Vaccine Equity and Access
We are committed to supporting equitable COVID-19 vaccine administration in the Greater Denver region. The Foundation has funded several efforts to increase access to the vaccine, specifically in communities that are experiencing barriers to access and/or have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Learn more.
COVID-19 Grantmaking
Recognizing the enormous impact of COVID-19, the Foundation committed the bulk of its 2020 grantmaking resources toward a multi-phased, equity-focused response to the pandemic.
Phase 1: In April 2020, the Foundation awarded over 120 grants totaling $1.7 million in its first phase of COVID-19 grantmaking. Read about that grantmaking here. Below is the full list of grantees:
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Colorado COVID Relief Fund
- Recognizing the importance of coordination and the need to raise significant dollars, Rose Community Foundation contributed $100,000 to help Governor Polis launch a statewide fund to address the most acute community needs across the state by supporting the prevention, impact and recovery needs of community-based organizations in Colorado.
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Domestically-at-Risk
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Food Insecure
- Colorado Restaurant Response (fiscally sponsored by Colorado Succeeds)
- Food Bank of the Rockies
- Metro Denver Emergency Food Delivery Service (fiscally sponsored by Denver Food Rescue)
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Homeless and Housing Insecure
- Catholic Charities (Samaritan House & Samaritan House Women’s Shelter)
- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
- Denver Rescue Mission
- Francis Center
- The Delores Project
- The Gathering Place
- Urban Peak
- Volunteers of America, Colorado Branch: Housing and Emergency Services
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Immigrants
- Center for Health Progress
- Latino Community Foundation of Colorado
- Spring Institute
- Small emergency-fund grants to immigrant-serving organizations that could be used for basic needs such as food, grocery gift cards, hygiene products, rent support, etc.
- African Community Center
- African Leadership Group (fiscally sponsored by Colorado Nonprofit Development Center)
- Asian Pacific Development Center
- El Centro Humanitario
- Impact Charitable Fund: Unemployed Undocumented Workers Fund
- International Rescue Committee Denver
- Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains
- RISE Colorado
- Street Fraternity
- Village Exchange Center
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Jewish Community
- Jewish Family Service of Colorado
- Kavod Senior Life
- Zaidy’s Deli: Sponsorship of Passover meal delivery to individuals and families in need.
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Medically Vulnerable
- Denver Health & Hospitals Foundation
- National Jewish Health
- Safety Net Providers
- Clínica Tepeyac
- Colorado Community Health Network
- Colorado Safety Net Collaborative (fiscally sponsored by Clinica Colorado)
- Denver Indian Health and Family Services
- Every Child Pediatrics
- Inner City Health Center
- Kids First Healthcare
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Older Adults
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Resource Coordinators
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Remote Learners
- Colorado Department of Higher Education | No Lapse in Learning Fund
- School District Relief Funds
Phase 2: In June, the Foundation and its fundholders awarded 395 grants totaling $4.1 million in its second phase of COVID-19 grantmaking. Read about that grantmaking here. Below is the full list of grantees.
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Back to Work and Job Loss Support
- Center for Community Wealth Building via Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
- Center for Employment Opportunities
- Center for Work Education and Employment
- Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores
- Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities (CHIC) via Impact Empowerment Group
- Denver Early Childhood Council
- Emily Griffith Technical College
- The Master’s Apprentice
- Thrive – Transformation at Work
- YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
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Basic Needs
- Adams County Emergency Food Bank
- Aurora Warms the Night
- Brothers Redevelopment, Inc.
- Colorado Restaurant Response
- Community College of Aurora
- Community College of Denver Foundation
- Denver Food Rescue
- Denver Indian Center, INC.
- Denver Indian Family Resource Center
- Denver Metro Emergency Food Network
- Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
- Denver Urban Gardens
- Developmental Disabilities Center dba Imagine!
- Early Excellence Program of Denver
- El Centro Amistad
- Emergency Family Assistance Association
- Front Line Farming via Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
- The GrowHaus
- Growing Gardens of Boulder County
- Help & Hope Center
- Hope Communities
- Hunger Free Colorado
- Impact Charitable
- Interfaith Alliance of Colorado
- Maiker Housing Partners
- Mercy Housing Mountain Plains
- Metro Caring
- Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation
- Mile High United Way
- Multicultural Mosaic Foundation
- Project Worthmore
- Red Rocks Community College Foundation
- Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center
- School District 12 Education Foundation
- Second Chance Center, Inc.
- The Senior Hub, Inc.
