A passion for giving lived on after Irene Rothgerber’s passing, when she left $8 million toward solutions for issues facing Metro Denver families. Irene’s father, Judge Ira Rothgerber, was on our founding board (then known as the Distribution Committee) and, like him, Irene kept abreast of the community’s needs.
Housed within The Denver Foundation’s The Fund for Denver, the foundation’s permanent endowment, the original $8 million testamentary gift has contributed to more than $98 million in grants. Thousands of individuals and many nonprofits throughout Denver have benefited from Rothgerber’s act of kindness.
