Possessing years of experience in the nonprofit arena, Sheila Bugdanowitz has been invited to the White House to attend a session of community foundation leaders. Sheila Bugdanowitz has served as the president and CEO of the Rose Community Foundation since 1999.

1. Rose Youth Foundation Lets Teens
Become Philanthropists
Sheila Bugdanowitz

2. Introduction
 Possessing years of experience in the nonprofit
arena, Sheila Bugdanowitz has been invited to the
White House to attend a session of community
foundation leaders. Sheila Bugdanowitz has served
as the president and CEO of the Rose Community
Foundation since 1999.
Rose Community Foundation operates many
different programs that help make life in Denver
better. The Rose Youth Foundation is a youth-led
program that provides a group of committed and
motivated teens with the opportunity to learn about
community service and strategic philanthropy by
using a $60,000 budget to make grants that help
address community needs.

3. Rose Youth Foundation
 Foundation members spend eight months exploring
Jewish traditions, ascertaining the needs of the
community, and identifying organizations and
proposals that address those needs. The 2015-2016
cohort chose to focus on the issue of teen
pregnancy, with emphasis on programs that work to
prevent teen pregnancy and support pregnant and
parenting teens. For more information, visit
www.rcfdenver.org/content/rose-youth-foundation.