News from Rose Community Foundation

January 30, 2008
News Media Contact: Susan Knudten, 303.398.7450

Rose Community Foundation Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Grants

Denver, CO – Rose Community Foundation awarded more than $3.9 million in grants during the fourth quarter of 2007. The Foundation made grants to 57 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 $129 million since its inception in 1995.

The Foundation’s board of trustees authorized the following grants between October 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. Grants are listed by program area. Locations indicate the organization’s headquarters, not necessarily the geographic area served.

Aging

American Red Cross, Mile High Chapter (Denver): $30,800 over two years for the Transportation Services Program.
denver-redcross.org

Catholic Charities (Denver): $20,000 to expand the Adult Services/Senior Program, providing services to low-income older adults and their families in the Denver Metro area.
catholiccharitiesdenver.org

Colorado Center for the Blind (Littleton): $15,000 to expand the Senior Services Program, which provides in-home training and support for older adults who are blind or losing vision.
www.cocenter.org

Colorado Commission on Aging (Denver): $250,000 for Senior Source, a multi-media information and education campaign for older adults and their caregivers.
coloradoaging.com

Colorado Gerontological Society (Denver): $4,995 to support a Medicare Part D enrollment specialist.
senioranswers.org

The Denver Center for Crime Victims (Denver): $20,000 over two years to provide crisis intervention, case management and home safety assessments for older adults.
denvervictims.org

Denver Regional Council of Governments (Denver): $5,000 to reprint a handbook for caregivers of older adults.
drcog.org

Denver Regional Mobility and Access Council (Denver): $138,000 for staff to coordinate transportation resources for older adults. This grant was jointly funded by Rose Community Foundation and The Colorado Health Foundation.

Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency of Denver (Denver): $50,000 over two years for in-home housekeeping services, meal preparation, laundry services and grocery shopping for older adults.
dominicansisters.org

Project Angel Heart (Denver): $30,000 to provide nutritious, home-delivered meals for older adults living with life-threatening illnesses.
projectangelheart.org

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Boulder County (Boulder): $25,000 for three programs helping older adults: Carry-Out Caravan, Fix-It Service and Volunteer Driver Program.
rsvpboulder.org

St. Anthony Health Foundation (Denver): $200,000 over two years for the Senior Benefits Program to inform, counsel and assist older adults and their caregivers to access and apply for public benefits.
myhealthpassport.org

St. Francis Center (Denver): $60,000 over two years to provide assistance and transitional housing to formerly homeless older adults.
sfcdenver.org

Child and Family Development

The Clayton Foundation (Denver): $640,327 over three years for research and evaluation of the Early Childhood Resource Institute.
theclaytonfoundation.org

Colorado Bright Beginnings (Denver): $83,297 to support a new program for parents of children ages 24-36 months.
brightbeginningsco.org

Focus Points Family Resource Center (Denver): $75,000 over two years to support a parenting program for low-income monolingual and bilingual Spanish-speaking parents.
du.edu/~smartin9/Project2

Funding Partners (Fort Collins): $10,000 to provide loans to first-time homebuyers for down payment and closing cost assistance in Metro Denver.
fundingpartners.org

Jefferson County Public Schools (Golden): $81,871 to support Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) in Jefferson County.
jeffco.k12.co.us

Parenting Place (Boulder): $50,000 over two years to support the Family Strengthening Program for families and their children ages 0-5.
boulderparenting.org

Project WISE (Denver): $40,000 for a program to help low-income women become self-sufficient.

Reach Out and Read Colorado (Denver): $30,000 to educate parents about the importance of involvement in their children’s early development.
reachoutandreadco.org

Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network (Denver): $10,000 for Ready To Learn, an early childhood education program to help prepare children for school.
rmpbs.org

University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (Boulder): $10,000 to support the Child Learning Center and the provision of assessment services, early childhood programs, parent education and outreach programs.
colorado.edu/slhs

Education

Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists (Denver): $5,000 to assist minority youth in the pursuit of engineering and applied science careers.
cabpes.org

Colorado Staff Development Council (Morrison): $15,000 to evaluate the long-term impact of the Council’s Center for Quality Strategic Professional Development.
co-csdc.org

Denver Center for International Studies Foundation (Denver): $14,750 to develop a business plan for a Denver Public Schools magnet program that provides international curriculum for grades 6-12.
cisdenver.org

Denver Venture School (Denver): $100,000 to support a new charter high school within Denver Public Schools.
denverventureschool.org

Foster Elementary School (Arvada): $15,000 to train staff to become certified instructors in English as a second language.
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/elem/foster

FrontRange Earth Force (Denver): $10,000 to support service-learning programs for youth.
ef-den.org

Fund for Education Organizing (New York, NY): $50,000 to support community efforts to reform education. Public Interest Projects serves as fiscal sponsor.

