Nonprofits & Grants

In December 2022, Rose Community Foundation partnered with Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and peer funders to launch the Newcomers Fund to mobilize the community’s philanthropic interest in supporting the incoming migrant population fleeing unrest in South and Central America.   In just a few short months, the Newcomers Fund received more […]

For many nonprofits, an endowment fund can provide a reliable source of funding, relieving financial pressures and allowing more time to focus on the organization’s mission. Rose Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Endowment Cohort (NEC) provides training, coaching and a financial match to help organizations launch an endowment fund and build the capacity to grow the fund

Rose Community Foundation is excited to announce open funding opportunities and preview additional grant cycles planned for 2023. While each funding opportunity is designed to address different community needs, all are guided by the Foundation’s mission of advancing inclusive, engaged and equitable Greater Denver communities through values-driven philanthropy. Building Equitable Futures for Children and Youth

In 2022, Rose Community Foundation awarded $200,000 to 32 organizations in Greater Denver encouraging participation in civic life through arts and cultural events. Grants supported both individual events and ongoing programming that promote a strong sense of community and reconnection after two years of pandemic-related separation and social division.  Irrespective of language, country of origin

Rose Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for four open funding opportunities as part of the 2022 grantmaking cycles. While each funding opportunity is designed to address different community needs, all are guided by the Foundation’s mission of advancing inclusive, engaged and equitable Greater Denver communities through values-driven philanthropy.  Social-emotional learning in education  These grants

Rose Community Foundation is excited to announce this new funding opportunity and encourage Metro Denver nonprofits to learn more and apply. Community First Foundation, Rose Community Foundation and The Denver Foundation today launched the Metro Denver Nonprofit Loan Fund, a new funding mechanism aimed at helping local nonprofits mitigate the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic while countering historic disparities in

In 2017, Out Boulder County’s (OBC) Executive Director, Mardi Moore, began hearing increasingly from community members who were experiencing hate incidents and hate crimes. However, Moore recalls, few of these episodes were being reported. “People were afraid to talk to the police,” shares Moore, who joined OBC in 2013 after working for the New York

Ekar Farm, a communal urban farm located in Denver, is inspired by ancient Jewish tradition. “The Torah is a record of an agriculturally based people,” says Sue Salinger, the organization’s executive director. “We have a clear direction on how to create a just society where everyone has what they need and the community takes care

While a large portion of Jewish teenagers will become b’nai mitzvah, many drop out of Jewish life soon after. And Moving Traditions, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the social and emotional well-being of Jewish teens, gets it. Life as a teenager can be overwhelming. The myriad social and academic pressures that teens face increasingly contribute