ANNUAL REPORTS ARE, BY DEFINITION, A PARTIAL SNAPSHOT OF A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF AN ORGANIZATION. AND AS ANY DIEHARD FAN OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL RENT KNOWS AND CANNOT REFERENCE WITHOUT BREAKING INTO SONG, A YEAR IS COMPRISED OF “FIVE-HUNDRED,
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, SIX-HUNDRED MINUTES.”
Since 2025 is Rose Community Foundation’s 30th anniversary year, we are obligated to take this mathematical exercise to its predictable conclusion by calculating the 15,768,000 minutes in the Foundation’s first three decades of existence. But what is most important is how we met each of those unique moments and how we will continue to meet the moment — no matter what it may bring — in the years ahead.
While this annual report features highlights and data from 2024, we acknowledge that the passage of time, pace of external change, and magnitude of 2025 headlines begins to make 2024 a distant memory. We also preemptively acknowledge that major external developments may occur between the time this letter and report go to print and when it arrives in your mailbox. Nevertheless, we cannot let this opportunity for reflection and commemoration pass us by as we celebrate the 2024 work of the Foundation and our nonprofit, donor and community partners.
For an organization that prides itself on meeting the moment, 2024 presented unique challenges. The Jewish community — locally and around the world — was reeling from the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel and the rising antisemitism, Jewish harm and exclusion that was unleashed globally and domestically. The United States was facing a monumental presidential election exacerbating divides across the political spectrum and creating uncertainty across issues and communities. Colorado was beginning to grapple
with a looming budget crisis created, in large part, by its own longstanding fiscal policies, while cities in our region continued to wrestle with housing affordability, health care access and limited resources to assist immigrant newcomers in our community.
Against this backdrop, the organizations and initiatives highlighted in the subsequent pages are but a small sampling of the work the Foundation and its donors, fundholders and giving circles supported last year, reflecting the enduring power of community. In 2024, the Foundation’s grantmaking a combination of our own discretionary grant dollars in seven-county Metro Denver, statewide grants from the partnership funds we house, and the giving of our donor-advised fundholders locally, nationally and beyond totaled more than $31 million.
That philanthropy and the Foundation’s work in general is largely fueled by our investments. Committed to optimizing investment returns for the Foundation and its fundholders while enhancing the impact of our invested capital and alignment between our investments, mission and values, the Foundation launched a nationwide RFP for investment services that culminated in the 2024 selection of and transition to Cambridge Associates as our new Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO).
As a community foundation, we can take positions on legislation and ballot measures a powerful tool both for systemic change and unlocking vital resources for community needs. In 2024, we leaned in early and significantly to support the successful passage of Colorado’s Freedom to Marry ballot measure, securing marriage
Lindy Eichenbaum Lent President and CEO
equality statewide; the passage of Amendment 79, enshrining the right to abortion in Colorado’s state constitution and improving access to comprehensive reproductive health care, and Denver Health’s ballot measure bolstering the financial sustainability of the vital services it provides.
Collaboration is critical to our work, and in 2024, we added some innovative new partnerships to our existing roster. From sponsoring and co-creating a philanthropy patch and curriculum with Girl Scouts of Colorado to amplifying the stories and positive contributions of our immigrant neighbors by underwriting PBS 12’s “Humanize” series to partnering with peer funders to launch the Colorado Safe Futures Fund aiming to address the root causes of firearm-related injury and death in our state through a public health lens, we are grateful for the opportunities these endeavors continue to create.
In 2024, our donor-advised fundholders were invited to learn about the Colorado Safe Futures Fund, the workforce-development landscape, and the civic engagement ecosystem through our annual donor learning and engagement series. We experienced an 18 percent increase in grants from our donor-advised fundholders, reflecting a 24 percent payout rate (much higher than the 5 percent minimum payout the IRS requires of private foundations), and we are proud that 62 percent of the $10.2 million in donor-advised grants went to organizations in the seven-county Greater Denver region.
Nonprofit fundholders chose to take $1.87 million in distributions in 2024 to support their work, and 60 of our nonprofit fundholders participated in our endowment-building pathway programs that provide cohort-based training, mentorship and financial incentives in the pursuit of long-term sustainability.
Our four giving circles granted a combined $211,500 to 15 organizations working in youth homelessness, climate justice, economic opportunity and mental health, which included $60K in contributions from giving circle participants. In support of organizations serving our immigrant neighbors, we continued to raise money for — and deploy grants from — the Newcomers Fund, which in 2024 alone, raised $2.8M from nearly 2,500 gifts.
We are proud of our 30-year history and our 2024 milestones, and we look forward to sharing data and stories from 2025. But looking backward is never our primary focus. With our 30th Anniversary Endowment Campaign to help sustain and grow our work and strategic plan refresh process currently underway informed by our founding values, community insights and Greater Denver’s evolving needs, Rose Community Foundation is firmly focused on the future and the unique moments we will be called upon to meet in the years and decades ahead.
We can’t predict every future challenge or opportunity our community will face, nor can philanthropy fill every gap or solve every problem. But we know who we are, and we know what endures. And we know that — with compassion, courage, and shared purpose — we will continue to meet the moment, together.
With hope and gratitude,
Lindy Eichenbaum Lent President and CEO
Martha “Marti” Awad Board of Trustees Chair, 2024-2025
Rose Community Foundation team | TOP: Mary Haynes, Director of Talent and Administration; Judy Altenberg, Chief Philanthropy Officer; Lindy Eichenbaum Lent, President and CEO at Girls Scouts of Colorado’s Women of Distinction event | BOTTOM: Sarah Kurz, Chief Impact Officer; Marti Awad, Board Chair and Gretchen Lenamond, Chief Financial Officer at Philanthropic Partners Event
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Social
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$10,809,370 403 GRANTS GRANTS FROM RCF CORE FUNDS
$10,023,901 1,253 GRANTS DONOR-ADVISED FUND GRANTS
A VISUAL TIMELINE OF COMMUNITY, COMPASSION AND
CHANGE
Since 1995, Rose Community Foundation has been a steadfast partner in building a more inclusive and equitable Greater Denver. The Foundation has consistently risen to meet the moment, fueled by values-driven philanthropy. From funding transformative ideas to responding to emergent community needs and engaging philanthropists in investing in lasting change, this timeline highlights some of the milestones, initiatives and people who shaped our first 30 years.
Members of Denver’s Jewish community begin raising funds to create a hospital where care and employment were offered without prejudice.
Construction begins on General Rose Memorial Hospital, named for Major General Maurice Rose, one of the highest-ranking Jewish officers to serve in the U.S. Army; he was killed in action in Europe during WWII.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower lays the cornerstone of the new hospital on August 31.
Major General Maurice Rose
General Eisenhower Letter
Intermountain Jewish News publication June 7, 1945
General Rose Memorial Hospital opens, built by Denver’s Jewish community after antisemitism denied Jewish doctors hospital privileges. In 1950, it hires Dr. Edmond Noel, the first Black physician to have hospital privileges in Denver.
Rose Medical Center is sold to HCA HealthOne, and the proceeds form the corpus of the new Rose Community Foundation.
Rose Community Foundation finalizes its first mission statement:
ROSE FOUNDATION EXISTS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE GREATER DENVER COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS LEADERSHIP, RESOURCES, TRADITIONS AND VALUES.
• We value our heritage and our roots in Jewish traditions, including charity, philanthropy and non-discrimination.
• We value excellence, and will impose upon ourselves the highest standards.
• We value the trust and respect of the community and will work to maintain that trust.
1999
The Foundation publishes its first annual report, highlighting its first three years, including 431 grants totaling $8.3 million to organizations including Colorado Children’s Campaign, Emily Griffith Opportunity School, Jewish Family Service of Colorado and Warren Village.
First Donor Advised Fund (DAF) opens at the Foundation.
Rose Community Foundation names Donald Kortz* as first president and CEO.
Rose Community Foundation names Stephen Kurtz as its first Board Chair, along with a full Board of Trustees.
The Foundation names Sheila Bugdanowitz* as President and CEO.
Endowment Challenge launches, creating endowments for nonprofit sustainability in the Jewish community.
Rose Youth Foundation launches to engage Jewish high school students in collaborative philanthropy, forming a local and national model for giving circles.
The Foundation’s first decade surpasses $100 million in grants issued to more than 900 Greater Denver nonprofits. 2005
*Of blessed memory
First Board of Trustees | TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. Stephen H. Shogan, Steven W. Farber*, David Boyles, Linda G. Alvarado, Norman Levy*, Jeannie Fuller, Fred T. Davine*, Stephen S. Kurtz, Richard B. Tucker* BOTTOM ROW: Robert A. Silverberg*, Debra Herz, Richard L. Robinson, Sister Lydia Peña, Martin H. Shore. Not pictured: Joseph M. Aragon*, Donald L. Kortz*, David M. Pollock*, Dr. Albert C. Yates
2006
Rose Community Foundation publishes “Jewish Early Childhood Education in Denver and Boulder: Mapping the Field,” in partnership with Allied Jewish Federation, Colorado Agency for Jewish Education and the Jewish Early Childhood Education Director’s Council, informing and supporting Jewish ECE work for decades to come.
2007
Originally fiscally sponsored by and housed at Rose Community Foundation, Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (LCFC) launches to advance civic, economic, and cultural opportunities for Colorado’s Latino community. Roots & Branches Foundation launches, a new giving circle for diverse, community-minded, Jewish young adults to participate in collective philanthropy.
2015
The Foundation serves as a funder and fiscal sponsor of LAUNCH Together, a new grantmaking program coordinating support for early childhood mental health. The Foundation expands its endowment training programs into the secular nonprofit community.
2017
Foundation names Lindy Eichenbaum Lent President and CEO.
