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Donors & Giving, Jewish Life, Philanthropic Services

Welcoming Community and Honoring Legacy: A New Garden Blooms at JCC Denver

Rose Community Foundation was delighted to be a part of the unveiling of the beautiful new Strear-Pluss Community Garden at the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC Denver) in early July.  The event was a joyful celebration of a vibrant new space inspired by Jewish values of growth and rebirth that aims to nurture early childhood […]

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Donors & Giving, Philanthropic Services

Your Will, Your Legacy: Make-A-Will Month

August is National Make-A-Will Month — an important reminder to establish or update your will and estate plan. A will is a fundamental part of end-of-life planning, ensuring your assets are distributed according to your wishes and your loved ones are protected, avoiding the delays and expenses of probate. Taking the time to establish a

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Donors & Giving

Celebrating 30 Years of Meeting the Moment

On Wednesday, April 30, Rose Community Foundation leaders and staff—past and present—joined grantees, donors, and community partners to celebrate three decades of values-driven philanthropy in Greater Denver. Held at Denver’s Mission Ballroom, the event was filled with moments of joy, dancing, and reflection, as founders and grantees shared stories of 30 years of catalytic community

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Donors & Giving, Nonprofits & Grants, Philanthropic Services

Forging Impactful Partnerships: Montview Presbyterian Church and Rose Community Foundation’s Philanthropic Partnership

Philanthropy has a unique power to unite people and organizations across diverse faith traditions, highlighting shared values and a collective commitment to humanity. Recently, Rose Community Foundation and Montview Presbyterian Church formed a philanthropic partnership focused on amplifying impact. Montview’s Mission Life Committee invited the Foundation to serve as a consultant as they embarked on

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Community Leadership, Donors & Giving

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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Donors & Giving, Philanthropic Services

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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