empowering people to make our community better
Through grantmaking, donor engagement, collaboration and community leadership, we create positive, sustainable, systemic change in the Greater Denver community.
Latest News and Stories of Impact
- Older Coloradans are working longer and demanding an updated set of tech skills
- Denver’s Rose Medical Center, celebrating 70 years, created a culture that countered post-war discrimination
- Hate Rising: A Special Report on Colorado's Increasing Animosity
- Clean Speech Colorado launches in November
- Rose Community Foundation Announces $5.9 Million in Grants from First Half of 2019
- Mini-Grant Funding Available to Support Technology in the Classroom
- Gretchen Lenamond Named Chief Financial Officer for Rose Community Foundation
- 2018 Annual Report
- Cutting-Edge Cardiovascular Research and Essential Arthritis Equipment Expanded in Colorado Thanks to Nearly $1.3M from Rose Community Foundation Donors
- Rose Community Foundation makes $1 million in grants to organizations working with immigrants, refugees and communities vulnerable to hate and discrimination
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Strategic Planning: Gratitude for Many Voices
Part 2 – Gratitude for Many Voices
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As we reach the first milestone in our organization-wide strategic planning, we want to share a brief update. In… -
Roots & Branches Foundation Meets with Attorney General Weiser; Tackles Criminal Justice Reform
“Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof – Justice, justice you shall pursue.” (Deuteronomy 16:20)
Incarceration imposes significant fiscal and social costs on…
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Nonprofit Endowment Cohort Kicks Off with Expanded Class
Rose Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Endowment Cohort (NEC) recently kicked off its fifth cycle. The cohort program gives professionals and…
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Advantages of donor-advised funds
A Donor-Advised Fund can act as a strategic vehicle alongside private foundations. For donors who wish to give anonymously, there is no requirement…
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Key takeaways from Giving USA 2019, the annual report on philanthropy
The Giving USA 2019: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2018 painted a picture of generous donors who gave at the second highest level ever…
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My Heart is in El Paso
In October 2018, I issued a statement following the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh because anti-immigrant sentiments and anti-Semitism…
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REAL photo contest celebrates realistic depictions of aging
Like people across the country and world, Coloradans are living longer and healthier lives. Yet national research shows that aging is misunderstood in…
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Author Shares Strategies for Involving Kids in Giving
On Jan.15, friends of the Rose Community Foundation had the opportunity to hear from The New York Times columnist and author Ron Lieber, whose book…
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Power, Political Representation, Money: What’s at Stake with the 2020 Census
“Power, political representation, money. That’s what the census is about. Who deserves it, who has it, who gets to keep it.” These words from…
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Pathways to Progress in Educational Equity
In the Metro Denver area and across the state, there are significant and persistent differences in the quality of education students receive and the…
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