2018
Sheila Bugdanowitz Leadership Development Award launches in memory of the Foundation’s former President and CEO.
Rose Community Foundation leads multimillion dollar coalition of donors to retire longstanding debt of the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center, ushering in a new era of financial stability and longevity for this vital community institution.
2010 2013 2012
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce names Rose Community Foundation Large Nonprofit of the Year.
Foundation installs and celebrates Living Legacy
Tapestry — an art piece honoring the first 100 Rose Community Legacy Circle donors along with their histories and values.
The Foundation celebrates more than $200 million in community grantmaking since its inception.
2019
Honoring the donor intent of five longstanding designated funds it housed, the Foundation awards nearly $1.3 million in “Heart and Soul” grants to six local institutions to support research and therapy equipment for cardiology and rheumatology patients.
2020
Rose Community Foundation launches new five-year strategic plan, three months before a global pandemic shut the world down. 2020 grantmaking directed toward COVID-19 rapid response, impact mitigation and community recovery through an equity lens, deploying $7 million in 3 months.
The Foundation becomes the fiscal sponsor of Colorado Media Project, supporting its work to fund and advocate for a healthy local news ecosystem statewide.
The Foundation launches the Newcomers Fund to support the needs of new arrivals in Greater Denver.
Following Rose Women’s Organization’s brief hiatus, Rose Women’s Circle re-launches, creating a space for collaborative philanthropy to support womens’ issues in Greater Denver.
Statue of Major General Maurice Rose dedicated on Colorado State Capitol grounds.
Foundation surpasses $400 million in community grantmaking since its inception.
Jewish Family Service of Colorado and Shalom Park Nursing Home & Elder Community each grant awards to the Foundation for its leadership and service.
Generation Now Circle launches, convening diverse donors ages 25-40 to engage in collaborative philanthropy.
Rose Community Foundation celebrates 30 Years of Meeting the Moment.
INVESTING IN THE NEXT
As we celebrate 30 years of community-focused impact, we’re also looking ahead to the challenges we can’t yet predict, and the opportunities that will define Greater Denver’s future. Rose Community Foundation was created to meet the moment, and your support ensures we can continue doing just that — for decades to come.
Our 30th Anniversary Endowment Campaign is about sustaining the values that have guided us since the beginning and our belief in the power of community.
The endowment fund will help us continue responding swiftly to emergent needs, investing in nonprofit resilience, and advancing innovative ideas — all while supporting the philanthropic partnerships that make it possible.
Whether through responsive grantmaking, advocacy, or helping nonprofits plan for the long term, our mission is rooted in strengthening the Greater Denver region for future generations. Please visit rcfdenver.org/30 or use the envelope in this report to join us in building what’s next — and ensuring that, together, we can continue to meet the moment.
Statue of Major General Maurice Rose
General Maurice Rose Dedication
Elevate for Change, Newcomers Fund grantee
Rose Community Foundation 30-Year Celebration
2024 Award Recipients Yoli Casas (ViVe Wellness) and Marielena Suarez (Papagayo)
BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY
Rose Community Foundation’s origin is rooted in health care, and while the Foundation invests in a wide range of issues, few organizations intersect with as many as Denver Health. As the only health system in the region that treats all patients regardless of income, race, gender identity, immigration status or ability to pay, Denver Health puts equitable access to high-quality care at the center of its mission. “Rose Community Foundation’s support for 2Q uniquely amplified the importance of strengthening the health of our entire community by helping Denver Health become more sustainable,” said Donna Lynne, Denver Health CEO. “Beyond the gift, we are especially grateful that Lindy so graciously lent her voice and stood up publicly to encourage the community to recognize the measure was about so much more than our health system.” Lent highlighted Denver Health’s regional impact at a 2024 press conference launching the campaign for Ballot Measure 2Q, an initiative to help close the Denver Health budget gap, strongly aligned with the Foundation’s commitment to health equity and inclusion. The Foundation supported this measure and contributed to the campaign, joining this successful community-wide effort to ensure every Denver resident can access the care they need.
Legislation Inside (LI), an initiative of The Korey Wise Innocence Project, is rooted in the belief that everyone deserves a voice in shaping the laws that affect their lives, including people incarcerated in Colorado state prisons. LI brings the lived experiences of incarcerated individuals into the heart of policymaking — equipping them to engage with, draft and propose legislation aimed at reducing mass incarceration and advancing justice for the wrongfully convicted. “Through our partnership with Rose Community Foundation, we’ve deepened our work with these incarcerated individuals such that they can engage directly in the legislative process,” says Jeanne Segil, staff attorney for the Korey Wise Innocence Project. “Legislation Inside serves as a powerful reminder that policy change is strongest when it includes those most affected.”
ABOVE: El Comite de Longmont
For decades, Rose Community Foundation has invested in improved health policies and access to comprehensive reproductive health care in Colorado. In 2024, the Foundation proudly supported Amendment 79 — a constitutional measure designed to protect the right to abortion access. Early in the campaign, the Foundation contributed funding, issued a formal endorsement of the measure, and co-hosted a donor-learning event to foster greater understanding of the initiative and encourage broader philanthropic engagement. The campaign was led by the Colorado Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Coalition, an alliance of Colorado nonprofits with a shared commitment to reproductive justice.
Broad public access to fair and accurate local news is essential to a healthy democracy, keeping communities informed and engaged while holding those in power accountable. Colorado Media Project (CMP) , fiscally sponsored by Rose Community Foundation, serves as a catalyst, funder and advocate for innovations that bolster Colorado’s local news ecosystem. In 2024, CMP became the home of Press Forward Colorado, a local chapter of a nationwide initiative to revitalize local news and strengthen democracy, connecting Colorado to a broader network for shared learning and capacity building. “Access to trusted information is power,” says CMP Director Kimberly Spencer. “Communities without reliable news and information are often excluded from decisions that shape their lives. Ensuring all Coloradans, especially those with limited access to quality news, have the information they need isn’t just about journalism; it’s about civic power and representation.”
TOP TO BOTTOM: One Colorado • Rose Community Foundation team, Kelli Rojas, VP of Operations; Maria Torres, Community Impact Officer; and Gillian Nyland, former Philanthropic Initiatives Coordinator, volunteering at Newcomers Legal Clinic • New Era Colorado • Amendment 79 Campaign Launch
Grounded in the belief that every young person — of all socioeconomic statuses, ethnicities and religions — deserves equitable opportunities for growth and success, Sun Valley Youth Center (SVYC) empowers youth and their families in the Sun Valley neighborhood to reach their full potential and plays a vital role in local advocacy. SVYC is regularly invited to speak with Denver City Council to inform council members of changes in the neighborhood, accompanied by local youth who speak directly to the needs of their community, and support from Rose Community Foundation helps make the students’ preparation for — and transportation to — civic meetings possible. “We are hoping to activate all of our new community members as well as reconnect with older members returning to the community, and we look forward to being a resource for connectivity and engagement,” says Kris Rollerson, executive director.
Colorado Jewish Climate Action
Sun Valley Youth Center
CONNECTING COMMUNITY WITH OPPORTUNITY
Rose Community Foundation has long championed initiatives that strengthen Greater Denver’s immigrant and refugee communities. In 2024, in addition to grantmaking from the Newcomers Fund and Refugee Integration Fund that it houses, the Foundation invested an additional $750,000 in grants to 25 organizations dedicated to promoting inclusion, belonging and the integration of immigrant and refugee communities. One of these grantees, Teach by Tech, empowers adult refugee and immigrant English learners through workforce training and digital access initiatives. Foundation funding helped advance an employment initiative for new immigrants, providing job training, digital-literacy education and workforce-development resources to help break down barriers to sustainable employment. “With this support, Teach by Tech launched our new Construction Pathways program for adult newcomers,” says Linni Pawlek, executive director. “Students have the opportunity to earn industry-recognized training and OSHA 10 certification, gaining the skills and credentials needed for meaningful employment in construction. Together, we are bridging the digital divide and opening new opportunities for the communities we serve.”
Colorado Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative (CEEMI) is dedicated to building a Colorado where every person can access affordable, high-quality education and job training that leads to meaningful work. Their efforts bring together advocacy and cross-sector collaboration to remove barriers and expand economic opportunity. With support from Rose Community Foundation and other funders, CEEMI convened discussions in 2024 between learners, frontline workforce training providers and key policymakers to drive meaningful reform. Last year’s legislative achievements included Governor Jared Polis’ signature on two bipartisan bills championed by CEEMI. HB 1365 extended the Opportunity Now grant program, a statewide initiative driving change in Colorado’s workforce through collaboration between Colorado’s secondary, post-secondary and workforce ecosystems. The bill also included a CEEMI-drafted amendment prioritizing evidence-based education programs that demonstrate strong results; and HB 1364, which established a centralized data system to better track learner outcomes over time. “We’ve unlocked Colorado wage data to measure outcomes across job-training pathways, and we’ve helped enact and implement legislation that better aligns public dollars with evidence of impact,” says founder and CEO Roger Low. “We will continue to fight for a more equitable system that empowers all Colorado learners to thrive.”
Struggle of Love Foundation has served the Montbello and Aurora area for more than 20 years. With deep roots and a responsive approach, Struggle of Love’s team identifies and addresses the community’s most urgent needs, providing vital support in youth development, violence prevention, mental health and food security for underserved populations. “Our partnership with Rose Community Foundation has been powerful in advancing our mission to serve youth and families across the Denver community,” says LaKeisha Hodge, founder and executive director. “This investment has empowered us to broaden our reach and deepen our impact — especially as we prepare to launch the new Love Center, a permanent home that will allow us to deliver even more comprehensive programs and support services.”
