Through our grants, the clients of nonprofit agencies receive opportunities, growth, and assistance that would otherwise be very difficult to achieve.
Philanthropic Philosophy
We like to support services that provide building blocks, upward mobility, and ultimately ascendancy. In other words, services that provide individual steps toward advancement.
The Community Foundation
The administration of a grant is not simple. The Community Foundation handles all documentation, legal obligations, letters and filings. This is a wonderful service, as well as great counsel.
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Bruce and Muriel Hach met in high school, and have always equated their hometown of Ames, Iowa with the meaning of “community.”
“We were both raised by our community as much as by our parents,” said the couple, who have three children. “Ames in the 1950s had strong, positive values regarding responsibility, honesty, academics, love of science, and stability of institutional structure.”
It’s those strong values that led them to establish their Donor Advised fund in September 2005. They also established a scholarship fund in August 2006 to support high school girls in Loveland with leadership skills, high academic standing, and financial need.
“We want our grants to reflect community opportunity, developmental building blocks, and positive reinforcement,” Muriel said. “We want to help provide some of the same opportunities Bruce and I and our parents were privileged to receive.”
They feel fortunate that the next generation lives close by in Fort Collins to carry on the legacy of charitable giving: son, Bryce, his wife, Sarah, and granddaughter Ivy.
“With our fund, we wanted a sense of permanence and structure so that we can enjoy the benefit of time by thoughtfully planning a philanthropic strategy,” Bruce said.
Pictured above: (Standing) Bryce, Ivy and Sarah Hach (Seated) Muriel and Bruce Hach
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Sondra, coordinator of Center for Adult Learning at Front Range Community College in Loveland, sits between Tram, who is learning English, and Sara, who earned her GED and will graduate from FRCC in May. The Center is a Hach Family Fund grantee.