News from Rose Community Foundation

October 30, 2007
News Media Contact: Phil Nash, 303.398.7444

Rose Community Foundation Announces Third Quarter 2007 Grants

Denver, CO – Rose Community Foundation awarded more than $1.6 million in grants during the third quarter of 2007. The Foundation made grants to 39 nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver community. Rose Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $124 million since its inception in 1995.

The Foundation’s board of trustees authorized the following grants between July 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007. Grants are listed by program area. Locations indicate the organization’s headquarters, not necessarily the geographic area served.

Aging

Grantmakers in Aging (Dayton, OH): $7,500 to support the activities of this national association of grantmakers that focuses on aging issues.
giaging.org

Washington Street Community Center (Denver): $10,000 to provide information, referral and direct services to older adults who live independently in their homes.
wscc-denver.org

Child and Family Development

Bayaud Industries (Denver): $50,000 for business and marketing planning for this organization that enables people with disabilities to move toward self-sufficiency.
bayaudindustries.org

El Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores (Denver): $50,000 to support this center for immigrant day laborers by providing employment assistance and education programs.
centrohumanitario.org

Denver Employment Alliance (Denver): $27,972 for an initiative to develop industry-specific workforce development training.
employingdenver.com

Dress for Success Denver (Denver): $5,000 to support economic self-sufficiency for low-income women by providing professional work attire and career development tools.
dressforsuccess.org

Emily Griffith Foundation (Denver): $25,000 to expand a job training program for adult refugees and asylees.
egos-school.com/egf

Four Mile Family Resource Center (Glendale): $24,473 to start a Parents as Teachers (PAT) program in Glendale.
fourmilefrc.com

Lowry Family Center (Denver): $40,000 to provide support services for youth and families in Northeast Denver and Aurora.

Metropolitan State College of Denver Foundation (Denver): $12,000 to support the Family Literacy Program serving residents in nearby public housing.
mscd.edu

Mi Casa Resource Center for Women (Denver): $25,000 for programs that encourage self-sufficiency primarily among low-income Latinas and youth.
micasadenver.org

Work Options for Women (Denver): $16,600 to support business consultation for this organization that provides culinary job training for low-income women.
workoptions.org

Education

The Alliance for Quality Teaching (Denver): $95,000 to support efforts to improve teaching quality in low-income schools and schools with a large population of students of color.
qualityteaching.org

Alternatives for Youth (Longmont): $2,500 to support after-school programs at several elementary and middle schools in Boulder County.
alternativesforyouth.org

Colorado Business Leadership Network (Englewood): $15,000 to provide education and employment programs to youth with disabilities.
coloradobln.com

Colorado Youth for a Change (Denver): $40,000 to support efforts to reduce the dropout rate in the Denver Public Schools.
cycinfo.org

The Conflict Center (Denver): $15,000 to provide problem-solving and conflict-resolution training to staff at Manual High School.
conflictcenter.org

East Angel Foundation (Denver): $10,000 to provide tutoring, mentoring and financial support for students at East High School.

Escuela de Guadalupe (Denver): $7,500 to support an effort to open a new public charter school modeled after Escuela de Guadalupe.
escuelaguadalupe.org

Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver (Denver): $10,000 to engage girls in math, science and computer technology.
girlsincdenver.org

Jefferson County Education Association (Lakewood): $214,000 for a collaborative effort with the Jefferson County School District Board of Education to study alternative forms of teacher compensation.
jcea-cea.org

Jefferson County Public Schools (Lakewood): $91,000 for a teacher cadet program that encourages academically talented student leaders to consider teaching as a career.
http://jeffco.k12.co.us

Rose Community Foundation (Denver): $13,500 to support costs associated with the distribution of a book about ProComp, Denver’s new teacher compensation system.
rcfdenver.org
denverprocomp.org

State of Colorado, Office of the Governor (Denver): $150,000 for Colorado's P-20 Education Coordinating Council, which will undertake system-wide reforms, from preschool through postgraduate education, aimed at producing highly skilled employees for the 21st century workforce.
colorado.gov/governor

University of Colorado at Boulder, School of Education (Boulder): $5,000 to support efforts to help school districts and policymakers better serve children of color and low-income children in Colorado's schools.
colorado.edu/education

University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work (Denver): $15,000 for The Bridge Project, which provides educational, social and career opportunities to children living in Denver’s public-housing developments.
du.edu/bridgeproject

West Denver Preparatory Charter School (Denver): $20,000 to support a Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the school.
westdenverprep.org

YESS Institute (Denver): $10,000 for a program offering youth training and peer mentoring in nine metro Denver schools.
yessinstitute.org

YouthBiz (Denver): $15,000 to support after-school and summer programs.
youthbiz.org

Health

Clinica Campesina Family Health Services (Lafayette): $150,000 to help expand and renovate a health clinic serving low-income children and adults.
clinicacampesina.org

Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (Denver): $30,000 to provide health care education and advocacy to low-income Latina women and their families.
colorlatina.org

CoverColorado (Denver): $49,830 for an economic analysis of the Care Management Initiative program, a project of Colorado's health insurance program for individuals who cannot get coverage in the private insurance market.
covercolorado.org

Saint Benedict Health and Healing Ministry (Louisville): $15,000 to expand a health screening and education program for low-income and homeless individuals in the Boulder-Longmont area.

Jewish Life

Bromwell Elementary School (Denver): $500 distributed at the direction of one of the winners of Rose Community Foundation’s 2007 Rosh Hashanah Greeting Card Contest.
http://bromwell.dpsk12.org

Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver (Denver): $21,000 to support Shema, a cultural series aimed at young adult Jews.
du.edu/cjs

The Children’s Hospital Foundation (Aurora): $500 distributed at the direction of one of the winners of Rose Community Foundation’s 2007 Rosh Hashanah Greeting Card Contest.
imaginethemiracles.org

Limmud Colorado (Boulder): $50,000 to support startup costs for this program that brings together Jews of all backgrounds to learn and teach together.
limmudco.org

Live On: Build Your Jewish Legacy 2008 to 2010 (Denver): $370,000 for a two-year Rose Community Foundation grant initiative to help Jewish organizations and their donors promote a culture of endowment giving through wills and estate plans.
liveonlegacy.org

Mizel Museum (Denver): $10,000 to expand programs and membership of the Colorado Jewish Artists Guild.
mizelmuseum.org