Within the Jewish community, the costs of enrolling children in programs that nurture a positive and inclusive Jewish identity can be a barrier for some Greater Denver families. Rather than allow limited resources to restrict access to experiences that help young people build meaningful and lasting connections to Judaism, Jewish Interest Free Loan (JIFL) of Colorado provides families, that otherwise may not be able to do so, with interest-free loans to enroll their children in Jewish activities. Rose Community Foundation proudly supported JIFL’s inaugural effort — laying the groundwork for future initiatives to help economically-challenged Jewish families across Colorado. “Being able to support Jewish families who want to send their children to Jewish activities such as camp, early childhood education, day school, B’not Mitzvah training and more is a mitzvah to the Colorado community,” said Lorie Klumb, executive director.
Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center is advancing a more just and sustainable economy by expanding employee ownership across Colorado. In 2024, the organization seeded a new initiative, Drivers Cooperative Colorado — a rideshare platform that empowers its drivers through cooperative ownership, improving working conditions and building collaboration. “The broader community will benefit from a locally based rideshare company that doesn’t extract profits from the community, but circulates them locally,” says Executive Director Minsun Ji. Rooted in equity, the initiative serves marginalized communities — including individuals with different abilities, people experiencing homelessness, formerly incarcerated individuals and refugees — ensuring access to reliable transportation and dignified, community-driven employment. “It’s more than a company; it’s a story of change. It’s the story of over 500 member-owners united in their pursuit of better pay, dignity and a voice in their work.”
Drivers
Cooperative Colorado
Intercambio
LEFT TO RIGHT: Struggle of Love Foundation • Colorado Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative (CEEMI) • Teach by Tech • In Lak’ech Denver Arts • Juntos • The Fax Parntership
OPENING DOORS TO BELONGING
From rural communities to urban centers and suburban neighborhoods, the impact of firearm-related injuries and deaths is felt across Colorado. With firearms now the third leading cause of adult death — and the leading cause of death among children and teens — the need for meaningful, data-driven solutions has never been more urgent. In response, Rose Community Foundation joined forces with funders statewide to launch the Colorado Safe Futures Fund. This bold, collaborative initiative is grounded in a public health approach to preventing firearm-related harm, with goals to equip communities with the data, resources and capacity they need to create meaningful change. In 2024, funding supported a statewide roundtable on the issue. The multi-day conference brought together diverse communities and approaches to address firearm harm, whether in intimate partner violence, community violence, suicide, mass casualties, or accidental injury and death. “We hadn’t previously approached gun-related harm as a public health issue,” said Michaelle Smith, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Health Foundation, a Colorado Safe Futures Fund founding partner. “By coming together as a collaborative, we’re able to elevate this as a priority and support creative, community-led solutions. We’re excited to fund projects that reflect what residents believe will make their own communities safer.”
Education remains a powerful pathway for empowering youth furthest from opportunity, and enrichment programs beyond the classroom can significantly impact both short- and long-term outcomes. In 2024, Rose Community Foundation awarded $525,000 to 19 organizations offering youth-focused programs outside of traditional school settings. These initiatives foster academic enrichment, promote community safety and belonging, and connect young people to career pathways. Many grantees intentionally engage historically underserved communities, creating safe, inclusive spaces for learning and growth. One organization, Homies Unidos Denver, works to end violence and promote peace through gang prevention, human rights advocacy, and youth empowerment. Their year-round programming includes character development, healing circles, mentoring, recreational activities and social outings for youth ages 10 to 24. “By encouraging open dialogue and understanding, we help young people build resilience and strengthen their relationships, creating a foundation for violence prevention and positive community engagement,” says Gerardo Lopez, executive director. “With support from Rose Community Foundation, our work continues to grow and make a profound impact in our community.”
In addition to supporting our region’s diverse community at large, Rose Community Foundation is proud to honor its roots and values by also supporting Greater Denver’s vibrant Jewish nonprofit ecosystem. In the wake of the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel and the subsequent increase in antisemitic incidents domestically, support for our regional Jewish community has been more important than ever. Rose Community Foundation has long supported programs housed at JEWISHcolorado, including Jewish Student Connection, school-based clubs for Jewish students and their allies. Also supported in 2024 was the Colorado Regional Safety and Security Initiative, part of the national Secure Community Network to enhance the safety of North American Jewish institutions, organizations and communities. The foundation last year also added support for the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), a longtime policy advocate that is playing a critical role in combatting postOctober 7 antisemitism locally. “Since October 7, 2023, there’s been both an urgent need and strong desire to advocate for the Jewish community,” says Brandon Rattiner, senior director of the JCRC. “Rose’s support allowed us to double our staff, expand our programming, and meet the moment.”
Rose Community Foundation celebrates the diversity within the Jewish community and supports organizations and programs fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion for Jews of all backgrounds. Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy cultivates a community where Jewish people of color can bring their full selves to Jewish learning and Torah. Through its affirming and educational programming, Ammud nurtures leadership and celebrates identity. “Our partnership is an investment in building an inclusive ecosystem in the Greater Denver and Boulder regions — one that honors the full racial and ethnic diversity of our Jewish people through programming rooted in belonging, Torah, and celebration,” says Alexandra Corwin, executive director of Ammud. Another first-time grantee, Jewtina y Co uplifts Latin-Jewish identity, leadership and resiliency. In 2024, the organization gathered data, engaged the community and connected with partners to better understand the needs of Latin Jews and Jews of Color statewide. “We are working towards a world in which the global Jewish and Latin communities collaborate to build bridges and celebrate our shared narratives,” says Analucía Lopezrevoredo, founder and executive director.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Homies Unidos
Homies Unidos Denver Kollel
EMPOWERING GENEROSITY
Philanthropy has the power to unite people and organizations across diverse faith traditions, highlighting shared values and a collective commitment to humanity. In 2024, Rose Community Foundation and Montview Presbyterian Church formed a philanthropic partnership focused on amplifying impact. Montview’s Mission Life Committee invited the Foundation to consult on its international grantmaking from their Mission Impact Fund — a donor-advised fund they opened at Rose Community Foundation. Montview Presbyterian Church ultimately awarded $400,000 in transformative grants to three international organizations, supporting initiatives that positively impact children, families and some of the world’s most marginalized communities. “It was clear we could benefit from the assistance of an organization experienced in managing larger sums of money on a regular basis,” said Montview’s Mission Life Coordinator, Jennifer Seward. “Rose Community Foundation stood out because of their alignment with many of the things Montview holds dear — not just from a faith-based perspective but also from a social justice and community-based perspective.”
Philanthropy takes many forms, and Generation Now Circle — one of Rose Community Foundation’s giving circles — embodies the power of collaborative giving. Generation Now convenes a diverse group of young professionals ages 25 to 40 to explore community issues, identify shared values and work together to drive meaningful change. The 2024 cohort focused its grantmaking on climate justice, funding efforts that educate, mitigate and prevent the impacts of climate change on the region’s most vulnerable communities. Together, they awarded more than $55,000 to four organizations making a difference on the ground: Black Parents United Foundation, Re:Vision, Radian, and The Park People. By joining forces, Generation Now Circle members amplified their individual giving, supporting environmental equity and community resilience.
Rose Women’s Circle (RWC) brings together a diverse, multigenerational group of women to engage in collaborative philanthropy and advance gender equity across Greater Denver. In 2024, the RWC cohort focused its grantmaking on belonging and empowerment through wellness and healing, granting more than $50,000 to four organizations. “Through Rose Women’s Circle, I found organizations that aligned with my values: women supporting women and shaping the future for girls,” says Marlene Price, donor-advised fundholder and RWC member. “As a retired rocket scientist, it was powerful to connect with groups working to break down the same barriers I once faced in math and science. I was able to connect more with my community and make a greater impact than I would have alone.”
LEFT: Girl Scouts of Colorado Giving in a Box event | ABOVE: Workforce Development Learning and Engagement Panel
Early introductions to philanthropy can inspire a lifelong commitment to generosity, foster leadership and build essential skills such as collaboration and financial literacy. That’s why in 2024, Rose Community Foundation collaborated with Girl Scouts of Colorado to create a Philanthropy Patch and corresponding Giving in a Box curriculum designed to introduce middle and high school Girl Scouts to philanthropy. Through this program, participating scouts explored core values, identified community needs and learned the fundamentals of charitable giving. “By learning how to give back to their communities, young people are empowered to grow into compassionate, proactive leaders,” said Girl Scouts of Colorado CEO Leanna Clark.
Rose Community Foundation’s Endowment Building Pathways provide structured curriculum and financial incentives to guide organizations in launching and growing their own endowments — fostering a sustainable Greater Denver nonprofit ecosystem. The three pathways — Launch, Sustain and Growth — meet organizations where they are, providing training, incentives, coaching and peer connection, with more than 61 percent growth of nonprofit fundholders participating in a pathway program. In 2024, the Foundation also created more connections between pathway participants, encouraging members of the Growth Pathway to serve as mentors to Launch Pathway participants beginning their endowment journey. One such pairing connected Launch Pathway member Northglenn Youth Theatre (NYT), with the Boulder Jewish Community Center, a Growth Pathway participant. “It’s empowering to connect with someone who understands your challenges and can offer clarity, insight, or simply a listening ear,” says Michael Stricker, executive producer of Northglenn Arts, which operates NYT.
Impact extends beyond grantmaking — it’s also about cultivating dialogue, learning and connection. In 2024, the Foundation hosted a series of learning and engagement sessions that highlighted the voices and expertise of our grantee partners on key issues and opportunities affecting our community. In 2024, these topics included the abortion-access ballot measure, civic engagement, workforce development, the Colorado Safe Futures Fund and a special session for professional advisors on establishing, preserving and transferring legacies. “I perk up when I receive an invitation to attend a learning session from Rose, particularly if it is a topic that I don’t know much about,” says Rose Community Foundation donor-advised fundholder, Jean Townsend. “I always learn something important, even if I don’t act on it right away. The speakers are brilliantly curated by Rose staff; the moderators are focused and purposeful in guiding the discussions.”
TOP TO BOTTOM: Rose Community Foundation staff Mellenie Goebel, Nonprofit Endowments Advisor and Amelia Fink, former Director of Nonprofit Funds
Girl Scouts of Colorado Giving in a Box Event
Montview Presbyterian Church Mission Life Committee
Philanthropic Partners Event
2024 GRANTEES
JEWISH LIFE
18Doors
ACE: Arts, Culture and Education at the J Adamah Inc.
Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy
Anti-Defamation League, Mountain States Region
At The Well Project
BaMidbar
Beth Jacob High School
B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, Rocky Mountain Region
Boulder Jewish Community Center
Bringing Radical Cancer Awareness to our Jewish Community*
Chabad Jewish Center of South Metro Denver
Colorado Jewish Climate Action*
Congregation Beth Evergreen
CU Boulder Hillel Foundation
Denver Academy of Torah
Denver Community Kollel
Denver Jewish Day School
The Denver Kehillah
Divorce & Discovery New Visions for Jewish Healing*
The Efshar Project*
Ekar Farm
9to5 Colorado
Abundant Black Health
Access Gallery
Activate Work Inc.
Adelante Community Development
Advocacy Rising
Advocates for Children
African Chamber of Commerce Colorado
African Leadership Group*
Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization*
The Archer Group (formally The Fund for A Healthier Colorado)
Asian Girls Ignite*
Association of Fundraising Professionals/AFP-CC
Aurora Citizens for Excellent Education
Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition
Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
Aurora Public Schools Foundation
AYA Foundation
Balon USA
Bell Policy Center
Black Parents United Foundation
Black Resilience in Colorado Fund*
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver
Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado
Bridge to Justice
Broomfield Housing Solutions Forum*
Casa de Paz
Catholic Charities and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Denver, Inc.
Center for African American Health
Center for Community Wealth Building
Center for Employment Opportunities
Center for Health Progress
Center for Immigrants and Immigration Services
The Center for Trauma & Resilience
Center for Work Education and Employment
The Center on Colfax
Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores
Foundation for Jewish Camp
Friends of Israel Scouts
Golda Meir House Museum*
Hillel Academy of Denver
Hillel of Colorado
Honeymoon Israel
Israeli-American Council Colorado
Jewish Association for Death Education
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Jewish Federations of North America, MOED Black/Jewish Relations in Colorado
Jewish Fertility Foundation
Jewish Interest Free Loan of Colorado*
Jewish Studio Project
Chabad of Downtown Inc
Chalkbeat
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation
Citizens for Cherry Creek Schools Future
City Year Denver
Civic Center Conservancy
Clayton Early Learning
Climate Justice Collaborative of Boulder County*
Cobalt Foundation
Cobbled Streets
Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities, Inc.
Coloradans for Local Communities
Colorado African Cultural Center
Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists
Colorado Bar Association CLE
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Colorado Ceasefire Legislative Action
Colorado Center on Law and Policy
LEFT TO RIGHT: Metro Caring • Mosaic Church of Aurora • Work Options
JEWISHcolorado
Jewtina y Co.*
Judaism Your Way
Kabbalah Experience
Kavod Senior Life
Merkaz Torah V’Chesed
Mikvah of East Denver
Mizel Arts & Culture Center
Moishe House
Moving To Our Center
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
New Teacher Center
OneTable
Colorado Changemakers Collective
Colorado Children’s Campaign
Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Colorado Common Cause Education Fund
Colorado Community Health Network
Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
Colorado Department of Early Childhood
The Colorado Education Initiative
Colorado Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative*
Colorado Fiscal Institute
Colorado Future for All Fund**
Colorado Futuretek Inc
Colorado Gives Foundation
Colorado Healing Fund
Colorado Health Institute
Colorado Jobs with Justice
Colorado Media Project**
Colorado Native Organization*
Rahmana*
Ramah in the Rockies
Repair the World
Roots & Branches**
Shalom Park
Southwest NCSY*
Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center
Temple Emanuel
University of Denver, Rocky Mountain
Jewish Historical Society and Beck Archives
Valley Beit Midrash
The Wellness Institute*
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudic
Seminary of Denver
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights
Economic Development Association for Black Communities*
Ednium: The Alumni Collective
El Comite de Longmont
Elevate for Change
Elevated Denver*
Elevation Community Land Trust
Enterprise Community Partners
Family Tree
The Fax Partnership
The Film Collaborative, Inc.
Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative at CU Anschutz*
Florence Crittenton Services
Focus Points Family Resource Center
Focus Reentry
Food Justice NW Aurora*
Fortaleza Familiar
Foundation for Black Entrepreneurship
Gateway Domestic Violence Services
Gay Games Denver 2030*
GES Coalition
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
Girl Scouts of Colorado
Gold Crown Foundation
Goodwill of Colorado
Great Education Colorado
GRID Alternatives Colorado
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
The HadaNõu Collective
Hands to the Future
Healing Denver
Healthy Air and Water Colorado*
History Colorado
Homies Unidos Denver
Hope Has No Borders
Hunger Free Colorado
In Lak’ech Denver Arts*
Institute for Leaders in Development*
Intercambio Uniting Communities
The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado
International Rescue Committee in Denver
Jeffco Prosperity Partners
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Juneteenth Festival
Juntos Community
Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center
Justice for the People Legal Center
Korey Wise Innocence Project*
Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking
Latina Initiative Colorado
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado
Latino Cultural Arts Center
Latino Leadership Institute
League of Women Voters of Colorado
Lone Tree Arts Center Fund
Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research
Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains
Mama Bird Doula Services
The Master’s Apprentice
Mental Health Colorado
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains
Metro Caring
Metro DEEP*
Mi Casa Resource Center
Mile High Behavioral Healthcare
Mile High Ministries
Mile High United Way
Minds Matter Colorado
Mirror Image Arts
Mizel Institute
Momentum Advisory Collective
Mongolian School of Colorado
Montbello Organizing Committee
Montessori on Wheels*
Motus Theater
Moyo Nguvu Cultural Arts Center
Museum Of Contemporary Art Denver
National Civic League
Newcomers Fund**
New Era Colorado Foundation
NEWSED Community Development
Corporation
Nourish Colorado (formerly LiveWell Colorado)
One Colorado
Organizing for Education in Colorado Funders Collaborative**
The Park People
Patriots Care Inc.
Philanthropy Colorado
Planned Parenthood of the
Rocky Mountains
PlatteForum
Prodigy Ventures Inc
Project Angel Heart
Project I See You
Project PAVE
Project VOYCE
Project Worthmore
Public Education & Business Coalition
Radian Placematters
Re:Vision
RedLine Contemporary Art Center
Regents of the University of Colorado
RESCHOOL
RISE Colorado
Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center
Rocky Mountain Equality
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute
Rocky Mountain Partnership
Rocky Mountain Welcome Center
RootED
Roots Colorado
Roshni
Sakura Foundation
Save Our Youth
The Savings Collaborative
School District 12 Education Foundation
Seasoned with Grace UnBoxed
Second Chance Center
Servicios de la Raza
Sims-Fayola Foundation
Soccer Without Borders
Soul Stories
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning
Stand for Children Leadership Center
Street Fraternity
Struggle of Love Foundation
Su Teatro
Sun Valley Youth Center
Swallow Hill Music Association
Teach By Tech, Inc.
Teach Plus
TEACH.org
Teens, Inc.
Tepeyac Community Health Center
Thrive - Transformation At Work
To Protect LGBTQ+ Coloradans
Together Colorado
TRAILS
Trans Continental Pipeline
Transformative Freedom Fund
Transformative
Leadership for Change
Una Mano Una Esperanza
Union Hall
United for a New Economy
Urban Peak
Village Exchange Center
The Village Institute*
ViVe Wellness
Vocal Coalition Youth Choirs*
VUELA for Health
Warm Cookies of the Revolution
Warren Village
WeeCycle
Western Stock Show Association
Westminster Public Schools Foundation
Women’s Bean Project
The Women’s Foundation of Colorado
Words To Power
Work Options
YESS Institute
Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism
Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Organization
Youth on Record
YouthRoots
YWCA Boulder County
*Fiscally sponsored by another entity
**An initiative of Rose Community Foundation
2024 DONOR-ADVISED & DONOR-DESIGNATED FUNDS
IN TOTAL GRANTMAKING
FUNDS MADE GRANTS
The Enid M. and Mark J. Ablowitz Philanthropy Fund
M & S Alexander Family Charity Fund
Altenberg-Plotkin Family Fund
The Anchor Fund
A-P Family Fund
Tiffany and Joel Appel Fund
David and Anna Asarch Family Fund
Atler Family Fund
Marti Awad Charitable Fund
The B6 Fund
The Bay Philanthropic Fund (RCF)
The Bender Greenberg Family Fund
Benenson Family Fund
Lauren & Josh Benjamin
Bernie Buck$ Fund
The BLTS Fund
David and Zita Bram Family Charitable Fund
David and Zita Bram Family Fund for the Sons of Israel Cemetery in Colorado Springs
Donna Bryson and Fredrick Glick
Family Charitable Fund
The Button Stores Philanthropy Fund
Calamus Fund of Phil Nash and Bob Janowski
David Carlson DAF
Chatfield Family Charitable Fund
Cheryl Clark Opportunity Fund
The Cohen Family Fund
David Cohen Charitable Fund
Lisa and Rich Cohn Family Fund
Mark Cordova Family Fund
The Corley Family Fund
Mary Gittings Cronin Fund
David J. and Vicki Perlmutter Dansky Fund
Barbara Mellman Davis Fund
DiBella Family Fund
Alison Dinn and Jeffrey Goodman Giving Fund
Dizzion Cares Fund
Drinkwater Shneer Family Fund
Tracy Dunning & Eric Sondermann Family Fund
Eder-Adler Fund
EEC Intent Fund
Larry and Judy Ann Eichenbaum Family Fund
The Eichenbaum Lent Family Fund
The Ellie Fund
Emery Mendel Family Fund
The Ferris Fund
Fink Family Fund
Fischborn Fund
The Foote Wade Family Fund
Lulu Frankel-Weisberg Family Fund
Friedman Family Foundation
Charles and Anne Garcia Fund
Ken Gart Family Fund
Tom and Margie Gart Family Fund
Roger and Jill Giller Donor Advised Fund
The J. Glick Donor-Advised Fund
GoFish Fund
Golden Hands Fund
Good Karma Fund
The Gootys Fund
Grandwine Fund
Gerald and Lorna Gray Family Fund
Renee and Martin Gross Family Foundation
Guild Community Fund
Gwirtsman-Reichman Fund
HAC Intent Fund
Bailyn Handler Donor Advised Fund
Brad and Emeri Handler Family Fund
Eden Handler Donor Advised Fund
Tavi Handler Donor Advised Fund
The Hankin Family Charitable Fund
The Leslie & Andy Heins Family Fund
The Henry Family
A. Barry and Arlene F. Hirschfeld Family Fund
Fund of the Family of Lewis J. Hoch
to Advance Jewish Life
Charities Fund of the Family of Lewis J. Hoch
Huberman Family Charitable Fund
Ibex
Indyk Miller Family Fund
JAAHL SPIRIT’D Giving Fund
Leslie and Scott Jacobs Fund
Jahon Family Fund
Larry and Helayne Jones Family Fund
Kalstein Family Fund
Keith Family Fund
Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Fund
GRANTED WENT
Kikumoto Family Fund
Klondike Fund
David and Judy Koff Family Fund
The Korff Family Fund
Richard K. Kornfeld/Julie A. Malek Family Fund
Kortz Family Fund
Carol Koscove Charitable Fund
L & M Charitable Fund
Ladis Family Fund
Lanig Family Fund
The Lanig Fund
Leaffer Family Charitable Fund
Leevers Family Foundation
Devora Leiser Fund for Jewish K-12 Education Scholarships
Gary D. Levine Memorial Fund
Gary D. Levine Memorial Fund for the JCC
Alan and Leslie Levine Family Fund
J. Leonard and Myra B. Levy Fund
Nathan Levy Fund
Lightning Bug
Liner Family Foundation
Linn - Gittelman Charitable Fund
Lion Heritage Fund
The Mally Fund
Don Marcotte Memorial Fund
The Mariposa Fund
Ernest and Ona Marshall Fund
Ona and Ernest Marshall Fund
Mayer-Rose Family Philanthropic Fund
Mayer Selig Philanthropic Fund
The Micah Fund
Sue Miller Transitions Fund
Steven M. Mizel Charitable Gift Fund
Montview Church Mission Impact Fund
Susie and Perry Moss Family Fund
MTC Intent Fund
MTDWAK Fund
Nevet Sydell Montgomery Endowment Fund for Temple Sinai
Devra & Michael Ochs Charitable Fund
Jane D. Oppenheim Fund
Opportunity Ventures
Over the Rainbow Fund
Papa Marv Fund
The Pollock Family Fund
Pollock/Gorden Donor-Advised Fund
Kami and Neil Pomerantz Charitable Fund
JHJ Posner Family Fund
Price Sibling Fund
Ready Foods Fund
The RLMF Donor-Advised Fund
Lisa and John Robinson Family Fund
Marcia and Richard L. Robinson Family Fund
Frances Rock Walz Fund
Laurie and Chris Romer Fund
Schauble Family Charitable Fund
Schneider Malek Family Fund
SEO Oxman Charitable Fund
Seserman Family Fund
SGCRT
The Shmerling Family Fund
Marvin and Harriet Shogan Family Fund
Judith and Martin Shore Donor-Advised Fund
Silvers Refuah Shlema Fund
Smith Family Rose Foundation Fund
Sosa Family Fund
The Spirituals Project Endowment Fund
Spruce Fund
Debra Strear Aleinikoff Memorial Fund
Allan and Helena Striker Donor-Advised Fund
Gary and Lin Sunshine Fund
Sweet Friend Fund
The Thorpe Family Fund
Zahn Vance Thorpe Fund
Michael & Pegi Touff Donor Advised Fund
The Townsend Fund
Richard B. Tucker Family Fund
Ukanhaddat Fund
The Vanderburg Family Fund
Leo and Julia Verderber Family Fund
Wald and Weiser Fund
The Waldbaum Family Fund
The WaterBlum Fund
WE4Smith Foundation
The Jerry and Nancy Weil Family Fund
The WeiZan Family Fund
Bret Weller Scholarship Fund
Welsch Farber Family Fund
The Wherewithal Fund
Wilkinson Family Fund
Williamson Family Fund
Carolyn and Dave Wollard Donor-Advised Fund
The Wolman Family Fund
Xorak Fund
The Yourtz Family Fund
2024 FUNDS OF THE FOUNDATION
Generation Now Circle
Jewish Life Field of Interest Fund
Jewish Community Resiliency Fund
Policy and Advocacy Field of Interest Fund
Roots & Branches Foundation
Rose Women’s Circle Fund
Sheila Bugdanowitz Leadership Development Award Fund
Together Fund
PARTNER FUNDS
Colorado Afghan Evacuee Support Fund
Colorado Future for All Fund
Colorado Media Project
Colorado Safe Futures Fund
CRSP Refugee Integration Fund
Denver Asylum Seeker Program Fund
Early Childhood Leadership Commission
Friends of Colorado Student Leaders Association (COSLI)
Newcomers Fund
Organizing for Education in Colorado Funders Collaborative
Sachs Foundation Fund
2024
NONPROFIT-ENDOWED & NONPROFIT-DESIGNATED FUNDS
$1.5 MILLION IN
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ENDOWED FUNDS
61% OF NONPROFIT FUNDHOLDERS PARTICIPATED IN AN ENDOWMENT BUILDING PATHWAY PROGRAM
$360,000 IN
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
Aish of the Rockies Endowment Fund
AJC Colorado Legacy Endowment Fund
The Alexander Foundation Endowment Fund
Anchor Center Endowment
The Arc of Colorado
Art Students League of Denver
Ascend Performing Arts Fae Tourtel Endowment Fund
The Blue Bench
• The Blue Bench Endowment Fund
• The Blue Bench Fund
BMH-BJ Congregation
B’nai Havurah
• B’nai Havurah Designated Legacy Fund
• B’nai Havurah Endowment Fund
Boulder Jewish Community Center
• Ablowitz Early Childhood Education Fund
• ACE Endowment
• Ellie Pearl Berg Memorial Early Childhood Center and Camp Program Endowment Fund
• The Boulder Jewish Community Center Endowment Fund
• Brianna Friedman Memorial Fund
• Goldman Family Early Childhood Education Endowment Fund
• Ari Pollachek Memorial Arts Fund
• Ilona Irene Rosenschein Holocaust Education 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
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation
• Cherry Creek Schools Foundation Designated Fund
• Cherry Creek Schools Foundation Endowment Fund
CHIC Growth Fund
Children’s Garden Fund
CIRC-Unity Fund
Colorado Agency for Jewish Education Endowment
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence
• Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence
- BOD Reserve
• Colorado Center for Nursing ExcellenceLong Term Investment
Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation
• CRHDC Building Strong Foundations Endowment Fund
• CRHDC Designated Fund
Compañeros Endowment Fund
Congregation Beth Evergreen
• Congregation Beth Evergreen Endowment Fund
• The Ellen and Marty Diesenhof Educational Endowment Fund
Crowley Foundation Legacy Fund
Denver Academy of Torah
• Denver Academy of Torah Endowment Fund
• Englard Fund
• Makovsky Fund
• MBG Foundation Fund
• Obby Shames Fund
Denver Children’s Choir
• Denver Children’s Choir Endowment Fund
• Denver Children’s Choir Dedicated Reserve Fund
Denver Community Kollel 5C
Denver Family Institute Endowment Fund
Denver Film Society Endowment
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
• Charles and Louise Rosenbaum Scholarship Fund
Denver Public Schools Foundation Endowment Fund
Denver Rotary Club Foundation: Don & Margo Schlup Family Endowment
Denver Scholarship Foundation Endowment Fund
Denver Urban Gardens
Douglas County Libraries Foundation
• Douglas County Libraries Foundation Advised Fund
• The Douglas County Libraries Foundation Fund
Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County Endowment Fund
Emily Griffith Foundation
• Emily Griffith Opportunity Endowment at Rose Community Foundation
• Margaret Hayes McKechnie Scholarship
• Arthur Moss Memorial Family Fund
• Brian Thompson Memorial Fund
Dorotha Hogue Endowment Fund
