Help/FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
About My Colorado
How do I contact My Colorado?
Technical inqueries should be emailed to admin@mycoloradoproject.org. Donation inqueries, strategic partnerships, advertising, and media inquiries should be directed to Community Shares of Colorado at (303) 861-7507 or jason@mycoloradoproject.org.
Beta Status: My Colorado is currently in the beta phase of development. The full version will be released in fall of 2008.
What is My Colorado? My Colorado is a social networking website that connects philanthropists to charities and causes to share ideas and increase the knowledge and network of tomorrow’s donors.
How Do I Donate to A Cause Through My Colorado? My Colorado is a project of Community Shares of Colorado. Community Shares is a nationally recognized giving federation whose mission is to collect and distribute funds on behalf of our 115 nonprofit member agencies. My Colorado is one of the most cost effective ways for nonprofit charities to extend their awareness and raise funds. We hope you'll use My Colorado to further the mission of your favorite charity.
What Causes Can I Support? Your profile is set up to support as many charities and groups as are on My Colorado. We encourage you to become as active as you'd like to be.
How Do I Add My Organization to My Colorado? My Colorado is currently in the beta phase of development and listed charities currently only consist of member nonprofit agencies. When we launch in the fall of 2008 we will open up participation to other charities both locally and nationally. Please email for more information and watch the website.
My Profile
How Do I Get a New Login or Password? To get a new login or password simply click the Login/Register button located on the welcome page. Once there you can select to request a new password. Simply enter your username or email address and follow the instructions to reset your account information.
Email Notification Preferences
In your profile select "edit my profile" at the top. Then under account settings>>Organic Group Settings select the option you wish to change to.
How Do I Add a Picture to My Profile?
n your profile select "edit my profile" at the top. Then under account settings select to upload a picture and browse to find the file you wish to upload. Maximum dimensions are 125x125 and the maximum file size is 50kB.
Blog Postings
In My Colorado you may submit a blog post to both your profile and to any funds in which you are the fund manager. To submit a blog simply select the "my blogs" link in your profile. There you will see a link to submit a new blog, what cause channel your blog is related to, and whom your intended audience should be.
You can edit your existing posts by selecting the post title and then selecting the edit tab.
How Do I Add a You Tube Video to My Profile?
The only way to currently add a You Tube video to your profile is to embed it into a new blog post. Copy the "embed video" code from the You Tube profile you wish to add and paste it into your blog. Be sure to select "Full HTML" under the "input options."
Cause Channels
To add a cause channel to your profile select to My profile>>edit profile>>profile. The cause channel list will be displayed along with other questions and answers in your profile. You may choose one or many by holding the [Ctrl] key while selecting. Follow these same instructions to edit your cause channels.
Cause Channels are added by the My Colorado administrative team. If you don't see an issue that you're passionate about and would like to see it added, please email admin@mycoloradoproject.org.
What configuration should my computer have to view this site?
MyColoradoProject.org works best with either PC Internet Explorer 5.5+ or Mac IE 5.1+ with at least Flash 7. Internet Explorer is not supported for Mac OS X. If you're using this operating system we suggest Mozilla or Safari.