Colorado · Nonprofit
Rose Foundation
Rose Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,250 to it, the largest being WESTERN UNION FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $125k
- Net assets
- $225M
What Rose Foundation does
Mission
See Schedule O.The purpose of the Foundation is to enhance the quality of life in the seven-county greater Denver community by identifying and supporting programs in the areas of aging, child and family development, education, health and Jewish life. The Foundation promotes strategic philanthropy by engaging with donors to help them make thoughtful decisions to achieve their philanthropic goals.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Rose Foundation (EIN #84-0418124), a supporting organization of Rose Community Foundation, makes grants in five primary issue areas within the seven-county Denver community. See Schedule O. A total of $11,053,368 in unrestricted funds was awarded in 2017 as follows: AGING $1,733,650 to support services for older adults, including transportation, direct services, and end-of-life care; CHILD & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT $1,627,672 to support early childhood development and education, family self-sufficiency and related public policy efforts; EDUCATION $1,813,425 to improve K-12 teacher quality and support systemic changes aimed at closing education achievement gaps; HEALTH $1,702,955 to support access to care, cost-effectiveness in health care, health policy initiatives and primary prevention: JEWISH LIFE $4,175,666 to help strengthen connections between individuals and the Jewish community, promote Jewish growth and learning, strengthen organizations and develop leaders. Included in this grantmaking are a number of Foundation-led initiatives to support the Jewish community, including LiveOn Life & Legacy, MazelTogether, Roots and Branches and Rose Youth Foundation. COMMUNITY ACTION…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $15k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $196k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Rose Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Rose Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of Rose Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Rose Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Rose Foundation's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like Rose Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Rose Foundation Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Rose Foundation TOD LLC · disregarded
- Rose Community Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Rose Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Rose Foundation?
- Rose Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,250 to it, the largest being WESTERN UNION FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Rose Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $125,250 in grants to Rose Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Rose Foundation?
- WESTERN UNION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Rose Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing