2002 ANNUAL R EPORT The History of Rose Community Foundation

MAJOR GENERAL ROSE MEDICAL CENTER MAURICE B. ROSE In the year prior to General Rose’s death, a group of Rose Community Jewish business and professional leaders, led by Maurice Foundation derives Shwayder, had started to organize an effort to build a new its name from hospital that would fill a gap in the Denver community. Major General Denver had a critical shortage of hospital beds, and many Maurice Rose, physicians returning from World War II had difficulty one of America’s finding places to practice. The new hospital would be most decorated open to doctors and patients of all creeds, races and military leaders origins, and dedicated to excellence in medical care. The of the 20th campaign to raise funds for the new hospital gained century. The son momentum when the organizers decided to name the new and grandson of hospital in honor of General Rose, and formed the Orthodox Jewish General Rose Memorial Hospital Association. The group rabbis, Maurice undertook an intensive local and national fundraising Rose was born in campaign, enlisting the support of well-known Jewish Connecticut in 1899, but celebrities of the time. On August 31, 1948, General moved to Denver with his Dwight D. Eisenhower laid the cornerstone for the main family in 1902. From early building of the hospital. childhood, he was drawn to military life and joined the Adopting the motto, “Our standards are simply higher,” National Guard at age 15 after finishing his studies at East Rose Medical Center was an innovator, bringing to Denver High School. He was later sent home when it became the region’s first coronary-care unit, the Rocky Mountain known that he had falsified his age. At 17, Rose was area’s primary center for the treatment of arthritis and accepted for Officer Candidate School, and at 18 was rheumatic diseases, and one of the region’s most wounded in a World War I battle in France. He returned progressive programs in obstetrics, gynecology and to work in Colorado briefly after the war, but was quickly newborn care. The hospital was also a focal point for drawn back into Army life. community service and philanthropy. Several generations During World War II, Major General Rose led a number of from the same families supported the hospital as doctors, successful military drives in North Africa and Europe, donors, volunteers and staff professionals. including one of the first assaults on German forces ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION occupying Omaha Beach one day after D-Day. In 1944, he In 1995, Rose Medical Center’s Trustees, after assessing became commander of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored the dramatic shifts in the economics of health care, Division, which moved through France, Belgium and was understood that an independent nonprofit hospital could the first military unit to penetrate Germany during World not easily endure in the emerging economic climate. On War II. General Rose died in battle March 30, 1945. April 25, 1995, following a national trend among During his career, he received many military honors independent nonprofit hospitals, Rose Medical Center was including the Distinguished Service Medal. Upon his acquired by a health-care corporation. With the proceeds death, The New York Times wrote, “The American Army of the sale, approximately $170 million, the hospital was deprived of one of its most skilled and gallant officers Trustees decided to form Rose Community Foundation as and a man of rare personal charm …” a vehicle to perpetuate the legacy of the hospital: its standards of excellence, its tradition of philanthropy and its commitment to serve the entire community.

FOUNDING TRUSTEES Stephen S. Kurtz, Chair Jeannie Fuller Martin H. Shore Linda G. Alvarado Norman Levy Robert A. Silverberg Joseph M. Aragon Sister Lydia M. Peña, Ph.D. Richard B. Tucker David C. Boyles David M. Pollock Albert C. Yates, Ph.D. Fred T. Davine Richard L. Robinson Steven W. Farber Stephen H. Shogan, M.D.

Donald L. Kortz, Founding President and CEO Table of Contents

LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEO 2 GUIDELINES FOR GRANT PROPOSALS 4 PROGRAM AREAS AGING 5 CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT 10 EDUCATION 16 HEALTH 21 JEWISH LIFE 26 COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS 34 MATCHING GIFTS AND DISCRETIONARY GRANTS 35 ROSE BIOMEDICAL 37 ROSE WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION 39 DONOR AND ENDOWMENT SERVICES 41 DONOR PROFILE 42 DONOR FUNDS 43 2002 GRANTMAKING SUMMARY DONORS TO ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 45 2002 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 48 In 2002, Rose Community Foundation approved 824 BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS 50 grants totaling $21,380,000 in ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STAFF 52 financial support to the Greater Denver community. This includes all grants awarded from the Foundation’s 2002 Cover art by Risa Towbin Aqua grantmaking budget as well Well known in Denver’s Jewish community and beyond, Risa Towbin Aqua is a as $790,000 in funds received watercolorist and calligrapher who specializes in commemorative art, including custom ketubot (Jewish marriage contracts). “What I do is something between fine art and from other foundations and graphic design,” said Aqua. “I take people’s words and values and express them in pictures. I get a lot of satisfaction out of translating someone else’s ideas or feelings into organizations to support something beautiful and meaningful that they can enjoy forever.” Aqua is a member of the Colorado Calligraphers’ Guild and the American Guild of Judaic Artists. She earned collaborative projects, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Colorado State University, where she studied art and interior design. For more information on Aqua and her work visit aquastudio.net. managed and disbursed by Rose Community Foundation.

Rose Community Foundation Editorial Staff: It also includes grants from Jaci Arkin, Communications Assistant Susan Knudten, Communications Officer The Endowment Challenge Phil Nash, Director of Communications ($8,823,000 – see page 31), Matching and Discretionary Graphic Design: Laurie Shields Design Grants ($291,000 – see page 35), Photography: Chris Takagi Rose Women’s Organization Exceptions: Photo on page 31, Jim Havey Rose Community Foundation staff photos on pages 52-53, Katy Tartakoff ($102,000 - see page 39), and Rose Community Foundation file photos on inside front cover, pages 2-3, and 50 Donor-Advised Funds and

Printer: A.B. Hirschfeld Press Supporting Organizations ($897,000 – see page 43).

1 Letter from the Board Chair and the President and CEO

The year 2002 marked Rose Community Foundation’s Rose Community Foundation’s top story of 2002 was the seventh full year of operations. We have learned a great completion of The Endowment Challenge, the largest deal in our early years, both by working closely with grantmaking initiative in the Foundation’s history. On our grantees and by building partnerships with other December 31, 2002, 19 Jewish organizations in the community institutions who share a common Denver/Boulder community completed a three-year purpose – to make our community campaign that resulted in nearly a better place. We know we have $19 million in new organizational much more to learn. But we feel endowments. (See page 31.) This fortunate to already know one of success was all about people, most philanthropy’s most important significantly the hundreds of indi- lessons: our value as a foundation vidual donors who dug deep in isn’t just about the money; it’s also tough economic times and contri- about the people who are entrusted buted more than $12.3 million with its wise use. to strengthen these vital Jewish organizations. An initiative of this Rose Community Foundation came magnitude would not have been into existence in the mid-1990s, possible without strong leadership just as the American economy from our Trustees, the thought- began to soar. Now we are living fulness of the Jewish Life Committee, through the harsher realities of the our partnership with Allied Jewish early 21st century with sustained Federation of Colorado, and economic uncertainty at home especially the excellent work and against a backdrop of international long hours of staff members Lisa strife. Every institution, public and Farber Miller and Margie Gart. private, has been forced to take a Steven W. Farber hard look at programs and priorities. Partnership is a key word in the Like many foundations across the nation, Rose Community Rose Community Foundation vocabulary. During 2002, Foundation has seen a reduction in its endowment and, we saw the fruition of a partnership between Colorado’s consequently, in its ability to financially support worthy three largest health-conversion foundations – Caring for projects that help people live better lives. In April 2003, Colorado Foundation, The Colorado Trust and Rose. the Trustees convened a special meeting to address key With an equal investment of nearly $2 million apiece, the issues posed by the erosion in our endowment and to three foundations created the Colorado Health Institute make strategic decisions about the future direction of the and funded its first five years of operation. Slated for a Foundation. During 2003, for the first time in the history mid-2003 launch, the goal of the Institute will be to of the Foundation, we will be making a significant advance the health of the people of Colorado through reduction in our grantmaking. This is an unfortunate but well-informed policy decisions. The Colorado Health necessary move to preserve our endowment so we can Institute will become the state’s leading center for health- continue supporting the community long into the future. data resources and analysis, serving as a resource to The Trustees also set in motion a process to formulate a policymakers, businesses, funders, consumers and the strategic plan that will enable the Foundation to continue news media. We believe that in future years, the Institute to fulfill its mission during uncertain economic times. will play a pivotal role in key decisions affecting Colorado’s health-care system. The lesson we are learning in these times is that the value of money is finite. On the other hand, what While Rose Community Foundation’s investment of people bring to philanthropy is limited only by energy nearly $2 million in the Colorado Health Institute is one and imagination. And we are very pleased to report of the largest grants we’ve ever made, once again, the that our stock in these commodities is as high as creation of this valuable new resource was less about ever – and rising. money and more about people. This project would never LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT CEO

2 have happened without the good will and cooperation of with many disparities – in household income, in access to LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT CEO three foundation boards to stand together and pool their health care, and in the quality of education and child resources for a powerful idea. We thank our colleagues at care. Overcoming these disparities is not simply a matter Caring for Colorado and The Colorado Trust for sharing of money. There will never be enough. It takes people in this challenge. We also acknowledge the leadership of who devote their careers to continually improving the Rose Community Foundation’s Health and Aging public and private institutions that serve children and Committees for working together to support the project. their families. People who refuse to let disparities And we want to recognize Annie Wohlgenant of our staff, become permanent barriers. People who believe every who inspired us all as she developed and guided this little boy and girl deserves good child care. People who project from concept to reality. believe that every student should have great teachers. People who insist that every child and youth has good We reached another milestone during 2002. Last summer, health care. we surpassed the $70 million mark in our grantmaking within our first seven years of Rose Community Foundation is also existence, and we decided it was committed to the well-being of our time for a celebration. The older adults and their caregivers – a Founders Luncheon brought population that is already beginning together more than 130 people to swell and will only get bigger in who have contributed significantly the coming decades as people live to the success of this young longer. What seniors want, and what philanthropic enterprise. It was a society can afford is an approach to time to pause and reflect on what aging that enables older adults to the Foundation had accomplished live as independently as possible for in its early years. Clearly, what as long as possible, and which brought Rose Community places an increased emphasis on Foundation into existence and caregivers. It will take foresight and what has sustained it during the ingenuity to reengineer how our early years wasn’t just money – it society addresses a rapidly growing was people. And it has taken all senior population. We are in the kinds: visionaries, cheerleaders, forefront of this important work. thinkers, doers, experts, generalists, humble leaders, hard-nosed It is a great privilege to be in managers, gentle persuaders the business of creating change. and even critics. Sheila Bugdanowitz Rose Community Foundation exists to assemble teams of On that day, we honored Rabbi Daniel Goldberger with people – issue experts on our staff working hand in hand Rose Community Foundation’s first-ever Founders with community leaders – to move an agenda that helps Award. Rabbi Goldberger is both a bridge builder and a people lead better lives and makes our community better beacon in the community who has served as a spiritual than it was before. We do this with grants to hundreds guide for the Foundation since it’s beginning. He has of nonprofit organizations and community institutions helped ground our work in its spiritual origins, reminding every year. But we also fulfill our mission by applying us always that making the world a better place is not just talent, imagination, good will and hard work to issues something we do because it feels good, or because we and projects that enrich our community. enjoy caring for others: it is our responsibility. We are proud to present the report of our work in 2002. As you review this annual report, you will note that much And we thank everyone associated with Rose Community of Rose Community Foundation’s attention focuses on Foundation – trustees, donors, committee members, staff, children – in their families, in their schools, in child care, partners, grantees and friends – for adding your value and in the health-care system. We are fortunate to live in and your values to what we’re all about: building a community that offers a richness of social and cultural community together. diversity. But we also recognize the we are a community

Steven W. Farber Sheila Bugdanowitz Chair of the Board of Trustees President and CEO

3 Guidelines for Grant Proposals

Rose Community Foundation’s Guidelines for Grant • collaboration among providers, both public and private, Proposals is our invitation to partner with organizations and partners in the community. and people who share our vision of a vibrant and healthy (Note: New priorities in Aging will take effect in community. The majority of the Foundation’s grantees are January 2004.) nonprofit organizations, but grants are also made to schools, government agencies, and to other foundations CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PRIORITIES working on projects of mutual concern. This abbreviated Rose Community Foundation’s Child and Family version of the Foundation’s grant guidelines provides an Development program area supports the healthy overview of our grantmaking. From time to time, the development of children and youth, and the economic self- Foundation revises its priorities. Before applying, grant sufficiency of families. The highest consideration is given seekers should consult the complete Guidelines for Grant to programs focused on: Proposals, available by calling 303-398-7400 or at rcfdenver.org. The online version will be the most current. • early-childhood development, especially parent-education programs and high-quality early-childhood education; and ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S • family self-sufficiency, including employment training GRANTMAKING PROGRAM and family-support services. Rose Community Foundation awards grants to organizations, projects and initiatives within the following EDUCATION PROGRAM PRIORITIES program areas: Aging, Child and Family Development, Rose Community Foundation will consider proposals for Education, Health, and Jewish Life. In all areas, the programs that lead to improved student achievement for highest priority is to support beneficial change in systems pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The Foundation’s affecting the lives of many people. On a limited basis, the highest priorities in Education include: Foundation may also consider grants addressing its core • quality teaching, including professional development of values: civil rights and nondiscrimination; strengthening teachers, innovative teacher-training programs, and the nonprofit sector; and promoting civic discourse. elevating teaching standards; and ELIGIBILITY • systemic change in individual schools and throughout Rose Community Foundation funds programs serving the public education, such as school-restructuring efforts, seven-county Greater Denver area: Adams, Arapahoe, standards-based education implementation, school board Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson effectiveness and other school-reform initiatives. Counties. Applicants should be either a charitable HEALTH PROGRAM PRIORITIES nonprofit organization or a tax-supported institution such Rose Community Foundation supports efforts that as a school or government agency. New or emerging improve access to affordable health care and health-care organizations may apply through a fiscal sponsor. coverage, and those that help create a better coordinated Applicants may have only one proposal pending at any health-care system. The Foundation’s highest priorities in given time. Capital requests must adhere to a specified Health are: format. See the complete Guidelines for Grant Proposals for submission format and content specifications. • primary prevention, especially efforts to reduce the risk of disease and injury; The Foundation will generally not support: • access to health-insurance coverage, health care and • grants to individuals or endowments, including mental-health services for low-income children and academic chairs; youth; and • grants to one organization to be passed to another; • health-policy leadership development. • annual appeals or membership drives; • fundraising events; or JEWISH LIFE PROGRAM PRIORITIES • financial support for political candidates. Rose Community Foundation’s Jewish Life program focuses on strengthening and supporting a strong and DEADLINES AND RESPONSE TIME dynamic Jewish community in the Greater Denver area. Rose Community Foundation does not have submission The program’s highest priorities include: deadlines. Foundation staff review proposals as they are received, and may request additional information or • outreach to unconnected Jews; arrange a site visit. The Foundation strives to respond • experiences that promote Jewish growth, including within four months. lifelong learning; • organizational development and institutional AGING PROGRAM PRIORITIES capacity-building; and Rose Community Foundation’s Aging program area • leadership development. supports efforts to address the needs of low- and moderate-income seniors. The following priorities receive SUBMITTING PROPOSALS highest consideration: For complete instructions on proposal content and format, consult Rose Community Foundation’s Guidelines for Grant • public awareness and information on aging issues; Proposals or visit rcfdenver.org. • support for caregivers; • coordination of independent living services for older

GUIDELINES FOR GRANT PROPOSALS adults; and

4 Aging AGING

As individuals throughout the United States continue to live longer, there is a heightened need to fully understand and address the issues seniors and caregivers confront. In Greater Denver alone, there are more than 290,000 adults over the age of 60, a figure that is expected to increase 140 percent by the year 2020. Nationally, the number of seniors is projected to double in the next 30 years, from 35 million to 70 million.

Just as the statistics are changing, so is the face of the aging population. As more “baby boomers” age – a generation that is largely educated, physically fit and technologically literate – services offered to seniors must reflect changing needs and provide options where there have been none in the past. Older adults are a diverse group, ranging from 60-year- olds in the prime of life to those over 100 who require around-the-clock care. A major challenge is to provide a wide spectrum of services that caters to people of varying health and economic status, location and background.

