{"id":801577,"date":"2019-11-20T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=374526"},"modified":"2019-11-21T08:19:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:19:06","slug":"the-summit-foundation-names-howard-and-sue-carver-as-outstanding-philanthropists-for-many-contributions-to-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/the-summit-foundation-names-howard-and-sue-carver-as-outstanding-philanthropists-for-many-contributions-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summit Foundation names Howard and Sue Carver as Outstanding Philanthropists for many contributions to community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Howard and Sue Carver at their home in Silverthorne. The Summit Foundation has named the Carvers as 2019’s Outstanding Philanthropists.<\/strong>
Courtesy Joe Kusumoto<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

FRISCO \u2014 Howard and Sue Carver, The Summit Foundation\u2019s Outstanding Philanthropists for 2019, have lived in Summit County since 1998. They started their philanthropy when Howard retired from a 35-year career at powerful accounting firm Ernst and Young in 2002. The Carvers have spent their 17 years using their energy and wealth to preserve the community, lifestyle, environment and future of Summit County.<\/p>\n

Originally from the Midwest, the Carvers made their way to Summit County, and while enjoying their golden years in the mountains, they realized they needed to preserve the majesty and the beauty of the public lands surrounding them. <\/p>\n

Howard is past president of the board and board member emeritus of the Continental Divide Land Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the forests, water and landscapes in Colorado. All those meadows, rivers, wetlands, glens, creeks and prairies we love to play and ramble on \u2014 the Carvers had a hand in keeping them unimpeded by development.<\/p>\n

The Carvers also have been major benefactors for the Keystone Science School, having major roles on the board from 2016 onward. They helped raise $3.95 million for the STEM and outdoor activity focused education center to build new buildings and reconfigure the school\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

The Carvers also are active in helping the community\u2019s health system, having been personally impacted by a family health crisis when their son slipped into a diabetic coma and suffered permanent injuries. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of empathy for those affected by health concerns and for the health care community and the work they do,\u201d Howard said.<\/p>\n

The Carvers have worked with St. Anthony Summit Medical Center and contributed heavily to a donor-advised fund through The Summit Foundation. That fund has contributed to the development of the High Altitude Research Center and the hospital\u2019s new infusion center, which administers chemotherapy, immunotherapy and other intravenous therapies for patients battling a variety of disorders.<\/p>\n

Sue Carver, whose upbringing on an Illinois farm taught her the importance of helping her community, is also on the board for Breckenridge Music, a nonprofit that has worked to improve the area\u2019s access to the arts, attracting live music and hosting programs including the Breckenridge Music Festival, Breck Music Education and Breck Music Presents. The Carvers have been helping Breck Music bring its mission to the masses for the past seven years.<\/p>\n

The Carvers also have been involved in helping many other local nonprofits and community initiatives, including the Mile High United Way, the Lake Dillon Theatre Co. and too many other past and present community initiatives, foundations, nonprofits and charities to list.<\/p>\n

As far as why they\u2019re spending their retirement trying to help others instead of enjoying the fruits of their life\u2019s labors for themselves, it\u2019s pretty simple: They have the means to continue doing good for people, and they love their community in the Rockies. They encourage others to follow that example.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people here are so great, and there are a lot of second-home owners who have the funds who can do these things,\u201d Howard said. \u201cThere are a lot of these people who have the financial resources and energy to do good around here, and we\u2019re pretty proud to be part of that crew.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Howard and Sue Carver at their home in Silverthorne. The Summit Foundation has named the Carvers as 2019’s Outstanding Philanthropists.Courtesy Joe Kusumoto FRISCO \u2014 Howard and Sue Carver, The Summit Foundation\u2019s Outstanding Philanthropists for 2019, have lived in Summit County since 1998. They started their philanthropy when Howard retired from a 35-year career at powerful accounting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-801577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 21:00:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801590,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801577\/revisions\/801590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}