2006 Community Benefit Report (pdf) - Community First Foundation

Young AmeriTowne Belmar Campus ($11,166)Youth Philanthropy ProgramPhilanthropy Program MatchYMCA of Metropolitan Denver ($5,000)Strong Kids CampaignCommunity Involvement Grants($18,700)Grants used to support organizations and their programs.Arvada Center for the Arts and HumanitiesColorado Bright BeginningsColorado Nonprofit AssociationDenver Chamber of CommerceDenverWorksExempla Lutheran Medical CenterExempla Saint Joseph Hospital FoundationGoodNews BreakfastThe Jefferson FoundationMental Health Association of ColoradoMetro Community Provider NetworkMetro VolunteersRainbow BridgeSeniors’ Resource CenterThe West ChamberThe West Chamber FoundationDesignated and Advised FundsDESIGNATED FUNDSA designated fund is a fund established by a donor for a specificcharitable purpose.Fund names are in bold followed by recipient or organization name.Assisting Foundation Fund ($4,917)VIDA Productions; Foundation-for-LifeCollier Family Scholarship Fund ($14,822)Red Rocks Community CollegeHotel de Paris Museum Fund ($62,255)Hotel de Paris MuseumCommunity Leadership Forum Fund ($15,000)Colorado School of MinesRed Rocks Community CollegeJefferson County Public SchoolsColorado Law Enforcement Officers’ Association Fund ($35,000)Colorado Law Enforcement Officers’ AssociationEducational Foundation for Technology Fund ($22,500)Educational Foundation for TechnologyFox Family Scholarship Fund ($59,650)Individual scholarship directed to schools across the nationMetro Community Provider Network Fund ($2,453,650)Metro Community Provider NetworkTJF Chris Faughnan Memorial Scholarship Fund ($6,100)The Jefferson FoundationWhimspire Fund ($29,929)Whimspire, Inc.ADVISED FUNDSAn advised fund is a fund established at the Foundation by a donorwho receives immediate tax benefits, earns investment revenueand allows the donor or the donor’s designee(s) to recommendgrants to qualified charitable organizations on a flexible timetable.Fund names are in bold followed by recipient or organization name.Lois & John Cochran Oncology Fund ($1,000)Educational award for health care provider in cancer servicesExempla Lutheran Medical Center Physicians’ DonorAdvised Fund ($165,000)Exempla Lutheran Medical Center Hospice Capital CampaignLeach Family Fund ($25,000)The Argyle FoundationExempla Lutheran Medical Center Hospice Capital CampaignStoratz Family Trust ($850)Lost and Found, Inc.Christian Management AssociationJanet A. Fania Scholarship Fund ($1,000)Blessed Sacrament SchoolSupport of Exempla LutheranMedical Center (ELMC)LMC Community Foundation is the fund-raising arm of ournamesake—Lutheran Medical Center. Exempla Lutheran MedicalCenter (ELMC) remains a beneficiary of the Foundation.More than $3,233,949 were granted to ELMC to supportprograms and services. Highlights include:Bridges Integrative Health Services ($1,560)Treatment for Exempla Lutheran Medical Center patientsCancer Services ($1,089)Staff educationColorado Lutheran Home ($54,618)Facility improvementsEmergency/Trauma ($5,000)Emergency Department servicesExempla Lutheran Medical Center ($3,067,824)Capital Campaign, headed by the Foundation, to build theCollier Hospice CenterHospice/Palliative Care ($7,572)Hospice Dragonfly ProgramHumanitarian Support ($22,545)Grants and interest-free loans for Exempla Lutheran MedicalCenter employees facing financial crisisExempla Lutheran Medical Center ($72,337)Volunteers’ capital campaign pledge to hospiceThe Foundation returned more than $6.8 million to the communitythrough initiatives, programs, and grantmaking in 2006.www.lmccf.org 9