Philanthropy Matters : February 2009
	2/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
	In 1984, 55-year-old Libby Deinhardt was newly retired and had just moved to Fort Lauderdale from Columbus, Ohio with her husband, Jack.  With the vision that people in our community could transform the lives of others if they were more inspired by philanthropy, the Deinhardts founded the Community Foundation of Broward. “We found ourselves in a new community surrounded by generous and charitable people, and yet, we knew that a community foundation would make such a difference,” remembers co-founder Jack Deinhardt.   The Deinhardts took their time to “recruit the right board members,” recalled Jack, “because we knew there was only one chance to get it right.” Founding Board Chairman Jim Blosser also remembers those early days. “Our wish was that with a community foundation in Broward, solutions to emerging needs would be discovered, nonprofits would move in new directions and philanthropy would become more strategic.” Libby and Jack Deinhardt and the founding board of directors forged ahead with clear focus on this tertiary approach. Only two years after its inception, this vision for strategic philanthropy was exemplified in the first 13 grants that were presented. One of the grants benefited people living with AIDS.  At that time, the number of US deaths from AIDS had not yet reached 3,000.  Today, that number is 565,000 and the support of the Foundation has grown with the need.  For the past 25 years, the Foundation has supported care, treatment, research and prevention of HIV/AIDS, leveraging more than $1 million from both local and national sources. Read more, download Philanthropy Matters.
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