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News from Rose Community Foundation
May 21, 2009
News Media Contact: Phil Nash, 303.398.7444
Rose Community Foundation Announces First Quarter 2009 Grants
Denver, CO – During the first quarter of 2009, Rose Community Foundation awarded 75 grants totaling more than $2.4 million. Of this amount, $2,353,522 was awarded for 53 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, 22 grants totaling $116,800 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $146 million since its inception in 1995.
The Foundation’s board of trustees authorized the following grants between January 1, 2009 and March 31, 2009. Program area grants are listed by program area and donor-directed grants are listed alphabetically. Locations indicate the organization’s headquarters, not necessarily the geographic area served.
PROGRAM AREA GRANTS
Aging
Colorado Center for Hospice & Palliative Care (Colorado Springs): $60,000 to provide end-of-life care information, education and advocacy.
cochpc.org
Longmont Meals on Wheels (Longmont): $35,000 to provide nutritious meals to older adults in Longmont and surrounding rural areas.
longmontmeals.org
Lutheran Family Services of Colorado (Denver): $15,000 to provide care management, counseling, and information and referral services to low-income older adults and their caregivers.
lfsco.org
Meals on Wheels of Boulder (Boulder): $35,000 to provide nutritious meals to homebound older adults.
mowboulder.org
Project Angel Heart (Denver): $35,000 to provide nutritious, home-delivered meals for older adults living with life-threatening illnesses.
projectangelheart.org
Child and Family Development
DenverWorks (Denver): $10,000 to provide computer training, job preparation and placement services to unemployed and low-income individuals.
denverworks.org
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (Silver Spring, MD): $2,500 to support the activities of this national association of grantmakers seeking to improve the well-being of children, youth and families.
gcyf.org
The Inn Between of Longmont (Longmont): $4,500 to provide life skills classes and an after-school education center for transitional housing residents.
theinnbetween.org
Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers (Denver): $60,152 to provide Montessori teaching training for classroom teachers.
milehighmontessori.org
Parent Pathways (Denver): $90,000 to support an early childhood center for children of mothers attending Florence Crittenton High School, and counseling and employment services for young fathers.
parentpathways.org
Warren Village (Denver): $50,000 to provide housing, employment, education and family support to low-income, single-parent families working toward self-sufficiency.
warrenvillage.org
Education
Boulder Valley School District (Boulder): $5,000 to enhance communications between the school board and the Boulder community.
bvsd.org
Center for Teaching Quality (Hillsborough, NC): $45,475 to develop a new teacher compensation system for Jeffco Public Schools.
teachingquality.org
Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists (Denver): $7,500 to support minority youth in the pursuit of careers in the fields of engineering and applied science.
cabpes.org
Learning for Life (Denver): $5,000 for after-school programs at several Denver public schools coordinated by Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
www.learningforlife.org
Metro Organizations for People (Denver): $30,000 to support advocacy efforts for legislation that would allow undocumented students who have attended Colorado schools to pay in-state tuition at Colorado colleges and universities.
mopdenver.org
Minds Matter of Denver (Denver): $7,500 to help low-income, gifted high-school students pursue higher education and summer enrichment programs.
mindsmatter.org/denver
Public Interest Projects (New York, NY): $40,000 for community efforts to improve public education in Denver.
publicinterestprojects.org
Health
The Center for African American Health (Denver): $80,000 to support this organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the African American community.
caahealth.org
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (Denver): $15,000 for advocacy efforts on behalf of individuals with disabilities.
ccdconline.org
Doctors Care (Littleton): $60,000 for medical services for low-income children, youth and adults.
drscare.org
MDS Counseling Center (Denver): $20,000 to provide counseling services to low-income and uninsured individuals and families.
mdscounseling.org
Mental Health America of Colorado (Denver): $75,000 to promote understanding of mental disorders, expand access to services and improve systems of care.
mhacolorado.org
Other Health Grants
In response to the effect of the economic downturn on nonprofit organizations, the following agencies received a one-time grant from the Health program area and the Colorado Child Health Foundation, a restricted fund of Rose Community Foundation. These 21 grants totaled $500,000.
Betty Ford Center, Children’s Program (Rancho Mirage, CA)
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center (Boulder)
The Children’s Hospital (Aurora)
Clinica Family Health Services (Lafayette)
Clínica Tepeyac (Denver)
Community Health Services (Commerce City)
Dental Aid (Louisville)
Denver Health (Denver)
Doctors Care (Littleton)
Howard Dental Center (Denver)
Inner City Health Center (Denver)
Jefferson Center for Mental Health (Wheat Ridge)
Kids in Need of Dentistry (Denver)
MDS Counseling Center (Denver)
Mental Health Center of Boulder County (Boulder)
Metro Community Provider Network (Englewood)
Metropolitan Denver Dental Society (Denver)
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (Denver)
The Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics (Denver)
Salud Family Health Centers (Fort Lupton)
The Second Wind Fund of Metro Denver (Lakewood)
Jewish Life
Center for Policy Research (Denver): $20,000 for a study to collect data about enrollment and the scholarship needs of young families enrolled in Jewish early childhood education centers.
centerforpolicyresearch.org
Denver Academy of Torah (Denver): $500 distributed at the direction of one of the winners of Rose Community Foundation’s 2009 Rosh Hashanah Greeting Card Contest.
datcampus.org
Herzl/RMHA at the Denver Campus (Denver): $99,425 for strategic planning and a marketing and branding campaign.
dcje.org
Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (Denver): $30,000 for efforts to welcome and involve LGBT Jews in the Denver/Boulder community. Jewish Funds for Justice serves as fiscal sponsor.
jewishmosaic.org
Kehillath Aish Kodesh (Boulder): $18,810 to support programs Jewish cultural programs for Boulder Jews in their 20s and 30s, cohosted by an Orthodox rabbi and a Reform rabbi.
boulderaishkodesh.org
MazelTot (Denver): $848,660 over four years to support this initiative to connect Jewish families with children under age five and expectant parents to Jewish institutions and to each other. Rose Community Foundation serves as fiscal sponsor.
rcfdenver.org/initiatives_mazeltot.htm
Rose Community Foundation (Denver): $22,800 to provide grants to 2009 Limmud Colorado participants for projects that promote new approaches to Jewish learning.
limmudcolorado.org
Stepping Stones (Denver): $20,700 to expand educational programs serving Jewish interfaith, LGBT and single-parent families in Boulder.
steppingstonesfamily.com
Opportunities and Innovation Fund
Colorado Nonprofit Association (Denver): $5,000 to support Colorado Nonprofit Week.
coloradononprofits.org
DONOR-DIRECTED GRANTS
Twenty-two grants totaling $116,800 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation.
( ) – indicates number of distributions to organization
Alumni of the Rabbinical College Knesseth Israel of Slabodka
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Anti-Defamation League, Mountain States Region
College Summit Colorado
Congregation Ateres Shloime
Congregation Beth Mechachem of Glogev
Denver Public Schools, Pupil Assistance Fund
Food Bank of the Rockies
Herzl/RMHA at the Denver Campus
Institute for Dayanim (2)
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (2)
Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Mile High United Way
Milken Institute (2)
National Jewish Health
Rose Community Foundation
Shalom Park
The University of Arizona Foundation
Westside Kollel