The need for expanded services comes at a time when there is a shortage of caregivers. Fewer than 5 percent of older adults live in nursing facilities. The rest either care for themselves or need assistance. In 2000, one in seven families nationally (more than 7 million) were providing direct care to an elderly parent or loved one. This equates to approximately 120 million hours of care, which, if paid for, would add up to about $196 billion.

While looking especially at the needs of low- and moderate-income seniors, Rose Community Foundation works to promote change in how communities organize the delivery of support services for seniors and caregivers. The Foundation provides leadership and strives to strengthen existing resources for aging issues by convening community and government partners and funding sources.

Rose Community Foundation places particular emphasis on funding projects that: promote public awareness and provide information about issues and services relevant to older adults; support caregivers; aid in the coordination of independent-living services for older adults; encourage collaboration among providers; and help build a comprehensive, broad-based service-delivery systems for seniors. The Foundation will announce revised priorities in Aging in Fall 2003.

“We are impressed by the dedication of the agencies that work with older adults,” says Martin H. Shore, Aging Committee Chair and Foundation Trustee. “Over the last several years, we have seen an increase in collaboration among the agencies, which is resulting in a stronger safety net for some of the most vulnerable members of our community. We will continue to foster efforts that allow our seniors to live with dignity and respect.”

5 AGING warmth, safetyandindependence. 27 homesandtwononprofitfacilitiesin2002. Seasons Program,addingwinterization,trashcleanup,yard workandotherseasonalservices.RebuildingTogether renovated Denver-based affiliate expandbeyonditsannual RebuildingDaytobecomeayear-round operationwithitsHomeforAll Denver rehabilitated10homesin2000,itsfirstyear. Atwo-year$50,000grantfromRoseCommunityFoundationhelpedthe homes thatneedrepairsormodificationssoresidents can continuelivinginthemsafely. RebuildingTogether Metro 50 states.Ononedayeachyear, theorganizationbringstogetherbusinesses,skilledtradespeopleandvolunteerstorehabilita Grantee Profile Recent highlights: How RoseCommunityFoundationishelping: Purpose: REBUILDING TOGETHER tion expectstorenovateasmany as10moreresidencesduring2003. hundreds ofvolunteers,donatedmaterials,andsupportfrom businesses,nonprofitsandneighborhoodgroups.Theorganiza- To rehabilitate thehomesoflow-incomeolderadultsandpeoplewithdisabilitiessothattheymaylivein “In the past year, I’ve had bad arthritis, and these without improvements, hadbadarthritis, year, I’ve the past “In it would have been hard. So I am very grateful to them for So their beenit would Iamvery help.” have hard. April 26wasRebuildingDayfor2003,andTogether MetroDenverrehabilitated22homeswith — Margaret Adams, 90-year-old Adams, Littleton— Margaret resident whose 40years home for the last — rebuildingdenver.org was rehabilitated in April 2002. rehabilitatedwas inApril Rebuilding Together isanationalorganizationwith about250affiliates in 6 with ahandrailinstalledby easier togetoutandabout Margaret Adamsfindsit Rebuilding Together. te AGING s programs for ’ RESOURCE CENTER ’ older adults and to expand them into county. southern Jefferson rebuildingdenver.org THE SENIOR HUB $18,000 support this agency offering To support and referral to adults age 55 and over in North Denver. seniorhub.org SENIORS support the Center To srcaging.org RADIO READING SERVICE OF SERVICE RADIO READING THE ROCKIES $50,000 volunteer- Over two years to support for blind, based reading services print- visually impaired and most of whom handicapped persons, are older adults. rrsr.org RAINBOW BRIDGE $15,000 cultivate to support efforts To older adults in relationships between volunteers and nursing homes with community organizations. rainbowb.org REBUILDING TOGETHER $50,000 Over two years to support volunteer- based home-rehabilitation services for low-income older adults. $50,000 7

To support the Senior Partners To Program, which assists older adults with information and services in three metro Denver neighborhoods. nrc-neighbor.org NONPROFIT FINANCE FUND $716 partially support a study To of facility needs of organizations serving older adults. nonprofitfinancefund.org jewishfamilyservice.org MEALS ON WHEELS OF BOULDER $25,000 provide nutritious meals to older To adults living in Boulder and the immediate vicinity. mowboulder.org MEALS ON WHEELS OF EAST BOULDER COUNTY $5,000 provide nutritious meals to older To adults living in Louisville, Lafayette, Erie and Superior. NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER OF COLORADO $17,500 giaging.org GRANTMAKERS IN AGING $2,500 support the activities of this To national association of grantmakers that focuses on aging issues. giaging.org OF SERVICE JEWISH FAMILY COLORADO $210,000 Over three years for programs to support older adults and their caregivers. THE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL & LESBIAN, BISEXUAL THE GAY, COMMUNITY TRANSGENDER CENTER OF COLORADO $2,000 Annual Gay and support the First To conference. Gray in the West gayandgrayinthewest.org AGING GRANTMAKERS IN $2,500 event in support a networking To American Society conjunction with the on the on Aging/National Council in Denver. Aging 2002 joint conference served Rose Community Foundation as fiscal sponsor.

’ s efforts to s efforts ’ 2002 Aging Grants Aging 2002 frasiermeadows.com FRASIER MEADOWS MANOR $250 support an annual Senior Health To Fair. and Wellness To provide legal information, legal To assistance and lawyer referrals to adults age 55 and older. Day 2002. douglas.co.us/Services.htm FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT LEGAL BAR ASSOCIATION PROGRAM ASSISTANCE $12,500 To support Douglas County Seniors To DOUGLAS COUNTY SENIOR DIVISION SERVICES $500 DISTRICT 8 SENIOR EVENTS $500 support the 20th Annual Hiawatha To Senior Conference and Davis, Jr. Luncheon, which included educational workshops for low-income seniors. To support a program that assists To victims of crime over age 60. denvervictims.org visioncare.org/vision/coc.htm CENTER DENVER VICTIMS SERVICE $10,000 COLORADO OPTOMETRIC CENTER $50,000 support a Mobile Eye Care Clinic To for homebound older adults. senioranswers.org COLORADO GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY $500 an event support Medicare Monday, To at which older adults and care providers discussed Medicare issues with U.S. Congressional candidates. To sponsor a Listening Session Forum sponsor a Listening To Health and in Denver with U.S. Tommy Human Services Secretary Assistant Thompson and U.S. Carbonell. Secretary of Aging Josefina served Rose Community Foundation as fiscal sponsor. COLORADO COMMISSION COLORADO COMMISSION ON AGING $2,246 CENTRO BIENESTAR SAN JOSE SAN CENTRO BIENESTAR $500 center For this community their help older adults determine programs. eligibility for benefit Total: $1,637,123 $1,637,123 Total: Grantee Profile BENEFITSCHECKUP CAREVAN — benefitscheckup.org

Purpose: To link older adults with federal and state public benefits, provide health and wellness education and prescription-drug assistance, and raise community awareness about senior issues. How Rose Community Foundation is helping: With information on more than 1,100 programs for older adults, BenefitsCheckUp (BCU) is an innovative Web-based software technology designed to help seniors gain access to public benefits. Rose Community Foundation helped bring this project of the National Council on the Aging to Colorado in 2000, and has supported BCU with grants totaling $230,000. Recent highlights: In collaboration with Adventist Community Services of Colorado, the CareVan was put into service in August 2002 to help spread the word about BCU and to reach older adults who may not have access to a computer. Inside the BCU CareVan, which has already traveled to more than 40 locations in Colorado such as county fairs and senior centers, older adults and their caregivers can use computers to access the BCU Web site. In 10 to 15 minutes, the site provides users with a customized list of benefits they may be eligible to receive, as well as local information contacts and necessary application materials. Numerous funders, community organizations and service providers support this free service. “We found a program where instead of paying $40 each for my medications, now it’s only $10 each. It was very simple.” — Lisa Travis, an older adult who used BenefitsCheckUpRx, a special section of the BenefitsCheckUp Web site dealing with prescription-drug assistance programs.

The BenefitsCheckUp CareVan helps older adults find benefit programs that can improve their lives. AGING

8 AGING s Aging, ’ s Aging and Health ’ s vision is to bring about ’ s Organization were also ’ Child and Family Development and Health program areas. Caring for Colorado Foundation, Daniels Fund, The Denver Foundation, First Data Union Foundation, Western HealthONE Alliance and Rose Women funding partners. (See also pages 15, 25 and 40.) ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANALYSIS SENIOR TRANSPORTATION $15,000 assess transportation needs and To services for older adults. THE COLORADO TRUST $10,000 support a study on the status of To mental-health care in Colorado. This $30,000 grant was jointly supported by Rose Community Foundation coloradotrust.org ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CARE STUDY PALLIATIVE $25,000 For consultation to examine the feasibility of developing a center for end-of-life and palliative care in Colorado. The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation is a funding partner. COLORADO HEALTH INSTITUTE COLORADO HEALTH $600,000 Over five years to create the Colorado Health Institute. The Institute a healthier Colorado through informed decisions. Rose Commun- ity Foundation program areas jointly supported this $1.9 million grant. Caring for Colorado Foundation and The are funding partners. Colorado Trust (See also page 25.) s ’ 9 s Foundation of Colorado. ’ RESOURCE CENTER ’ seniorhub.org DEVELOPMENT AGENCY $3,500 $3,500 srcaging.org co.boulder.co.us/cs/ag/ our_prog.htm $12,413 $3,500 $944 coloradotrust.org $3,500 SERVICES L.I.F.T. SERVICES $3,054 OF BOULDER COUNTY $3,500 SENIOR RESOURCE SENIORS BENEFITSCHECKUP CAREVAN SAN JOSE CENTRO BIENESTAR THE COLORADO TRUST THE SENIOR HUB ADVENTIST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AGING SERVICES Special Grants, Initiatives Initiatives Grants, Special Partnerships and • • • • • • benefitscheckup.org The following grants were awarded BCU to support outreach efforts, (see page 8), and screening CareVan and follow-up sites. Some of the grants are pass-throughs from BCU funding partners: • • BENEFITSCHECKUP OF COLORADO BENEFITSCHECKUP (BCU) is a Web- BenefitsCheckUp older that connects based program programs for adults with government eligible. BCU is a which they may be The National national program of Rose Council on the Aging. serves as Community Foundation Other fiscal sponsor in Colorado. of Colorado, partners include: AARP The Buck Adolph Coors Foundation, Division of Foundation, Colorado The Aging and Adult Services, Pomar Foundation, El Colorado Trust, Foundation, Union First Data Western The Herman and HealthONE Alliance, The Ethel Horwich Charitable Trust, Jay and Rose Phillips Foundation and The Women s senior services, ’ s Volunteer Power s Volunteer ’ RESOURCE CENTER RESOURCE ’ s Senior Outreach Program, ’ program, which provides volunteers to help care for older adults in their homes. and to develop a planned-giving program. WASHINGTON STREET COMMUNITY WASHINGTON CENTER $20,000 support the center To vnacolorado.org To expand VNA To asiaxpress.com/asian_e_y/ editorial_thong_oldman.htm VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION (VNA) $60,000 Over three years to support the Elderly Assistance Program. VIETNAMESE ELDERLY ASSOCIATION VIETNAMESE ELDERLY OF COLORADO $45,000 ST. FRANCIS CENTER ST. $70,000 Over two years to help homeless older adults access resources, including assistance programs and transitional housing. Over two years to expand door-to-door transit services for older adults. specialtransit.org swic-denver.org SPECIAL TRANSIT $100,000 Over two years to support and expand SWIC shalompark.org SOUTHWEST IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL (SWIC) $50,000 SHALOM PARK $57,500 Certified For a program to train Nursing Assistants. healthyagingtoday.org seniorshowcase.org To support production costs for support production To an informational Healthy Aging Today, older adults and television program for their caregivers. srcaging.org SHOWCASE THE SENIOR FOUNDATION $25,000 SENIORS $500 Elder Care Corporate the support To symposium about barriers Forum, a caregivers. faced by working particularly in efforts to serve Native particularly in efforts American older adults. Child and Family Development

Dramatic economic, social and demographic changes in recent years have created new challenges and pressures for our nation’s children and families. Despite an increase in general awareness of children’s needs, thousands of children in the Greater Denver community remain vulnerable, growing up in circumstances that are too often unsafe, unhealthy, and lacking in emotional and mental stimulation. Fortunately, Denver has an abundance of organizations that reach out to parents and children with a variety of programs and services. These organizations respond to a family’s immediate needs, instill in family members hope for a better life, and provide them with the skills to build it for themselves.

Through its Child and Family Development program area, Rose Community Foundation has joined other funders and a diverse array of nonprofit organizations in elevating the concerns of children and families to a top priority in Greater Denver. The Foundation focuses its resources on efforts that directly benefit young children as well as those that help strengthen our community’s most fragile families.

Rose Community Foundation supports parent-education programs that train parents to help their children grow up physically and emotionally healthy, and mentally prepared to learn. It also invests resources in developing and improving early-childhood care outside the home, including advocacy initiatives aimed at increasing public awareness and accessibility of high-quality child care.

Additionally, Rose Community Foundation supports employment and training programs that help people find stable jobs, and support services that help them advance up the career ladder. The Foundation funds organizations that offer family-support services, such as child care, health care, affordable housing and other efforts essential to parents who need to work full-time.

“We want all children in our community to grow up with the ability to succeed in school and life,” says Trustee Arlene Hirschfeld, Chair of the Foundation’s Child and Family Development Committee. “By supporting programs that help parents give their children a healthy start, and by investing in high-quality child care, our hope is that the children of our community will be well prepared for the oppor- tunities and challenges of the future.” CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CHILD AND FAMILY

10 CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ” s ’ Institute shares the best The Clayton Foundation’s Early Childhood Resource techniques in child care with providers like Duncan YMCA. 11 s Child Care Center, which started three-year a Cares Child Center, ’ Having worked in the field of child development for decades, The child development in the field of Having worked S EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE INSTITUTE INSTITUTE CHILDHOOD RESOURCE S EARLY ’ training program with the Early Childhood Resource Institute in 2002. Resource with Early program the Childhood training s degree on the job. In addition, the Institute is training coaches to act as mentors to teachers, In addition, the Institute is training coaches s degree on the job. The Early Childhood Resource Institute makes it easy for child-care workers to learn by bringing Resource Institute makes it easy for The Early Childhood ’ Lynda Eisenbart, of Duncan YMCA Director — To prepare children ages 0-5 to do well in school by developing the skills of child-care professionals. skills of child-care by developing the do well in school children ages 0-5 to prepare To they throw out questions and they get everyone talking and working get they and together. everyone and questions talking out throw they

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Clayton Foundation founded its Early Childhood Resource Institute in 2000. Rose Community Foundation Institute in 2000. Rose Community founded its Early Childhood Resource Clayton Foundation their parents and reach greater numbers of children, three years will enable the Institute to $750,000 grant over child-care providers. Recent highlights: Recent highlights: How Rose Community Foundation is helping: is helping: Community Foundation How Rose THE CLAYTON FOUNDATION THE CLAYTON Purpose:

the training to them. One day a month, the Institute brings in substitute teachers to a child-care site so that the in substitute teachers to a child-care One day a month, the Institute brings the training to them. school professionals will be able curriculum to the point that the child-care the Institute is working to build the and Denver, to earn an associate so that skills and conducting continuous project evaluation for the training of future coaches, developing a blueprint education. be shared with others in the field of early-childhood and techniques can Grantee Profile Grantee Stride helped Carllette Johnson-Reed and her children on the road to home ownership. Grantee Profile STRIDE — stride-co.org

Purpose: To help low-income individuals and families become economically self-sufficient and independent of government- and community-sponsored assistance programs. How Rose Community Foundation is helping: Rose Community Foundation has awarded Stride four grants totaling $45,000 to help families. With intensive, long-term case management, Stride’s families receive individualized help with housing, job training and emergency financial assistance. Clients graduate from the program after they have been successfully employed for a full year. Recent highlights: Formerly known as Jefferson County Self-Sufficiency Council, Stride works with approximately 250 families that spend an average of 39 months in the program. In a review of the program’s effectiveness since inception, Stride clients had self-earned average incomes of more than $25,000 upon graduation, compared with pre-program incomes of less than $10,000, about half of which was public assistance. With the help of volunteers, Stride was able to refurbish and give away more than 200 computers to families with school-aged children in the last year. Two of Stride’s board members, one a former client, are now putting together an alumni association to assist the organization with fundraising and to act as a resource for new clients in the future. “They don’t give you everything, they show you how to get it for yourself.” — Cindy Cannon, a former single mother of twins and Stride client who was able to buy a home with the confidence and knowledge she gained at Stride. CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CHILD AND FAMILY

