Releases

Grants Support Broad Array of Local Nonprofits Working to Promote Equity in Greater Denver DENVER, CO—In response to longstanding structural inequities and emerging opportunities to create more racially just systems, Rose Community Foundation recently awarded 14 grants totaling $735,000 to Greater Denver nonprofits advancing racial justice. These grants represent the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to equity and build upon additional investments made earlier in 2020 to advance economic inclusion and mitigate […]

DENVER, Colo.  – 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 access to capital. Seeded with a $1 million investment from each of the three foundations,

Update: On April 17 the Foundation made an additional grant to Shalom Park’s COVID-19 relief efforts, bringing the grantmaking total to $1,705,754. Denver, CO – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rose Community Foundation awarded over 120 grants totaling $1,566,754. The Foundation’s grants were directed to nonprofit organizations and government agencies on the front lines

Denver, CO – Between July and December 2019, Rose Community Foundation awarded 809 grants totaling over $12.5 million. 160 grants totaling over $5.5 million were awarded from the Foundation’s historic program areas – Aging, Child and Family Development, Education, Health and Jewish Life – to nonprofit organizations and government agencies in the Greater Denver region.

The study depicts a diverse Jewish community in the Greater Denver region. Denver, CO – The Greater Denver Jewish Community Study: A portrait of Jewish life in the seven-county region, was released this week. The study’s results offer insights into the perspectives and needs of increasingly diverse Jewish communities and serve as a valuable data source

Denver, CO – Rose Community Foundation presented its second-annual Sheila Bugdanowitz Leadership Development Award to Christine DeLeon, CEO and founder of Moonshot edVentures, at the Foundation’s Annual Breakfast on April 17, 2019. The award is named in memory of Sheila Bugdanowitz, who led Rose Community Foundation for 18 years before she passed away in December

Denver, CO – The Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (LCFC), having operated as an initiative of Rose Community Foundation for 11 years, today officially launched its beginning as an independent 501(c)(3) organization. One of only a few Latino community foundations in the country, LCFC is already a key player in the philanthropic sector of Colorado,

Denver, CO — Between July and December 2018, Rose Community Foundation awarded 565 grants totaling over $12.4 million. Of this amount, $5,912,771 was awarded for 132 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas to nonprofit organizations and government agencies that support the well-being of the Greater Denver community. Donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation approved

Denver, CO — Between January and June 2018, Rose Community Foundation awarded 561 grants totaling over $15.5 million. Of this amount, $3,639,118 was awarded for 85 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas and community action fund to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the well-being of the Greater Denver community. Donor-advised funds

Denver, CO – A strong and expanding field of local nonprofits are organizing grassroots communities around education issues in Denver and Aurora public schools, and leading education foundations today announced a coordinated set of grants to support their work. The Colorado Education Organizing (CEO) Funder’s Collaborative gave grants totaling $310,000 to seven local nonprofits. The