benefiting Florence Crittenton Services
Foundation for Douglas County Schools
The Fund for Impact on Education
Girl Scouts of Colorado
• Anonymous (2)
• The Rae Ann and Richard Dougherty
Look Wider International Travel Fund for Girl Scouts of Colorado
• Dream Bigger Endowment for Girl Scouts in Routt County
• Endowment for Denver Metro Outreach
- CenturyLink
• Stephanie A. Foote Leadership Prize Endowment Fund
• Girl Scouts of Colorado Board Designated Fund
• GSCO Board Designated Fund #2 MSR/DU Funds
• 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
Girls Athletic Leadership Schools of Denver Endowment Fund
The GrowHaus Endowment Fund
Growing Home
Hillel of Colorado
• Hillel of Colorado Endowment Fund
• Hillel Political Education Fund
• Raphael Levy Program Endowment
• Daniel Aaron Lipson Memorial Mental Health Fund
• Annie Rosen Fund
• Schayer Leadership Fund
• Siegel Endowment Fund
Invest in Kids Endowment Fund
Jeffco Library Foundation Endowment
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
• Jewish Family Service of Colorado Endowment
• The Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation Endowment for Refugees and Mental Health Services
• Metzler Family Childhood Learning Program
Kavod Senior Life Allied Jewish Apartments Endowment
Kempe Community Children’s Fund
La Veta Cuchara Foundation Designated Fund
The Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking Endowment Fund
Latinas First Foundation
• Latinas First Foundation Endowed Fund
• Phyllis E. Lucero Scholarship Fund
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Endowment
L’dor Vador Circle, Aspen Jewish Congregation
Lighthouse Writers Fund
The Logan School Endowment Fund
Maria Droste Counseling Center Linda E. McKinzie Legacy Fund
Mending Faces
• Mending Faces Designated Fund
• Mending Faces Endowment Fund
Mental Health Colorado Jeanne M. Rohner Endowment Fund
Mesa Verde Foundation Operating Endowment
Mikvah of East Denver Fund
Mile High 360 Educational Legacy Fund
Minds Matter Colorado
• Choksi Family Endowment of Minds Matter Colorado
• Minds Matter Colorado General Endowment
Mizel Museum Endowment Fund
The Montessori School of Washington Park Endowment
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
NAMI Colorado Springs Endowment Fund
National Council of Jewish Women Colorado
Northglenn Youth Theatre Scholarship Endowment
Parent Possible Endowment
Posner Center for International Development
Project PAVE
• Project PAVE Designated Fund
• Project PAVE Endowment Fund
RedLine Endowment Fund
Rise Above Colorado
• Rise Above Colorado Designated Fund
• Rise Above Colorado Endowment Fund
RMIAN Endowment Fund
Rose Andom Center
• Rose Andom Center Designated Fund
• Rose Andom Center Endowment Fund
Rose Youth Foundation Endowment Fund
Save Our Youth
Sewall Child Development Center
• Sewall Child Development Center Endowment
• Sewall Child Development Center Teacher Fund
Shalom Park
• Milton and Lillian Toltz Staff Appreciation Fund
• Shalom Park Endowment
Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center of Denver
• Rosyne Gardenswartz Memorial Fund
• The JAAMM FEST Endowment Fund
• Jewish Community Center Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Endowment Fund
• The Harold Lane Memorial Fund
• Dena and Charlie Miller Theatre Fund
• Rose Medical Center Fund
• Jerry Spitz Memorial Education Fund
• Wolf Theatre Academy Fund
Summit Huts Association
• Francie’s Cabin Designated Fund
• Francie’s Cabin Endowment Fund
• Janet’s Cabin Designated Fund
• Janet’s Cabin Endowment Fund
• Sisters Cabin Designated Fund
• Sisters Cabin Endowment Fund
Tara Performing Arts High School
• Tara Performing Arts High School Endowment Fund
Temple Emanuel
• Congregation Emanuel Fund
• Temple Emanuel Fund
Temple Grandin School Endowment Fund
Temple Micah
• Temple Micah Designated Fund
• Temple Micah Endowment Fund
Temple Sinai Endowment Fund
Third Way Center Endowment Fund
Violence Free Colorado
• Violence Free Colorado Designated Fund
• Violence Free Colorado Endowment
Warren Village
WeeCycle
• WeeCycle Designated Fund
• WeeCycle Endowment Fund
Western Dressage Association of America
• WDAA Designated Fund FLEX
• WDAA Endowed Fund
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Endowment Fund
YESS Institute
Nathan Yip Foundation
• Nathan Yip Foundation Designated Projects Fund
• Nathan Yip Foundation Endowment Fund
• NYF Guang Yu Restricted Fund
2024 DONORS
458 S Gilpin LLC
Madeleine Aaron Foundation
ABIDI Fund
Jacqui Ainlay-Conley
John and Judy Alberts
David Albright
Roy and Sheryl Alexander
Brandon and Katy Allen
Stephen Michael Allen
Allyn Family Foundation
The Aloha Foundation
Judy Altenberg and Bruce Plotkin
Amazon, Inc
Anderson Family Charitable Fund
Lauren Anderson
E. Wyllys and Patricia A. Andrews
J. Michael and Jeanne S. Archer
Katherine Archuleta and Edmundo Gonzales
Jake Armstrong
Charlie Arnowitz
Artisan Pictures, LLC
Arvada United Methodist Church
Joann Asakawa Huntz
Anna and David Asarch
Jodi Asarch
Danielle Aschenbrener
Jonathan and Dr. Shirley Asher
Eleanor Atkeson
Stacey Aviva Giving Fund
Marti J. Awad
Brittany Bailey
Michael Bain Donor Advised Fund
David N. Baker
Nicole Ball
The B6 Fund
Holly Baroway
Sears and Colleen O’Brien Barrett
Esther M. Bartholic
Rosa Baum
Lila Bauman
Robert and Virginia Bayless Family Fund
Graig Bears
Jen Bee and Community
Cynthia Beer
Peter Henry Benedetto
Harold Berenson
Madeleine and Mandell Berman
Support Foundation
Zac Berry
Bills Family Charitable Fund
Robert Bair
Blue Ox Digital LLC
Kelly Blynn and Max Harper
Arlene Bobrow and Charles Tanabe
Boeing
Boettcher Foundation
Boldly Forward Colorado
Lee Bollacker
Madeline Booth
Libby Bortz
Bortz Vanguard Charitable Account Fund
Kristen Boysen
William Bracken
Bradford Family
Brain Reaction Trivia
Martin Brandt
Sarah Braun
Amy and David Brenner
Allan S. Brett
Carol Brookman
Lois Brooks
Jacob Brown
The Buck Foundation
Grace M. Buckley
Kim Burnett and Anondo Stangl
Linzie Burton
Seth Cagin
Lori Campbell
Timothy Campbell
Jeanette Capel
Cris Cardenas
Caring for Colorado Foundation
Rachel Carpenter
Carroll Family Fund
Laura H. Cary Charitable Fund
James Casey
Marta Castaneda
Robert and Robin Chalecki
Virginia Chau and Doug Sanders
Mary Chavez-Rey
Dee Chirafisi and Jim Theye
Chispa Fund
Stephen Chittick
Justin and Amanda Choi Giving Fund
George Church and Kathy Stein
Thomas Closs
Susan Cobb and Kate Shea
The Cohen Family Fund
Colorado Access Foundation
Colorado Gives Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation
The Colorado Trust
Andrew M. Comer
Kay Contreras
Elliott V. Converse III
Linda Cook
Matthew J. Corbett
Kimberly Corley
Frank and Sandra Corricello
Sara and Ed Cotter
Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation
David Crain
Ruth Crawford Tobin
Annetta Crecelius
Dean C. and Janine L. Crick
Crunchbase
Mary Beth Curry
Barry and Gay Curtiss-Lusher
Evan Daily
Brian R. Danaher
Danish Sisterhood Ellen Lodge #21
Kirsten Darner
Janine Davidson and David Kilcullen
Joey Davidson
Paul and JoAnn De la Garza
Erin Decker
Delta Dental of Colorado
Jessica Denning
The Denver Foundation
John and Storm DeSisto
Carolyn June Diana
Jessica Diaz
DiBella Family Fund
Cullen Dilldine
Josh and Kate Dinar
Dr. and Mrs. Marc J. Dollinger
Donnell-Kay Foundation
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Mary C. and Daniel L. Dubois
Jared Dulmage
Kelly Dunkin
Kimberly and Andre Durand
Carol Dwyer
Jeff and Kim Egan
Nikki Egenolf
Lindy Eichenbaum Lent and Jason Lent
Electric Yolk Productions
TOP LEFT: Founding Trustee Dick Robinson and Foundation President and CEO Lindy Eichenbaum Lent | BOTTOM LEFT: Philanthropic Partners Event | RIGHT: The Wellness Institute
Jane Eleff
Therese and Jeff Ellery
The Jim and Kathy Emme Family Charitable Fund
C. C. and Susanne Watson Epting
Erickson Family Fund
Evan A. Evans
Colin Eykamp
Matt Ferris
Florence Fetterer
Rev. Carla Ficke
Michael Fierberg
Amelia and Andrew Fink
Beth and Scott Fink
Mark and Christine Fisher
Timothy B. and Roberta E. Flatley
Sarah and Patrick Flischel
Maryanne Flynn
Barbara Fonda
Cliff Foster
Richard Foster
Brunson and Sasha Frankel
Robert G. and Candace J. Frie
Friedman Family Foundation
Dr. Lisa and Dr. Stephen Friedman
Fuller Family Fund
JoAnn and Joseph Furay
Naomi Gaeng
Pieter Gagnon
Carmelita Galicia-Munoz
Mary and Lyle Gallivan
Jean and Ben Galloway
Stephen Galpern
Elaine Gampel
Beth Ganz
Charles and Anne Garcia Fund
Gadi M. Garfinkel
Gary Philanthropy
Gates Family Foundation
Antoinette Gawin
Rheda Gerlock
Gill Foundation
GivingForce Foundation
Ross Elliot Glasser Philanthropic Fund
Jay and Mellenie Goebel
Marissa Goldman
Graciela Gonzales
Marie and Matthew Gordon
Rebecca Gorrell
Allyson Goto
Grace Lutheran Church
James E. and Ruth G. Graf
Rhondda L. Grant Family Fund
Janet Lee Grassia
Maura Gray
Green and Kassanoff Giving Fund
Philip and Susan Greenberg
Sarah Grieco
Daniel Griffin
Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Lance Grothe
Elizabeth Groundwater
Group 14 Engineering PBC
Sean Groves
Abigail Grueskin
Celeste Grynberg
Pat Westcott Hagen
The Hankin Family Charitable Fund
Amy and Eric Hansen
Mary Jan and Charles Wayne Harper
Kathryn and Kyle Harris
Deborah Hart
Don and JoAnne Hart
Mary Haynes
Michael T. Hegarty
Kanitha Heng Snow
Michael Henle
Becky Hensley
Pauline Herrera
Douglas Hesse
Amy Hill
Jon Hill
Rudy Hobson
Honey Hochstadt Family Fund
Stacie and Jeff Hochstadt
Aaron Hoffman
Marian and Jud Hollingsworth
Betsy and George Hoover
Laurel Hortick
Patrick Hoskins
Chen-Pin Hu
Judith A. Hubert
William H. Hughes, Jr.
R. Bryant Hutson and Robert M. Bernstein Family Fund
Heidi Ihrke
Charlotte Jackson
Kay Jackson
Lara W. Jakubowski
Natalie Ann James
Sarah James
Amanda Jensen
Eleanor Jensen
Brian Johnson and Melissa Coughlin Balgley
Deidre Johnson
Johnson Family Foundation
Helayne and Larry Jones
Shelly Jones
Gary Jurgemeyer
Milton Kahn and Elizabeth Herrick
Kaiser Permanente
Christian Kalenga
Krishna and Kaliki Kantheti
Steve Kaplan
Shara Kaplin
Florrie Katchen
Abby Kaufman and Molly Smemo
Brittany Keener
Keller Family Fund
Mary Katherine Kerr
Alex Kimata
Michael King
Erin M. Kingsley
Amanda Kinsey
Zoe Kircos and Pete Rast
Roberta and Dr. Mel Klein
Matthew Koch
Martha Koestner
Alison Koff
Seethal Peter Korah
Jacob Korn
Emily Kornhauser
Paul and Susan E. Kotarba
Patti Kramish
Krenz Donor Advised Fund
Morris J. Krohn Memorial Foundation
Greg Kuo and Michaela Hennnig
Sarah and Brian Kurz
Kristin Mary Ladd
Mary Winifred Lamy
Lane Family Fund
Danica Larson
Latitude Forty Charitable Fund
Ralph E. Leclere
Josie Lee
Kyle Lephart
Alan and Leslie Levine Family Fund
William and Ann Levis
The RLMF Donor-Advised Fund
Marilyn A. Lewis
Phil Lidov
Catherine Lindsey
Lionsgate - Starz
Steven H. and Susan Ullman Lipstein
Elliot Litz Charitable Fund
Longmont Community Foundation
Loretto Literary & Benevolent Institution General Fund
C. James Lovett
Roger Low
Theodore Frederick Lowenfels
Ellen Welner Lozow
Rebecca Lynch
Laura Mackenzie
Nicole Maholic
Carrie Makarewicz
Evan and Evi Bachrach Makovsky
Schneider Malek Family Fund
Sam Mamet and Judith Cassel-Mamet
Joshua and Violet Mantell
The Marks Family Foundation
Samantha Hea Marks
Eileen M. and Sam M.
Monica Martinez
Karen Mather
Laura McCudden
Endiya McDaniel
Lisa McKenzie
Mclaren - Ryan Donor Advised Fund
Kevin McQueen
Joe and Linda McTee
Naz Medhanie and Arkan Haile
Medtronic Foundation Volunteer
Grant Program
Bonnie Merenstein
Alex Miller
Barbara A. Miller
Jennifer O. and Jason M. Miller
Michael Miller
Tara Miller
Thao Minn
Elizabeth Montgomery
Emily K. Moore and Scott D. Sturgis
William Moran
Morgan Stanley Gift
Morgridge Family Foundation
Peter E. and Mary B. Morin
Joann E. Mosco
Monte Moses and Kathryn Whitaker
Murphy Giving Fund
Linda Murphy
Museum Of Contemporary Art Denver
Masha Myslovskaya
Tyler Nading
Hal Naiman
Susan and Sankar Narayan
Sally and Kevin Neher
Neon One
Kathy Neustadt
Nathan New
Michael Niyompong
Mark Nolan
Mary Norbury-Glaser
David North
Matthew Novinger
Kathy Obear
Hilary OKelly
Ann ONeill
Lisa Opper and Jason Ortman
Elizabeth C. O’Reilly
Emily O’Ryan
Whitney Owen
Stephen Padilla
Susan Pappas
Shreyas Patel
Leah and Jeff Peer
Mary Pellettier
Marian Penny
Roxane Perruso
Ann and Rick Peterson
David Petroy
Anne Phelps
Charlotte Phelps
Georgie Philip
Allison Phillips
Anne Pitts
Sr. Patricia Podhaisky
Melinda Pollack and Tony Frank
Roberta J. Ponis
William T. Poole III
Price Family Foundation
Marlene Price
Morris W. Price, Jr.
Price Sibling Fund
G & R Quiat Family Foundation
Lorri Rabinowitz and Paul Lhevine
The Jess and Rose Kortz and Pearle Rae Foundation
Nancy Rainwater and Andrew Sweet
Ryan Rector
Diane E. Reddin
Diane and Wiley Reed
Kristin Reisinger
Elisabeth Tyldum Repka
Dr. Eli Reshotko
Restore Trust
William and Beverly Rexrode
Matthew and Julie Rich
Mrs. Jeannie and The Honorable Bill Ritter
Ritualcravt
Gregory Robert and Marike
Noele Fitzgerald
Katherine Roberts
Edward* and Susan Robinson
Lisa and John Robinson Family Fund
Marcia and Dick Robinson
Elizabeth Robischon
Rockefeller Foundation
Rocky Mountain Health Foundation
Dean Rodahl
Peter Roden
Susan and Jeff Rona
Marissa Ronk
RootED
Jacob Rosenblum
Wil Rosser
Rossetter Foundation
The Wherewithal Fund
Robin Hope Rothman
N.D. Rounds
Rowdy Poppy
ER Rush Nollenberger
Adrienne Russman and Teva Sienicki
Leslie Sabin and Sylvan Goldberg
Will and Cindy Sanchez
Megan Sandhagen
Tracy Sandoval
Paul P. Santaniello
Afshin Sarvestani and Chad Skurdahl
Bev and Bob Sauer
Murphy Saxton Family Giving Fund
Schlessman Family Foundation Fund
Joseph Schlue
Daryl Schreiber
Anna Schubert
Paul and Janeen Schueller
David Schultz
Lauren Schwartz
Marc Schwartz
Emma Schwarz
Seeb Family Fund
The Segal Family Fund
Morgan Seibel
Evan W. Sell
Julie Selsberg and Josh Protass
Caroline Seman
Sending Support Foundation
Anne L. Shanahan
Derek Shannon
Martin Shore
Leslie and Mark Sidell
Jacob Siegel
Gail Sigman
Tracy Simmons
Alexandra Simon
Fran and Anna Simon
Peter Simonson and Karen Ashcraft
Paul Sklarew and Mari Mosberg
Alexandra Smith
Smith Capital Investors
Rebecca Smith
Robert E & Anne T Sneed Family
Foundation
Jessica Southern
Stephen D. Sparn
Karen Sparrow
Jill and Lee Spitz
St. Mary’s Academy
Andrea Stanton
Amy Marie Starks
The Steadman Group
Gary and Leslie Stiefler
Michele Stillwell-Parvensky and Ryan Tierney
Al and Jean Stinn
Strawberry Mountain
Kevin Sullivan
Sunny Communications
Meyer and Judith Sussman
Erin E. Swietlik
Tyler Sym
Rae and Rod Tafoya
Nathan and Julie Taylor
Luke Teater
Terpenning Fund
Paul Teske and Kim Hartman
Matthew Thayer
Brian Tomas
Richard and Karen Thomas
Albany Thompson
Laura Thompson
Robyn Tibert
Elissa and Bill Wolf Tinsman
Maria Jose Torres Ariceaga Chavez
The Townsend Fund
Janice Trimmer
Richard B. Tucker Family Fund
Zachary and Emily Tucker
Twelve Twenty-One Fund
Andrew Unander
Jeff Unger
United Healthcare Svs Inc
Perry Valentine
Laura and Jesse Van Divier
Lynette C. Vasquez
Jason Vazquez
Eve L. Verderber Charitable Fund
The Vertex Companies, LLC
Catherine Vincent
Rebeca Vindas
Walmart Stores, Inc.