- Struggle of Love Foundation
- There With Care
- Via Mobility Services
- We Don’t Waste
- WeeCycle
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Health Disparities and Racial Justice
- Asian Pacific Development Center
- Breaking Our Chains
- Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center
- Clinica Colorado
- Motus Theater
- Padres y Jovenes Unidos
- Salud Family Health Centers
- Soul 2 Soul Sisters
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Jewish Life
- Anti-Defamation League
- Friendship Circle of Colorado/Chabad Jewish Center of South Metro Denver
- Congregation Beth Evergreen
- CU Boulder Hillel
- Denver Academy of Torah
- Denver Community Kollel
- Denver Jewish Day School
- Ekar Farm
- Hillel of Colorado
- Judaism Your Way
- Moishe House
- BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy/Ramah in the Rockies
- Shwayder Camp/Temple Emanuel
- The Boulder JCC
- OneTable
- JEWISHcolorado
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Policy and Advocacy
- Adams County Youth Initiative
- Bell Policy Center
- Great Education Colorado
- Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
- Mile High Health Alliance via Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
- State of Colorado Governor’s Office (support for COVID Response, Recovery and Resiliency Coordinator position)
- Together Colorado
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Public, Mental and Behavioral Health and Wellness
- Center for People with Disabilities
- Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care
- Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition
- The Colorado Education Initiative
- Colorado Mental Wellness Network
- Denver Children’s Advocacy Center
- Envision:You via Out Front Foundation
- Guided by Humanity
- Kids in Need of Dentistry
- Kings Counsel via Trailhead Institute
- Maria Droste Services of Colorado
- Mental Health Center of Denver
- One Colorado Education Fund
- Project PAVE
- RISE Colorado
- Step Denver
- Tennyson Center for Children
- ViVe
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Virtual Programming
- Centro San Juan Diego
- Mile High Behavioral Healthcare
- Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
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Pooled Funds
- Arts & Culture Emergency Relief Fund at The Denver Foundation
- The Colorado COVID Relief Fund at Mile High United Way
- Colorado Media Project’s COVID-19 Informed Communities Fund at Rose Community Foundation
- COVID-19 Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund at JEWISHcolorado
- Women & Families of Colorado Relief Fund at Women’s Foundation of Colorado
Phase 3: In December 2020, the Foundation and its fundholders awarded 531 grants totaling over $4.6 million in its third phase of COVID-19 grantmaking. Read about that grantmaking here. Below is the full list of grantees.
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Basic Needs
- A Precious Child
- Adams County Emergency Food Bank
- Almost Home
- Archway Housing & Services, Inc.
- Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado
- Bridge to Justice
- Brothers Redevelopment
- Center for People With Disabilities
- Cherry Creek Schools Foundation
- Colfax Community Network
- Colorado CarShare
- Colorado Circles for Change
- Colorado COVID Relief Fund via Mile High United Way)
- Community College of Aurora
- Community College of Denver Foundation
- COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project via The Community Firm
- COVIDCheck Colorado via Gary Community Investments
- Denver Food Rescue
- Denver Indian Center
- Denver Indian Family Resource Center
- El Centro Amistad
- Emergency Family Assistance Association
- Engaged Latino Parents Advancing Student Outcomes
- Gateway Domestic Violence Services
- Help & Hope Center
- Hope Communities
- Imagine!
- Immunize Colorado
- International Rescue Committee in Denver
- Jeffco Eats
- Keep the Lights On via Mile High United Way
- Maiker Housing Partners
- Meals on Wheels of Boulder
- Mercy Housing Mountain Plains
- Metro Caring
- Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation
- NAACP, Denver Chapter
- Rose Andom Center
- Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
- Seniors’ Resource Center
- Sister Carmen Community Center
- Struggle of Love Foundation
- The Delores Project
- The Reciprocity Collective
- There With Care
- Via Mobility Services
- We Don’t Waste
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Jewish Life grantmaking
- BBYO
- Beth Jacob High School
- BMH-BJ Congregation
- B’nai Havurah
- Colorado Jewish ECE Initiative
- Congregation Har HaShem
- Congregation Rodef Sholom
- Hillel Academy
- Honeymoon Israel
- Jewish Family Service of Colorado
- Jewish Explorers via JEWISHcolorado
- JTown
- Kabbalah Experience
- Kavod Senior Life
- Merkaz Torah V’Chesed
- Ramah in the Rockies
- Shalom Park
- Southwest NCSY via The Orthodox Union
- Staenberg-Loup JCC
- The Jewish Experience
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim