ANNUAL REPORT 2020
2020 was a year of extraordinary Our community experienced unprecedented needs and opportunities, and Rose Community Foundation was able to respond to the moment in manners consistent with our values, vision and long-term strategies. Together, we continue to mourn the lives lost to COVID-19 and to wrestle with the intertwined health, economic and social impacts of the pandemic. Coupled with TOP: Vigil for George
Floyd at Civic Center Park in June 2020 (Kevin Beaty for Denverite) BOTTOM: COVID-19 testing site at National Jewish Health
persistent and longstanding racial injustices, the effects of COVID-19 highlighted and compounded structural disparities within our country and our community in very public and personal ways. Amid a truly difficult year, Greater Denver’s nonprofit and philanthropic sectors heeded our region’s collective call for support in critical and inspiring ways. With the vaccine rollout underway in 2021, we are hopeful that we can help our community move beyond triage and rapid response to recover and thrive. As we now turn our focus to stabilization, building back better and our long-term strategic objectives, we embrace how we leaned into our values of equity and justice to respond to 2020’s converging crises. There are still many areas in which our community is far from recovery. Our regional economy will take time to rebound to pre-pandemic levels, and women – especially women of color – have left the workforce at disproportionately high rates. Our national and local reckoning with racial injustice is far from over, with hate crimes on the rise targeting the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, officer-involved shootings continuing to claim Black lives, and significant work needed to address systemic barriers impacting immigrants, refugees and other communities of color. Our country is polarized, and our communities are traumatized by rhetoric and
challenges and resiliency. policies that divide, disenfranchise and discriminate. The national gun violence
systemic inequities across a range of areas throughout Greater Denver by
epidemic continues to impact innocent people and garner headlines in our own
creating opportunity, bolstering resilience and empowerment, growing aware-
backyard and across the country.
ness and understanding, and advocating for just and inclusive systems and
Rose Community Foundation is committed to addressing the evolving and immediate needs of the Greater Denver community, as well as supporting organizations and initiatives that help break down inequities and systemic flaws.
policies. The leaders of these organizations are immersed in the issues they seek to address, are part of the communities they serve and are visionaries who are driven to create change.
We will continue to advance our mission of cultivating inclusive, engaged and
Our long-standing commitment to our region’s Jewish community also adapted
equitable Greater Denver communities through values-driven philanthropy.
to the unique needs of 2020. Rose Community Foundation recalibrated its
Our values showed up time and time again in 2020. Understanding the urgency of the moment, our board committed the bulk of our grantmaking dollars to a multi-faceted response to COVID-19, with a particular focus on supporting the people and communities most impacted by the pandemic. Our donor-advised fundholders and other donors joined us in this response,
Jewish Life grantmaking strategies to prioritize bolstering nonprofits’ responses to emerging needs, sustaining and nurturing Jewish traditions in a time of physical isolation, mitigating the virus’s short- and mid-term impacts on the Jewish community and supporting long-term organizational recovery and stabilization. For many of our donors, their giving also followed these priorities.
collectively granting $11.6 million to help local organizations serving
They say hindsight is 20/20, and the wisdom gained from the difficult experi-
communities of color, the domestically-at-risk, remote learners, economically
ences we collectively faced in 2020 will guide us well into the future. Responding
insecure and low-income individuals, immigrants, people experiencing
to our community’s needs, aligning our giving with our values, inviting our donors
housing insecurity or homelessness, people with disabilities, public assistance
to join us in our strategic philanthropy, using our dollars and our voice to speak
recipients and older adults. Our dollars shored up services for basic needs,
up about important issues—these are all approaches we leaned into last year that
mental and behavioral health, back-to-work and job-loss support and virtual
will be sustained in our ongoing work. We are honored to have you as a partner
programming. We continue to foster our ability to leverage policy and
in these efforts, now and for many years to come.
advocacy work in pursuit of our mission, endorsing and financially supporting the passage of several ballot measures that will help our community in the immediate aftermath of COVID-19 and for decades to come. Amid this work, national tragedies focused long-overdue attention on structural racism within our community. Building on our historic commitments and
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aligned with our values, Rose Community Foundation and our donors made
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grants to Black-led, Black-serving grassroots organizations working to address 1
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to emerging community needs
ADDRESSING basic needs Early in the pandemic, Jewish Family Service of Colorado (JFS) quickly and effectively transformed its programs and services. JFS’s nimble pivot positioned the nonprofit to address an increased demand for services through its food pantry, meal delivery, mental health services and emergency financial assistance, and to adapt and grow its services as needs and opportunities evolved throughout the year. “From the moment COVID-19 hit our region, we rushed to support those most affected by the virus’s impacts – older adults, medically vulnerable individuals and people experiencing food or housing insecurity,” shares Linda P. Foster, JFS’s president and CEO. “As with Rose Community Foundation, JFS’s guiding Jewish values have compelled us to support those furthest from opportunity, within both the Jewish and broader community, throughout the pandemic’s many phases.”
SUPPORTING a diverse nonprofit ecosystem The general operating funding provided by Rose Community Foundation allowed us to maintain our organizational infrastructure and respond quickly and flexibly to emerging situations related to COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate crimes. - Harry Budisidharta, Asian Pacific Development Center
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When organizations led-by and/or serving communities of color receive sufficient funding, they excel. Yet, there is a long history of these groups being excluded from and discriminated against by traditional financial institutions. To counter disparities in access to capital and to preserve vital services delivered to communities by local nonprofits during and after the pandemic, Rose Community Foundation partnered with The Denver Foundation and Community First Foundation to launch the Metro Denver Nonprofit Loan Fund. The Fund provides technical assistance and no-interest loans to BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving nonprofits, helping span gaps and timing issues in the flow of nonprofit revenue and providing organizations with low-risk experience managing debt and developing credit worthiness. The Fund is one of many mechanisms the Foundation is utilizing to ensure that the most affected communities do not just recover from the COVID-19 crisis, but thrive.
LEFT CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Jewish
Family Service food distribution site; Red Rocks Community College student; Kavod Senior Life resident
BELOW CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Black Child
Development Institute; Gateway Domestic Violence Services; Project VOYCE
INCREASING support for women In response to the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women – especially women of color and low-income women and mothers – many local nonprofits developed or increased critical supports. The Delores Project, which provides inclusive shelter and supportive services for unaccompanied women and transgender individuals experiencing homelessness, transitioned to a 24/7 housing-focused shelter and expanded case management and behavioral health services for its guests. Understanding that the pandemic’s stay-at-home orders were not safe for everyone, Gateway Domestic Violence Services developed a robust, free teletherapy program and worked closely with clients to find affordable sheltering options throughout the region, while Latina SafeHouse added a bilingual crisis line and offered culturally sensitive and inclusive health and financial services for Latinx domestic violence survivors. All three organizations saw the need for services increase dramatically in 2020, and each impressively answered the call with urgency and empathy.
An EVOLVING philanthropic approach Just as Rose Community Foundation shifted our grantmaking strategy to address urgent gaps created or exacerbated by the pandemic, many of the Foundation’s donor-advised fund (DAF) holders reoriented their own philanthropic approaches to prioritize funding basic-needs supports for those furthest from opportunity. “Traditionally, our family has directed much of our giving toward nourishing and sustaining cultural and spiritual life in the Greater Denver region,” share mother-and-daughter DAF holders Irit and Dana Waldbaum. “This past year, however, we felt compelled to broaden our giving. Our priority at this moment has to be doing all we can to help people survive.” The Waldbaums were not alone in supporting basic needs in 2020; Foundation donors gave more to health and food-access efforts than any other issue areas, and 25 percent of total DAF giving was specifically earmarked for COVID-19 response.
AMPLIFYING community voices for racial equity 2020’s converging crises cast into stark relief the fault lines in America’s systems, revealing and exacerbating the consequences of centuries of inequitable policies and practices. Over the summer, four local Black leaders in the racial justice space, each of whom runs a nonprofit that the Foundation has funded, participated in a web briefing for Foundation donors about how to cultivate more racially just systems in health, education, workforce development and criminal justice. The panelists were Deidre Johnson of the Center for African American Health, Hassan A. Latif of Second Chance Center, Sade Cooper of Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities, and Wisdom Amouzou of Empower Community High School. Each speaker identified emerging and long-standing systemic issues facing the local Black community and advocated for community-driven solutions that lift up and empower people.
The Waldbaum family
This experience with the pandemic and these protests is affecting people who aren’t used to feeling uncomfortable. But that has been Black folks’ lives forever; it’s ingrained in our DNA. My hope is that people who are experiencing discomfort for the first time will have greater empathy for, and act on behalf of, historically oppressed communities. - Hassan A. Latif, Second Chance Center 3
addressing
systemic challenges
ADVOCATING for our community As the Greater Denver region has grown and prospered, long-standing challenges and disparities have intensified, with community needs increasingly outpacing existing charitable and government resources. Philanthropy alone cannot address the funding gaps or structural barriers that impede equity for all communities; public policy and advocacy is therefore a critical lever and a space in which Rose Community Foundation orange is committed to engaging. r a b e id S Leading up to the November election, the Foundation endorsed and helped fund campaigns for several successful statewide and local ballot measures. Issues we supported ranged from homelessness mitigation and fiscal reform to women’s health equity and climate justice. Our position on each proposal was rooted in our organizational values, aligned with our grantmaking history, and guided by our equity-oriented mission. The measures will help unlock substantial resources for our region and improve outcomes for those furthest from opportunity.
Marchers walk on Colfax Avenue in June 2020 (Kevin Beaty for Denverite)
INVESTING in racial justice In response to long-standing structural inequities and emerging opportunities to create more racially just systems, Rose Community Foundation invested in nonprofits advancing racial justice and equity. The organizations work at the intersection of racial equity and a range of other issue areas, from economic and educational opportunity to health access and environmental justice. They also embody a variety of approaches to combating systemic racism; some specialize in program- or service-delivery, while others focus on policy, advocacy and community organizing. “We each tackle issues facing the Black community from different angles, but we have a shared commitment to advancing the well-being of our community,” says Jicelyn Johnson, founder and Chief Visionary Officer of The Black Business Initiative, a nonprofit working to grow the Black economy and close the wealth gap through mentorship, investment and policy. “We are hopeful that the tragedies and challenges of 2020 may be catalyzing in creating real change to advance racial justice,” adds Chet W. Sisk, co-founder and board member at Co-Lead International, whose Climate Strong Initiative brings together BIPOC community entrepreneurs in efforts to mitigate climate change’s impacts on local low-income communities. The racial justice cohort grants build upon additional investments also made in 2020 to advance economic inclusion and mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 in communities of color. 4
2020 RACIAL JUSTICE COHORT - be well Health and Wellness Initiative via The Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities - Black Business Initiative via Trailhead Institute - Black Child Development Institute - Climate Strong Initiative via Co-Lead International - Colorado Black Women for Political Action via Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund - Colorado People’s Alliance - The Kaleidoscope Project - Montbello Organizing Committee - Project VOYCE - Reimagine Policing and Public Safety Task Force via Center for Trauma & Resilience - Righteous Rage Institute for Social Justice via Breaking our Chains - Sistahbiz via Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship - The Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado - Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism
FOSTERING a culture of learning The value of learning was instilled in Adrianna Abarca at a young age. Her father was an immigrant from Mexico and her mother grew up in an orphanage in north Denver. They reveled in reading, visiting museums and traveling, and were eager to introduce Adrianna and her siblings to new cultures and perspectives. Now, as a donor-advised fundholder at Rose Community Foundation and the founder and board chair of the Latino Cultural Arts Center (LCAC), Adrianna is committed to cultivating new pathways for young people to learn, grow and express themselves. “LCAC is all about education,” Adrianna explains. “And not just education to compete in the workforce, but education that gives youth a strong sense of self and inspires them to be intellectually curious and culturally competent.” Among its many projects, LCAC is building libraries dedicated to Latin American arts and culture and is developing a 14,000-square-foot visual arts space for community members of all ages and skill levels. Adrianna’s focus on supporting the next generation is a natural extension of her family’s philanthropic approach. “My parents demonstrated that philanthropy means taking care of those around you,” she shares. “Growing up during the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, we were taught to give back whatever we could to community. Now that I’ve experienced success, I’m committed to lifting my community up with me.”
Adrianna Abarca
Waldbaum Berger family
ENSURING an accurate Census count The 2020 Census was the most challenging to date. Census counts determine how much federal resources and political representation states receive; however, decreased funding, lack of trust in government and the COVID-19 pandemic created significant barriers to ensuring all Coloradans were accurately and fairly counted. Despite these impediments, Together We Count (TWC), an organization dedicated to census outreach in hard-to-count communities, led the most extensive census outreach campaign in Colorado history. It also resulted in better representation for Colorado communities through a new congressional seat. “Rose Community Foundation’s fiscal sponsorship empowered us to construct a once-in-a-decade program that was able to quickly pivot in a census that was challenged by political agendas, a pandemic and a timeline that changed, literally, overnight,” share TWC co-founders, Rosemary Rodriguez and Gillian Winbourn. “Together, we made history.”
FROM LEFT: Archway Housing and Services; ECDC African Community Center | ABOVE: Rosemary Rodriguez of Together We Count | ABOVE RIGHT: Black Child Development Institute
Our family has been honored to partner with the Foundation for the past few years and were even more so this past year, when Rose was among the leaders addressing the needs in the broader community. - Elise Barish, donor-advised fundholder 5
sustaining
and nourishing community
STRENGTHENING Jewish organizations In addition to making grants to Jewish organizations, Rose Community Foundation supported the local Jewish nonprofit ecosystem’s response to the pandemic through cohort-based learning opportunities. The Foundation hosted a series of virtual workshops for clusters of Jewish nonprofit professionals, giving organizational leaders the chance to learn from subject matter experts and share best practices and lessons learned with one another. Training topics ranged from pivoting to virtual fundraising to measuring organizational impact. “These workshops were exceptionally insightful and helpful,” shares Julia Epel Sherry, board president of Jewish National Fund’s Mountain States chapter. “The focus on adapting to virtual work was a major guiding force behind our work in 2020.” As local Jewish nonprofits look to recover and stabilize from the pandemic’s impacts in 2021, Rose Community Foundation will continue to offer learning and organizational development opportunities.
I donated to the R.E.S.P.O.N.D. Fund because I could think of no better organization to quickly and equitably support those most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis in the Denver area. - Sara Goldstein, Rose Youth Foundation alum
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ALIGNING resources to maximize impact
LEFT: Workshop for Jewish organizations ABOVE: Shalom Park nursing home
Our collective philanthropic reach is increased when we leverage our shared resources in support of community. In 2020, Rose Community Foundation invited donors to join us in our grantmaking like never before – and they responded enthusiastically. First, the Foundation created three pooled funds – the COVID-19 R.E.S.P.O.N.D. Fund, the Community Action Fund for Racial Justice and the Fund for Jewish Nonprofit Resiliency – and encouraged donors to join in our equity-oriented grantmaking. In less than a year, 103 donors contributed nearly $900,000 to the three funds, amplifying the Foundation’s grantmaking reach and impact. Additionally, for the first time in our history, the Foundation created an opportunity for donor-advised fundholders to review curated portfolios of COVID-19 mitigation grant application summaries, culled from the Foundation’s broad applicant pool. Stephanie Stein and her family – father Ken Hankin and sister Jennifer Hankin – utilized the aligned-funding opportunity to support Colfax Community Network, an Aurora-based program that connects low-income families to resources for housing, education and career development. “The co-funding opportunity is exactly why we decided to partner with Rose,” she shares. “The Foundation already has the community partnerships and is attuned to community needs, which allowed our family to target effective organizations whose work reflects our values.”
CULTIVATING informed communities Equitable access to information is vital to cultivating informed communities, but too often communities of color have limited access to local news that addresses their critical information needs. At the start of the pandemic, Colorado Media Project (CMP) – an organization working to strengthen Colorado’s local news ecosystem under the fiscal sponsorship of Rose Community Foundation – recognized that potentially lifesaving news and information was not reaching the state’s non-English speaking and BIPOC communities. CMP launched the “COVID-19 Informed Communities Fund” to ensure that more local news about the COVID-19 public health crisis and the economic recovery reaches the state’s diverse communities. The Fund actively supported local newsrooms and community groups across Colorado and will continue to be a critical component of an equitable pandemic response and recovery.
INVESTING early in the Jewish community Early childhood education (ECE) center budgets were stretched thin in 2020 due to decreased enrollment, increased staffing requirements and the cost of personal protective equipment. In addition, center closures and subsequent refunds for families resulted in significant revenue losses. To support the Jewish ECE ecosystem, which plays an important role in providing highquality early childhood education and connecting families to the broader Jewish community, Rose Community Foundation invested in support for 11 local Jewish ECE centers. The grant provided short-term financial stabilization to each organization and funded pilot outdoor classrooms, learning pods for families not ready to return to ECE centers, and flexible contract staff available to substitute. “These Jewish ECE centers are essential – for children, for parents, for educators, for the organizations at which they’re housed and for the entire Denver/Boulder Jewish community,” expresses Kelli Pfaff, project director at The Efshar Project, which works on behalf of the ECE centers that received funding. “There is no better investment for nourishing and sustaining Jewish life in our community than supporting our region’s Jewish children and families and the institutions that serve them.” FROM TOP LEFT: Maisha Fields, nurse practitioner and member of the Colorado Vaccine Equity Taskforce; The Efshar Project | FROM TOP RIGHT: AAPI solidarity walk in March 2021; mask distribution at Tri-State Buddhist Temple
COMBATING hate and supporting community From the onset of COVID-19, the state’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have been subjected to increased rates of hate crimes and harassment, worsening the pandemic’s already significant health and economic impacts. Asian Pacific Development Center (APDC), an Aurora-based nonprofit that serves and supports immigrant and refugee communities, joined forces with the Asian Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network and Colorado Dragon Boat to lead a multi-faceted response to the pandemic’s effects on AAPI individuals. The coalition of community-based organizations partnered to organize multi-lingual messaging campaigns about COVID-19 resources, coordinate with government agencies and law enforcement to combat hate crimes, and lead efforts to support AAPI businesses that struggled due to COVID-related closures and discrimination. Throughout an unusually challenging year, these groups supported and celebrated the strength and vibrancy of our region’s AAPI community. 7
grantees In 2020, Rose Community Foundation dedicated the bulk of our grantmaking resources toward a multi-phased, equity-focused response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the Foundation made significant investments in organizations advancing racial justice and equity and increased our longstanding responsive grant support to local Jewish nonprofits. As the Foundation began operationalizing our new strategic plan, we also made proactive transition grants to longstanding grantees.
The Center on Colfax Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores Centro San Juan Diego Chabad Jewish Center of South Metro Denver Chalkbeat Cherry Creek Schools Foundation
PROGRAMMATIC GRANTMAKING
513 grants
Children's Haven Child Care Center Clayton Early Learning Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$12.9 MILLION
70 organizations were new grantees of Rose Community Foundation
Climate Strong Initiative, Co-Lead International ✱ Climb Higher Colorado Coal Creek Meals on Wheels Colfax Community Network Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities, Inc. Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care
Emergency Family Assistance Association
Colorado Ballet Aurora Warms the Night
Bridge to Justice
Colorado Bar Association Continuing Legal Education
Bal Swan Children's Center
Bright by Text
BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy ✱
Broomfield Early Childhood Council
Colorado Black Women for Political Action, Colorado Black Women Endowment Fund
Beacon Network Schools
Brother Jeff's Cultural Center
The Bell Policy Center
Brothers Redevelopment, Inc.
Benefits in Action ✱
Butler Institute for Families, University of Denver
Beth Jacob High School
Carne y Arena ✱
B.I.O.N.I.C. Team ✱
Casa de Paz
Black Business Initiative ✱
Catholic Charities Immigration Services of Denver ✱
BMH-BJ Congregation
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo
Archway Housing & Services, Inc.
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, Rocky Mountain Region
Center for African American Health
Arts & Culture Emergency Relief Fund, The Denver Foundation
B'nai Havurah – Denver Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Arvada Center
Boomers Leading Change ✱
Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado
Boulder County Area Agency on Aging
Aurora Public Schools Foundation
Boulder Jewish Community Center
2020 Fire Relief Fund, Community Foundation Boulder County A Precious Child Ability Connection Colorado Adams County Emergency Food Bank Adams County School District 14 Adams County Youth Initiative African Leadership Group
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Aging Resources of Douglas County Almost Home Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region
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Center for Community Wealth Building ✱ Center for Employment Opportunities Center for Health Progress Center for People with Disabilities The Center for Trauma & Resilience Center for Work Education and Employment
Colorado CarShare Colorado Center on Law and Policy Colorado Children's Campaign Colorado Circles for Change Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Colorado Community College System Foundation Colorado Community Health Network Colorado Consumer Health Initiative Colorado COVID Relief Fund, Mile High United Way Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing The Colorado Education Initiative Colorado Gerontological Society Colorado Health Institute
Colorado Hebrew Chorale
Denver Green School Northfield
Family Tree
Colorado Media Project ✱ ✱
Denver Health & Hospitals Foundation
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado
Colorado Mental Wellness Network
Denver Indian Center
Food Bank of the Rockies
Colorado Nonprofit Association
Denver Indian Family Resource Center
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
Denver Indian Health and Family Services, Inc.
The Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities
Colorado People's Alliance
Denver Jewish Day School
Colorado Restaurant Association Education Fund
Denver Kids, Inc.
Colorado Safety Net Collaborative ✱
Denver Metro Emergency Food Network ✱
Colorado Succeeds
Denver NCSY
Colorado Symphony Association
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
Colorado Youth Congress
Denver Public Schools Foundation
Colorado Youth for a Change
Denver Regional Council of Governments
Community Action Development Corporation
Denver Rescue Mission
Community College of Aurora
Denver Urban Debate League
Community College of Denver Foundation
Denver Urban Gardens
Community Resource Center
Downtown Denver Partnership
Community Shares of Colorado
Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance
Congregation Beth Evergreen
Early Childhood Council of Boulder County
Congregation Bonai Shalom
Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County
Congregation Har HaShem
Early Excellence Program of Denver
Congregation Nevei Kodesh
Early Milestones Colorado
Congregation Rodef Shalom
ECDC African Community Center of Denver
COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project ✱
The Efshar Project ✱
COVID-19 Jewish Community Response Fund, JEWISHcolorado
Ekar Farm
COVIDCheck Colorado ✱ Craig Hospital Foundation CU Boulder Hillel Foundation DAT Minyan The Delores Project Denver Academy of Torah Denver Asset Building Coalition
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El Centro Amistad Emergency Family Assistance Association Emily Griffith Foundation Emily Griffith Technical College Engaged Latino Parents Advancing Student Outcomes Envision:You ✱ Every Child Pediatrics
Denver Food Rescue
Family Resource Center Association - Aurora Community Connection - Denver Indian Center - Families Forward Resource Center - Focus Points Family Resource Center - Mountain Resource Center - Sister Carmen Community Center
Denver Green School
Family Star
Denver Center for the Performing Arts Denver Children's Advocacy Center Denver Community Kollel Denver Early Childhood Council
Friends of the Haven FrontLine Farming ✱ Ganeinu Gateway Domestic Violence Services The Gathering Place Generation Teach Great Education Colorado Grief Support Network
ROOTED IN OUR JEWISH LEGACY, Rose
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Community Foundation and many of our donors are committed to grantmaking in support of the region’s diverse Jewish communities. In 2020:
Growing Gardens of Boulder County Growing Home Guided by Humanity Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Hebrew Educational Alliance Help & Hope Center Hillel Academy of Denver
$3
Hillel of Colorado Honeymoon Israel Hope Center Hope Communities
$744
THOUSAND in donor-advised fund grantmaking to Jewish organizations
$125
THOUSAND in Live On | LIFE & LEGACY™ incentive grants
Hunger Free Colorado Illuminate Colorado Imagine! Immunize Colorado Inner City Health Center The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Denver Invest in Kids JCC Mizel Arts & Culture Center
MILLION in Jewish Life program grantmaking
$14
THOUSAND in matching gifts from Foundation trustees, staff and committee members to Jewish organizations
Jeffco Eats The Jewish Experience Jewish Family Service of Colorado Jewish Life Center
ABOVE: Jewish Family Service
Lunchbox Express program
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grants & distributions
Programmatic Grants by Issue Area
Donor-Advised Fund Grants by Issue Area
$12.9 MILLION
$4.9 MILLION
ISSUE AREA
+
10
Arts & Culture
Education
Homelessness & Housing
Children & Youth Development
Food Access & Basic Needs
Jewish Community
Civic Engagement, Media & Policy
General Community Support
Social Justice & Equity
Economic Opportunity
Health & Mental Health
Other +
Grantmaking in Response to COVID-19 $9.1 MILLION
Programmatic Grants
$ 7.9 million
Donor-Advised Fund Grants
$ 1.2 million
Animals, Disabilities & Special Needs, Domestic Violence & Violence Prevention, Environment & Conservation, Internationals & Other Faith or Spirituality
FROM LEFT: Endale Getahun with KETO 93.9 FM, a Colorado Media Project grantee; Denver Rescue Mission | ABOVE: Dr. Sandhya Ayyar and her father at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic
2020 grantees continued
JEWISHcolorado
Montbello Organizing Committee
JTown
Moonshot edVentures
Judaism Your Way
Motus Theater
Kabbalah Experience
Moving Traditions
KAHAL: Your Jewish Home Abroad
mpowered
The Kaleidoscope Project
Multicultural Mosaic Foundation
Kavod Senior Life
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Denver Branch
Kids First Health Care Kids in Need of Dentistry The Kings Counsel ✱ Laradon Latina SafeHouse Initiative Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Left Behind Workers Fund, Impact Charitable Longmont Meals on Wheels Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains Maiker Housing Partners Mapleton Education Foundation Maria Droste Counseling Center The Master's Apprentice Meals on Wheels of Boulder
National Black Child Development Institute, Denver Affiliate National Council of Jewish Women, Colorado Section National Jewish Health New Horizons Preschool Nourish Meals on Wheels Office of the Governor, State of Colorado One Colorado Education Fund OneTable Opera Colorado Opportunity Youth Initiative ✱ OUR Center Padres & Jóvenes Unidos
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains
Parent Possible - Jeffco Public Schools - Metropolitan State University of Denver, Parents as Teachers - Roots Family Center - Shiloh House
Merkaz Torah V'Chesed
Park Hill Collective Impact
Metro Caring
Philanthropy Colorado
Metro Denver Nonprofit Loan Fund, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Immigrant Services ✱
Project PAVE
Meg Foundation Mental Health Center of Denver Mental Health Colorado
Project Angel Heart
Mi Casa Resource Center
Project VOYCE
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
Project Worthmore
Mile High Behavioral Healthcare
Prosper Colorado, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Mile High Early Learning
Public Education & Business Coalition
Mile High Health Alliance ✱
Ramah in the Rockies
Mile High Ministries
The Reciprocity Collective
Mile High United Way
Red Rocks Community College Foundation
Moishe House
Reimagine Policing and Public Safety Task Force, Center for Trauma & Resilience Righteous Rage Institute for Social Justice, Breaking Our Chains RISE Colorado Rocky Mountain Arts Association Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and Beck Archives
Teach Plus Temple Emanuel Temple Sinai Tennyson Center for Children Tepeyac Community Health Center There With Care Thrive-Transformation at Work TLC Learning Center Together Colorado
Rose Andom Center
Transform Education Now ✱
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
University of Colorado, Child Learning Center
Salud Family Health Centers
University of Colorado, James and Diane Shneer Endowed Fellowship Fund
School District 12 Education Foundation Second Chance Center SECORCares The Senior Hub Senior Support Services, Inc. Seniors’ Resource Center Sewall Child Development Center Shalom Park Sheridan School District Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal Church Shwayder Camp ✱ Sistahbiz, Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship Sister Carmen Community Center Soul 2 Soul Sisters Spark the Change Colorado The Spirituals Project, University of Denver Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning St. Francis Center Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center Step Denver Street Fraternity
University of Colorado, Pregnancy and Parenting Partners (P3) University of Denver Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado Urban Peak Via Mobility Services Village Exchange Center Violence Free Colorado ViVe Volunteers of America Warren Village We Don't Waste Wee Cycle Western Center for Russian Jewry Westminster Public Schools Foundation Women & Families of Colorado Relief Fund, Women's Foundation of Colorado Wonderbound Work Options for Women WorkLife Partnership YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
Struggle of Love Foundation
Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism
Su Teatro Cultural & Performing Arts Center
YWCA Boulder County
Swallow Hill Music Association
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Teach.org
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donor-advised & designated funds Rose Community Foundation works with individuals and families to support the causes they care about most. In 2020, our fundholder giving increased tremendously in response to the converging crises facing our region and country.
DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS
$4.9 million
937
112
86%
in total grantmaking
total funds including 10 new funds
grants distributed
of all donor-advised funds made grants
FROM TOP: Village Exchange Center; Black Business Initiative; The Delores Project
25%
of all donor-advised fund giving was COVID-19 response
24%
2020
of giving supported Jewish organizations
76%
of giving was to organizations located in the seven-county Greater Denver region
Giving as a family was a special way for us to connect during an otherwise scary year. Even though we were physically apart, supporting our community gave us something to be hopeful about. - Yael Trainer, donor-advised fundholder
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Drinkwater Shneer Family Fund
Alan and Leslie Levine Family Fund
Richard B. Tucker Family Fund
Tracy Dunning & Eric Sondermann Family Fund
Marc Levine Philanthropic Fund
The Vanderburg Family Fund
Eder-Adler Fund
Steven and Diane Levine Family Fund
Wald and Weiser Fund
The Ellie Fund
J. Leonard and Myra B. Levy Fund
The Waldbaum Family Fund
Erev Banot Fund
Lightning Bug
The WaterBlum Fund
The Ferris Fund
Lion Heritage Fund
WE4Smith Foundation
Firefly Fund
The Mally Fund
The Jerry and Nancy Weil Family Fund
A & A Abarca Fund
Fischborn Fund
Mayer Selig Philanthropic Fund
The WeiZan Family Fund
The Enid M. and Mark J. Ablowitz Philanthropy Fund
Stephanie Foote Enterprise Fund
The Micah Fund
Welsch Farber Family Fund
M & S Alexander Family Charity Fund
The Fund for Early Childhood
Sue Miller Transitions Fund
The Wherewithal Fund
The Anchor Fund
Charles and Anne Garcia Fund
Susie and Perry Moss Family Fund
Wilkinson Family Fund
A-P Family Fund
Tom and Margie Gart Family Fund
Over the Rainbow Fund
Williamson Family Fund
Atler Family Fund
The J. Glick Donor-Advised Fund
Papa Marv Fund
Carolyn and Dave Wollard Donor-Advised Fund
August 23 Fund
GoFish Fund
Jordon and Essie Perlmutter Charitable Fund
The Wolman Family Fund
The B6 Fund
Golden Hands Fund
The Pollock Family Fund
Xorak Fund
The Bay Philanthropic Fund (RCF)
The Gootys Fund
Pollock/Gorden Donor-Advised Fund
The Bender Family Fund
Grandwine Fund
Kami and Neil Pomerantz Charitable Fund
Benenson Family Fund
Gerald and Lorna Gray Family Fund
JHJ Posner Family Fund
Bernie Buck$ Fund
Renee and Martin Gross Family Foundation
RCG Fund
The BLTS Fund
The Hankin Family Charitable Fund
Ready Foods Fund
David and Zita Bram Family Charitable Fund
The Henry Family
RLC Foundation
A. Barry and Arlene F. Hirschfeld Family Fund
The RLMF Donor-Advised Fund
Ibex
Lisa and John Robinson Family Fund
Donna Bryson and Fredrick Glick Family Charitable Fund
Jahon Family Fund
Marcia and Richard L. Robinson Family Fund
Bugdanowitz Family Fund
Jewish Women's Fund of Colorado
Rose Women's Organization Donor-Advised Fund
The Button Stores Philanthropy Fund
Larry and Helayne Jones Family Fund
SEO Oxman Charitable Fund
Chatfield Family Charitable Fund
Keith Family Fund
Seserman Family Fund
The Cohen Family Fund
Kikumoto Family Fund
The Shmerling Family Fund
Lisa and Rich Cohn Family Fund
Klondike Fund
Marvin and Harriet Shogan Family Fund
Community Builders Fund
David and Judy Koff Family Fund
Stephen H. Shogan Philanthropic Leadership Fund
Community Fund for Intergenerational and Senior Programming
The Korff Family Fund
Judith and Martin Shore Donor-Advised Fund
Richard K. Kornfeld/Julie A. Malek Family Fund
Silvers Refuah Shlema Fund
Mark Cordova Family Fund
Kortz Family Fund
Smith Family Rose Foundation Fund
The Corley Family Fund
L & M Charitable Fund
Allan and Helena Striker Donor-Advised Fund
Mary Gittings Cronin Fund
Ladis Family Fund
Gary and Lin Sunshine
David J. and Vicki Perlmutter Dansky Fund
Lanig Family Fund
The Thorpe Family Fund
Barbara Mellman Davis Fund
The Lanig Fund
Zahn Vance Thorpe Fund
Deer Dancer Impact Fund
Leaffer Family Charitable Fund
Michael & Pegi Touff Donor Advised Fund
DiBella Family Fund
Leevers Family Foundation
Black Child Development Institute
David and Zita Bram Family Fund for the Sons of Israel Cemetery in Colorado Springs
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nonprofit endowed & designated funds Rose Community Foundation helps nonprofit organizations design successful endowment programs and cultivate them over time. We offer coaching on all aspects of an endowment campaign, from donor solicitation and stewardship to growing the fund through future planned gifts. These endowment and designated funds help to ensure that vital nonprofits will continue to thrive well into the future.
NONPROFIT ENDOWED AND DESIGNATED FUNDS
FUND DISTRIBUTIONS IN 2020
125 funds
$1.3 million
for 64 organizations
in endowed fund distributions
16 new funds
54%
in 2020
$1.7 million
in contributions to nonprofit endowed and designated funds
of endowed funds took a distribution
$140 thousand in designated fund distributions
AJC Colorado Legacy Endowment Fund The Alexander Foundation Endowment Fund Allied Jewish Apartments Endowment ◆ ADL Mountain States ◆ - ADL Regional Director Restricted Fund - Anti-Defamation League New Century Endowment Fund - Atheneus Humanities Fund for the Anti-Defamation League - Barbara and Norman Gray Fund Anchor Center Endowment Art Students League of Denver ◆◆ Ascend Performing Arts ◆◆ - Fae Tourtel Endowment Fund ◆◆ The Blue Bench ◆◆ - The Blue Bench Endowment Fund - The Blue Bench Fund The Boulder Jewish Community Center ◆ - Ablowitz Early Childhood Education Fund - The Boulder Jewish Community Center Endowment Fund - The Early Childhood Center and Camp Program Endowment Fund - Ilona Irene Rosenschein Holocaust Education Fund BMH-BJ Congregation ◆ B'nai Havurah Endowment Fund ◆ Boulder Jewish Community Foundation Endowment Fund Brent’s Place ◆◆ - Brent's Place Legacy Fund - Nair Family Fund Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver - Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver Endowment Fund - The Holocaust Awareness Institute Fund - The Dr. Irwin E. Vinnik Fellowship Supplementary Fund - Rabbi Dr. Stanley M. Wagner Community Cultural Fund CIRC-Unity Fund ◆◆ Colorado Agency for Jewish Education Colorado Ballet Endowment Fund ◆◆
FROM LEFT: Project VOYCE;
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Red Rocks Community College
Colorado Nonprofit Association Designated Fund
Congregation Beth Evergreen ◆ - Congregation Beth Evergreen Endowment Fund - Ellen Diesenhof Educational Endowment Fund Denver Academy of Torah ◆ - Denver Academy of Torah Endowment Fund - Englard Fund - Makovsky Fund - MGB Foundation Fund - Obby Shames Fund Denver Film Society ◆◆ Denver Jewish Day School ◆ - Auerbach Family Children's Fund - Denver Jewish Day School Endowment Fund - Jack Robinson Memorial Scholarship Fund - Rose Medical Center Sports and Fitness Endowment Fund - Charles and Louise Rosenbaum Scholarship Fund Denver Public Schools Foundation ◆ ◆ - Denver Public Schools Foundation Endowment Fund - Every Child Succeeds Fund for Denver Public Schools Denver Scholarship Foundation Endowment Fund ◆ ◆ First Baptist Church of Denver Fund Dorotha Hogue Endowment Fund benefiting Florence Crittenton Services ◆ ◆ Girl Scouts of Colorado - The Rae Ann and Richard Dougherty Look Wider International Travel Fund for Girl Scouts of Colorado - Endowment for Denver Metro Outreach – CenturyLink - Stephanie A. Foote Leadership Prize Endowment Fund - Girl Scouts of Colorado Board Designated Fund - GSCO Endowment for Capital Replacement - GSCO Jorgensen Endowment - Mary Jo Jacobs, M.D Memorial Girl Scout Adventure Fund - Doris M Knudsen Sterling Endowment Fund for Girl Scouts of Colorado - MMR Capital - MMR Capital - Zip Line - MP Camp Operating Fund - Zonta Endowment for Denver Metro Outreach
Rise Above Colorado ◆◆ - Rise Above Colorado Designated Fund - Rise Above Colorado Endowment Fund
Growing Home ◆◆ Hillel of Colorado - Hillel of Colorado Endowment Fund - Hillel Political Education Fund - Raphael Levy Program Endowment - Annie Rosen Fund - Schayer Leadership Fund - Siegel Endowment Fund
RMIAN Endowment Fund ◆◆ Rose Andom Center ◆◆ Rose Youth Foundation Endowment Fund ◆◆ Save Our Youth ◆◆
Jewish Community Center of Denver ◆ - Rosyne Gardenswartz Memorial Fund - The JAAMM FEST Endowment Fund - The Harold Lane Memorial Fund - Dena and Charlie Miller Theatre Fund - Rose Medical Center Fund - Jerry Spitz Memorial Education Fund - Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Endowment Fund - Wolf Theatre Academy Fund Jeffco Library Foundation Endowment ◆◆ Jewish Family Service of Colorado Endowment ◆ Judaism Your Way ◆ Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Endowment ◆◆ L'dor Vador Circle, Aspen Jewish Congregation Lighthouse Writers Fund ◆◆ The Logan School Endowment Fund ◆◆ Mending Faces ◆◆ - Mending Faces Designated Fund - Mending Faces Endowment Fund
Mikvah of East Denver Fund
Summit Huts Association ◆◆ - Francie's Cabin Endowment Fund - Janet's Cabin Endowment Fund - Sisters Cabin Designated Fund - Sisters Cabin Endowment Fund Temple Emanuel ◆ - Congregation Emanuel Fund - Temple Emanuel Fund Temple Micah ◆ - Temple Micah Designated Fund - Temple Micah Endowment Fund
Violence Free Colorado ◆◆ - Violence Free Colorado Designated Fund - Violence Free Colorado Endowment Fund Warren Village ◆◆ Yeshiva Toras Chaim Endowment Fund ◆
Mizel Museum The Montessori School of Washington Park Endowment ◆◆ ◆◆
Parent Possible Endowment ◆◆ Posner Center for International Development ◆◆ Project PAVE ◆◆ - Project PAVE Designated Fund - Project PAVE Endowment Fund
The Spirituals Project Endowment Fund
Third Way Center Endowment Fund ◆◆
Mesa Verde Foundation Operating Endowment ◆◆
Colorado People's Alliance
Shalom Park ◆ - Shalom Park Endowment Fund - Milton and Lillian Toltz Staff Appreciation Fund
Temple Sinai Endowment Fund ◆
Mental Health Colorado Jeanne M. Rohner Endowment Fund ◆◆
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Sewall Child Development Center ◆◆ - Sewall Child Development Center Endowment Fund - Sewall Child Development Center Teacher Fund
YESS Institute ◆◆ Nathan Yip Foundation ◆◆ - Nathan Yip Foundation Designated Projects Fund - Nathan Yip Foundation Endowment Fund - NYF Guang Yu Restricted Fund ◆
Participates in Live On | LIFE & LEGACY
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Uncertainty was a common denominator for many of us last year and it was incredibly reassuring to have the stability and flexibility that the Rose Community Foundation team provided us in managing our endowment. It allowed us to focus on our top priority — creating opportunities that our students might not have otherwise. - Verónica Figoli, Denver Public Schools Foundation
Participated in the Nonprofit Endowment Cohort
RedLine Endowment Fund ◆◆ 15
initiatives & field of interest funds These funds allow donors to support specific causes or fiscally sponsored initiatives of the Foundation.
COVID-19 R.E.S.P.O.N.D. Fund Early Childhood Mental Health Fund Early Childhood Workforce Innovation Grantmaking Effort Fund Ednium Education Technology Mini Grant Fund Friends of Colorado Student Leaders Institute (COSLI) Fund for Jewish Nonprofit Resiliency
I am inspired by the words of the Talmud: ‘Every man should plant a tree, have a child and write a book. These all live on after us.’ I want to leave the world a better place than I found it, and the legacy gift is my version of planting a tree. It’s something that will help people even when I’m gone. - Dr. William Silvers, donor-advised fundholder and Legacy Circle member
The General Rose Statue Fund Jewish Life Field of Interest Fund Sheila Bugdanowitz Leadership Development Award Fund
Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Initiative LAUNCH Together
Changing the Narrative
LinkAGES Fund
Changing the Narrative Justice in Aging
Live On | Life & Legacy™
Colorado Child Health Foundation Restricted Fund
MazelTogether
Colorado Education Organizing Funders Collaborative
Policy and Advocacy Field of Interest Fund
Metro Denver Nonprofit Loan Fund
Colorado Friends Fund of the Harvard Women's Studies in Religion Program
Roots & Branches Foundation
Colorado Media Project
Rose Youth Foundation
Community Action Fund | Racial Justice
Together We Count
Rose - JCC Holdings LLC
Constellation Philanthropy Fund
FROM LEFT: Immigrant and Refugee Center of Northern Colorado, a Colorado Media Project grantee; Make a Chess Move
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rose community foundation
legacy circle
The Legacy Circle honors those who have generously provided for gifts to and through Rose Community Foundation in their estate plans.
Laure and Scott Levin
Melinda Quiat
Diane and Steven Levine
Roberta and Gerald ° Quiat
Marc P. Levine
Henry Rasof
Ann and William Levis
Lisa and John Robinson
Myra Levy °
Marcia and Richard Robinson
Norman Levy °
Susan and Eddie Robinson
Suzann and John Love
Mona J. Rosenberg
Evi and Evan Makovsky
Nichole E. Scott
Enid M. and and Mark J. Ablowitz
Marjorie and Thomas Gart
Julie Malek and Rick Kornfeld
Sheryl and Milroy Alexander
Shannon Gifford and Jerrold L. Glick
Miriam Sherman °
Miriam Mazel and Mark Hockenberg
Debbie and Dr. Jim Shmerling
Judy Altenberg
Katherine Gold
The Shogan Family
Marilyn Van Derbur Atler and Lawrence Atler
The Goldberg Family
Arthur E. McAlarney Revocable Trust °
Judith and Martin H. Shore
Ellen Beller
Margery Goldman
Terrie L. McAlarney Revocable Trust °
Lynda Mallinoff Goldstein °
Bonnie and Dr. Jerry ° Merenstein
Darlene Silver
Zita ° and David ° Bram
Bobbie Lou Miller
Sheila° and Rick ° Bugdanowitz
Julia and Dr. Jonathan Gordon
Dale and Robert ° Silverberg
Lisa Farber Miller
Dr. William S. Silvers
Shanti Chacko and Graig Weisbart
Renee and Martin C.° Gross
Bill Clarke
Lauren Handler and John Silva
James W.° and Peggy ° Clausen
Joan and Mark Henneberry
Sue Cobb and Kate Shea
Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn
Lisa Reckler Cohn
Lisa M. Herschli
Mark Cordova
Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld
Mary Gittings Cronin
Elsa Holguín and Edward Lucero
The Curtiss-Lusher Family
Sarah Indyk and Charlie Miller
Vicki and David Dansky
Dianne and Michael Jacobsen
Maxine ° and Fred ° Davine
Dr. Robert R. Janowski and Phillip A. Nash
Barbara Mellman Davis
Helayne and Larry Jones
Rae Ann and Richard E. Dougherty
Gale and Ron Kahn
Tracy Dunning and Eric Sondermann
Kathy and Rob Klugman
Therese and Jeff Ellery
Judy and David Koff
The Ellie Fund
Lisa Stein Kornfeld and Brad Kornfeld
Kathy Neustadt
WE4Smith Foundation
Sheryl and Kenneth Feiler
Mary Lou and Donald Kortz
Barbara and Neil Oberfeld
Carolyn and Dave Wollard
Amelia and Andrew Fink
Elizabeth and Steven Kris
Essie and Jordon ° Perlmutter
Teresa and Gary Yourtz
Jennifer Atler Fischer
Hilreth Lanig
Patrice (Hall) Pierce
Anonymous Legacy Donors (12)
Marshall Fogel
Dr. Indira S. Lanig
Helene and David ° Pollock
Stephanie Foote
Mary Lee and Jay Schusterman
Joanne Posner-Mayer
Anne and Charles Garcia
Gaye Leonard
Dr. Dean Prina
Sue Miller °
Terry Smith
Elaine Millman °
Helena and Allan Striker
Carol and Larry Mizel
Richard B. Tucker °
Naomi ° and Ronald Montoya
Liz Ullman
Susie and Perry Moss
Irit and Art Waldbaum
A BEQUEST OR PLANNED GIFT is an investment in the future. Rose Community Foundation offers a variety of personalized services and supports to help you fulfill your philanthropic goals and leave an enduring legacy.
°Of blessed memory
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pooled funds
responding to immediate community needs 2020 was a year of extraordinary needs and converging crises facing our region. Rose Community Foundation invited donors to join us in our response by contributing to one of the following pooled funds. Dollars were deployed quickly into the community, and the funds remain open and active to support ongoing needs.