Jeff Ward-Bailey
Kirsten T. Washer
Paul Washington and Nadia El Mallakh
James P. Wason and Nancy L. Cohen
The WaterBlum Fund
John and Jillian Watson
Anne Wattenberg
Amy Weber
Kenneth C. Weil
The Jerry and Nancy Weil Family Fund
Susan Weinstein
Jacob Weiss
Jean Weiss
Welcoming America
Catherine Weldon
Barbara Wells
Josh Wesselius
Elene and Timothy West
Western Union Foundation
Mark A. White
The Connie Burwell White and
William W. White Foundation
Bill and Katie Wieder
Barbara and Mark Wilkins
Marsha Williams
Lauren Willis
Stephen and Susan Withrow
Wolman-Fulker Fund
Justin Wood
Jay and Nancy Yedlin Charitable Fund
The Barbara Young Fund
Stella Yu
Dara Zack
Mark Zammuto
Josh Zeitlin and Amy Hoffmaster
Julie and Howard Zemel
William and Jaye Zessar
The Zimmer Family
Julia Emma Znutas
Lisa Zolle
Curtis Zook
Anonymous Donors (131)
2024 ROSE COMMUNITY LEGACY CIRCLE
Enid M. and Mark J. Ablowitz
Sheryl and Milroy Alexander
Judy Altenberg and Bruce Plotkin
Jennifer Atler
Marilyn VanDerbur Atler and Lawrence A. Atler
Elise and Brian Barish
Ellen Beller
Libby Bortz
Zita* and David* Bram
VJ Brown
Sheila* and Richard* Bugdanowitz
David Carlson
Shanti Chacko and Graig Weisbart
Bill Clarke
James W.* and Peggy* Clausen
Susan Cobb and Kate Shea
Lisa Reckler Cohn
Mark Cordova
Mary Gittings Cronin
The Curtiss-Lusher Family
Vicki and David Dansky
Maxine* and Fred* Davine
Rae Ann and Richard E. Dougherty
Tracy Dunning and Eric Sondermann
Therese and Jeff Ellery
The Ellie Fund
Erica and Elliott Farber
Sheryl and Kenneth Feiler
Amelia and Andrew Fink
Stephanie Foote
Anne and Charles Garcia
Marjorie and Thomas Gart
Shannon Gifford and Jerrold L. Glick
Katherine Gold
The Goldberg Family
Margery Goldman
Lynda Mallinoff Goldstein*
Julia and Dr. Jonathan Gordon
Renee* and Martin C.* Gross
Lauren Handler and John Silva
J. Bourge Hathaway
Joan and Mark Henneberry
Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn
Lisa M. Herschli
Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld
Elsa Holguín and Ed Lucero
Sarah Indyk and Charlie Miller
Dianne and Michael Jacobsen
Dr. Robert R. Janowski and
Phillip A. Nash
Helayne and Larry Jones
Gale and Ron Kahn
Leslie B. Karotkin
Kathy and Rob Klugman
Judy and David Koff
Lisa Stein Kornfeld and Brad Kornfeld
Mary Lou Blackledge-Kortz and Donald* Kortz
Carol J. Koscove*
Elizabeth and Steven Kris
Johanna and Manny Ladis
Hilreth Lanig
Dr. Indira S. Lanig
Mary Lee and Jay Schusterman
Devora Leiser*
Lindy Eichenbaum Lent and Jason Lent
Gaye Leonard
Laure and Scott Levin
Diane and Steven Levine
Ann and William Levis
THE LEGACY CIRCLE HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY PROVIDED FOR GIFTS TO AND THROUGH ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN THEIR ESTATE PLANS. TOP TO BOTTOM: Philanthropic Partners Event • RCF staff Emma Schwarz, Elisabeth Morales, Maria Torres and Kelli Rojas at Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Corazon Legacy Celebration • Living Legacy Tapestry
Myra Levy*
Norman Levy*
Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation
Robyn Loup
Suzann and John Love
Ian K. Macgillivray
Evi and Evan Makovsky
Julie Malek and Rick Kornfeld
Miriam Mazel and Mark Hockenberg
Arthur E. McAlarney* Revocable Trust
Terrie L. McAlarney* Revocable Trust
Barbara Altenberg McDonald
Barbara Mellman Davis
Bonnie and Dr. Jerry* Merenstein
Bobbi Lou Miller
Lisa Farber Miller
Sue Miller*
Elaine Millman*
Carol and Larry Mizel
Naomi* and Ronald Montoya
Susie and Perry Moss
Kathy Neustadt
Barbara and Neil Oberfeld
Gillian Nyland
Essie and Jordon* Perlmutter
Patrice (Hall) Pierce
Helene and David* Pollock
Joanne Posner-Mayer
Dr. Dean Prina
Melinda Quiat
Roberta* and Gerald* Quiat
Henry Rasof*
Nancy Reichman and Charles Gwirtsman
Susan and Edward* Robinson
Lisa and John Robinson
Marcia and Richard Robinson
Rachel Romer
Mona J. Rosenberg
Alec Sarche
Nichole E. Scott
Miriam Sherman*
Debra and Dr. Jim Shmerling
The Shogan Family
Judith* and Martin H. Shore
Darlene Silver
Dale and Robert* Silverberg
Dr. William S. Silvers
Terry Smith
Helena and Allan Striker
Karen and Richard Thomas
Jean and Charles Townsend
Richard B. Tucker*
Liz Ullman
Irit and Art Waldbaum
WE4Smith Foundation
Carolyn and David Wollard
Teresa* and Gary Yourtz
Anonymous Legacy Donors (13)
* Of blessed memory
STAFF (AS OF JUNE 2025)
2024 COMMITTEES
AUDIT AND FINANCE
Josh Dinar | Chair
Lorii Rabinowitz
Matthew Rich
Michael Touff
Brian Wilkinson
COMMUNITY GRANTMAKING
Lorii Rabinowitz | Chair
Jon Asher
Stephen Brackett
Perla Gheiler
Amy Kiefer Hanson
Ryan Harris
Deidre Johnson
Heather Lafferty
Lydia Prado
Lisa Robinson
Jeremy Shaver
Tom Thorpe
Michael Touff
Lorena Zimmer
INVESTMENT
Brian Wilkinson | Chair
Marti Awad
Steven A. Cohen
Barry Curtiss-Lusher
Krishna Kantheti
Eunice Kim
Paul Washington
Anna Alarid
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Judy Altenberg Chief Philanthropy Officer
Brittany Bailey Accountant
Ray Barrie-Kivel Director of Policy and Advocacy
Kristy Bassuener Vice President of Communications and Outreach
VJ Brown
Community Impact Officer
Zoe Carlson
Philanthropic Initiatives Coordinator
Mary Chavez-Rey Office Manager
Kelly Costello Director of Grants Management
Marit Evans Information Systems Manager
Carmelita Galicia-Munoz Philanthropy Advisor
Mellenie Goebel
Nonprofit Endowments Advisor
Mary Haynes Director of Talent and Administration
Jill Henden
Director of Nonprofit Funds and Legacy Giving
Chen-Pin Hu Grants Coordinator
Joann Asakawa Huntz
Community Impact Coordinator
Sarah James Director of Donor Funds and Gift Planning
Mary Katherine Kerr Philanthropic Services Coordinator
Emily Kornhauser Director of Collaborative Philanthropy
Sarah Kurz
Chief Impact Officer
Gretchen Lenamond
Chief Financial Officer
Lindy Eichenbaum Lent President and CEO
Catherine Lindsey Committee Liaison
Elisabeth Morales Digital Communications Coordinator
Kelli Rojas Vice President of Operations
Jacob Rosenblum
Director of Jewish Community Grants and Partnerships
Afshin Sarvestani
Finance and Administration Manager
Emma Schwarz Controller
Maria Jose Torres Community Impact Officer
JEWISH LIFE
Kathy Neustadt | Chair
Steve Abelman
David Asarch
Barry Curtiss-Lusher
Josh Dinar
Stacey Aviva Flint
Abby Kaufman
Matthew LeBauer
Evi Makovsky
Matthew Rich
Susan Rona
Leslie Sidell
Scott Wasserman
PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES
Barry Curtiss-Lusher | Chair
Elise Barish
Robin Chalecki
Sade Cooper
Therese Ellery
Jonathan Fung
Elaine Gampel
Margie Gart
Johanna Ladis
Nathan Levy
Morris Price
Brian Rothberg
Morgan Seibel
Stephanie Stein
Desta Taye-Channell
Irit Waldbaum
Ken Weil
POLICY AND ADVOCACY
Julie Selsberg | Chair
Katherine Archuleta
Beverly Buck, JD/MPA
Janine Davidson, Ph.D.
Helayne Jones
Steve Kris
Sam Mamet
Sharmila Basu Mann, Ph.D.
Monte Moses, Ph.D.
Michael Niyompong
Kevin Patterson
Tiana Patterson
Melinda Pollack
Daniel Ramos
Nancy Reichman, Ph.D.
Adrienne Russman
Paul Teske, Ph.D.
2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FOUNDING TRUSTEES
Linda G. Alvarado
Joseph M. Aragon*
David C. Boyles
Fred T. Davine*
Steven W. Farber*
Jeannie Fuller
Stephen Kurtz
Norman Levy*
Sister Lydia M. Peña, Ph.D.
David M. Pollock*
Richard L. Robinson
Stephen H. Shogan, M.D.
Martin H. Shore
Robert A. Silverberg*
Richard B. Tucker*
Albert C. Yates, Ph.D.
FORMER PRESIDENTS AND CEOS
Sheila Bugdanowitz*
Donald L. Kortz*
FORMER BOARD CHAIRS
Stephen Kurtz 1995-1996
Richard Robinson 1997-2001
Steven Farber* 2002-2003
Stephen Shogan 2004-2005
Arlene Hirschfeld 2006-2007
Scott Levin 2008-2010
Stephanie Foote 2011-2012
Jennifer Atler 2013-2014
Jerry Glick 2015-2017
Katherine Gold 2018-2019
Steve Cohen 2020-2021
Lisa Robinson 2022-2023
*Of blessed memory
Lisa Robinson Past Chair
Janine Davidson, Ph.D. Josh Dinar
Martha “Marti” Awad Chair
Morris W. Price, Jr. Lorii Rabinowitz
Julie Selsberg
Steven Kris
Daniel Ramos
Paul Washington Kathy Neustadt
Michael Touff
Brian Wilkinson
Elise A. Barish
Krishna Kantheti
Matthew Rich
Barry Curtiss-Lusher
Katherine Archuleta David Foster Leslie Sidell
MILLION TOTAL
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2024
MILLION GRANTS & EXPENSES IN 2024
us in support of a stronger, healthier and more equitable Greater Denver region at rcfdenver.org/give. Thank you for your partnership.