Gold Crown Foundation (Greenwood Village): $10,000 to provide instruction and mentoring to youth in Lakewood and the Denver metro area.
goldcrownfoundation.com

Grantmakers for Education (Portland, OR): $3,000 to support this national association of grantmakers working to improve educational outcomes for students.
edfunders.org

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy (Denver): $100,000 over two years to assist with fundraising and board development.
sunshinepeak.org

Project YES (Lafayette): $7,500 to support after-school programs.
project-yes.org

Rocky Mountain Housing Development Corporation (Denver): $10,000 for after- school programming in three affordable housing communities.
rockymountainhdc.org

Health

Arpegio Health (Denver): $17,000 for research and a report on employer health subsidies.
arpegiohealth.com

Colorado Asian Health Education and Promotion (Denver): $75,600 to support health education and services for Asian American/Pacific Islander communities in metro Denver.
cahep.org

Colorado Business Group on Health (Denver): $29,270 to develop informational materials about health reform for Colorado’s business community.
cbghealth.org

Colorado Center on Law and Policy (Denver): $75,000 to advocate for health care on behalf of Colorado’s poor, working poor and other vulnerable populations.
cclponline.org

Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program (Aurora): $148,000 over two years to support metro Denver pediatricans and family practice doctors as part of a program to see more children covered by Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus.
cchap.org

Colorado Citizens for Accountability (Denver): $15,000 to support advocacy on behalf of patients and families to improve patient safety and quality of care.
coloradocitizensforaccountability.org

Colorado Immunization Information System (Aurora): $100,000 to increase health care providers’ use of Colorado's immunization registry for children, and to notify families whose children are not current on vaccinations.
http://cor.uchsc.edu/ciis

Dental Aid (Louisville): $7,500 to study the efficacy of a bilingual and bicultural dental assistant’s program.
dentalaid.org

Health Care for All Colorado Foundation (Lakewood): $10,000 to provide information comparing coverage, financing and access to care in countries with single-payer systems to health care systems in Colorado and the United States.
healthcareforallcolorado.org

Howard Dental Center (Denver): $10,000 to provide oral health prevention services to individuals with HIV.
howarddental.org

Inner City Health Center (Denver): $200,000 to acquire and renovate a new, larger facility and site for the health center.
innercityhealth.com

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (Denver): $58,000 for education programs aimed at reducing unintended teen pregnancy and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases.
pprm.org

The Second Wind Fund (Lakewood): $50,000 for counseling services to low-income, uninsured, or underinsured suicidal teens.
thesecondwindfund.org

Sisters of Color United for Education (Denver): $50,500 to support Promotoras, a community-based health education and outreach program for the Latino community.
sistersofcolorunited.org

Jewish Life

Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (Denver): $360,000 to support the Flagship Fund for local services provided by Jewish agencies.
jewishcolorado.org

American Jewish Committee, Colorado Chapter (Denver): $113,782 to create a new leadership program for Jewish adults in their 20s and 30s.
ajc.org

Hillel Academy of Denver (Denver): $82,750 to support a comprehensive reorganization including a new business manager position and technology.

Judaism Your Way (Denver): $9,000 to support improved financial systems and program evaluation.
judaismyourway.org

Shalom Park (Aurora): $189,000 to support start-up costs for a new Jewish hospice until accreditation and government funding are secured.
shalompark.org

Community Building

Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (Denver): $30,000 to provide accounting and other services to developing nonprofit organizations.
cndc.org

Colorado Open House (Denver): $60,000 to make the work of the Colorado State House of Representatives more available and accessible to Coloradoans. Rose Community Foundation serves as fiscal sponsor.
coloradochannel.net

New Vista High School (Boulder): $15,964 for a youth leadership group to provide equity trainings to the community.
http://schools.bvsd.org/nvhs