12 2002 Child and Family CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT Development Grants Total: $2,282,892

ALTERNATIVES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE THE CLAYTON FOUNDATION COLORADO BRIGHT BEGINNINGS $15,000 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE $121,400 To assist victims of domestic violence $750,000 Over two years to support Moving as they learn skills to become Over three years to support the On, a research-based English and economically self-sufficient. foundation’s Early Childhood Spanish language-development Resource Institute, which provides program for children ages 12 to 24 BAYAUD INDUSTRIES training, technical assistance, months and their parents. $75,000 program development, and brightbeginningsco.org To support the General Office Skills continuous improvement Training program, which provides opportunities to early-childhood COLORADO FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN training and job placement to professionals. individuals with disabilities. $3,000 bayaudindustries.org COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR To support the October 2002 MICROENTERPRISE INITIATIVES Celebration of Families Week. BEA ROMER COLLEGE OF $10,000 coloradofoundation.org PARENTAL ARTS Over two years to hire an admin- $10,000 istrator for this association that COLORADO FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN To support parent-education classes provides training and lending for families with children ages 0-3 support for start-up and emerging $25,000 Over two years to support the living in East Denver. small businesses. Colorado Family Resource Network, coloradoalliance.org BOULDER DAY NURSERY which provides training for and ASSOCIATION communication among organizations $25,000 that support families. Over two years to support the Family coloradofoundation.org Resource program, which teaches parents about child development and provides information on resources. http//bcn.boulder.co.us/ human-social/bdna/

CENTER FOR WORK EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT (CWEE) $30,000 To support CWEE’s job-training programs for low-income individuals. cwee.org

THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF DENVER $75,000 To support the Museum’s programs focusing on children ages 0-8 and their adult caregivers, and to develop a plan to increase the number of low-income families who use the Museum. cmdenver.org

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER – MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR EDUCATION AND CHILDREN $47,500 To support the Great Kids at Home program, which aims to improve the quality and availability of preschool programming in family day-care settings. http://www.denvergov. org/dephome.asp?depid=663

13 COLORADO PARENT AND CHILD DENVER INDIAN FAMILY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER FOUNDATION RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION $50,000 $13,000 $50,000 To expand HIPPY (Home Instruction To create a fund-development plan To provide education, training, and Program for Preschool Youngsters), for the Center. fundraising assistance for the Family a parent-involvement and school- difrc.org Resource Center Association’s readiness program. members. DENVER INNER CITY PARISH coloradoparentandchild GRANTMAKERS FOR CHILDREN, foundation.org $10,000 To support the organization’s Young YOUTH AND FAMILIES COLORADO STATE FOSTER PARENT Fathers program. $2,000 ASSOCIATION To support the activities of this $15,000 DENVER URBAN MINISTRIES national association of grantmakers To expand the organization’s foster- $45,000 seeking to improve the well-being of parent training and education work. Over two years to support the children, youth and families. csfpa.org organization’s Job Center. gcyf.org denum.org CREATIVE ADOPTIONS HISPANICS IN PHILANTHROPY $5,000 THE ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION $1,500 To support the Minority Adoptive $50,000 For membership dues to this Family Recruitment program. To support the Community organization that promotes creativeadoptions.com Employment Alliance Initiative, an organized philanthropy in association of employment and Hispanic communities. CROSS COMMUNITY COALITION training providers that promotes hiponline.org $100,000 public/private partnerships, In the form of a challenge grant to influences workforce policies and HUMAN SERVICES INC. help build a new facility for this links low-income people with $50,000 employment-training and parent- employment. To support the development of the resource center serving three low- enterprisefoundation.org/cities/ Young Families Program, aimed at income neighborhoods in Denver. denver/initiatives.asp creating self-sufficiency in families with parents under 30 years old. DENVER HEALTH FOUNDATION FAMILY ADVOCACY, CARE, humanservicesinc.org $3,800 EDUCATION, SUPPORT (F.A.C.E.S.) To research potential funding sources $20,000 for Denver’s Best Babies Initiative, a To support the Home Visitation program to optimize the health and program, which works to strengthen development of young children. families and prevent child abuse denverhealth.org/foundation.cfm and neglect. CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CHILD AND FAMILY

14 CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT s ’ s Organization were also ’ funding partners. (See also pages 9, 25 and 40.) Aging, Child and Family Development and Health program areas. Caring for Colorado Foundation, Daniels Fund, The Denver Foundation, First Data Union Foundation, Western HealthONE Alliance and Rose Women warrenvillage.org Partnership Grant THE COLORADO TRUST $10,000 support a study on the status of To mental-health care in Colorado. This $30,000 grant was jointly supported by Rose Community Foundation coloradotrust.org WARREN VILLAGE WARREN $40,000 For the Family Services program, which provides information and support to single-parent families working toward self-sufficiency. S ’ s s efforts ’ ’ S CENTER ’ 15 colorado.edu/cufoundation programs for women making the transition from welfare to work. to improve the availability of quality legal representation for children. safehouse-denver.org STRIDE $20,000 support this program that helps To low-income individuals and families become economically self-sufficient. stride-co.org UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION $189,262 Over one-and-a-half years to support Harambe at ECE-CARES, a group of experts, care providers, and others working to develop a comprehensive mental-health-care system for children ages 0 to 5 in Colorado. ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN ROCKY MOUNTAIN support the organization To rockymountainchildrenslawcenter. org SAFEHOUSE DENVER $20,000 Over two years to assist victims of domestic violence as they learn skills to become economically self-sufficient. NORTHEAST WOMEN support New Horizons, an To employment-training program serving single parents, teen mothers, welfare recipients, at-risk youth, and displaced homemakers. PROJECT WISE $10,000 support the organization To CENTER LAW $50,000 $10,000 s Family Literacy ’ nailsinc.org To support the Permanency Planning To for Indian Children project, which provides home-placement mediation for Native American children in child-abuse and neglect cases. NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES $5,000 newsed.org To support the Positive Approaches to To Community Healing program, which includes education, leadership training, domestic-violence counseling and addiction treatment. mountainresourcecenter.org NEWSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION $15,000 Over two years to provide families with assistance and resources to achieve self-sufficiency. unitedwaydenver.org RESOURCE CENTER MOUNTAIN $60,000 To support the Denver Individual To Development Account Collaborative, savings accounts which offers matched by public and private sources to low-income individuals for a home purchase, higher education, or to start a business. microbusiness.org MILE HIGH UNITED WAY $75,000 To merge Colorado Capital Initiatives To and Colorado MicroCredit into one organization providing business support and loan access to low- income entrepreneurs. MICROBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION $11,430 mscd.edu/facstaff/admin/ia/fdn.htm To support the work of the support the work To College in Program with residents housing. neighboring public iik.org COLLEGE STATE METROPOLITAN OF DENVER FOUNDATION $15,000 INVEST IN KIDS INVEST $150,000 years to support The Over two program a training Years, Incredible and to child-care centers available prevent and treat schools to and behavioral problems emotional ages 3 to 7. in children EDUCATION development of schoolsascommunitiesofcaring, justiceanddemocracy. development; alternativegovernance structuresforschoolsand/orschooldistricts;andthe education implementation;contract negotiations;schoolboardeffectiveness and Rose CommunityFoundation supportsschoolrestructuringefforts; standards-based emphasis placedonthefollowingprioritiesinprekindergarten throughgrade12: focuses itsresourcesonefforts thatleadtoimprovedstudentachievement, withgreatest system shouldsupportlearningforeveryoneinit,includingteachers.TheFoundation Rose CommunityFoundation Wartgow. Public Schools “ that canbedone. teachers aretakingstepstoimprovethequalityofteachinginourstate,thereisstillmore or shereceives.Whilethelegislature,schooldistricts,individualschoolsand One ofthebiggestfactorsinastudent schools withahistoryofunderachievement. especially apparentinmetropolitanDenver, wherethereisahigherconcentrationof and communities:howcanweensurethesuccessofallourchildren?Thesechallengesare The state and mosttoachieveatanacceptablelevel. shift ineducationawayfromamodelthatexpectedfewstudentstoexcel,fail, Systemic changeinindividual schoolsandinpubliceducation. Quality teaching. standards. standards fortheteachingprofessionandmeasureteacher performanceagainstthese workday. TheFoundation valuesefforts todevelopinnovativeteachertraining,raise learning organizationsforteachersbymakingprofessional developmentpartofthe Education Strategically targetedphilanthropiccontributionshavebeenkeytoadvancingDenver ’ s emphasisonstandardsposesasignificantchallengetoteachers,administrators ’ initiativestoimprovestudentachievement, Rose CommunityFoundationsupportsthedevelopmentof schoolsas ’ s grantstoK-12educationreflecttheidealthataschool must achieveathighlevels.Thisrepresentsamajor ’ s academicperformanceisthecaliberofteachinghe 16 principle thatallchildren assessment, accountability, andtheunderlying placing emphasisonstatewidestandards, recent yearstobuildthrivingschools, quality education, so thateverychildhasaccesstohigh- change inthecurrenteducationalsystem “ Colorado hasmadeaconcertedeffort in schools flourish,sowillourchildren. Education CommitteeChair. Pe Our goalistocreatelastingandpositive ñ a, Ph.D.,FoundationTrustee and ” saysSuperintendentJerry – notjustanelitefew ” Among otherissues, saysSisterLydia “ If our ” – EDUCATION s ’ ” learning for youth. Beacon Neighborhood Centers have provided countless hours of fun and 17 while 83 percent at another site were able to raise a D or while 83 percent at ” Beacon Neighborhood Centers were founded in New York City in Centers were founded in New York Beacon Neighborhood s Digest Fund, Rose Community Foundation brought the Beacon concept to Community Foundation brought the s Digest Fund, Rose ’ kept them out of trouble, which operates the Beacon site at Rishel site Middle School. Beacon the which operates “ Regan Suhay, Director of Youth Services for Catholic Charities, Charities, Services Catholic for of Youth Suhay, Director Regan — From rock climbing and Mexican folkloric dance to computer instruction and English classes and Mexican folkloric dance to computer From rock climbing To provide programs, services and activities for children and their families in neighborhood schools after in neighborhood and their families and activities for children programs, services provide To

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Denver in 1997. After offering financial and administrative support for five years, the Foundation made final grants for five years, the Foundation financial and administrative support offering Denver in 1997. After Charities, Denver in running the Centers: Catholic $470,000 to the organizations involved in 2002 totaling nearly Urban League of Metropolitan Denver. and the Casa Resource Center for Women Public Schools, Mi F grade to a C or better after attending Saturday classes for six weeks. Knowing that Rose Community Foundation six weeks. Knowing that Rose Community after attending Saturday classes for F grade to a C or better for non-English speakers, Beacon Neighborhood Centers offer a wide array of free programs to their clients, primarily a wide array of free programs to their Beacon Neighborhood Centers offer for non-English speakers, stated that their 100 participants surveyed at one site and adults. More than 90 percent of low-income children had involvement with Beacons financial support would be ending, the four organizations involved in running the Centers formed the Denver financial support would be ending, the year to provide support for each other and to ensure consistency in the Beacons Collaborative during the last at Lake, Cole and Rishel Middle Schools. programs they offer hours and on weekends. hours and 1991, offering middle-school youth a place to gather and learn during nonschool hours. With the aid of a $1 million during nonschool hours. With youth a place to gather and learn middle-school 1991, offering Reader Wallace grant from the DeWitt Recent highlights: How Rose Community Foundation is helping: How Rose Community BEACON NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS BEACON NEIGHBORHOOD Purpose: Grantee Profile Grantee Grantee Profile COLORADO STAFF DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL – colostaff.org

Purpose: To establish the Center for Strategic Quality Professional Development (The Center), which was created to improve student achievement by working with teachers and principals to get the best results with teaching resources – personnel, time, programs and organization. How Rose Community Foundation is helping: With research showing that student achievement is closely linked to teacher quality, professional development for teachers is becoming a major focus in the education field. The Center provides schools with education consultants to help them evaluate their current teaching and professional development programs and then make improvements that will spark higher student achievement. Rose Community Foundation’s two-year grant of $320,000 helped establish The Center. Recent highlights: Shortly after it formed in 2002, The Center began piloting its program at three schools – Lansing Elementary in Aurora, McElwain Elementary in Northglenn and Monaco Elementary in Commerce City. Five more schools will be added in 2003-2004. As it learns from its work at the pilot schools, The Center is developing a ‘toolkit’ of proven materials, resources and processes that other Colorado schools will be able to use in their quest for improvement. “If we can get everyone moving in the same direction, which we are, the students will realize the benefits.” —Judy Stout, Director of Curriculum and Elementary Instruction for Adams County School District 14.

The Center for Strategic Quality Professional Development teams with teachers and principals to make schools stronger. EDUCATION

18 2002 Education Grants EDUCATION Total: $3,627,556

COLLEGE SUMMIT $30,000 Over two years to support a program to help low-income students advance to college. collegesummit.org

COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL EXECUTIVES $2,000 To support an executive retreat for superintendents. co-case.org

COLORADO PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATIONAL RENEWAL $161,000 Over three years to support Just For the Kids, a program that uses school- testing data, best-teaching practices and educator training to improve student achievement. http://outreachdb.colorado.edu/ public/owa/outreachallx.showDesc? c_num=48 DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE FUND FOR COLORADO’S FUTURE COLORADO STAFF DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL $308,947 $50,000 $320,000 Over three years to implement the To study the impact on students and Over two years to expand the Character Education Project, a school systems when students move Council’s ability to help schools research-based effort to support frequently from school to school. implement high-quality professional- school administration and staff in fund4colorado.org developing schools as communities development programs. GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION colostaff.org of caring, justice and democracy. dpsk12.org $11,000 COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INC. To support this national organization $7,500 DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS of grantmakers working to improve To support this program that uses $100,000 educational outcomes for students, volunteers to supplement learning To support the Summer Literacy and to support the group’s 2002 opportunities for Denver Public Training Program. conference in Denver. Schools students. dpsk12.org edfunders.com

CREATING CARING COMMUNITIES DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOPE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION $5,000 $10,000 $25,000 To develop a business plan for this To support an after-school program To support after-school programs. organization that works to promote designed to help students in grades dpsk12.org democratic and nurturing classrooms. K-7 with homework, academic DOUGLAS COUNTY EDUCATIONAL support, and computer learning. DENVER KIDS, INC. FOUNDATION hopecommunities.org $10,000 $15,000 To provide counseling and support JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC To support the Read to Succeed SCHOOLS to at-risk K-12 Denver Public program, which provides individ- $131,900 Schools students. ualized instruction to students in Over three years to expand a denverkidsinc.org grades 1-3. professional-development program dcsd.k12.co.us/district/general/ for teachers in Ralston Valley and dcef.intropage.html Arvada West High Schools. http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us

19 EDUCATION coloradoprincipalscenter.org Principals strategic planfortheColorado To supportthecreationofa $25,000 AT DENVER UNIVERSITY OFCOLORADO summerscholars.org Denver elementarystudents. and recreationprogramforNortheast To supportasix-weeksummerliteracy $25,000 SUMMER SCHOLARS pebc.org teaching inDenverPublicSchools. aimed atimprovingthequalityof To supportefforts tosecureagrant $3,000 COALITION (PEBC) PUBLIC EDUCATION &BUSINESS pebc.org public-school students. improve learningopportunitiesfor Over twoyearsforPEBC $70,000 COALITION (PEBC) PUBLIC EDUCATION &BUSINESS Northwest Denver. that advocatesforstudentsin upgrade softwareforthisorganization To supportstrategicplanningandto $14,000 NW COALITION4BETTERSCHOOLS newschoolsdevelopmentcorp.org of ScienceandTechnology. establishment ofTheDenverSchool Over ayearandhalftosupportthe $250,000 NEW SCHOOLSDEVELOPMENTCORP ncsl.org general public. legislators, schooldistrictsandthe and Practicesavailabletostate Colorado: AnInventoryofPolicies To makethereportPrincipalsin $1,000 LEGISLATURES NATIONAL CONFERENCEOFSTATE ’ Center. ’ s efforts to denverpfp.org denverclassroom.org and SturmFamilyFoundation. The BroadFoundation,DanielsFund contributors. Otherfundersinclude: administration offundsfromother as fiscalsponsor, which mary funderoftheprojectandserves Community Foundationisthepri- in DenverPublicSchools.Rose sation andstudentachievement connection betweenteachercompen- To supportapilotprogramtotestthe $1,484,257 PERFORMANCE PILOT ASSOCIATION PAY FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS DENVER PUBLICSCHOOLS/DENVER • • • • and Rishel. Denver middleschools:Cole,Lake, children, youthandfamiliesatthree based communitycentersserving and programsupportforschool- organizations toprovideoperating Over twoyearstothefollowingfour $467,952 BEACON NEIGHBORHOODCENTERS and Partnerships Special Grants,Initiatives URBANLEAGUEOFMETROPOLITAN MICASARESOURCECENTER DENVERPUBLICSCHOOLS CATHOLIC CHARITIES, $100,000 DENVER $101,500 FOR WOMEN $144,952 $121,500 ARCHDIOCESE OFDENVER denverurbanleague.org Program. For theColeMiddleSchool micasadenver.org grantwriting consultation. Program, including$1,500for For theLakeMiddleSchool dpsk12.org program evaluation. management support,andfor For administrativeand catholiccharitiesdenver.org grantwriting consultation. program, including$1,500for For theRishelMiddleSchool 20 includes sponsor. Denver Foundationservesasfiscal the GreaterDenvercommunity. The improve publiceducationthroughout and SturmFamilyFoundationto Foundation, ThePitonFoundation Denver Foundation,GatesFamily collaborative fundingeffort withThe Foundation To continueRoseCommunity $100,000 EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ’ s participationina Health HEALTH

The U.S. health-care system has been undergoing profound change for more than a decade. During 2002, health-care costs skyrocketed once again, putting health insurance out of the reach of many Coloradans. Employers facing double-digit health-insurance premium increases are passing these costs along to their employees in the form of higher deductibles and copayments. Employees who cannot afford these increased costs are either dropping their dependents from coverage or dropping coverage altogether. As a result, the uninsured population is again growing. Hospitals and community health centers are struggling to meet the needs of a growing uninsured population at a time when state and federal health-care funding is in jeopardy.

