Daniels Fund Website

By Linda Childears
President and CEO
Daniels Fund

Bill Daniels was a visionary business leader who had a gift for seeing the potential in new technologies. In a video produced in 1993 for one of his cable systems based in Carlsbad, California, he shared his vision for the future of the telecommunications industry:

Each day brings us closer to a merger of the cable television, telephone, and computer industries… Simply viewing television or speaking over the telephone will not meet the public’s demand in the world of tomorrow… Access to vast databanks, picture phones, bill-paying capacities, video on demand, and computer capacity will be possible.

We think that Bill Daniels would be delighted to know that, in designing the new Daniels Fund website, we had to be sure that it would display properly on a smartphone. All of his predictions have come true and I know that he would say, “The best is yet to come.”

While our primary goal in designing the new site was to provide helpful information to nonprofits applying for grants, and students applying for scholarships, we also wanted to show the amazing impact that Bill Daniels’ legacy is having in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as programs with a national impact.

To accomplish this goal, we designed impact maps and stories for both our grants and scholarship programs. The maps show that we have awarded more than $300 million in grants, and more than $78 million in scholarships since the Daniels Fund was established in the year 2000. However, our goal went beyond providing numbers; through “impact stories” we hope to share real-life accounts of how Bill Daniels’ legacy is changing lives and impacting communities across our region.

We also incorporated videos that provide additional information about our grants and scholarship programs. For example, each of the funding areas in our grants section includes a video from a Daniels Fund board member describing why that area was important to Bill Daniels. In one instance, board member Jim Nicholson explains why support for persons with disabilities was important to Bill Daniels (see Disabilities).

Meeting space at the Daniels Fund is available at no charge to nonprofit organizations. There are approximately 130 meetings each month, drawing more than 25,000 guests to our building each year. To make it easier for our guests to schedule meetings, we have incorporated an online reservation form into our new website, making it even easier for organizers to schedule meetings.

Our media section allows visitors to stay current on recent news about the Daniels Fund. Our Facebook and Twitter groups are also available to those who like receiving information through social media.

Each day we are reminded of Bill Daniels’ incredible generosity, his sincere interest in helping people achieve their potential, and his unwavering commitment to the highest standard of values and ethics. We look forward to sharing with you through this new website how his legacy continues to impact lives and communities across our region.

Like Bill Daniels, we believe each day offers boundless promise and possibilities and look forward to carrying on his legacy of “making life better, one individual at a time” far into the future.