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News from Rose Community Foundation
March 14, 2011
News Media Contact: Marci Hladik, 303.398.7445
Rose Community Foundation Announces Fourth Quarter 2011 Grants
Denver, CO – During the fourth quarter of 2011, Rose Community Foundation awarded 240 grants totaling more than $3.1 million. Of this amount, $2,650,195 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, 203 grants totaling $545,951 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $179 million since its inception in 1995.
The Foundation’s board of trustees authorized the following grants between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Program 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
Boulder County CareConnect (Boulder): $20,000 for three programs helping older adults: Carry-Out Caravan, Fix-It Program and Medical Mobility.
careconnectbc.org
Colorado Gerontological Society (Denver): $10,000 to support Medicare and Medicaid enrollment.
senioranswers.org
The Denver Center for Crime Victims (Denver): $10,000 to provide crisis intervention, case management and preventive home safety assessments for older adults in the Denver metro area.
denvervictims.org
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (Denver): $130,000 for services to help older adults remain in their homes.
jewishfamilyservice.org
Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (Denver): $30,000 to provide home repair services for low-income older adults.
rebuildingdenver.org
St. Anthony Health Foundation (Lakewood): $172,500 over 18 months for the Senior Benefits Program to assist older adults and their caregivers in obtaining public benefits.
Senior Support Services (Denver): $20,000 to support services for low-income and homeless older adults in downtown Denver.
seniorsupportservices.org
Seniors' Resource Center (Denver): $90,000 for transportation and other services to help older adults remain independent.
www.srcaging.org
Via (Boulder): $110,000 to support transportation services for older adults in Boulder and surrounding areas.
viacolorado.org
Volunteers of America Colorado Branch (Denver): $230,000 over two years to provide home-delivered meals and in-home safety support services for older adults.
voacolorado.org
Child and Family Development
Center for Hearing, Speech and Language (Denver): $5,000 to screen children for hearing, vision, speech, language and development deficits.
chsl.org
Colorado Children's Campaign (Denver): $50,000 toward a grant totaling $150,000 for advocacy efforts to improve the health, early childhood experiences and K-12 education of Colorado’s children. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Child and Family Development, Education and Health program areas.
coloradokids.org
Denver Children's Advocacy Center (Denver): $15,000 for a parenting program to protect children from abuse and to foster healthy development.
denvercac.org
Dress for Success Denver (Denver): $5,000 to support economic self-sufficiency for low-income women by providing professional work attire and career development tools. Colorado Nonprofit Development Center serves as fiscal sponsor.
dressforsuccess.org/denver
Escuela Tlatelolco (Denver): $20,000 for a Montessori dual-language early childhood education program.
escuelatlatelolco.org
Hope Center (Denver): $35,000 to provide professional development, parenting classes and materials to this organization that provides early childhood education to low-income children in Northeast Denver.
hopecenterinc.org
Project WISE (Denver): $20,000 to provide counseling and education programs to families making the transition from public assistance to work.
denverprojectwise.org
Red Rocks Community College Foundation (Lakewood): $6,795 to support improvements to a campus child care center.
rrcc.edu/foundation
St. Vrain Family Center (Longmont): $10,000 for a parenting program.
stvrainfamilycenter.org
Sewall Child Development Center (Denver): $25,000 to support staff training for this center seving young children and their families.
sewall.org
SkillBuild Colorado (Denver): $15,000 for this funding collaborative working on workforce development. Rose Community Foundation serves as fiscal sponsor.
skillbuildcolorado.org
University of Colorado Boulder, Child Learning Center (Boulder): $25,000 to support early childhood programs, parent education and outreach.
colorado.edu
Work Options for Women (Denver): $25,000 to provide culinary job training for low-income women in two income-producing restaurants.
workoptions.org
Education
Colorado Children's Campaign (Denver): $50,000 toward a grant totaling $150,000 for advocacy efforts to improve the health, early childhood experiences and K-12 education of Colorado’s children. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Child and Family Development, Education and Health program areas.
coloradokids.org
Health
Boulder County Public Health Department (Boulder): $85,000 to support a teen pregnancy prevention program for younger siblings of teen parents.
bouldercounty.org/government/dept/pages/health.aspx
Colorado Children's Campaign (Denver): $50,000 toward a grant totaling $150,000 for advocacy efforts to improve the health, early childhood experiences and K-12 education of Colorado’s children. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Child and Family Development, Education and Health program areas.
coloradokids.org
Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program (Aurora): $94,500 for services that promote access to health care for children on Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+). Coloardo Nonprofit Development Center serves as fiscal sponsor.
www.cchap.org
Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved (Denver): $100,000 over two years to support efforts to ensure health care is available to all people.
ccmu.org
Mental Health America of Colorado (Denver): $120,000 over two years to promote the understanding of mental disorders, expand access to services and improve systems of care.
mhacolorado.org
Jewish Life
Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (Denver): $360,000 to support local services provided by Jewish agencies.