Given the complex dynamics of the health-care system, Rose Community Foundation recognizes that improving access to quality care requires well-informed, visionary leaders. For this reason, the Foundation promotes initiatives that develop health-policy and public- health leadership. One such initiative, Hot Issues in Health Care (HIHC), is an ongoing effort to provide state legislators and other policymakers with opportunities to learn about and discuss emerging health-policy issues so that they are better equipped to make informed decisions. A November 2002 HIHC poll showed that Colorado voters are concerned about health-care costs and want government action. Long-term solutions will require that legislators, providers, consumers and philanthropy chart a course that addresses current dilemmas and anticipates future challenges. Leadership is the key.

While Rose Community Foundation invests in health leadership that can improve access to quality care over the long term, it also works to effect more immediate change. Committed to improving access to care for low-income children, youth and families, the Foundation continues to support efforts to enroll them in programs such as Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+). A publicly supported health-insurance program, CHP+ combines federal, state and private funds to offer low-cost health insurance for low-income children and youth. The program has seen tremendous growth since its inception, due largely to the efforts of Child Health Advocates, a nonprofit organization launched by Rose Community Foundation in 1998 to help parents take advantage of the affordable health coverage offered by CHP+. (See page 42 for a related story.)

The Foundation is also committed to exploring ways to deliver health services to children where they are most likely to receive them: in schools. Educational achievement and health status are linked – healthy children are absent less and are more likely to excel in school. School-based health care ensures that children receive the care they need in a convenient setting that allows for better communication among parents, teachers and health-care providers.

“By focusing its resources on health-policy leadership, access to care and prevention, Rose Community Foundation is working to create lasting change in the health-care system, so that people throughout the Greater Denver community and beyond can get the care they need in a timely manner,” says Stephen Shogan, M.D., Foundation Trustee and Health Committee Chair.

21 Diabetes education is one way that Partnerships for Healthy Communities is working to make neighborhoods healthier. Grantee Profile PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

Purpose: To link residents to resources that promote healthy families and healthy neighborhoods. How Rose Community Foundation is helping: With a $40,000 grant, Rose Community Foundation provided startup funding for Partnerships for Healthy Communities (PHC). This coalition of health and human-service providers, community groups, schools and government agencies was formed to maximize existing resources and to spread information about available health-related services to the people who need them. Recent highlights: Building on the idea that there is strength in numbers, PHC has brought nearly 40 organizations together to trade ideas and create collaborative projects to address specific community-health issues. These team projects are designed based on data showing where there are gaps in health care or education, and all of the projects have measurable goals to attain. PHC also reaches out directly to neighborhoods in Thornton and Adams County, holding health fairs that include health providers requested by residents in low-income neighborhoods, as well as popular services such as flu shots and breast exams. A Neighborhood Network Resource Centers system is now being developed, made up of churches, schools and community organizations that have agreed to serve as health-information sources. PHC is training the contacts at those organizations to better answer questions and make referrals to health- service providers. “Their [PHC’s] number one attribute is listening. They listen to what the people in the community say and then they help make it happen by making the people an integral part of it.” — Jan Bach, a member of the Mobile Homeowners Tenant Association of Redwood Estates. HEALTH

22 2002 Health Grants HEALTH Total: $2,524,619

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION COLORADO PATIENT SAFETY COLORADO SCHOOL MEDICAID $50,000 COALITION CONSORTIUM To support the Colorado $1,500 $218,500 Asthma Coalition. To support the group’s Do No Harm To support a school-based program asthmacolorado.org Conference for health-care to find and enroll eligible children in professionals. Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus, THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL coloradopatientsafety.org Colorado’s child-health insurance FOUNDATION plan for low-income families. $15,000 COLORADO PUBLIC HEALTH To support a statewide program ASSOCIATION DENVER HEALTH FOUNDATION to train advocates for children’s $1,000 $25,000 health issues. To support a session on racial and In the form of a matching grant to thechildrenshospital.org ethnic health disparities at the support a capital campaign for an Association’s annual conference. addition at Denver Health Medical CLINICNET Jefferson County Department of Center that will add 100 more $10,000 Health and Environment served beds to the hospital. To collect health-care data from as fiscal sponsor. denverhealth.org/foundation.cfm clinics that would not otherwise be coloradopublichealth.com reported. Inner City Health Center DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF served as fiscal sponsor. COLORADO PUBLIC INTEREST COMMERCE clinicnet.com RESEARCH FOUNDATION (COPIRF) $9,332 $5,000 To publish a white paper with COLORADO MINORITY To support CoPIRF’s efforts to recommendations on Medicaid HEALTH FORUM lower consumer costs for reform. $10,000 prescription drugs. denverchamber.org To support a conference on racial copirg.org and ethnic health disparities. coloradominorityhealthforum.org

23 Grantee Profile COLORADO ASTHMA COALITION — asthmacolorado.org (The American Lung Association of Colorado serves as fiscal sponsor.)

Purpose: To support health-care providers and community members in providing consistent patient care and education, sharing resources, and creating a cohesive plan to respond to asthma in Colorado. How Rose Community Foundation is helping: A Rose Community Foundation grant to the American Lung Association of Colorado has helped mobilize the Colorado Asthma Coalition, a group of more than 140 individuals and 70 organizations working together to improve asthma care, education and policies. Recent highlights: Asthma is a public-health crisis that affects an estimated 170,000 Coloradans – about 8 percent of the state’s population and higher than the national rate of 7.2 percent. Asthma keeps children out of school and adults away from work. Lacking proper medical management, many asthma sufferers seek treatment in emergency rooms and hospitals, driving up health-care costs. Since its formation, the Coalition has developed five areas of focus: data collection; education to care providers; outreach to schools and child-care sites; research on factors that trigger asthma; and public education, especially to high-risk and culturally diverse populations. With the hiring of a full-time coordinator in early 2003, the Coalition is moving ahead with its plans. “We are looking for some hard data that shows we’re helping improve the quality of life for these kids by managing their asthma rather than asthma managing them.” — Julie Degenstein, Clinical Nurse Manager for The Children’s Hospital’s School-Based Health Centers.

The Colorado Asthma Coalition works with schools to provide asthma screening and treatment onsite. HEALTH

24 FRONT RANGE CENTER FOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON SCHOOL- STUDENT NATIONAL MEDICAL HEALTH ASSAULT PREVENTION BASED HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION $10,000 $1,000 $500 To support a program to educate To support the annual meeting of To sponsor attendance at SNMA’s children and teens on assault this membership association that National Education Conference. prevention. supports school-based health care. SNMA is the oldest and largest geocities.com/childassault nasbhc.org medical-student organization made prevention/ up of and dedicated to people of THE NATIONAL CENTER ON color and underserved communities. GIRLS INC. OF METRO DENVER ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE snma.org $50,000 $300,000 Over two years to expand Over three years to support and SUICIDE PREVENTION INTERVENTION the Preventing Adolescent expand CASASTART at several NETWORK (SPIN) Pregnancy program. Denver elementary and middle $7,500 girlsincdenver.org schools. CASASTART is a national To support suicide prevention and substance-abuse prevention program intervention. GRANTMAKERS IN HEALTH (GIH) for youth ages 8 to 13. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER GRADUATE $10,000 casacolumbia.org To support a session, “The Role SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES of Philanthropy in Small Group PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTHY $2,500 and Individual Health Insurance COMMUNITIES To support the 2002 World Affairs Markets,” at GIH’s 2002 $40,000 Challenge, a leadership-development Annual Meeting. To support this coalition that works to program for middle- and high-school gih.org identify and address community- students who research and propose health issues in Thornton and Adams solutions to world problems. The GRANTMAKERS IN HEALTH (GIH) County. Community Reach Center 2002 topic was “Global Health.” $11,000 served as fiscal sponsor. du.edu/gsis To support the activities of this national association of grantmakers dedicated to improving the nation’s health. gih.org Special Grants, Initiatives MARCH OF DIMES, COLORADO CHAPTER and Partnerships $500 To support the organization’s efforts COLORADO HEALTH INSTITUTE MEDICAL PATIENT ASSISTANCE to bring the importance of newborn $1,300,000 $2,287 health to the attention of legislators. Over five years to create the Colorado Rose Community Foundation marchofdimesco.org Health Institute. The Institute’s vision administers restricted funds to MENTAL HEALTH OMBUDS PROGRAM is to bring about a healthier Colorado provide emergency assistance to OF COLORADO through informed decisions. Rose patients in need. $15,000 Community Foundation’s Aging and To support an evaluation of the MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL Health program areas jointly DEVELOPMENT program’s effectiveness in serving supported this $1.9 million grant. $14,000 Medicaid-eligible consumers. Caring for Colorado Foundation and Rose Community Foundation yourchn.com/consumers/ The Colorado Trust are funding administers restricted funds to ombuds.htm partners. (See also page 9.) support ongoing training and METRO DENVER BLACK CHURCH THE COLORADO TRUST development of local medical INITIATIVE $10,000 professionals in specific categories of $250,000 To support a study on the status of health care. Over three years to support the mental-health care in Colorado. This organization’s Faith & Health ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $30,000 grant was jointly supported by GENOMICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Ministries Program, which educates Rose Community Foundation’s Aging, INFORMATION PROJECT and screens community members for Child and Family Development and $145,000 glaucoma, hypertension, prostate and Health program areas. Caring for To support efforts to educate breast cancer and diabetes. Colorado Foundation, Daniels Fund, decision-makers on the implications denverblackchurch.org The Denver Foundation, First Data of new genetic technologies and to NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE Western Union Foundation, support the “Summit on Colorado’s MENTALLY ILL COLORADO HealthONE Alliance and Rose Future in Genomics and Biotech- $10,000 Women’s Organization were also nology” at the University of Colorado. To support outreach to and advocacy funding partners. (See also pages 9, Caring for Colorado Foundation is a on behalf of individuals with mental 15 and 40.) funding partner. illness and their families. coloradotrust.org nami.org

25 JEWISH LIFE great diversitywithinourJewish community. Life Committee. the Foundation, “ Jewish ExperienceandtheBoulderFestivalallillustrate thispoint. bridges withintheJewishcommunity. GrantstotheColoradoAgencyforJewishEducation,The Rose CommunityFoundationremainsdedicatedtosupporting outreachprogramsandbuilding • • • • Greater Denver, includingthesehighlights: Community FoundationmadesignificantcontributionstoJewishorganizationsthroughout promote Jewishgrowth,leadershipdevelopmentandorganizationaldevelopment.In2002,Rose The fourhighestprioritiesinJewishLifeareoutreachtounconnectedJews,experiencesthat emerging needs,whilealsostrengtheninginstitutionssothattheycanrespondtochange. ideas thatconnectJewstoJewishlifeandeachother, promotingpartnershipsandaddressing Jewish Life With thecompletion ofTheEndowmentChallenge,2002wasanespecially importantyearfor RespondingtotheFoundation RoseCommunityFoundationcontinuedYouth Foundationforitssecondyear(seepage HillelCouncilofColoradoisstrongerandbetterabletoreachoutmoreJewishcollege ThreeJewishdayschoolsreceivedmorethan$160,000ingrantstoboosttheirorganizational Jewish community, fivereformcongregationsjointlyoffered Denver/Boulder area. grantmaking. Thestudentsareworkingtogethertogrant$30,000 toJewishorganizationsinthe 33). Thisgroupof23teens,grades8to12,meetsregularly to learnaboutresponsible Curious? development director. students becauseofaRoseCommunityFoundationgranttohelptheorganizationhireitsfirst and includesfollowuptoconnectparticipantsthecommunity. improve facilitiesandachieveaccreditation. Education andDenverAcademyofTorah arebeingusedtotrainteachersandleaders, strength. GrantstoBethJacobHighSchoolforGirls,TheDenverCampusJewish ” Thisthree-sessionprogram introducesbasicJewishconceptstounaffiliated Jews . ” “ saysPhillipFiga,RoseCommunity FoundationTrustee andChairoftheJewish It wasanhonortosupportthe 19participatingorganizationsthatrepresentthe sustain avibrantJewishcommunity. TheFoundationfundsnew The JewishLifeprogramareasupportsefforts tocreateand endowment goalsin2002. 16 EndowmentChallengeorganizationsthatreachedtheir Foundation madenearly$6millioninchallengegrantsto Endowment Challenge(seepages31-32).Inaddition,the and trainingbenefiting19granteesparticipatinginThe community totalingmorethan$3.6million.Thisincludesgrants 2002, theFoundationmade55grantstoinstitutionsinJewish Jewish organizationsthroughitsLifeprogramarea.In Rose CommunityFoundationhonorsitsrootsbysupporting ’ s emphasisonpromotingpartnershipsandoutreachwithinthe 26 ” “ A Taste ofJudaism:AreYou JEWISH LIFE ” s fourth largest in just four years. The ’ 27 caje-co.org/adult/melton.htm – Rose Community Foundation provided a four-year grant of $105,180 Rose Community Foundation provided a four-year s Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Committee. Melton s Florence ’ s Melton School has grown to be the world ’ this beautiful heritage that I was born into. born was I that heritage beautiful this chairs CAJE s spurred me on to study more in order to really understand really s spurred to study to in order me more on Marlin Barad, a Melton graduate who has since joined the board of CAJE and of CAJE and Marlin board the who Barad, has since joined graduate a Melton ’ — It Named after its founding Ohio philanthropist, the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School was first Named after its founding Ohio philanthropist, the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School “ To enrich Jewish adults through comprehensive, in-depth study of Jewish texts and traditions. enrich Jewish adults through comprehensive, in-depth study of Jewish To Instructor Ellyn Hutt helps Jewish adults learn about their faith through The CAJE Florence Melton Adult Mini-School. Instructor Ellyn Hutt helps Jewish adults learn

s popularity has increased every year and a special program convenient for parents of preschoolers is now s popularity has increased every year and a special program convenient for ’

adult students are of all ages and backgrounds, and it is common to find family members attending together. The members attending together. adult students are of all ages and backgrounds, and it is common to find family school or on the boards of 11 local being developed. CAJE currently counts 32 Melton graduates in executive positions has deepened their connection to their Jewish organizations. Melton graduates universally report that the program faith and their desire to learn. Recent highlights: How Rose Community Foundation is helping: THE CAJE FLORENCE MELTON ADULT MINI-SCHOOL MINI-SCHOOL ADULT THE CAJE FLORENCE MELTON Purpose: in 1999 to help the Colorado Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) bring the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School to the in 1999 to help the Colorado Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) bring the a two-year commitment to learning state. Since that time, approximately 350 Jewish adults in Colorado have made more about their faith and heritage.

