Community Foundation

Rose Community Foundation

Based in Denver, CO, Rose Community Foundation operates as a Community Foundation. The organization reported $48.0M in revenue, $41.6M in expenses, $399.6M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 118 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $15.9M.

EIN: 840920862 Denver, CO Community Foundations NTEE: T31 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$48.0M
Total Expenses$41.6M
Total Assets$399.6M
Grant Records118
Funding Total$15.9M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O. Rose Community Foundation strives to advance inclusive, engaged and equitable Greater Denver communities through values-driven philanthropy. The Foundation envisions a thriving region strengthened by its diversity and generosity, and it utilizes the varied tools at its disposal - grantmaking, advocacy and philanthropic services - to advance this aspiration. Since its founding in 1995, the Foundation has granted more than $433 million to over 3,000 organizations and initiatives, including $79 million in facilitated grantmaking from donor-advised funds. The Foundation also supports nearly 100 nonprofit organizations in creating and growing endowments to sustain their vital work into the future, currently stewarding $76 million in endowed and designated assets. The Foundation has $400 million in total assets under management and deployed more than $32 million in discretionary, restricted and donor-advised grants in 2024.

Where $100 goes at Rose Community Foundation

How Rose Community Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $90 for programs

$30
Donor Development
34% of program spending
$30
Grantmaking
About 33% (cost not reported)
$30
Initiatives
About 33% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Board Chair-Elect Barry Curtiss-Lusher
Board Member Daniel Ramos
Board Member David Foster
Board Member Elise Barish
Controller Emma Schwarz
Chief Financial Officer Gretchen Lenamond

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$12,878,467 89 grants
Health & Medicine
$650,375 5 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$420,667 1 grant
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$353,250 3 grants
Education
$350,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $48.0M $41.6M $399.6M
2023 $42.2M $37.0M $386.9M
2022 $37.7M $32.0M $352.6M
2020 $15.1M $26.6M $325.6M
2019 $19.0M $34.2M $306.5M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $19.0M to $48.0M (+152%), with total assets most recently reported at $399.6M.

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