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Boulder Open Space Conservancy raises $60,000 in 2024, expands fundraising and sponsorships for OSMP
Summary
The Boulder Open Space Conservancy (BOSC) reported a $60,000 fundraising year for OSMP projects in 2024, pledged continued campaign work for Mount Sanitas and wildfire resilience, and outlined community events and corporate-sponsorship efforts to expand philanthropic support.
The Boulder Open Space Conservancy (BOSC), the nonprofit partner for Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP), briefed trustees on its fundraising and outreach work. BOSC reported it raised approximately $60,000 in 2024 designated for OSMP projects and intends to grow contributions in 2025 through events, corporate partnerships and targeted campaigns.
Allison (referred to in the meeting as the BOSC executive director) and BOSC board members described priorities that include continued fundraising for Mount Sanitas stabilization and trail investments, support for youth-nature programs such as junior rangers, and contributions to wildfire resilience projects. BOSC said roughly $12,000 of the 2024 funds raised was earmarked for wildfire-resilience efforts; the rest supported trail, outreach and stewardship projects.
BOSC described community engagement events used to both cultivate donors and raise awareness. The nonprofit cited a spring garden party and partner events such as a Full Moon Jazz benefit scheduled for Sept. 7, and it highlighted volunteer- and sponsorship-based collaborations with private businesses (for example, craft-brewery and outdoor-gear partnership examples used to drive small-scale earned fundraising). BOSC said it is building a more robust corporate sponsorship program and working with OSMP on matching grants and project-specific campaigns.
OSMP staff and BOSC emphasized the partnership's role in increasing philanthropic support for projects that extend beyond what the department can fund from the Open Space sales-and-use tax. Trustees welcomed the partnership and offered to assist with outreach and fundraising.
BOSC made printed and QR-coded materials available to trustees and invited board members to upcoming events and volunteer opportunities.
