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News from Rose Community Foundation
June
1, 2007
News Media Contact: Phil Nash, 303.398.7444
Rose Community Foundation Announces First Quarter 2007 Grants
Denver, CO - Rose Community Foundation awarded over $3 million in grants during the first quarter of 2007. The Foundation made grants to 33 nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver community. Rose Community Foundation focuses its grantmaking in five program areas: Aging, Child and Family Development, Education, Health and Jewish Life. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $120 million since its inception in 1995.
The Foundation’s board of trustees authorized the following grants between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2007. Grants are listed by program area. Locations indicate the organization’s headquarters, not necessarily the geographic area served.
Aging
Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. (Denver): $30,000 to support the Home Maintenance and Repair Program, which performs home repairs and modifications for low-income older adult homeowners.
briathome.org
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (Denver): $100,000 for services to help older adults remain in their homes.
jewishfamilyservice.org
The Senior Hub (Federal Heights): $90,000 for efforts to advance the quality of life for older adults in Adams and Arapahoe counties.
seniorhub.org
Child and Family Development
Colorado Children's Campaign (Denver): $50,000 to advocate for the healthy development, education, and well-being of Colorado's children.
coloradokids.org
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (Silver Spring, MD): $2,500 to support the activities of this national association of grantmakers seeking to improve the well-being of children, youth and families.
gcyf.org
Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers (Denver): $9,500 to develop a strategic plan.
milehighmontessori.org
Parent Pathways (Denver): $80,000 for an early childhood center for children of mothers attending Florence Crittenton High School, and for counseling and employment services for young fathers.
parentpathways.org
Warren Village (Denver): $50,000 to provide family support services and early childhood education to low-income, single-parent families.
warrenvillage.org
YWCA of Boulder County (Boulder): $40,000 to support drop-in or emergency child care and a program to teach self-sufficiency skills to low-income parents.
ywcaboulder.org
Education
College Summit Colorado (Denver): $300,000 to expand this program, which helps low-income students advance to college, to all of Mapleton and Denver Public Schools.
collegesummit.org
Colorado Children's Campaign (Denver): $50,000 to advocate for the healthy development, education, and well-being of Colorado's children.
coloradokids.org
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children (Denver): $10,000 for a project aimed at helping after-school programs.
coloradofoundation.org
Colorado Staff Development Council (Centennial): $5,000 for efforts to improve student performance through teacher training.
co-csdc.org
Community Action Development Corporation (Boulder): $12,000 for training programs to increase Latino parents’ leadership skills and middle-school-age children’s leadership and life skills.
Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de Estudios (Denver): $10,000 to support an after-school program at this school serving primarily low-income Latino students.
escuelatlatelolco.org
Padres Unidos (Denver): $35,000 for efforts to improve public education in the Latino community.
padresunidos.org
Health
Colorado Children's Campaign (Denver): $50,000 to advocate for the health, education and well-being of Colorado's children.
coloradokids.org
Mental Health Association of Colorado (Denver): $75,000 to promote understanding of mental disorders, expand access to services and improve care.
mhacolorado.org
Oral Health Collaborative (Denver): $100,000 to prevent periodontal disease in low-income pregnant women and their children. Rose Community Foundation serves as fiscal sponsor.
Rose Community Foundation (Denver):$10,000 for a study of options to help uninsured, low-income working adults pay for health insurance.
State of Colorado, Governor's Office of Policy and Initiatives (Denver): $80,000 in support of health policy expertise in the Governor's Office.
colorado.gov/governor/policies-initiatives.html
Jewish Life
Allied Jewish Apartments (Denver): $44,937 for fundraising and marketing technology and training.
ajsh.org
Denver Academy of Torah (Denver): $65,000 to support a new development director position for this Modern Orthodox Jewish day school.
datcampus.org
Jewish Funders Network (New York, NY): $1,200 to support the activities of this national association that promotes thoughtful philanthropy among Jewish funders.
jfunders.org
Moving Traditions (Jenkintown, PA): $15,000 to expand a Jewish leadership program in Denver and Boulder for girls in grades 6 through 12.
movingtraditions.org
The Wexner Foundation (New York, NY): $350,000 to bring the Wexner Heritage Program, a leadership development program for Jewish leaders ages 30 to 45, to Denver beginning in 2008.
wexnerfoundation.org
Community Building (grants that address core values of the Foundation)
Colorado Nonprofit Association (Denver): $5,000 to support Colorado Nonprofit Week.
coloradononprofits.org
Special Initiative
BOOST (Building Organizational and Operational Strength Together): $1,331,725 in additional funds to support this $1.5 million Rose Community Foundation organizational capacity-building initiative. The funds were contributed from Rose Community Foundation’s Aging, Child and Family Development, Health and Jewish Life program areas. The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation is providing substantial financial support for Invest in Kids’ participation in the project.
These Rose Community Foundation grantees are participants in the BOOST Initiative:
B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)
bbyo.org
The Children's Museum of Denver (Denver)
mychildsmuseum.org
Clínica Tepeyac (Denver)
clinicatepeyac.org
Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition (Westminster)
coparentcoalition.org
Invest in Kids (Denver)
iik.org
The Jewish Experience (Denver)
theje.com
Rebuilding Together Metro Denver (Denver)
rebuildingdenver.org
Stepping Stones…to a Jewish Me (Denver)
steppingstonesfamily.com