PART 3 – WHAT WE’VE HEARD As we head into the fall, we’ve reached a milestone in our strategic planning process. Our data collection and analysis are complete, and our board and staff have turned to applying what we’ve learned to our future strategy development. In the spirit of transparency, below is an update on […]
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Part 2 – Gratitude for Many Voices As we reach the first milestone in our organization-wide strategic planning, we want to share a brief update. In April we wrapped up the first phase of this work, which involved conversations with those closest to the Foundation’s work – our board and staff – about past accomplishments
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#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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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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After 22 years here, Lisa Farber Miller, senior program officer for Jewish Life, is leaving Rose Community Foundation. Ms. Farber Miller has been an integral part of both the Foundation and the Greater Denver Jewish communities for decades. Judy Altenberg, a Foundation trustee and chair of the Jewish Life Committee, offered the following reflections at
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With the desire to help make Greater Denver a welcoming and safe place for all, Rose Community Foundation awarded more than $1 million in grants in 2018 to local nonprofits serving immigrants and refugees, as well as communities vulnerable to discrimination and hate crimes. “As a foundation rooted in values of social justice and inclusion,
Since this past Saturday morning, October 27, 2018, the hearts, minds and prayers of Rose Community Foundation staff and trustees have been with the Tree of Life Synagogue, the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, the city of Pittsburgh and all who are united in grief and outrage by this vicious hate crime. Twenty-four hours after the carnage
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On November 27, Rose Community Foundation welcomed our new president and CEO, Lindy Eichenbaum Lent. Lindy comes to us from the nonprofit Civic Center Conservancy, where she has served as executive director since 2009. Prior to her leadership at the Civic Center Conservancy, she served served as communications director and senior advisor for then-Denver Mayor
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