$899,263 from 103
donors given to the R.E.S.P.O.N.D., Community Action & Jewish Nonprofit Resiliency Funds
COVID-19 R.E.S.P.O.N.D. FUND Supports our ongoing, equity-
COMMUNITY ACTION FUND | RACIAL JUSTICE
FUND FOR JEWISH NONPROFIT RESILIENCY
focused response to the health,
Supports efforts to advance racial
Supports local Jewish nonprofits
economic and social impacts of
justice in the Greater Denver
in adapting and responding to
COVID-19. Contributions fund
region. Contributions fund grants
the organizational impacts of
grants to local organizations
to grassroots organizations in
COVID-19. Contributions fund
serving communities dispro-
communities of color working to
grantmaking to bolster Jewish
portionately affected by the
address systemic inequities by
organizations’ financial health
pandemic. Grantmaking to date
creating opportunity, bolstering
and address needs identified by
has prioritized older adults,
resilience and empowerment,
the organizations themselves,
immigrants, communities of color,
growing awareness and under-
including technical assistance
women, remote learners, and
standing, and building just and
grants, cohort-based learning
people who are medically vulner-
inclusive systems, policies and
and workshops, marketing and
able, economically displaced,
communities.
storytelling support, and diversity,
experiencing homelessness or housing or food insecurity, or domestically at-risk.
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equity and inclusion training.
donors to pooled funds Sheryl and Milroy Alexander
Tish Gonzales
Drs. Rachel and Nathan Rabinovitch
Weizan Family Fund
The Aloha Foundation
Craig Grimm
Lorii Rabinowitz
Welsch Farber Family Fund
Judy Altenberg and Bruce Plotkin
Linette Hidalgo
Linda Redstone
Anita and Scott Wesley
Marti J. Awad
Sandy Horowitz, Joseph Reiff, and Samuel Reiff
Dr. Nancy Reichman and Charles Gwirtsman
Kathryn Whitaker and Monte Moses
Sarah Indyk and Charlie Miller
Matthew Rich
Leslie Karotkin
Patricia Barela Rivera
Wendy and Michael Klein
Lisa and John Robinson Family Fund
Kathy and Rob Klugman
Marcia and Richard L. Robinson Family Fund
Ray Barrie-Kivel Lauren Baum Samantha and Robert Baumgarten Bender Family Fund Tricia Bonman Libby Bortz Sue Cobb and Kate Shea Wendy and Steven A. Cohen Lisa Reckler Cohn and Richard Cohn Anonymous fund of The Columbus Foundation
Lisa Stein Kornfeld and Brad Kornfeld Emily Kornhauser Sarah and Brian Kurz Susan Lanzer Gretchen and Scott Lenamond Lindy Eichenbaum Lent and Jason Lent
Kelly Costello and Jacob McWilliams
Ann and William Levis
David J. and Vicki Perlmutter Dansky Fund
Robyn Loup
Therese and Jeff Ellery
Elizabeth B. Martin
Kelli and Kevin Rojas Rose Women’s Organization Benilda A. Samuels
WTO Foundation Zellis Family Foundation Anonymous Donors (4)
- Teva Sienicki, Metro Caring
Kareen and Hal Shapiro Rachel Shindman Dr. William Shiovitz
Bonnie Merenstein
Silvers Refuah Shlema Fund
Dan Fallon
The Micah Fund
Jill and Howard Snyder and Family
Amelia Fink
Nikolette Miller
Stein Family Charitable Fund
Rebecca and Ken Gart
Hal Naiman
Leslie and Gary Stiefler
Sally Gart
Phil Nash
Judith and Meyer Sussman
Shannon Gifford and Jerry Glick
Kathy Neustadt
Maria Jose Torres Ariceaga Chavez
The J. Glick Donor-Advised Fund
Mary Norbury-Glaser and Dr. David Glaser
Liz Ullman
Leslie and Mark Sidell
The Waldbaum Family Fund
Katie Peshek
Ben and Lucy Ana Walton Family Foundation
Matthew Plavnick
Richard Wedgle
Claire Goldstein
JHJ Posner Family Fund
Jerry and Nancy Weil Family Fund
Sara Goldstein
Morris W. Price, Jr.
Bonnie Weissman
The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family Foundation
Works of Kindness Fund
SENDing Support Foundation
Peggy Jo Epstein and Donald Yale
Golden Hands Fund
Andrew and Jackee Woodman Charitable Fund
Emma and Christian Schwarz
The Ellie Fund
Bryan Olson
Suzanne Woodard and Patricia Lufkin
Afshin Sarvestani
Nazrawit “Naz” Medhanie and Arkan Haile
Mellenie and John Goebel
Roxane White
Rose Community Foundation's generous grant helped our organization in both its immediate endeavor to support the community's nutrition needs during the pandemic, as well as in our long-term work to end hunger at its root.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The Efshar Project; Protests for racial
justice in May 2020 (Kevin Beaty for Denverite); BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy; Community College of Denver
unrestricted donors
FROM LEFT: Aurora
resident Janie Ledesma Mason at a COVD-19 vaccine clinic; Kids in Need of Dentistry
The support and expertise offered by the philanthropic services team is amazing and helps our family leverage our gifts to make a much bigger impact than we could on our own. - Joy Benenson, donor-advised fundholder
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Judy Altenberg and Bruce Plotkin
Gwendolyn A. Karlson
Marcia and Richard L. Robinson
Atler Family Fund
Florrie Katchen
Rosemary Rodriguez
Susan Bassow and Eric Fajer
Zachary Kiefer
Dr. Sarah and Trinidad Rodriguez
Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation
Roberta and Dr. Melvyn Klein
Susan and Jeff Rona
Lisa Stein Kornfeld and Brad Kornfeld
Michele and Jordan Scharg
Borgen Family Foundation
Jess and Rose Kortz and Pearle Rae Foundation
Dr. Howard Selinger
Brooke and Jon-Erik Borgen
Morris J. Krohn Memorial Foundation
The Brownell Bailey Fund
Elizabeth A. Laff
Sue Cobb and Kate Shea
Gretchen and Scott Lenamond
Melvin Coffee
Laure and Scott Levin
Renee and Dan Cohen
Carlene and Bill Lindsay
Dr. Janine Davidson
Evan Makovsky
Estate of Maxine ° and Fred ° Davine
Carlos Martinez and Phillip B. Danielson
Kate and Josh Dinar
Arthur E. McAlarney Trust °
Ben Figa
Terrie L. McAlarney Trust °
Mira Finé
Leslie A. Mendelson
Dr. Kristina Fraser and Jeffrey Goldstein
Estate of Sue Miller °
Jean and Dr. Ben Galloway
Michael Moses
Elaine Gampel
Dr. Monte C. Moses
Steven Gittelman
Neil and Barbara Oberfeld
Dr. Michael Glassman
Lisa and Chris Payne
Polly Gleichenhaus
Leah and Jeff Peer
Mellenie and Jay Goebel
Melinda Pollack
Tish Gonzales
Morris W. Price, Jr.
