Earlier this year, the Child and Family Development Committee reviewed a group of grants totaling just over $200,000, all directed at organizations that help parents of young children become and remain able to support themselves and their families.

Katherine Gold, the chair-elect of Rose Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees, began her years of volunteer involvement as a member of the Foundation’s Education Committee.

Elise A. Barish, a donor-advised fund holder at Rose Community Foundation, is passionate about promoting the need for sun protection and early detection of melanoma.

Following the death of their only son Nathan in a car accident, Jimmy and Linda Yip started a foundation in his name to fulfill their son’s dream of providing educational opportunities for underserved children all over the world.

Rose Community Legacy Circle is a group of individuals who have chosen to leave a bequest or other type of planned gift to the Foundation. Sue Cobb says the decision to make a legacy gift to the Foundation was not difficult.

On January 26, 2017, Rose Community Foundation’s Child and Family Development Program Area collaborated with the Early Childhood Funders Network to host the first annual luncheon for Colorado state legislators on early childhood in Colorado.

Sheila Bugdanowitz, President and CEO 1998-2016
Our President and CEO, Sheila Bugdanowitz, passed away suddenly in December 2016. Sheila had…

Two longtime trustees have completed their terms on the board. Jennifer Atler Fischer and Rob Klugman bid the board farewell at its December meeting. Both trustees served on the board for 10 years.