established in 1986 and has since spread to 64 locations worldwide. Using a curriculum developed by The Hebrew established in 1986 and has since spread to 64 locations worldwide. Using a University of Jerusalem, Colorado Grantee Profile Grantee JEWISH LIFE Grantee Profile hensive strategicandbusinessplanasitassumedmorecontrollocally. was cutatthenationallevel.RoseCommunityFoundationgranted$20,000sothatRMRBBYOcoulddevelopacompre- Recent highlights: How RoseCommunityFoundationishelping: Purpose: ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONB Jewish identity. regional Jewishinstitution. RMRBBYO advisors tolessenthetimecommitmentontheirpart. becoming partofafaith-basedorganization.RMRBBYO isalsolookingatnontraditionalmodelsforitsvolunteeradult time availability, expecting thatthiswillalsointroducetheorganizationtoJewishyouthwhomaynototherwiseconsider BBYO isdevelopinginterest-basedprogramming(e.g.,a basketball league,adramatroupe)forJewishteenswithlimited teens werelessapttobeinvolvedinseveralextracurricular activitiesatonce.Recognizingthattimeshavechanged,RMR Rocky MountainRegionB Rocky MountainRegionB To provide opportunitiesforJewishyouthingrades8to12developtheirleadershippotentialandpositive As theoldestandlargestJewishyouthorganizationin world,BBYOwasstartedinanerawhen “ It ’ and I met my two best friends at BBYO. atBBYO. friends That best mytwo and Imet s been phenomenal. I phenomenal. been s ’ nai B ’ NAI B ’ nai B — ’ rith Youth Organization(RMRBBYO)founditselfatacrossroadsin2000whenfunding Emily Hyatt, anRMRBBYO member years. for nearly five Hyatt, Emily ’ rith Youth Organizationdoescommunity-serviceprojects,suchasmakingPurimbaskets ’ RITH YOUTHORGANIZATION for JewishseniorsatShalomPark. Operating underB ’ ve hadcountlessve leadership experiences 28 ’ s newthree-yearplanishelpingtorevitalizethis ’ – nai B rmrbbyo.org ’ rith Internationalformorethan75years, ’ s really cool. ” JEWISH LIFE NAI ’ RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION CHAIM, THE JEWISH CHAIM, THE JEWISH ’ ’ rmrbbyo.org SHIR AMI SINGERS: SONGS OF MY PEOPLE $2,000 purchase a keyboard for this To ensemble of Jewish folk singers. JEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK JEWISH FUNDERS $7,000 the activities of this support To that promotes national association among thoughtful philanthropy Jewish foundations. jfunders.org L SINGLES RESOURCE $2,000 upgrades. support technology To of Colorado Allied Jewish Federation served as fiscal sponsor. lchaimsingles.org REGION B ROCKY MOUNTAIN support the development of a To three-year strategic plan, including a business plan. $20,000 B 29 (See also page 33.) thejewishexperience.com dcje.org HILLEL COUNCIL OF COLORADO $50,000 Over two years to launch a new development office. hillelcolorado.org THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE $11,250 support a Gateways Weekend To an outreach program aimed Seminar, Jews. unaffiliated at 25- to 45-year-old DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH DENVER ACADEMY $113,000 years to support Over three professional development, Accrediting accreditation by The Study, Commission for Independent and financial student recruitment management assistance. datcampus.org FOR THE DENVER CAMPUS JEWISH EDUCATION $12,350 For leadership development, training and new accounting software and hardware. ”

Rose Youth Foundation members visit the Colorado Agency for Jewish Education as part of their evaluation of a grant proposal. Foundation members visit the Colorado Agency for Jewish Education as part of their evaluation of a grant proposal. Rose Youth

A TASTE OF JUDAISM: OF JUDAISM: A TASTE caje-co.org COLORADO AGENCY FOR JEWISH (CAJE) EDUCATION $65,000 continue outreach to youth, and To to create an alumni association comprised of past youth participants in the Israel Study Tour. boulderjewishfestival.org To support the Boulder Jewish To Festival, which features area Jewish organizations and presents Jewish cultural activities. To support dormitory improvements, support dormitory To reporting. and to upgrade financial BOULDER JEWISH FESTIVAL $7,500 BETH JACOB HIGH SCHOOL BETH JACOB HIGH FOR GIRLS $37,350 $42,028 To support this educational outreach support this educational To reform by five program offered includes follow- congregations, which to the up to connect participants Congregation Jewish community. fiscal sponsor. Emanuel served as Total: $3,696,330 Total: “ CURIOUS? ARE YOU 2002 Jewish Life Grants Life Jewish 2002 JEWISH LIFE • • • of herchoiceasfollows: awarded $500todirectthecharities winner NaomiThalenbergwas Boulder JewishFestival.Contest children the cardwasdesignedthrougha friends oftheFoundation.In2002, greeting cardtograntees,donorsand the JewishNewYear bysendinga Rose CommunityFoundationhonors CARD CONTEST ROSH HASHANAHGREETING ROSE COMMUNITYFOUNDATION activities. endowment andplanned-giving endowment donationsbyenhancing Endowment Challengetoincrease organizations thatparticipatedinThe To support anewinitiativeforthe19 $420,000 INITIATIVE ENDOWMENT CHALLENGEGROWTH ROSE COMMUNITYFOUNDATION pages 31-32.) due tomarketconditions.(Seealso donations thathadbeendiminished restore thefullvalueofallendowment totaling $1,971,322wereawardedto training. Inaddition,one-timegrants $881,030 foroperatinggrantsand final year, theFoundationawarded Greater Denver/Boulderarea.Inits for 19Jewishinstitutionsinthe create permanentendowmentfunds Challenge, athree-yearinitiativeto To supportTheEndowment $2,852,352 THE ENDOWMENTCHALLENGE Special Grants,InitiativesandPartnerships attbi.com/ http://prairiewind.home. $100 ANIMAL REFUGE PRAIRIE WINDWILD ourcolorado.org $100 COALITION COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL ajfcolorado.org $300 ALLIED JEWISHFEDERATION ’ s artcontestheldatthe $54,000 ROSE YOUTHFOUNDATION (RYF) • • • • ROSE YOUTHFOUNDATION: GROUP OFTEENSTOBEPART OF MADE INMAY 2002BYTHEFIRST THE FOLLOWINGGRANTSWERE rcfdenver.org/RYF (See alsopage33.) Foundation servesasfiscalsponsor. grantmaking. RoseCommunity through directinvolvementwith in grades8to12aboutphilanthropy initiative thatteachesJewishyouth To fundthesecondyearofthis ROCKYMOUNTAIN REGION DENVERCOMMUNITYKOLLEL CONGREGATION RODEFSHALOM BOULDERJEWISHCOMMUNITY B YOUTH PROGRAM CENTER ORGANIZATION (RMRBBYO) Conference inOctober2002. BBYO advocacy trainingtotheRMR To bringaspeakerforIsrael denverkollel.org Museum ofDenver. Seder in2003atTheChildren For aChildren $2,300 rodef-shalom.org congregation To expandthisconservative $4,000 bjcc.org For $2,968 rmrbbyo.org Jewish youth. for outreachtounaffiliated students ingrades8to12,and $1,000 Through theJewishYear, Connections toCommunity elementary-school-age children. monthly eventdesignedfor ’ NAI B “ Celebrations Regional LeadershipTraining ’ RITH YOUTH ’ s programsfor ’ s ModelPassover 30 – Creating ” a ’ s • • • YOUTHBOARDOFTHENATIONAL YOUNGJUDAEADESERT STEPPINGSTONES REGION YOUTH CONFERENCE OFSYNAGOGUE MOUNTAIN REGION JEWISH ME Celebration. Israel IndependenceDay ages 2to12attheDenver2003 Senses, For $2,232 For a $1,500 congregationemanuel.com Emanuel. program heldatCongregation in theSteppingStonesweekly interfaith homesparticipating for childrenandparentsfrom Corps programandcurriculum For anewJuniorMitzvah middle-school-age children. teaching leadershipskillsto in October2002thatfocusedon $1,000 “ A Trip ThroughIsrael Shabbaton ” — apresentationforyouth ROCKYMOUNTAIN (Sabbath retreat) … TO A ’ s Five JEWISH LIFE 31 We are “ ” increased … ” s Trustees granted $10 million and Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado became a $10 million and Allied Jewish Federation granted s Trustees ’ community. says Rose Community Foundation ” League, Region. States Mountain

and healthy future for our Jewish future healthy and our for

about the benefits of endowments, and of endowments, benefits the about The Endowment Challenge Endowment The Amy Boymel, Anti-Defamation Director, Development philanthropy in our community,philanthropy in our helped “ This initiative has shown an overwhelming educate Jewisheducate organizations communal extremely proud of its success and of our staff, extremely proud of its success and of our staff, who worked so hard to make it happen. President and CEO Sheila Bugdanowitz. commitment by hundreds of organizational leaders, commitment by hundreds of organizational that our professionals and donors to make sure Jewish institutions can remain strong long into the future, “ In addition, Rose Community Foundation provided In addition, Rose Community Foundation nearly $2.9 million in annual operating grants, fund $2 million to restore losses to endowment $500,000 in balances due to market conditions and Challenge technical assistance to The Endowment grantees. All told, The Endowment Challenge in represents an investment of $24.5 million Jewish institutions by donors, Rose Community Foundation and Allied Jewish Federation. By the end of 2002, 18 of the organizations met or exceeded their endowment fundraising goals, qualifying each By the end of 2002, 18 of the organizations Altogether the 19 organizations raised approximately 56 cents on the dollar. of them for challenge grants totaling endowments. Rose Community Foundation provided more than $6 million more than $12.3 million to fund their Federation provided nearly $575,000, making the grand total almost $19 in challenge grants, and Allied Jewish million for all 19 organizations. Rose Community Foundation and synagogues throughout the initiative. All Jewish organizations and $625,000 for committing both staff partner, proposals to participate, with 19 organizations and Boulder were invited to submit metropolitan Denver effort. eventually joining the In the fall of 1999, 19 Jewish organizations embarked on The Endowment Challenge, a three-year grant initiative a three-year grant Challenge, on The Endowment organizations embarked of 1999, 19 Jewish In the fall was intended to The Endowment Challenge Launched by Rose Community Foundation, to create endowments. in endowment fundraising, develop institutional skills giving within the Jewish community, stimulate endowment of endowments. awareness about the power and importance and heighten public Donors Push Initiative to Spectacular Finish Finish to Spectacular Push Initiative Donors The Endowment Challenge Endowment The — provided opportunity the a strong secure to JEWISH LIFE In addition,theFoundationpaidfor$500,000intrainingandstaff support. Community Foundationinvestmentincludesthreeyearsofoperatinggrants,challengegrantsandone-timerestorationgrants. The followingisacompletelistofthe19EndowmentChallengegranteesandtheirnewendowmentfunds*.totalRose $236,646 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSE COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$468,828 du.edu/cjs outreach programs. Provides academicandcommunity- UNIVERSITY OFDENVER CENTER FORJUDAICSTUDIES, $521,320 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$1,056,255 boulderjcc.org Boulder Jewishcommunity. cultural programsforthe Provides educationaland FOUNDATION BOULDER JEWISHCOMMUNITY $258,563 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$478,927 bnaihavurah.org A Reconstructionistcongregation. B $262,783 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$100,000 bmh-bj.org A Traditional-Orthodox congregation. BMH-BJ CONGREGATION $755,649 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$1,251,669 adl.org treatment forall. Jewish peopleandtosecurefair Works toendthedefamationof MOUNTAIN STATES REGION ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: $41,543 TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$78,221 ajc.org through public-policyadvocacy. Works tosafeguardJewishrights AMERICAN JEWISHCOMMITTEE FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: $38,857 TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$78,138 living housingforolderadults. Provides independentandassisted- ALLIED JEWISHSENIORHOUSING ’ NAI HAVURAH EDUCATION (CAJE) COLORADO AGENCYFORJEWISH day school. A K-12coeducationalcommunity EDUCATION THE DENVERCAMPUSFORJEWISH $388,393 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$785,993 datcampus.org coeducational environment. Modern OrthodoxZionist A K-8dayschooloffering a DENVER ACADEMYOFTORAH $2,072,589 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$3,125,520 congregationemanuel.com A ReformJewishcongregation. CONGREGATION EMANUEL $116,975 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$156,276 bethevergreen.org community. serving adiversemountain An unaffiliated Jewishcongregation CONGREGATION BETHEVERGREEN $241,029 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$475,270 caje-co.org services unavailableelsewhere. programs andtoprovideeducational institutions indeliveringquality Works toassistJewisheducational FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: $69,297 TOTAL ROSE COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$105,038 hillelcolorado.org Colorado StateUniversity. University ofColoradoand campus attheUniversityofDenver, connections toJewishlifeon Offers Jewishcollegestudents HILLEL COUNCILOFCOLORADO $977,753 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$1,953,450 dcje.org 32 COLORADO JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COMMUNITY CENTER ROBERT E.LOUPJEWISH $1,553,565 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$3,125,520 mizelcenter.org context. through theartsinamulticultural Showcases theJewishexperience AND CULTURE MIZEL CENTERFORARTS $155,357 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$312,552 jewishfamilyservice.org and families. with Jewishvaluestoindividuals Provides humanservicesconsistent FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: $77,677 TOTAL ROSE COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$156,325 Studies andTalmudic Law. undergraduate degreesinJudaic four-year seminary, awarding with afour-year highschooland a A residentialacademiccommunity YESHIVA TORASCHAIM FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: $90,995 TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$156,276 americanet.com/sinai A ReformJewishcongregation. TEMPLE SINAI $388,686 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$788,061 shalompark.org for olderadults. Provides housing,servicesandcare SHALOM PARK $2,671,269 FOUNDATION INVESTMENT: TOTAL ROSECOMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND:$4,288,811 jccdenver.org educational andsocialprograms. Provides recreational,cultural, * Includes$347,025inchallenge grants after theendof2002. received fromAlliedJewishFederation JEWISH LIFE Our goal was “ s Web page s Web ’ says Phillip Figa, Rose We decided to be more We ” “ Dana Rommerdahl Aaran Secor Jason Shames Bryan Sigman Jeremy Susel Elizabeth Walker Laura Weinstein The youth are learning about “ ” Rose Community Foundation is now Rose Community Foundation says Jill Orlovsky, Chair of RYF in Chair of RYF says Jill Orlovsky, ” Rose Youth Foundation is a positive situation Foundation Rose Youth Rose Youth Foundation (RYF) is an initiative of is an initiative Foundation (RYF) Rose Youth that teaches youth Foundation Rose Community hands-on grant- through about philanthropy future Jewish community making, while training In June 2002, RYF leaders in the process. year by granting finished its first successful of grantees, please see $15,000. (For a list page 30.) in 2002-2003 with a doubled continuing RYF of $30,000. grantmaking budget “ for everyone involved, Community Foundation Trustee and Jewish Life Community Foundation Trustee Committee Chair. philanthropy and leadership skills, Rose of Community Foundation gets an infusion ” 33 Connor ’ s grants. ’ Lisa Orenstein Jill Orlovsky Sydonia Rehm Aaron Greenstein Daniel Jackson Kendra Shwayder Kassell Batya Kleen Sam O s diversity has been a plus, with one commenting, s diversity has been a plus, with one commenting, ’ . bers chose to fund programs that promote Jewish identity and and one of seven returning members out of 23 total. and one of seven returning members out ” rcfdenver.org/RYF It helps, knowing all that we learned last year, It helps, knowing all that we learned Rose Youth Foundation Youth Rose 2002-2003 ROSE YOUTH FOUNDATION MEMBERS: 2002-2003 ROSE YOUTH FOUNDATION at proactive this year and see what the community has to say. proactive this year and see what the community After conducting a needs-assessment survey online and at area Jewish institutions, 2002-2003 mem RYF grant learning and/or combat anti-Semitism. They then developed criteria for evaluating proposals and conducted site visits in April. For more information, visit RYF youthful ideas, and, most importantly, some wonderful organizations are being supported some wonderful organizations youthful ideas, and, most importantly, Foundation through Rose Youth Comprised of metro-area Jewish teens who apply to become part of the group, RYF Comprised of metro-area Jewish teens of Jewish involvement, describing themselves as members represent a broad spectrum Members say Orthodox, Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative and secular. unaffiliated, that the self-directed group 2002-2003 to make Judaism more accessible to others and in doing that, we made it more accessible to to make Judaism more accessible to others ourselves. “ Phillip Abrams Amy Berenbaum Lea Bernstein Rifka Blum Campbell Timothy Meryl Cohn Joshua Demby Josh Friednash COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS cclponline.org fiscal-policy issues. Colorado which aimstoexplaintheeffects of Bill ofRights)EducationProject, To supporttheTABOR (Taxpayer $5,000 AND POLICY COLORADO CENTERONLAW canpo.org Week 2003. To supportColoradoNonprofit $5,000 (CANPO) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF canpo.org nonprofit organizations. and advocacyactivitiesonbehalfof To supportCANPO $20,000 (CANPO) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF cabpes.org engineering andappliedscience. attainment ofcareersinthefields minority youthinthepursuitand To supportunderrepresented $5,000 SCIENTISTS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERSAND COLORADO ASSOCIATION OFBLACK chinookfund.org groups. assistance tograssrootscommunity aimed atprovidingtechnical To supportstrategic-planningefforts $20,000 CHINOOK FUND aclu-co.org promoting civicdiscourse. To supporttheACLU $10,000 FOUNDATION OFCOLORADO(ACLU) AMERICAN CIVILLIBERTIESUNION Total: $350,803 out ofaformalprogramarea. approaches tocommunityissues.CommunityBuildinggrantsarenotfunded service; increasingthecapacityofnonprofitorganizations;andinnovative justice andnondiscrimination;expansionofphilanthropycommunity strengthen ourcommunitybyaddressingtheFoundation On alimitedbasis,RoseCommunityFoundationsupportsprojectsthat 2002 CommunityBuildingGrants ’ s TABOR amendment on ’ s public-policy ’ s rolein ’ s $4,000 OF AMERICA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS commfound.org Funders Boulder/Broomfield Counties To supporttheFirstAnnual $2,000 SERVING BOULDERCOUNTY THE COMMUNITYFOUNDATION bridgestothefuture.us of September11, American HistoryandValues inLight To support $50,000 FOUNDATION COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY cpgr.org/resource.htm organizations. giving trainingtononprofit donations andprovidesplanned- project, whichencouragesestate To supporttheLeaveaLegacy $10,000 ROUNDTABLE COLORADO PLANNEDGIVING npower.org crcamerica.org community organizations. technology-assistance programfor launch of Over threeyearstosupportthe $105,000 COMMUNITY RESOURCECENTER cfamerica.org/page619.cfm foundations. national associationofcommunity To supporttheactivitiesofthis and values. understanding ofAmericanhistory encourage explorationandgreater and theUniversityofDenverto between ColoradoStateUniversity ’ Fair. NPower Colorado “ Bridges totheFuture: ’ s corevalues:social ” 34 acollaboration , a $15,000 COMMUNITY RESOURCECENTER nonprofitfinancefund.org nonprofit community. needs intheGreaterDenver To partiallysupporta study offacility $2,803 THE NONPROFITFINANCEFUND metrovolunteers.org organizations. training andguidancetononprofit promotes volunteerismandprovides To supportthisorganizationthat $25,000 METRO VOLUNTEERS! Leadership. To supportTheCircleofLatina $10,000 INSTITUTE FORMESTIZALEADERSHIP hiponline.org metropolitan area. of LatinononprofitsintheDenver grant supportandoperatingcapacity To support aninitiativetoincrease $50,000 HISPANICS INPHILANTHROPY coloradoglbt.org programs andservices. To supporttheCenter $12,000 OF COLORADO TRANSGENDER COMMUNITYCENTER THE GAY, LESBIAN,BISEXUAL& crcamerica.org program. Leadership andManagement To supporttheColoradoNonprofit ’ s advocacy MATCHING GIFTS AND DISCRETIONARY GRANTS s & Colitis Foundation of s & Colitis Foundation ’ of Colorado Information (CHAI) Chapter America, Rocky Mountain of America Education Forum Scholarship Fund Community Health Charities Health Charities Community Abuse Community Help & of Colorado Community Shares The Conflict Center Congregation Emanuel Shalom Congregation Rodef Craig Hospital Crohn Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Denver Academy of Torah Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts Denver Art Museum Denver Botanic Gardens The Denver Campus for Jewish Denver Community Leadership The Denver Foundation Denver Health Foundation Denver Kids, Inc. The Denver Public Library Denver Public Schools Foundation Denver Rescue Mission Denver Rotary Club Foundation Denver Zoological Foundation Diana Price Fish Foundation s Agricultural ’ s Campaign ’ 35 Land Trust Center Referral Agencies (CORRA) Group (CoPIRG) Boulder County Centered Boards Organizations (CANPO) Colorado Children Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Colorado Historical Society Colorado Nonprofit Development of Resource and Colorado Office Colorado Open Lands Colorado Public Interest Research Colorado Public Radio Colorado State University Foundation Colorado Symphony Association The Community Foundation Serving Colorado AIDS Project of Community Colorado Association of Nonprofit Colorado Association Colorado Ballet Colorado Bright Beginnings Colorado Cattlemen s Hospital Foundation s Museum of Denver ’ ’ s Catholic Appeal ’ s Association, Rocky ’

