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News from Rose Community Foundation
December 22, 2011
Janet Lopez Named Program Officer at Rose Community Foundation
Denver, CO - Janet Lopez has been named program officer for the Education program area at Rose Community Foundation. In this position, Lopez will direct the Foundation’s efforts to promote effective teaching and systemic changes in education.
October 31, 2011
Rose Community Foundation Announces Third Quarter 2011 Grants
Denver, CO - During the third quarter of 2011, Rose Community Foundation awarded 89 grants totaling more than $2.6 million. Of this amount, $2,303,115 was awarded for 38 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver community. In addition, 51 grants totaling $305,437 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling nearly $176 million since its inception in 1995.
October 27, 2011
Jewish Grantmakers Seeking Proposals: Will Award More Than $68,000
Denver, CO - The 18-member Roots & Branches Foundation, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation, is seeking grant proposals. Roots & Branches Foundation will grant up to $68,740 to efforts that promote participation in Jewish life and a sense of Jewish community for families with children ages 5 to 13, or engage young Jewish adults in their 20s and 30s in Jewish community.
October 18, 2011
Rose Youth Foundation Named One of North America's Most Innovative Jewish Nonprofits
Denver, CO - For the second consecutive year, Rose Youth Foundation, an initiative of Rose Community Foundation, has been named one of the nation’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’11/’12, a resource guide for Jewish innovation. Rose Youth Foundation was selected because of its innovative approach to Jewish youth engagement and its emphasis on youth leadership in the largely adult-dominated world of philanthropy. A panel of 36 foundation professionals from across North America made the selections.
September 16, 2011
Recruitment of Teen Grantmakers Underway
Denver, CO - Rose Community Foundation is seeking Jewish teens in grades 10 through 12 to help grant $60,000 to organizations serving the Denver metro Jewish community, including Boulder. The selected teens will be part of Rose Youth Foundation, an initiative providing Jewish youth with the opportunity to be grantmakers and to learn about philanthropy and the Jewish community. Applications will be accepted through October 6, 2011.
August 17, 2011
Rose Community Foundation Announces Grants from First Six Months of 2011
Denver, CO - During the first and second quarters of 2011, Rose Community Foundation awarded 226 grants totaling nearly $4.5 million. Of this amount, $3,811,932 was awarded for 92 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver community. In addition, 134 grants totaling $674,744 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $173 million since its inception in 1995.
March 1, 2011
Rose Community Foundation Announces Fourth Quarter 2010 Grants
Denver, CO - During the fourth quarter of 2010, Rose Community Foundation awarded 158 grants totaling more than $5.6 million. Of this amount, $5,279,148 was awarded for 72 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver community. In addition, 86 grants totaling $322,450 were approved from donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $168 million since its inception in 1995.