jewishcolorado.org
Boulder Jewish Community Center (Boulder): $500,000 in the form of a challenge grant to support construction of a new Boulder Jewish Community Center.
boulderjcc.org
Kabbalah Experience (Denver): $66,400 over two years for operations staff and marketing efforts for this organization that provides study of Kabbalah, meditative practices and group discussion.
kabbalahexperience.com
Opportunities and Innovation Fund
American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (Denver): $15,000 for efforts to protect and extend the civil liberties of Coloradans through education, litigation and advocacy.
aclu-co.org
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (Denver): $25,000 to provide accounting and other services to developing nonprofit organizations.
cndc.org
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (Denver): $90,000 over three years to support this organization that promotes Latino philanthropy and supports organizations serving the Latino community. The Latino Community Foundation of Colorado is housed at Rose Community Foundation.
rcfdenver.org/latinocfc
Mestiza Leadership International (Denver): $10,000 to support mentorship and leadership development in the Latina community.
mestizaleadership.com
Rose Community Foundation (Denver): $5,000 to support a collaborative of funders focused on civic engagement and policy reform.
rcfdenver.org
DONOR-DIRECTED GRANTS
In the fourth quarter of 2011, 203 grants totaling $545,951 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation.
( ) – indicates number of distributions to organization
ACE Scholarships
Adam's Camp
Alliance for Children Foundation
Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (6)
American Jewish World Service (3)
Amherst Montessori School
Anti-Defamation League, Mountain States Region (4)
Aspen Valley Land Trust
Aspen Valley Medical Foundation
Aspen Waldorf Foundation
B'nai Vail Congregation
The Bridge Project, University of Denver
Butterfly Pavilion
Cal-Wood Education Center
Capitol Hill Community Services
Carbondale Clay Center
Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities
Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Children's Diabetes Foundation at Denver
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation
Chinook Fund
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Colorado AIDS Project
Colorado "I Have A Dream"® Foundation
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (2)
Colorado PTA
Colorado Symphony Association
Columbia University
COMPASS for Lifelong Discovery
Congregation Beth Evergreen
Craig Hospital
Dani's Foundation
Denver Art Museum
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Children's Home (2)
Denver Health Foundation (2)
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Detroit Zoological Society
Dumb Friends League
Easter Seals Colorado
English in Action
Equity Trust
Escuela de Guadalupe
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado
Forgotten Harvest
Freedom Service Dogs
Girl Scouts of Colorado
Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver
Global Fund for Women
Graland Country Day School (2)
Grassroots International
Green America
Harvard Divinity School
Hebrew Educational Alliance
Heifer International
Help for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Assault
High Country News
History Colorado
Independence Pass Foundation
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (8)
Jewish Family Service of San Diego
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Judaism in the Foothills
Judson Center
Kent Denver School (4)
Keshet of the Rockies
Kestrel Land Trust
Lalmba Association
Latino Public Radio Consortium
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Lewis & Clark
The Listen Foundation
Literacy Outreach
Living Word Ministries International
Lupus Foundation of Colorado
Madison Public Library Foundation
Magic Moments
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado
Marcia Mounsey Foundation
Marshall Direct Fund
Mi Casa Resource Center
Michigan Autism Partnership
Mizel Arts & Culture Center (2)
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
Moving Traditions
Music Associates of Aspen
The Mussar Institute - USA
NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado Foundation
New York University
NISGUA
Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter
Oxfam America
The Park People
Peace Winds America
PeaceJam Foundation
PEF Israel Endowment Fund
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Phillips Exeter Academy
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
The Private Redemption Foundation
Project Angel Heart
Project C.U.R.E.
Ramah Outdoor Adventure
Raymond Wentz Foundation
Reach Out and Read Colorado
RedLine
Rights for All People
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
Roaring Fork School District
Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (5)
Robert R. McCormick Foundation (2)
Rose Community Foundation (6)
The Salvation Army, Intermountain Division
Samuel A. Fryer Yavneh Hebrew Academy
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
Save the Children Federation
Schools for Chiapas
Search Dog Foundation
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Seeking Common Ground
Shalom Cares (4)
Sharing with Soldiers
Solar Cookers International
Southern Poverty Law Center
Stepping Stones (2)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Denver Metropolitan Affiliate
Sustainable Settings
Swallow Hill Music Association
Sweat Equity
Temple Micah
Temple Sinai
Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home
There With Care
Tides
Tipping Point Community
TransAfrica Forum
Trees, Water & People
Tufts Hillel Foundation
Tufts University
United Jewish Appeal Aspen Valley
University of Colorado Foundation (3)
University of Colorado Hospital Foundation
University of Denver
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin Foundation
US Friends Lezion B'rina
Veterans Helping Veterans Now
Volunteers of America Colorado Branch (2)
Walking Mountains
West Denver Preparatory Charter School
Wilderness Workshop
Wilshire Boulevard Temple
The Women's Foundation of Colorado (3)
World Learning
World Pulse
YES!
Yeshiva Toras Chaim
Zimmer Children's Museum