was established in 1975 to consolidate and direct philanthropic capital within Larimer and Weld Counties. President and CEO Kristin Todd governs an asset base of roughly $245M (Altss estimate) that flows to community projects, nonprofits and local initiatives. The foundation operates under the national standards accreditation of the Council on Foundations. The foundation’s deployment combines grantmaking from donor-advised and endowed funds with direct-impact balance-sheet instruments. Its investments span three broad asset classes — real estate, private credit and infrastructure — often structured as place-based exposure. Confirmed positions include the "Acres for Impact" agricultural land portfolio and an internal Impact Investing Loan Pool, both anchored in Northern Colorado. These are complemented by philanthropic vehicles such as the Enander Family Foundation Fund, the Northern Colorado Disaster Recovery Fund and the Poudre River Improvement Fund. The board of trustees provides operating and fiduciary oversight, chaired by Nick Roe of HUB International. Former board chair Cecil Gutierrez remains a notable governance voice. The foundation holds membership in the Council on Foundations and partners with the Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable on the Northern Colorado Planned Giving Cohort initiative, strengthening its estate-planning and nonprofit liaison capabilities. The foundation’s structure blends traditional community-foundation grantmaking with proprietary balance-sheet investment in real assets and local credit — a model that gives it more direct deployment control than a typical donor-advised-fund sponsor. Governance is layered through a professional staff, an active board and external accreditation, creating a fiduciary architecture that separates donor intent from operational investment decisions.