About The Civic 50 Colorado

What is The Civic 50?

The Civic 50, an initiative of Points of Light, recognizes the 50 most community-minded companies in the nation each year as determined by an annual survey administered by True Impact. Since it was launched in 2012, the program has served as benchmarking tool and platform for sharing best practices in the corporate citizenship sector. The survey is based on Points of Light’s Corporate Civic Engagement Framework that provides a roadmap for companies committed to leveraging their time, talent, and resources to drive social impact in their business and communities.

The Civic 50 Colorado

The Civic 50 Colorado honorees are public and private companies with 15+ employees with Colorado operations and are selected based on four dimensions of their Colorado community engagement program, as determined by an annual survey:

Investment: How extensively and strategically the company applies its resources to community engagement in Colorado, including employees’ time and skills, cash, in-kind giving and public leadership.
Integration: How a company’s Colorado community engagement program supports business interests and integrates into business functions, or how it “does well by doing good.”
Institutionalization: How the company supports community engagement in Colorado through its organizational policies, systems and incentives.
Impact: How the company measures the social and business outputs and outcomes of its Colorado community engagement program.

See the 2020 honorees list >>

The Civic 50 Colorado application for 2020

Didn't get the chance to attend the live launch? Download the slideshow presentation here.

WHAT IS THE CIVIC 50 COLORADO SURVEY?

Below you will find more information about the 2020 survey, including key deadlines, instructions, survey questions (Word version / Google Doc), and FAQ.

SURVEY TIMELINE

06/30/2020 – Survey launch @ 9:30am MST
- Download the Slideshow Presentation Here
- Begin the Survey Here
07/31/2020 – Webinar #1 @ 11:30am MST:
- The Civic 50: A Guide for Leading Social Impact in your Community and Company
- Download the Slideshow Presentation Here
- View the Webinar Recording Here
- Community for Employee Civic Engagement
11/20/2020 – 2020 Honoree Announcement @ 11:00am
- Watch the Awards Announcement
- View the Honorees Here

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ELIGIBILITY
Public and private companies with Colorado operations are eligible to participate in The Civic 50 Colorado 2020 survey.

What type and size of companies are eligible to participate in The Civic 50?
Companies with operations, employees and community engagement programs in the designated local survey region are eligible to participate. Not all companies have the same level of resources or engagement in all the activities measured by the survey. Therefore, scoring and awards will be based on the number of employees (small 15-99, mid-size 100-499 and large 500+), and similarly sized companies will be measured within their peer group and compared only on their community engagement programs inside the survey region. Small and medium size companies are encouraged to apply and not be intimidated by the depth of the questions asked. It is not expected that they will be engaged in all the activities included in the survey.

Important Note: The survey instrument consists of quantitative (listed above) and multiple-choice questions that inform The Civic 50 scoring process. Not all companies have the same level of resources or engagement in all the activities measured by the survey. Therefore, scoring and awards will be based on the number of employees (small 20-99, mid-size 100-499 and large 500+), and similarly sized companies will be measured within their peer group and compared only on their community engagement programs inside the local survey region.