Leach Family Fund: Powering Red Rocks Institute for Sustainability

Community First Foundation helps individuals, families and groups support the causes they care about most. For years, a donor-advised fund created by the Leach Family has supported programs for seniors, the arts and education.

Most recently, Dan Leach, advisor to the fund, directed the Leach Family Fund to implement the first three years of a new initiative at Red Rocks Community College. The Red Rocks Institute for Sustainability in Education (RISE) is working to spark innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability in education.

The program seeks to improve teaching and learning for the 21st century by focusing on real world problem-solving in collaboration with community and industry partners. RISE facilitates collaboration with Colorado School of Mines and Jeffco Public Schools to create educational transformation from early grades through university.

“Community First Foundation has been a phenomenal partner by setting up the Leach Family Donor-Advised Fund and by actively supporting this innovative program. A donor-advised fund allows donors to actively support important efforts and contribute their ideas. Community First Foundation provides the platform and the support to make this possible,” said Dan Leach.