Mountain Chapter Desert/Mountain Affiliate Chapter States Region Foundation of Denver Employment (CWEE) Partnership Education (CAJE) The Adams 14 Education Foundation The Adams 14 Education The Adoption Exchange Colorado AIDS Walk Aish/Ahavas Yisroel The Alexander Foundation Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado Alzheimer AMC Cancer Research Center American Civil Liberties Union American Diabetes Association American Heart Association American Jewish Committee American Red Cross, Mile High Anti-Defamation League, Mountain Archbishop Aurora Education Foundation Bayaud Industries Lake Nature Center Bluff BMH-BJ Congregation Boulder County AIDS Project Boulder Jewish Community Bromwell Elementary School Bryn Sara Linkow Foundation Catholic Charities, Archdiocese Cenikor Foundation Education and Center For Work CHARG Resource Center Cherry Creek Community Church The Children Rose Community Foundation matches qualified charitable contributions matches qualified Foundation Rose Community basis, the On a limited Committee Members and staff. made by Trustees, small discretionary grants to community Foundation also makes in matching gifts projects. In 2002, a total of $290,815 organizations and was awarded to the following organizations: and discretionary grants The Children Chinook Fund Christ the King Catholic Church Church of the Blessed Sacrament Colorado Academy Housing Colorado Affordable Colorado Agency for Jewish Discretionary Grants Discretionary Matching Gifts and and Gifts Matching MATCHING GIFTS AND DISCRETIONARY GRANTS Kent DenverSchool Kempe Children KBDI-12 ColoradoPublicTelevision Junior LeagueofDenverFoundation Judith AnnGrieseFoundation Jewish FamilyServiceofColorado Jazz89 KUVO Invest InKids Inter-Faith CommunityServices Institute ofInternationalEducation Human ServicesInc. Girl Scouts The Gay, Lesbian,Bisexual& The GatheringPlace Friends ofMan Food BankoftheRockies Family Star Family Advocacy, Care,Education, Escuela TlatelolcoCentrodeEstudios Escuela deGuadalupe Educare Colorado Eagle RidgeElementarySchoolPTA Dumb FriendsLeague Hugh O Hospice ofMetroDenver Holy GhostChurch Historic Denver Hillel CouncilofColorado The HemlockFoundation Habitat forHumanityofColorado Graland CountryDaySchool Girls Inc.ofMetroDenver Broadcasting of Colorado Center ofColorado Transgender Community Support (F.A.C.E.S.) ’ Brian Youth Leadership – MileHiCouncil – DenverEducational ’ s Foundation People Pax ChristiCatholic Church Partners forAccesstotheWoods Parents, FamiliesandFriends of Parents, FamiliesandFriendsof Opera Colorado Open Fairways Nine HealthServices National MultipleSclerosisSociety National CancerPreventionFund Muscular DystrophyAssociation Mother To MotherofDenver Mizel CenterforArtsandCulture Mile HighUnitedWay Mile HighChildCare Mi CasaResourceCenterforWomen Metro Volunteers! Mercy HousingSouthWest Mental HealthAssociationof Mayflower CongregationalChurch March ofDimes,ColoradoChapter Manual HighSchool Make-A-Wish Foundationof Lupus FoundationofColorado Little Voice Productions The LISTENFoundation Light forLifeFoundation The Leukemia&Lymphoma Society Kohelet Kids inDistressedSituations (PAW) Lesbians andGays,Denver Lesbians andGays,Boulder Colorado Chapter (NCPF) Colorado (MHAC) Colorado International (K.I.D.S.) ’ s Clinic 36 – YMCA ofMetropolitanDenver Yeshiva Toras Chaim Work OptionsforWomen (WOW) The Women The Webb-Waring Institutefor Warren Village Volunteers ofAmerica Urban Peak University ofDenverInstituteforthe University ofDenverGraduateSchool University ofDenverCollegeLaw University ofDenverCenterfor University ofDenverBridgeProject University ofColoradoFoundation University ofColoradoatDenver Temple Sinai The SusanG.KomenBreastCancer Summer Scholars Step 13 Steck ElementarySchool Stanley BritishPrimarySchool St. ThomasMoreCatholicChurch St. RoseofLimaElementarySchool St. JosephHospitalFoundation St. Anne St. AmbroseEpiscopalChurch Special OlympicsColorado Sisters ofLoretto The ShannonFoundation Shalom Park Samaritan House The SalvationArmyinMetroDenver SafeHouse Denver Rocky MountainPublicBroadcasting Rocky MountainJewishHistorical Rocky MountainChildren Robert E.LoupJewishCommunity Regis University Rebuilding Together Public Education&Business Project PAVE Project AngelHeart Porter Hospice Planned ParenthoodoftheRocky Colorado Research Cancer, AgingandAntioxidant Study ofIsraelintheMiddleEast of InternationalStudies Judaic Studies Foundation Network Society andBeckArchives Center Center Coalition (PEBC) Mountains ’ s EpiscopalSchool ’ s Foundationof ’ s Law ROSE BIOMEDICAL Coordinator Director of Operations and Research Manager Assistant/Office EMPLOYEES President Kenneth C. Weil, Christine Armstrong, Research Paul Burek, Senior Engineer Writer Robin Chalmers, Technical Kathy Cullis, Accounting Mary Juran, Accounting Kimberly Krapek, Diabetes Educator Jonas Pologe, Senior Engineer Rae Reynolds, Business Development Silvers, Respiratory Therapist Wayne Amy Stran-Mitchell, Director Audrey Swann, Research Coordinator Executive Peggy Williams, ROSE BIOMEDICAL OFFICERS M.D., Chair Stephen H. Shogan, President Kenneth C. Weil, President Vice Sheila Bugdanowitz, Anne M. Garcia, Treasurer Secretary Barbara R. Reed, M.D., BOARD MEMBERS M.D. Stuart A. Gottesfeld, Donald L. Kortz Mickey J. Mandel, M.D. M.D. McElhinney, James P. David M. Pollock Barbara R. Reed, M.D. Denise L. Seldon Stephen H. Shogan, M.D. Robert A. Silverberg Gail M. Sweeney Kenneth D. Taylor says RB ” Besides “ says RB ” 37 s funding; the rest comes from s funding; the rest comes ’ Radiologists may soon have a new device for RB works to ensure that beneficial technology “ According to the NIH, nearly 75 percent of According to the NIH, nearly 75 percent s mission is to conduct research leading to new s mission is to conduct ’ s health needs of the goal of addressing significant ’ s focus on projects that provide treatment options for serious s focus on projects that provide treatment ’ Board Chair, Dr. Stephen Shogan. Dr. Board Chair, RB reaches health-care practitioners and patients who need it, reaches health-care practitioners and Rose Biomedical (RB) is a highly specialized research and specialized research (RB) is a highly Rose Biomedical supports Rose Community organization that development Foundation the cost improve the quality of care and reduce medical devices that guidance with a high degree of autonomy and of treatment, pursued Rose Community Foundation of Trustees. from its own Board of RB provides about 20 percent such as sources, including major partners other public and private of Health (NIH). the National Institutes medical and clinical expertise to help RB often provides resources necessary for successful projects achieve the critical milestones commercialization. community. RB community.

Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Chronic Disease Management.

• President Kenneth Weil. Examples of such projects include: Examples of such projects President Kenneth Weil.

medical problems has helped secure 20 significant grants from the NIH. medical problems has helped secure 20 sound, the common denominator in our being scientifically and technologically a large number of people, projects is the ability to positively benefit Rose Biomedical Rose • health-care dollars will soon be spent on care for the chronically ill. Recognizing that health-care dollars will soon be spent are key ways to help patients and reduce prevention and control of chronic disease now have two NIH-funded research health-care costs, RB and partner RVision series of disease-management videotapes. studies underway to develop and test a and exercise instruction, helping individuals The bilingual tapes provide education manage their and diabetes to effectively with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease disease and incorporate exercise into their treatment regimen. NIH has awarded to research and develop these tools. more than $1.5 million to RB and RVision Approximately a dozen life-saving or life-improving products are in various stages of Approximately a dozen life-saving or life-improving products are in various design, development and testing at RB. Future revenues from licensing and distribution agreements of products developed by RB will provide additional resources for its research programs. early identification of dangerous lesions. RB has partnered with Lockheed Martin Astronautics to develop a medical application for its sophisticated image-processing RB helped to secure NIH and private-equity financing, and recruited technology. on physicians to apply the technology to the early identification of breast cancer mammograms. Research indicates that this technology could reduce the estimated 36,000 breast cancers that go undetected each year by approximately 20 to 30 the end percent. The technology is expected to be aiding radiologists and patients by of 2003, following FDA approval. ROSE BIOMEDICAL Rose Biomedical Profile Rose Biomedical developing partnershipsthatwillmakeiteasierforthetechnology toreachhospitalsoncetestingiscompleted. research proposalscurrentlyunderreviewbytheNational InstitutesofHealth.RBisnowassistingRMBIin Recent highlights: Rose Biomedical’s role: Purpose: TISSUE-SEALING TECHNOLOGY procedures, dialysisandtrauma. dialysis, savingpatienttimeandlesseningthemostcommon andcostlycomplicationofdialysis hospital stays,andhealth-carecosts.Thepartnersarealso examiningapplicationstosealskinfollowingkidney closing openingsmadetoarteriesduringheartcatheterizations, thetechnologywillreduceinfections,lengthof (RMBI) todevelopanewwaysealhumantissue,includingskin,bloodvesselsandorgans.Byrapidlyeffectively trauma situations. to makeanimportantcontributioninemergencysettings, sealingwoundsinhospitals,andmassivebattlefield ultimately replacesuturesinsoft-tissuesurgeriessuchas lungandliver. Inaddition,thetechnologyhaspotential blood vesselsneededtokeeppatientsalive.Becauseitcan beusedinawetenvironment,RMBI "Partnering with Rose with "Partnering Biomedical hasbeen for agreat us. step They know the landscape To savelives,preventinfectionsandreducehealth-carecostsbyquicklyclosingwoundsfromsurgery, heart Dr. StephenFlockandDr. KevinMarchittoofRockyMountainBiosystems,Inc.believetheir tissue-sealingtechnology RB broughtRMBItogetherwithateamofnationallyrecognized physicianstodevelopthree — Rose Biomedical(RB)hasformedapartnershipwithRockyMountainBiosystems,Inc. Stephen Flock, Ph.D., Co-Founder ofRocky Ph.D., Inc. Mountain Flock, Stephen Biosystems, of both the business and medical communities." will havebroadapplicationinthefieldofmedicine. 38 ’ s technologycould – lossofaccessto ROSE WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION S ’ Coordinator (beginning 2003) (through 2002) Sue Aaronson Mary Baker Carla Bartell Marsha Blum Goldie Cohen Barbara Ellman Epstein Terry Glazer Wendy Sherri Goldstein Ellen Gray Debbie Juris Carol Karsh Nancy Kaufman Susan Kerstein Linas Trudi Bobbi Lou Miller Marietta "Jo" Mosby Devra Ochs Rosanne DeMattia Pash Linda Redstone Janet Robinson Elaine Selsberg Dayle Shames Waterman-Blum Lynn Jaci Arkin, Administrative Elisa Moran, President Elisa Moran, President GIFT SHOP STAFF Andrew Peacock, Gift Shop Manager Joan Bell Miriam Hoffman Estelle Knaster Ann Kushner Joyce Leszman ROSE WOMEN 2002 ORGANIZATION BOARD MEMBERS President Dansky, Vicki s 2002 ’ s members ’ 39 s Organization ’ s Graduate School of ’ s Organization ’ s gift shop. RWO also sells tickets to s gift shop. RWO ’ s Hospital, Eating Disorders Professionals of Colorado and s Hospital, Eating Disorders Professionals ’ grantees, provides free or low-cost screening for anxiety and depression.

