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News from Rose Community Foundation
April 25, 2013
Grants Awarded to Expand and Improve Services for Aging Latinos
Denver, CO - Colorado Latino Age Wave has awarded grants totaling $200,000 to five organizations to improve access, quality and cost-effectiveness of services to Greater Denver’s growing population of older Latinos. A project of Rose Community Foundation, Colorado Latino Age Wave invests in and advocates for innovative services and programs that support the well-being of Metro Denver’s Latino older adults.
March 25, 2013
The Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Reaches $1 Million in Total Grants Awarded Since Inception; Directs $258,600 in New Grants
Denver, CO - The Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (LCFC), in partnership with the national organization Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP), awarded grants this week totaling $258,600 to strengthen 16 nonprofit organizations across the state that serve Latinos. In addition to funding, grantees will receive technical assistance, leadership training and networking opportunities. The LCFC has awarded 65 grants totaling more than $1 million since its inception in 2007. Individual contributions were matched by HIP through its Latino Giving Partnerships for Strong Latino Communities.
March 20, 2013
Rose Community Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $16.3 Million in 2012
Denver, CO - In 2012, Rose Community Foundation awarded a total of $16.3 million including $9.5 million in Foundation-directed and approved grants and $6.8 million in donor- and endowment-directed grants. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $193 million since its inception in 1995.
March 12, 2013
Women’s Funding Group to Host a Night at the Theater to Support Seniors and Their Caregivers
Denver, CO - Rose Women’s Organization, a volunteer-led fund of Rose Community Foundation, will host a night at the theater on April 24, 2013 at the Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma Street in Denver. The event will include a reception and private performance of the Tony Award®-winning, contemporary comedy of manners, God of Carnage. A portion of funds raised will support Rose Women’s Organization’s 2013 grantmaking. This year, Rose Women’s Organization will award grants to support seniors and their caregivers.
February 12, 2013
Teen Funders Seeking Grant Proposals: Will Award $60,000
Denver, CO - Now in its 12th year, Rose Youth Foundation, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation, will grant a total of $60,000 to organizations serving Greater Denver and Boulder. This year, Rose Youth Foundation has established three funding priorities.
February 6 , 2013
Perri Klein Named MazelTot Coordinator at Rose Community Foundation
Denver, CO - Perri Klein has been named MazelTot Coordinator at Rose Community Foundation. Klein will oversee MazelTot’s network of partner organizations and serve as a resource to help families connect to Jewish life and one another.
December 18, 2012
Lisa Harris Named Communications Manager at Rose Community Foundation
Denver, CO - Lisa Harris has been named communications manager at Rose Community Foundation. Harris will help implement the Foundation’s communications and marketing programs including web and electronic communications, print publications, media relations, and the management and creative development of special projects.
November 29, 2012
Rose Community Foundation Announces Third Quarter 2012 Grants
Denver, CO - During the third quarter of 2012, Rose Community Foundation awarded 108 grants totaling more than $2.7 million. Of this amount, $2,612,350 was awarded for 37 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver community. In addition, 71 grants totaling $152,400 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $187 million since its inception in 1995.
November 15, 2012
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Denver, CO - Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (LCFC) celebrated five years of developing and leveraging resources and leadership to strengthen Colorado's Latino families and communities at an event held at the Denver Art Museum on November 15.
November 9, 2012
Rose Community Foundation's MazelTot Named One of North America's Most Innovative Jewish Nonprofits
Denver, CO - MazelTot, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation has been named one of the nation’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofit projects in Slingshot ’12-‘13, a resource guide for Jewish innovation. MazelTot was selected for this list because it effectively connects young families to Jewish Life in Greater Denver and Boulder by welcoming new parents into Jewish communities and making it easy for them to explore their Jewish options online.
November 2, 2012
Roots & Branches Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals
Denver, CO - In its sixth year of grantmaking, Roots & Branches Foundation, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation, will grant a total of $68,220 to nonprofit organizations serving Greater Denver and Boulder. Roots & Branches Foundation has established two funding priorities for the year: supporting access to high-quality integrated health services for low-income and uninsured people; and engaging Jewish people ages 21 to 40 in ongoing volunteer programs that promote social justice. The group is seeking proposals for only the Jewish engagement priority and will award up to $20,450 to qualified grant seekers in that area of focus.
October 23, 2012
Colorado Latino Age Wave Announces Planning Grant Awards and Project Fellows
Denver, CO - Colorado Latino Age Wave today announced their Innovative Planning Grant awards totaling $50,000 to ten nonprofit organizations in Metro Denver and named three Fellows who will further promote the work of Colorado Latino Age Wave in the community in 2012-2013.
July 31, 2012
Rose Community Foundation Announces Grants from First Six Months of 2012
Denver, CO - During the first and second quarters of 2012, Rose Community Foundation awarded 242 grants totaling nearly $5.9 million. Of this amount, $3,065,740 was awarded for 87 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver community. In addition, 155 grants totaling $2,825,938 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $183 million sine its inception in 1995.
May 22, 2012
Roots & Branches Foundation Awards $63,835 in Grants
Denver, CO - Roots & Branches Foundation, a grantmaking initiative of Rose Community Foundation, has awarded $63,835 in grants to 11 projects engaging families with children ages 5 to 13 in Jewish life and Jewish community, and engaging Jewish adults in their 20s and 30s in Jewish community. In addition to grant funds, all grantees will receive training and individualized consulting in the use of social media as a marketing and engagement tool.
May 18, 2012
Jim Jonas Named Vice President of Communications and Marketing at Rose Community Foundation
Denver, CO - Jim Jonas has been named vice president of communications and marketing at Rose Community Foundation. Jonas will oversee the Foundation’s publications, media relations, marketing and strategic communications related to grantmaking, philanthropic services and program initiatives.
May 14, 2012
Rose Youth Foundation Awards $60,000 in Grants
Denver, CO - Rose Youth Foundation, a grantmaking initiative of Rose Community Foundation, has awarded $60,000 in grants to nine projects in four priority areas: inspiring Jewish teenagers to be involved in Jewish life; supporting refugees in adapting to life in Greater Denver and Boulder and becoming self-sufficient; supporting people who are homeless in becoming self-sufficient; and supporting individuals with special needs in becoming self-sufficient.