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Nonprofits & Grants, Philanthropic Services

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 volunteer leaders of local nonprofit organizations training and incentives to integrate endowment building and legacy giving into their development work. The NEC meets over eight months, and Rose Community Foundation’s philanthropic services team supports the group […]

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Donors & Giving, Philanthropic Services

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 – almost $428 billion – in what was described as a “complex” year for charitable giving. Although giving by individuals declined, grantmaking by community foundations increased by about 10.2

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Brent's Place patient with their family
Philanthropic Services

Cohort Helps Nonprofits with Training and Support to Launch an Endowment

When Sean Meyerhoffer, CEO of Brent’s Place, first began conversations with staff and board members about opening an endowment, they considered many options. After talking with financial institutions and foundations, they decided to open an endowment fund at Rose Community Foundation and participate in the Foundation’s Nonprofit Endowment Cohort. The cohort program is designed to

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A Devastating Déjà Vu

#EnoughIsEnough.  #NeverAgain.  #NeverForget. And yet we do. The endless barrage of preventable mass shooting tragedies now borders on the inevitable.  As The Colorado Independent reported, our own children no longer believe it’s a matter of if, but when. And just as inevitable are the public expressions of “thoughts and prayers” disseminated in the aftermath like

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Whitney Connor named executive director of Kids First Health Care

After 10 years as Rose Community Foundation’s Senior Program Officer for Health, Whitney Gustin Connor is embarking on a new role as executive director of Kids First Health Care, a local nonprofit that operates eight pediatric clinics, including six school-based health centers, with the goal of providing high-quality, accessible health care to the children of

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