s Organization (RWO) traces its lineage to Rose Auxiliary at Rose Medical Rose Auxiliary at traces its lineage to (RWO) s Organization ’

The Mental Health Association of Colorado, one of Rose Women continue to raise funds by running the hospital continue to raise funds

A Donor-Advised Fund of Rose Community Foundation, the volunteer-run Rose volunteer-run Foundation, the of Rose Community Fund A Donor-Advised Women arrangement with Rose Medical Center,Through a generous RWO Rose Women Rose into an has evolved for women, RWO From its roots as a service-based group Center. that address the $100,000 in grants annually to programs organization that awards and mental health. welfare of women, children and families, health, education and grants to support the Jewish community. also makes RWO touring Broadway productions at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. Revenue at the Denver Center for Performing touring Broadway productions make grants to 19 to enabled RWO fundraising efforts from these and other on eating disorders cosponsored a forum RWO organizations in 2002. Additionally, (DU) with DU and body image at the University of Denver The Children Social Work, With the addition of four new board members in 2003, RWO is committed to making is committed the addition of four new board members in 2003, RWO With in need. grants that will improve the lives of those Mental Health Association of Colorado. ROSE WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION 2002 GRANTS

BOULDER COUNTY SAFEHOUSE $9,000 To support a counseling program for victims of domestic violence. bouldercountysafehouse.org

THE CHILDREN’S LEGACY $1,500 To support the publication of Living with Differences II, a book that promotes compassion for children with serious or life-threatening illnesses. childrenslegacy.com

COLORADO AGENCY FOR JEWISH EDUCATION (CAJE) $5,000 For consultation on early-childhood education. caje-co.org JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF QUALIFE WELLNESS COMMUNITY COLORADO THE COLORADO TRUST $2,500 $15,000 $2,500 To support programs for women with To support Kid Success, a school- To support a study on the status of cancer and other serious illnesses, based counseling program. mental-health care in Colorado. and their caregivers. jewishfamilyservice.org Caring for Colorado Foundation, qualife.org Daniels Fund, The Denver KARIS COMMUNITY ROBERT E. LOUP JEWISH Foundation, First Data Western $5,000 COMMUNITY CENTER Union Foundation, HealthONE To support chronically mentally $2,636 Alliance and Rose Community ill individuals in developing To support Let’s Write!, a writing Foundation were also funding independent-living skills. group for older adults. partners. (See also pages 9, 15 kariscommunity.com jccdenver.org/adult/letswrite.htm and 25.) coloradotrust.org KESHET OF THE ROCKIES ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARENTS AS $2,000 TEACHERS COMMUNITY REACH CENTER To support a program for $8,000 $8,000 elementary-age Jewish children To support a program for pregnant To expand a mental-health program with special needs. teens who attend Denver Public for uninsured students. Schools. communityreachcenter.org MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO (MHAC) THIRD WAY CENTER COURT HOUSE, INC. $12,000 $7,500 $8,000 To support a suicide-awareness To assist the Teen Mother Program To support treatment and services for program and a depression-screening with transportation needs. at-risk youth. program. thirdwaycenter.org courthouseinc.org mhacolorado.org WINGS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE MIZEL CENTER FOR CULTURE $3,000 $2,000 AND ARTS For a support group helping adults To support the Institute’s Denver $1,500 address childhood sexual abuse. Down Syndrome Clinic. To provide interpretation for hearing- wingsfound.org http://eri.uchsc.edu impaired students at a Denver Children’s Theatre production. HORIZONS AT COLORADO ACADEMY mizelarts.org $1,500 For a counselor at the Academy’s PROJECT PAVE (PROMOTING summer enrichment program. ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION) horizonskidsnational.org/html/ $5,000 colorado.html

S ORGANIZATION To support violence prevention ’ education and counseling for K-12 students. projectpave.org ROSE WOMEN

40 Donor and Endowment Services DONOR AND ENDOWMENT SERVICES Rose Community Foundation structure, affording donors a high offers numerous options to degree of organizational flexibility, donors, ranging from the direct personal and family participation, and the maximum simplicity of a one-time gift to contribution deduction benefits of a support the Foundation’s general public charity. For many donors, it grantmaking to the more ‘hands- may serve the same philanthropic on’ possibilities of a donor- purpose as a private or family advised fund or supporting foundation, while having the advantages of Rose Community organization. Working directly Foundation’s administrative, with donors and their financial program and investment expertise advisors to tailor philanthropic for operational functions. options, the Foundation’s Donor DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT FUND and Endowment Services Donors may use this powerful giving Department provides stewardship strategy to provide a continuous and expertise to help donors annual revenue stream for a make strategic philanthropic designated community organization decisions and achieve the most in which they have a special interest. Annual earnings from the gift meaningful experience from their support the selected agency in charitable activities. perpetuity.

Rose Community Foundation’s program staff is also available to assist donors in FIELD OF INTEREST FUND selecting qualified programs and organizations that match their charitable These funds provide long-term interests. As a public charity, donors are afforded maximum tax benefits for support for a particular aspect of community life. A donor or group of their charitable gifts. Assets contributed to the Foundation are managed donors may specify one or more of prudently and in compliance with all laws and regulations. Rose Community Foundation’s program areas as a field of interest, Rose Community Foundation is pleased to be a partner with individuals, or choose another category outside families and organizations that wish to make significant contributions to their the Foundation’s giving priorities but community. For more information about options for donors, contact the Donor consistent with the overall mission. and Endowment Services Department at 303-398-7442. Rose Community Foundation’s Trustees authorize grants to the most appropriate organizations DONOR SERVICES AND GIFT OPPORTUNITIES within the donor’s field of interest, unless the donor makes other GENERAL SUPPORT GIFTS advantageous for individuals who arrangements when the fund is Under the guidance of the Board of are interested in obtaining the established. Trustees, these unrestricted substantial tax benefits of a PERMANENT ORGANIZATIONAL contributions are combined with charitable contribution in a ENDOWMENT FUND other Foundation resources to particular year, while having the A permanent organizational support Rose Community opportunity to support charitable endowment fund makes it Foundation’s grantmaking for organizations over many years. convenient for smaller nonprofit programs and initiatives in the A donor-advised fund at Rose organizations in the Greater Denver Greater Denver community. Donors Community Foundation is a community to build long-term interested in supporting a specific convenient way for a donor to revenue-producing endowments area of community life may also express philanthropic values, involve without the burden and expense of designate their gifts to be used solely family members, and accomplish in-house administration. Rose in one or more of Rose Community charitable goals while minimizing Community Foundation provides Foundation’s program areas. the costs, regulatory requirements, administrative, investment and and administrative burdens typically planned-giving expertise. Donations DONOR-ADVISED FUND associated with a private or family to permanent organizational Donors can establish a donor- foundation. endowment funds are for the advised fund at Rose Community exclusive benefit of the specific Foundation from which charitable SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION organization designated by the distributions may be recommended A supporting organization operates donor or donors. over an extended period of time. like a small foundation within Rose Donor-advised funds are especially Community Foundation’s legal

41 DONOR PROFILE grantmaking programwithguidance fromRoseCommunityFoundationstaff. During early2003,thenewsupporting organizationwillworktodevelopits former ChairofCHAandnow ChairoftheColoradoChildHealthFoundation. valuable resourcessowecould beaseffective aspossible, Foundation, whichwasinstrumental inourlaunch,wouldleverageallofits expense ofsettingupastaff, andwefeltthatassociatingwithRoseCommunity had amission:children CHA nowhadalittlemorethan$2millionincash,andits board ofdirectorsstill corporation thatprovidesservicestolocalandstategovernments. need it.TheysoldCHA that combinespublicandprivatedollarstoprovidehealth coverage forchildrenwho confident thatithadaccomplisheditsprimarygoalofsetting upasuccessfulsystem attracted potentialprivatebuyers.InApril2002CHA CHP+ fromabout15,000tomorethan40,000childreninthreeyears.Itssuccess Drawing onprivate-sectorbusinesssavvy, CHAsucceededinraisingenrollment insurance. too muchmoneytoqualifyforMedicaidbutnotenoughafford privatehealth a publiclyfundedhealth-insuranceplanforuninsuredchildrenwhoseparentsearn income children.CHAwasestablishedtoadministerChildHealthPlanPlus(CHP+), private partnershipwithstategovernmenttoprovidehealthinsurancelow- with themissionofbuildingapublic- (CHA), anewnonprofitorganization help launchChildHealthAdvocates made agrantofnearly$328,000to In 1998,RoseCommunityFoundation Foundation grant. roots inaRoseCommunity supporting organizationthathasits consultation. Thisisthestoryofa administration andprofessional provides financialmanagement,grant while thehostcommunityfoundation mission andgrantmakingprogram, organization hasitsownboard, Community Foundation.Asupporting supporting organizationofRose Health Foundationbecameanew During 2002,theColoradoChild Rose CommunityFoundation of Organization A Supporting COLORADO CHILDHEALTH FOUNDATION Donor Profile ’ operationstoPolicyStudiesInc.,aleadingnational s ’ s health. “ We decidedthatwedidn ’ boardofdirectorswas s ” saysCharlesSteinbrueck, ’ t wanttogothe 42 Kenneth C.Weil Barbara O Donald L.Kortz Judith R.Koff Doug Jones,M.D. Joel Edelman Elizabeth Carver Roger Barkin,M.D. Sally Hopper, Vice Chair Charles Steinbrueck,Chair DIRECTORS: FOUNDATION BOARDOF COLORADO CHILDHEALTH ’ Brien DONOR FUNDS s Organization ’ Community Center Donor-Advised Fund Donor-Advised Family Fund Philanthropic Fund Hillel Council of Colorado Jewish Family Service of Colorado Mizel Center for Arts and Culture Robert E. Loup Jewish Shalom Park Sinai Temple Chaim Toras Yeshiva The Pollock Family Fund Fund Pollock/Gorden Donor-Advised Rose Women Marvin and Harriet Shogan Robert A. and Linda Silverberg Charitable Fund Deanne Tucker Family Fund The Richard B. Tucker recommendations for charitable for recommendations ’ 43 University of Denver Education (CAJE) Jewish Education Charitable Fund Foundation Family Fund Family Fund Center for Judaic Studies, Colorado Agency for Jewish Congregation Beth Evergreen Congregation Emanuel Denver Academy of Torah The Denver Campus for The Daniel S. Japha Family Kikumoto Family Fund Gertrude Kohnke Charitable Kortz Family Fund Mary Lee and Jay Schusterman The J. Leonard and Myra B. Levy Over the Rainbow Fund supporting organization has its own board, mission and has its own board, mission supporting organization

Foundation States Region Fund nai Havurah

’ Donor Funds Funds Donor Boulder Jewish Community gifts from their individual funds are reviewed to ensure consistency with the mission of the with the mission consistency reviewed to ensure funds are their individual gifts from fund Donors benefit from professional compliance with IRS guidelines. Foundation and members in opportunity to involve family maximum tax benefits, and the management, activities. A their charitable management, foundation provides financial while the host community grantmaking program, and professional consultation. grant administration Allied Jewish Senior Housing American Jewish Committee Anti-Defamation League, Mountain BMH-BJ Congregation B ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PERMANENT ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUNDS ORGANIZATIONAL Allergy and Asthma Health Fund BESSY Fund Colorado Child Health Foundation Figa Family Fund and Margie Gart Family Fund Tom Fund The Gray Family Donor-Advised Gerald and Lorna Gray Family Fund Debra Herz Family Donor-Advised IFR Family Fund ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS DONOR-ADVISED FOUNDATION ROSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORTING A donor-advised fund is a vehicle for donors interested in providing charitable support for support providing charitable interested in for donors fund is a vehicle A donor-advised Donors and organizations. services, programs qualified IN 2002, ROSE COMMUNITY Dartmouth College FOUNDATION MADE DONOR- Denver Academy ADVISED FUND AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION GRANTS TOTALING Denver Art Museum $897,452 TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS: Denver Botanic Gardens Ah Haa School for the Arts The Denver Campus for Jewish Education Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado Denver Museum of Nature & Science ALYN American Society for Handicapped Children in Israel Denver Rescue Mission Alzheimer’s Association, Rocky Denver Zoological Foundation Mountain Chapter Denver’s Best Babies Initiative AMC Cancer Research Center Dumb Friends League American Diabetes Association Easter Seals Colorado American Health Assistance Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation, Macular Degeneration Evans Scholars Foundation Research Hadassah – Denver Chapter American Heart Association Desert/Mountain Affiliate Hillel Council of Colorado Hospice of Metro Denver Planned Parenthood of the American Institute for Rocky Mountains Cancer Research Human Services Inc. Project HOPE American Kidney Fund Invest in Kids Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic American Red Cross, Mile High JESPY House Chapter Robert E. Loup Jewish Community The Jewish Braille Institute of America Center Anti-Defamation League, Mountain Jewish Chautauqua Society States Region Rocky Mountain Children’s Jewish Family Service of Colorado Law Center Arthritis Foundation – Rocky Mountain Chapter Jewish Women International Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and Beck Archives Ballers Basketball Club Kempe Children’s Center Kent Denver School Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting B’nai Vail Congregation Network Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.) Boulder Jewish Community The Salvation Army in Metro Denver Foundation Latin American Research and Service The Sante Fe Opera Boulder Jewish Day School Agency (LARASA) Scottsdale Cultural Council Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Lions Foundation of Arizona Seven Acres Jewish Senior Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Care Services Phoenix The LISTEN Foundation Shalom Park The Breast Cancer Fund Lowry Elementary School Simon Wiesenthal Center CARE Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado Special Olympics Colorado Central City Opera March of Dimes, Colorado Chapter Stagebrush Theatre Children’s Diabetes Foundation Mile High United Way Stanford University The Children’s Hospital Foundation Mizel Center for Arts and Culture Third Way Center The Children’s Museum of Denver National Council of Jewish Women United States Holocaust Memorial Colorado Agency for Jewish Education National Federation of the Blind Museum (CAJE) National Jewish Medical and United States Olympic Committee Colorado AIDS Project Research Center University of Colorado Cancer Center Colorado Neurological Institute National Multiple Sclerosis Society – University of Denver Colorado Symphony Association Colorado Chapter University of Denver College of Law Colorado UpLIFT National Osteoporosis Foundation Urban League of Metropolitan Denver Community Help & Abuse National Sports Center for Information (CHAI) the Disabled Urban Peak Congregation Emanuel National Stroke Council U.S. Fund for UNICEF Denver Chapter Congregation Oheb Shalom National Transplant Assistance Fund Volunteers of America Congregation Rodef Shalom The Nature Conservancy, Western Slope Center for Children Colorado Chapter Cornell University World Jewish Congress – American Northwestern University Section Council for Jews with Special Needs The Phoenix Symphony World Union for Progressive Judaism Craig Hospital The Phoenix Zoo World Wildlife Fund Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The Pink Ribbon Foundation Wyman Elementary School DONOR FUNDS

