1984–1989

• Community Foundation of Broward founded by Libby and Jack Deinhardt.
• Libby Deinhardt serves as full time volunteer Executive Director
• Board of Directors formed
• Ambassador Circle established to offset operating expenses
• Number of Funds grows to 50, with assets of $2.5 million
• Total grants exceed $22,000

1990-1995

• Community Foundation takes leadership role in HIV/AIDS prevention education. Receives $1 million matching grants program through National AIDS Fund
• Receives first bequest of $1.5 million
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation awards $100,000 grant for administrative endowment
• Foundation’s first hurricane relief effort
• Libby Deinhardt retires after nine years
• Jan Crocker appointed Foundation’s first salaried President
• Foundation’s leadership role on state of Broward’s children recognized through two grants from Ford Foundation
• 10th anniversary in new downtown location
• $3 million agency endowment established by Museum of Science and Discovery
• Grants of more than $3 million awarded in first 10 years
• Assets of $11 million

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
• Over $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
• Forms partnership with the Kresge E 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
• New long range plan developed to take us through 2009
• 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.