Anna Jo Haynes
Saira Rao
Cynthia Heller
Henry Rasof
Mike and Suzy Hiskey
Lila Rauch
Sally Hopper
Adina and Dr. Eli Reshotko
Larry and Helayne Jones Family Fund
Dr. Douglas Reznick
E. James Judd
Matthew Rich
Dr. Linda Reinstein Kaplan and Arnold Kaplan
Jeannie and The Honorable Bill Ritter
Boettcher Foundation
Judith and Martin Shore Gail Sigman Janet L. Slate David Smernoff Erin Snow STARS Fund Jamie and Michael Stewart Leslie and Gary Stiefler Judith and Meyer Sussman Swaha Foundation Dr. Pegi and Michael Touff Joshua H. Trager Carmel Ulbrick Malcolm Ulbrick Kenneth C. Weil Annette and Michael Weiner Jason B. Werner Stefanie Slade Winfield Lisa Zolle Anonymous Donors (3)
°Of blessed memory
donors to initiatives & other funds The Aloha Foundation
Gates Family Foundation
Carol S. Prescott
Jean Patrick Antoine
Jennifer Gilbert-Kaufmann
Megen Princehouse
Nhi and Jeff Aronheim
James Goodrich
Steve Ring
Erin Autrey
Thomas Gougeon
Tedrah Robertson
Lindsey Baltimore
Thomas E. Grant
RootED
Tom Baxter
Cynthia Greenfield
Alicia Rosenfield
Alyce Blum
Dr. Felicia Greher
Clare Rothchild
Bohemian Foundation
Craig Grimm
Adrienne Russman and Teva Sienicki
Becca Bolden
Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Afshin Sarvestani
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation
Kevin Highland
Mary Schaefer
Laura Brenner
Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld
N.J. Schwieterman
Dana Brittan
Gregg Hubbard
Josh Scott
Buell Foundation
Michael Humphrey
Nicole and Malcolm Seawell
Jodi M. Burrows
Joy S. Johnson
Kareen Shapiro
Caring for Colorado Foundation
Kavod Senior Life
Rachel Shields
Kristine Ann Cecil
Sue Kenfield Consulting
Tara Shofnos
Climb Higher Colorado
Carla and Jay Kutnick
Nancy Steele
The Colorado Health Foundation
Henny and Bert Lasley
Strear Family Foundation
The Colorado Trust
Catherine Lindsey
Michelle and Doug Striker
Anonymous fund of The Columbus Foundation
Steven D. Logan
Richard W. Strouse
Janet Lopez
Margaret Tait Routt
Margulf Foundation
Samantha and Nicholas Thompson
Cameron Martin
Ray Todd
Jocelyn Mills
Devin Tomiak
Sarah Morris
Ranee Boyd Tomlin
Judy Muller
Martin and Gloria Trotsky Family Foundation
Ann Corrigan and Kent Rice Delta County School District 50-J Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Democracy Fund The Denver Foundation Dr. Amy Engelman Ethics & Excellence Journalism Foundation Erica Farber Loren J. Faye First Draft News Inc. Pamela A. Gagel
New Venture Fund Heidi Olivera ORS Impact The Piton Foundation at Gary Community Investments
Michelle Tucker The Waterblum Fund Jamie Winter
Waldbaum Berger family
CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: Almost
Home; Community College of Denver; Denver Rescue Mission; Jewish Family Service food distribution site
The spirit of partnership is at the core of my relationship with Rose Community Foundation. We bring different insights, perspectives and skillsets to the table in service of addressing unmet health-equity needs in the Greater Denver disability community. - Dr. Indira Lanig, donor-advised fundholder
Wish of a Lifetime from AARP
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staff
(as of March 2021)
Judy Altenberg
Eric Davidson
Sarah Indyk
Catherine Lindsey
Benilda “Benny” Samuels
Director of Gift Planning and Advisor Relations
Manager of Information Technology
Vice President of Philanthropic Services
Finance and Executive Assistant
Vice President of Programs
Therese Ellery
Emily Kornhauser
Janet Lopez
Afshin Sarvestani
Ray Barrie-Kivel
Director of Collaborative Philanthropy
Director of Policy and Advocacy
Accounting and Benefits Manager
Communications and Outreach Associate
Senior Program Officer – Environment, Housing and Transportation
Sarah Kurz
Nazrawit “Naz” Medhanie
Emma Schwarz
Vanessa Bernier
Amelia Fink
Director of Talent and Culture
Controller
Program Officer – Jewish Life
Director of Nonprofit Funds and Endowments
Vice President of Communications and Outreach
Andrew Peacock
Maria Torres
Susan Lanzer
Rose Medical Center Gift Shop Manager
Associate Program Officer – Arts and Culture, Education, and Immigration
Tricia Bonman Program Officer – Civic Participation, Economic Opportunity and Health
Tish Gonzales
Philanthropic Services Assistant
Office Manager
Katie Peshek
Gretchen Lenamond
Communications and Outreach Manager
Anita Wesley
Gillian Breuer
Linette Hidalgo
Chief Financial Officer
Donor Services and Database Associate
Kelli Rojas
Senior Philanthropy Advisor
Philanthropic Initiatives Associate
Lindy Eichenbaum Lent
Director of Data and Operations
Kelly Costello
President and CEO
Grants Manager
Rose Community Foundation staff
committees AUDIT & FINANCE
INVESTMENT
JEWISH LIFE
Brad Kornfeld, Chair
Brian Wilkinson, Chair
Kathy Neustadt, Chair
Susan Rona
Lisa Reckler Cohn
Martha “Marti”J. Awad
Josh Dinar
Leslie Sidell
Josh Dinar
Steven A. Cohen
Zachary Kiefer
Stephanie Foote
David Shneer °
Rob Klugman
Irit Waldbaum
Lorii Rabinowitz Michael Touff
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Brian Wilkinson
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Jerrold Glick Eunice Kim✤✤ Richard L. Robinson Sue Sturm Paul Washington✤✤ Donald Yale
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Neil Oberfeld Dr. Rachel Rabinovitch Matthew Rich ✤✤
New committee members welcomed in 2021
°Of blessed memory
board of trustees FOUNDING TRUSTEES Linda G. Alvarado Joseph M. Aragon ° David C. Boyles Fred T. Davine °
Steven A. Cohen
Lisa Robinson
CHAIR
CHAIR- ELECT
Lisa Reckler Cohn
Janine Davidson, Ph.D.
Josh Dinar
Steven W. Farber ° Jeannie Fuller Stephen Kurtz Norman Levy ° Sister Lydia M. Peña, Ph.D.
Rose Community Foundation has never been better positioned to make a difference. - Lisa Robinson, trustee and chair-elect
David M. Pollock ° Richard L. Robinson Stephen H. Shogan, M.D. Martin H. Shore
Katherine Gold
Brad Kornfeld
William N. Lindsay, III
Monte Moses, Ph.D.
Kathy Neustadt
Robert A. Silverberg ° Richard B. Tucker ° Albert C. Yates, Ph.D. FORMER PRESIDENTS & CEOS Donald L. Kortz Sheila Bugdanowitz °
Morris W. Price Jr.
Lorii Rabinowitz
Jeannie Ritter
Trinidad Rodriguez
Michael Touff
°Of blessed memory
New trustee welcomed in 2021: Julie Selsberg
Roxane White
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by the numbers unaudited financials for 2020 TOTAL ASSETS
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS
UNDER MANAGEMENT
IN 2020
$321.9 million
$15.6 million
U NRES T RICT ED
DONOR-ADVISE D FUNDS
ENDOW MENT S
ENDOWMENTS & DESIGNATED FUNDS
DES IGNAT ED F U NDS
UNRE STRICTE D GIFTS
DONOR- ADV IS ED
RE STRICTE D & ALIGNE D FUNDING
$229.5 million | 71% $35.8 million | 11% $14.0 million | 4% $37.4 million | 12% RES T RICT ED/AL IGNED
$5.2 million | 2% 24
$8.2 million | 53% $1.7 million | 11%
$0.5 million | 3% $5.2 million | 33%
GRANTS & EXPENSES
INVESTMENT RETURNS
IN 2020
10.8% 7.6%
$25.4 million
5 YEAR
6.3% 3 YEAR
1 YEAR
2 0 2 0 INVE STME NT RE TURNS = $28.8 MILLION
P R O G R A M S & GRANT MAKING
92.6%
F UN D R A I S ING
3%
A D M I N I S T RAT ION
4.4%
TOTAL GRANTS & DISTRIBUTIONS SINCE 1995
$324,929,830 25
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