44 DONOR FUNDS Initiative (CAJE) Education The Buck Foundation Sheila and Rick Bugdanowitz Eunice Burge Amy and Duncan Butler Foundation Caring for Colorado Jan Carl Peggy Carroll Centennial Ventures and Brian Cholez Tiffany Linda Chowdry Safe City City and County of Denver, Carol and Theodore Coates Margery and Richard Coates Gary Coe Beverly and Melvin Coffee Joel Cohen Goldie and Dr. Dr. Harvey Cohen Judy and Dr. Colorado Agency for Jewish Education The Colorado Trust Congregation Emanuel Patricia and Peter Cooper Catherine and John Coucoules Coviello Whitney and Vincent Julie and Myron Cunningham Gay and Barry Curtiss-Lusher Dean Damon and Bill Mossburg and David Dansky Vicki Maxine and Fred Davine June and Bud Dawkins Alexine and John Deahl Denver Academy of Torah The Denver Campus for Jewish The Denver Foundation Denver Public Schools Lorrie Dinner Eating Disorder Center of Denver Ellery Therese and Jeff El Pomar Foundation Jody Epstein Epstein and Jep Seman Terry Theresa and Steven Fadul 45 Foundation nai Havurah ’ Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Melissa Bonnette Boulder Jewish Community Andi and Rich Bovarnick David Boyles P.C.Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, Philbrick Nancy Brucker and William Michelle Brudigan Shelli Bischoff and Jacob Blass Lynn Marsha and Gary Blum B

States Region

Foundation Donors to Rose Community Rose to Donors Lisa and Robert Adams of Colorado Allied Jewish Federation Housing Allied Jewish Senior American Jewish Committee Mountain Anti-Defamation League, Pamela and Harold Arkin Jennifer Atler and Joel Rosenstein Cheri Ann Bailey David Baird Kathy and Gerald Berenstein Edward Berman Natalie and Dr. Ella Beuck Rose Community Foundation uses its resources to enhance the health and well-being of the and well-being enhance the health resources to uses its Foundation Rose Community and friends who grateful to the many donors The Foundation is community. Greater Denver support in 2002. gave their financial Family Mayer Foundation Ellen and Michael Gray Mary and Jaye Kuchman Cindy and Steven Farber Norman Gray Lynn Kuhn and David Taenzer Feelings Place Resource Center Cathleen Hall and Daniel McNamara Mitzi and Stephen Kurtz Dorothy Feinstein Steven Halstedt Noburo Kuwata Adam Fiedor Nancy and Andy Harrison Lisa and Alan Laff Candace and Phillip Figa Sharon and David Hartenbach Sharon Larson Ronald Figel Anna Jo Haynes Linda and Frank Lee Eileen and Jeff Finn HealthONE Alliance Scott Levin First Data Western Union Foundation Debra and Leonard Herz Jacquie and Norman Levy Stephanie Foote and Lloyd Wade Beverly Heyburn Myra Levy Jane and John Francis Andrew Hinds Trudi and Dr. Stuart Linas Helen and Dr. Pete Frangos Arlene and A. Barry Hirschfeld Evelyn and Evan Makovsky Betty and Dr. Marshall Freedman Pamela and Lawrence Hoffer Jane and Ted Manning Janet and Dr. Gary Friedland Jane Hohnstein Dr. Susan Mason and Richard Wedgle Ellen and Sheldon Friedman Elsa Holguín Kevin McCalmon Margot and Peter Friend Holland & Hart LLP Barbara and Steven McDonald Anne and Charles Garcia Sally Hopper Barbara McDonnell Stephanie Garcia Lynn and Don Janklow Mary McMillin Nina Gardner-Lopez Barbara Japha Barbara and Lee Mendel Marjorie and Thomas Gart Daniel Japha Louann and Myron “Micky” Miller Estate of Dick Gershuny Janet Jennings Nancy and Stewart Miller Gill Foundation Jewish Family Service of Colorado Shannon and Dr. David Miller Peggy and Jerry Goldberg Kamlet Shepherd Reichert & Betty Mitchell Lezlie and Dr. Jan Goldberg Edgington, LLP Carol and Larry Mizel Steve Golden Nancy and David Kaufman Mizel Center for Arts and Culture Josh Goldenberg Susie Kirschenbaum Carolyn and William Monday Miriam and Gilbert Goldstein Estelle and Sam Knaster Elisa Moran and Gary Kleiman Sherri and Peter Goldstein Judy and David Koff Morris J. Krohn Memorial Foundation Phillip Gonring Mary Lou and Donald Kortz Julie and Brent Morse DONOR LIST

46 Phil Nash and Dr. Robert Janowski Stacy and Kevin Preblud Dayle and Dr. Cary Shames DONOR LIST National Foundation for Philanthropy Dr. Dean Prina and Michael Porto Justin Sharp Arden and Pat New Melody Ram Miriam Sherman New West Publishing Linda and Paul Redstone Patricia Shikes Susan and Richard Newman Rebecca Richards Yasuko and John Shimizu Florence Norris Sally and Mark Richardson Ann Shine Janice and Tony Oliver Reva and Leonard Rivkin Jessie and Dr. Stephen Shogan OmniHouse Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Judy and Martin Shore James Palenchar Center Brenda Shroyer Rosanne DeMattia Pash and Dr. Janet and Jeff Robinson Justyn and Scott Shwayder Robert Pash Marcia and Richard Robinson Birgitta Sigfridsson and David Wendy and Bill Pearson Catherine Rose Harquail Katherine Peck Debora and Dr. Edward Rosenfeld Gail and John Sigman Sister Lydia Peña Mary Royer Darlene Silver Adele Phelan Kimberly and Joseph Ryan Robert Silverberg Annzo Phelps Kristi and Jon Savignano Lani Pilch Silvers and Dr. William Lisa and Howard Pollack Carolena Houze Schuette Silvers Helene and David Pollock Elaine Selsberg and Daniel Recht Lene and Ervin Simnioniw Diane Pool Cynthia and Robert Shaiman Avabelle Snook Brooke Powers Shalom Park Coleen and Paul Spinden, Jr. Diana and Chad Stebbins Lisa Stein and Bradley Kornfeld Kathy and Gary Stellor Thomas Stephens Gloria and William Stiefler Stacy and Mark Stoutenberg Nancy Strauss Sturm Family Foundation Patricia Stutzman-Roeber and Anthony Roeber Margaret Sumner Joan and Dr. Scott Swartz Temple Sinai Laura and Arthur Teter Richard Tucker United Way of King County University of Denver Center for Judaic Studies U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development U.S. Nursing Corporation Sandra Vinnik Lynn Waterman-Blum and Dennis Blum Tamara and Kenneth Weil Michelle and Mitchell Weinraub John Wernert Cindy Williams Michelle and Alexander Wiseman Pamela and David Wolf Janet and Edward Yabrove Dr. Albert Yates Yeshiva Toras Chaim Barbara Yondorf Teresa and Gary Yourtz

47 Combined Statements of Financial Position

AS OF DECEMBER 31,

2002 2001

ASSETS

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS $ 4,457,000 $ 3,083,000

INVESTMENTS 196,629,000 244,956,000

RECEIVABLES AND OTHER 628,000 543,000

NOTE RECEIVABLE 148,000 192,000

FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, NET 186,000 231,000

TOTAL ASSETS $ 202,048,000 $ 249,005,000

LIABILITIES

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES $ 662,000 $ 2,076,000

GRANTS PAYABLE 9,131,000 9,670,000 9,793,000 11,746,000

PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS

HELD ON BEHALF OF OTHERS 18,587,000 4,630,000

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES ––

NET ASSETS

UNRESTRICTED 171,106,000 229,361,000

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED 2,272,000 2,978,000

PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED 290,000 290,000

NET ASSETS 173,668,000 232,629,000

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 202,048,000 $ 249,005,000 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

48 Combined Statements FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of Activities

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002

TEMPORARILY PERMANENTLY 2001 UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL*

REVENUE, GAINS (LOSSES) AND OTHER SUPPORT

INTEREST, DIVIDENDS, AND OTHER

INVESTMENT INCOME $ 2,735,000 $ (41,000) $ – $ 2,694,000 $ 4,081,000

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED

INVESTMENT LOSSES (40,046,000) ––(40,046,000) (25,198,000)

TOTAL INVESTMENT LOSS (37,311,000) (41,000) – (37,352,000) (21,117,000)

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT EXPENSES (1,315,000) (1,000) – (1,316,000) (1,492,000)

NET INVESTMENT LOSS (38,626,000) (42,000) – (38,668,000) (22,609,000)

CONTRIBUTIONS 2,842,000 922,000 – 3,764,000 1,843,000

NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM

RESTRICTIONS RESULTING FROM

SATISFACTION OF

PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS 1,586,000 (1,586,000) –– – (34,198,000) (706,000) – (34,904,000) (20,766,000)

EXPENSES

GRANTS 21,429,000 ––21,429,000 15,224,000

PROGRAM EXPENSES 1,494,000 ––1,494,000 1,514,000

DONOR SERVICES EXPENSES 195,000 ––195,000 262,000

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 939,000 ––939,000 936,000 24,057,000 ––24,057,000 17,936,000

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (58,255,000) (706,000) – (58,961,000) (38,702,000)

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 229,361,000 2,978,000 290,000 232,629,000 271,331,000

NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $ 171,106,000 $ 2,272,000 $ 290,000 $ 173,668,000 $ 232,629,000

* – for comparative purposes only For a full copy of Rose Community Foundation’s audited financial statements, please call 303-398-7431.

49 Board of Trustees Rose Community Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees, a committed group of volunteer leaders. The Trustees set Foundation policy, serve on committees and are actively involved in reviewing funding requests and managing the Foundation’s assets.

Steven W. Farber, Chair David C. Boyles Phillip S. Figa Stephanie Foote Debra Herz

Arlene Hirschfeld Donald L. Kortz Stephen S. Kurtz Myron “Micky” Miller Sister Lydia M. Peña, (through December Ph.D. 2002)

David M. PollockRichard L. Robinson Stephen H. Shogan, M.D. Martin H. Shore Robert A. Silverberg

Richard B. Tucker Albert C. Yates, Ph.D. (through December 2002) BOARD OF TRUSTEES

50 Rose Community Foundation receives guidance and direction from its committees, which are comprised of Trustees and volunteer community leaders with specialized expertise.

AGING COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE Martin H. Shore, Chair David C. Boyles, Chair Jacob Blass Martin H. Shore Jean Galloway (as of January 2003) Robert A. Silverberg Stephanie Garcia Richard B. Tucker Alan Laff Sharon Larson Lead Staff: Anne M. Garcia Norman Levy Judith R. Koff Richard B. Tucker (through May 2002) (through December 2002) HEALTH COMMITTEE Lead Staff: Therese Ellery Stephen H. Shogan, M.D., Chair Fred T. Davine Rabbi Daniel Goldberger was awarded CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT Stephanie Foote Rose Community Foundation’s first COMMITTEE Patricia Gabow, M.D. Founders Award and made an Honorary Arlene Hirschfeld, Chair Lifetime Member of the Foundation’s Norman Gray Jewish Life Committee in 2002. David C. Boyles Debra Herz Patricia Cooper Sally Hopper JEWISH LIFE COMMITTEE Anna Jo Haynes Donald L. Kortz Phillip S. Figa, Co-Chair Scott Levin Barbara McDonnell Richard L. Robinson, Co-Chair Dean Prina, M.D. Martin H. Shore (through December 2002) (through December 2002) Jennifer Atler Lead Staff: Annie V. Wohlgenant Elaine Gantz Berman Lead Staff: Elsa Holguín Barry Curtiss-Lusher INVESTMENT COMMITTEE (through December 2002) EDUCATION COMMITTEE Larry A. Mizel, Co-Chair Vicki Dansky (as of January 2003) Sister Lydia Peña, Ph.D., Chair David M. Pollock, Co-Chair Ken Feiler (as of January 2003) Kathleen M. Beatty, Ph.D. Nancy Gart (as of January 2003) (as of April 2003) Stephen S. Kurtz (through December 2002) Lezlie Goldberg Dean F. Damon, Ph.D. James A. Lustig Debra Herz David Hartenbach, Ed.D. Thomas F. Marsico Arlene Hirschfeld Helayne B. Jones, Ph.D. (as of April 2003) Richard L. Robinson Barbara Japha (as of January 2003) Adele Phelan Rob Klugman (as of January 2003) Robert A. Silverberg Stephen H. Shogan, M.D. Bradley Kornfeld Albert C. Yates, Ph.D. Stephen S. Kurtz (through December 2002) Lead Staff: Anne M. Garcia (through December 2002) Gary Yourtz Judith R. Koff Mary Lee (as of January 2003) (through May 2002) Norman Levy Lead Staff: Phillip A. Gonring Evan Makovsky Myron “Micky” Miller David M. Pollock Sheila Bugdanowitz, Katherine Peck and Lynda Ricketson Richard B. Tucker also provide staff support to committees. Irit Waldbaum (through December 2002)

Honorary Lifetime Member: Rabbi Daniel Goldberger

Lead Staff: Lisa Farber Miller

51 Cindy Williams Kim Hacker Kenneth Weil Lynda Ricketson Therese Ellery Katherine Peck Phillip Gonring Gretchen Perryman Denise Delgado Terry Caddell Cathleen Hall

ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STAFF 2002-2003

Sheila Bugdanowitz, President and Phillip A. Gonring, Senior Program Phil Nash, Director of Chief Executive Officer Officer Communications

Jaci Arkin, Communications Assistant, Kim Hacker, Project Manager, Katherine Peck, Vice President Rose Women’s Organization Hot Issues in Health Care for Programs Administrative Coordinator Cathleen Hall, Donor Services Gretchen Perryman, Executive Juanita Atkins, Accounting Assistant Assistant Assistant

Terry Caddell, Program Elsa I. Holguín, Senior Program Lynda Ricketson, Associate Program Assistant/Receptionist Officer Officer

Julie Cunningham, Controller Mary Juran, Senior Accountant Justin Sharp, Grants Manager (through April 2003) Denise Delgado, Program Assistant Kenneth C. Weil, President, Rose Susan Knudten, Communications Biomedical Research Therese Ellery, Program Officer Officer Cindy Williams, Program Assistant Anne M. Garcia, Chief Financial Linda L. Lee, Coordinator of (through March 2003) Officer Office Services Annie V. Wohlgenant, Senior Program Marjorie S. Gart, Donor and Lisa Farber Miller, Senior Program Officer Endowment Services Officer

52 Susan Knudten Justin Sharp Anne Garcia Julie Cunningham Annie Wohlgenant Jaci Arkin Elsa Holguín Phil Nash Marjorie Gart Lisa Farber Miller Sheila Bugdanowitz Juanita Atkins Linda Lee

WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE WORKPLACE GIVING PROGRAM THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING STAFF MEMBERS WHO LEFT THE In 2002, Rose Community Foundation granted a total of $10,743 to Denver Urban FOUNDATION DURING 2002: Gardens (DUG) through its Workplace Giving Program. The grant supports DUG’s Katherine Cullis Charlie Chavez Discover Garden in northwest Denver, and the Jackie Robinson Emily Davies Field youth ballpark in the Lowry neighborhood. Created in 1985, DUG operates Judith R. Koff and assists more than 70 metro area community gardens and small parks. Jodi Korthuis Rose Community Foundation matches contributions made by its employees to Dan Mondragon the Workplace Giving Fund. A volunteer committee of Foundation staff then Brooke Powers determines how the Fund will be distributed. In 2002, the committee decided to support efforts to improve local neighborhoods and the lives of their residents. dug.org

53 Rose Community Foundation works to enhance the quality of life of the Greater Denver community through its leadership, resources, traditions and values.

We value our Jewish heritage and our roots in Jewish traditions including charity, philanthropy and nondiscrimination. We value excellence and uphold the highest standards in the pursuit of our mission. We value the trust and respect of the community and continually strive to earn and sustain that trust by consistent and disciplined adherence to our mission.

Rose Community Foundation’s support for the Greater Denver community is focused in five program areas: Aging, Child and Family Development, Education, Health and Jewish Life. In addition to grantmaking, the Foundation’s donor services department is available to assist individuals and families in their philanthropic activities.

600 South Cherry Street, Suite 1200 Denver, Colorado 80246-1712 303-398-7400 fax 303-398-7430 rcfdenver.org