1996-2000

• Foundation creates Nonprofit Resource Center
• First annual scholarship luncheon
• Name change from Broward Community Foundation to Community Foundation of Broward
• Unique Lives & Experiences lecture series held with global celebrities. Proceeds create Women’s Fund at the Foundation
• Foundation selected by The Kresge Foundation as one of six community foundations in the nation to participate in $11 million endowment challenge
• $37 million in assets
• More than $2 million in grants awarded in 2000

2001–2007

• Foundation moves to expanded offices
• Dedication of Deinhardt Community Room
• Foundation launches national Strategic Technology Planning program in Broward
• National partnership introduces Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund
• Professional Advisors Committee established
• First Legacy Luncheon held
• Foundation leads capacity building for nonprofits, tackles national foster care issue and launches civic engagement initiative
• Partnership formed with the Kresge Foundation - exceeds goal by $1 million, results in $4 million in restricted dollars to benefit the community in perpetuity and $9 million for the endowments of 18 organizations
• 20th anniversary: Two decades…Countless Generations of Service – assets of $46 million and over $22 million in grants
• First community foundation to be deemed in full compliance with Council on Foundations National Standards in Florida
• Receive grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to study civic engagement among baby boomers – Re-engage for Good
• Set record of $5 million in grants awarded in a single year

• Celebrated a record in annual gifts, $17 million contributed in one year, bringing total assets to $90 million
• Integrated technology deeper into our business operations with the launch of a new website and PhilNet: Philanthropy Network for Broward, internet-based software that allows our donors to easily find meaningful projects in the community
• Launched Re-engage for Good, our initiative to develop ways to engage the 200,000 baby boomers in Broward who will be at retirement age by 2010
• Invited the 70th member to join the Professional Advisors Council, a group of dedicated attorneys and financial professionals who work closely with the Community Foundation and their clients
• Celebrated our 25th Anniversary and $45 million in total grants awarded to transform lives in our community
• Established The Deinhardt Society in honor of Libby and Jack Deinhardt, our founders, to support our community leadership work
• Selected as one of an elite group of community foundations to be part of CFLeads, a ground-breaking program on the importance of community leadership

• Decreased HIV/AIDS infection rates among newborns by increasing testing rates of women in childbearing years
• Created a partnership with the United Way of Broward County and the Jewish Federation of Broward to work collaboratively in disaster relief
• Assets broke the $100 million barrier for the first time in our history
• Announced For Good Awards winners to demonstrate what is possible in the second half of life
• Put back $50 million in community solutions since establishment in 1984
• Announced largest transitional grant in our history of $300,000 to create a sustainable HIV/AIDS prevention lead agency
• Launched Art of Community Challenge to birth new civic engagement projects that use the arts to bridge, build and bond communities
• Moved to a larger location on Las Olas to accommodate growth and create a town square for community solutions
• Completed $2 M OneBroward operating endowment campaign
• Received a historic $43 million gift from the estate of Mary N. Porter
• Announced a total of $1.2 million in matching School is Cool Initiative grants to support projects co-created by nonprofits and school principals for the first time in County history, with an aim to raise graduation rates to 90%, by focusing on middle school success

• Welcomed our 32nd Community Builder 
• Partnered with Broward County to celebrate 100th Centennial 
• Celebrated 34th anniversary 
• Grew annual grantmaking to more than $10 million in 2018
• Total grantmaking since inception topped the $100 million mark
• Total assets reached $197 million in 2018
• Foundation named to the Top 100 Community Foundations by asset size from 2013-2018
• Launched 10 Issues that Matter, Broward's most critical community challenges and the focus of the Foundation's grantmaking over a five-year period
• Awarded largest grant to a single entity in 2018, a $3 million 3-year matching commitment to Broward Schools to boost high school graduation rates by focusing on middle school success. 

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