William (“Dr.Bill”) Silvers, MD, encourages his patients to live life to the fullest. “Asthma should not hold anyone back from aspiring to be an Olympian,” he affirms. A dedicated board-certified allergist for 37 years, Dr. Silvers started the donor-advised Allergy and Asthma Health Fund at Rose Community Foundation to create a legacy focused on medicine and Jewish values.

Rose Community Foundation has been working for many years to help make nonprofit organizations more sustainable. One way we do that is through endowment fund services.

Margery Goldman loved many things about her husband Marvin Naiman, a successful real estate developer and investor who died in 2005. So in 2011, she established a donor-advised fund at Rose Community Foundation called the Papa Marv Fund to honor the name Marvin was called by his grandkids.

We spoke with Julie Shaffer, executive director of the Oreg Foundation, about the benefits of collaborative funding. Oreg is a long-time funding partner with Rose Community Foundation, having joined us in supporting several strategic initiatives.

On a May morning, the Rose Community Foundation offices are abuzz with 30 women meeting in the Foundation’s boardroom. The women’s backgrounds are varied and their ages range from 30s to 80s, yet philanthropy unites them.

Paul Gillis is a donor, co-funder and a longtime supporter of Rose Community Foundation. His aligned funding includes the Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative and MazelTot.org.

Beverly Buck is a trustee of The Aloha Foundation, a family foundation focusing on early childhood education and development in Colorado, New York and Hawai‘i. She is a donor, aligned funder and a longtime friend of Rose Community Foundation.

“I hope my children feel the joy of giving, not just a sense of obligation because it’s the right thing to do. It should always feel good to help,” says Rose Community Foundation donor Lezlie Goldberg.