The Eastern Colorado Community Fund and Northeastern Junior College Foundation recently announced a new partnership.

“Northeastern Junior College Foundation is extremely pleased to have entered into an agreement with the Eastern Colorado Community Fund,” said Jim Smith, President of the Northeastern Junior College Foundation. “This collective venture will enable both entities to benefit — to use each other’s strengths to continue to fund the needed financial assistance in Eastern Colorado — to secure and grow those assets to provide education for many students, and also support other nonprofits well into the future.”

For over 40 years, the NJC Foundation has helped convert its generous donors’ assets into scholarships and grants to assist with improving the Sterling-based community college.

“The ECCF is proud to partner with the NJC Foundation as the exclusive manager of its endowment funds,” said John Chapdelaine, ECCF director. “ECCF and the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado will provide a sophisticated investment program, planned giving services and enhanced regional recognition of the NJC Foundation’s work. We look forward to working with the NJC Foundation’s staff and board to grow the endowment funds.”

Kristin Todd, new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado, explains “Our staff’s experience and expertise will provide services far beyond the usual investment advisor, as personal service is our Community Foundation’s hallmark.”

“We’re thrilled to offer the highest level of integrity and serve the communities in northeast Colorado,” said ECCF Director John Chapdelaine.

“We all need to be good stewards of the gifts given to us,” President Smith adds. “At this time, we believe we have greatly increased our ability to ensure that the legacies of many will be here for a long, long time.”

About Northeastern

Junior College Foundation

Northeastern Junior College Foundation endows and promotes the future of NJC, supports its students and faculty by soliciting funds, engaging donors and providing scholarships and grants. njc.edu/northeastern-junior-college-foundation.

About the Eastern

Colorado Community Fund

The Eastern Colorado Community Fund, established in 2015, is a component fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado, a nonprofit, public foundation established in 1975 working for the benefit of charitable causes and organizations in Northern and Eastern Colorado. The Foundation manages individual charitable funds, scholarships and over $132 million in assets. Over 75 nonprofit organizations have their endowments housed with the Community Foundation and many individuals and businesses have established donor advised funds.