Donors & Giving Archives - Rose Community Foundation

Civic Engagement: Initiatives for Election Season and Beyond

Civic engagement connects residents to the systems of governance that impact their daily lives and is a powerful tool for advancing empowerment, belonging and representation. Rose Community Foundation is committed to strengthening democracy and fostering inclusive civic engagement by investing in organizations that encourage community involvement and nonpartisan voter participation. In 2023, the Foundation awarded […]

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Planning for a sunset: Lock in a higher exemption, unlock a legacy

Without legislation to prevent it, the sunsetting of current estate tax laws at the end of 2025 will dramatically reduce the federal estate tax exemption from $13.61 million per person in 2024 to approximately $7 million in 2026 (this includes adjustments for inflation). This change would affect many high net-worth individuals and families, likely exposing

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Donors & Giving, Family Philanthropy

Planting Seeds of Generosity: Nurturing a Love of Giving in Children

What connects a family across the generations? For many of us, shared traditions, values and memories are the threads that link one generation to another. Philanthropy can serve as a powerful tool for families to pass along these shared beliefs and values, while also creating opportunities to spend time together, collaborate on meaningful projects and

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Community Leadership, Donors & Giving, Philanthropic Services

Driving Change: Civic Engagement and the Role of Philanthropy

Civic engagement gives residents proximity to the systems of governance that affect their daily lives and is a powerful tool for advancing empowerment, belonging and representation. At Rose Community Foundation, we are dedicated to strengthening democracy and fostering inclusive civic engagement through investments in organizations that encourage community involvement and promote nonpartisan voter participation.

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Community Leadership, Donors & Giving

Supporting Newcomers in Colorado

Updated June 2024 Since December 2022, over 42,000 people have arrived in the Greater Denver region after traveling primarily from South and Central America. The city of Denver, the state of Colorado, and many local nonprofits have continued to welcome them and provide necessary services. For those new immigrants who intend to make their home

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Donors & Giving

Welcoming our new Outsourced Chief Investment Officer

When we wrote to our donor-advised and endowment fundholders last fall about our plans for a comprehensive evaluation of our investment partnership relationship and survey of the competitive landscape, we had high aspirations for the Request for Proposals (RFP) process upon which we were about to embark. Based on feedback gathered from our fundholders in

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Community Leadership, Donors & Giving, Initiatives & Special Programs

Empowering Futures: Insights on Workforce Development Programs

Workforce development plays a pivotal role in fostering economic growth and development in our community and equipping people with the necessary skills to contribute to a resilient and competitive workforce. Rose Community Foundation recently held a learning session to explore the opportunities and challenges within workforce development in the Greater Denver region and how individual

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Donors & Giving, Philanthropic Services

Tax-time charitable giving questions

Spring is a perfect time for professional advisors to review a few basic tax principles related to charitable giving, in both completing 2023 returns as well as planning for 2024. Here are three questions that are top of mind for many, along with answers that to help you serve your clients: How important is the

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Community Leadership, Donors & Giving

Libby Bortz: A Lasting Legacy

Libby Bortz, a Rose Community Foundation Legacy Circle member and donor, was honored with induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2022. Additionally, an assisted living center in Littleton bears her name. However, her impactful journey in philanthropy, advocacy, and advancing equity began in a small town in New York. Libby grew up

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Donors & Giving, Family Philanthropy

Double the Impact: Marlene and Morris Price

For Marlene and Morris Price, a commitment to philanthropy was instilled in them from a young age – though that’s not always what they called it. “We grew up in a military family, so service was always a part of our life. We went to church regularly, our parents were involved in community organizations and

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