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n 2020, Rosendin Holdings officially The focus areas for the Foundation's giving
established and incorporated The Rosendin and volunteerism will adjust every three
IFoundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit years. The 2020-2023 focus area is Health:
corporation. The Board of Rosendin Holdings, Emotional, Nutritional, and Occupational.
Inc. understood the need for Rosendin The Foundation Board selected health
and Modular Power Solutions (MPS) to be as the first focus area due to the impacts
stewards and give back to the communities of the global health pandemic, the need
where we work and live. The mission of The to fight hunger issues, to minimize the
Rosendin Foundation is to positively impact psychological devastation people are
communities, build and empower people, and facing during the pandemic, as well as
inspire innovation. The Foundation will carry the physical toll the pandemic is taking on
out its mission through financial grants and/ individuals and communities especially in
or volunteer hours to qualified 501(c)(3) non- the construction industry.
profit organizations.
Before the pandemic, 1 in 6 Americans
Our mission is to positively impact communities, The Board of Rosendin Holdings, Inc. appointed went hungry. By the end of April, more
build and empower people, and inspire innovation. Jolsna Thomas, Salina Brown, Matt Van than 1 in 5 households in the U.S. and 2
Fossen, Lisa Vere, Matt Hisaka, and John
in 5 households of mothers with children
Koester as the initial members of The Rosendin 12 and under faced food insecurity. By
Foundation Board of Directors. The Foundation the end of 2020, 265 million people may
Board elected Jolsna Thomas as President, face crisis levels of food insecurity. Food
Salina Brown as Vice President, Lisa Vere as scarcity, high unemployment, and other
Secretary, and Matt Van Fossen for Treasurer. factors are depleting our food banks. In
During the first half of the year, the Board June, The Rosendin Foundation's first action
and subcommittee members have been busy was to distribute a total of $42,500 to 17
establishing the non-profit and preparing for its area local food banks to assist our local
launch in Quarter 3 of 2020. communities by providing approximately
170,000 meals. When volunteering efforts
The Rosendin Foundation Finance Committee, are safe, and people feel comfortable, The
consisting of Sara Casini, Matt Hisaka, John Rosendin Foundation plans to declare a
Koester, Fred Meeske, and Matt Van Fossen, national day of service. Employees from
worked with outside counsel to prepare the Rosendin and MPS will provide volunteer
Bylaws and IRS application. The Foundation's activities to assist local food banks with CDC
Communications Committee, led by Laura compliant distribution to our local areas.
Alloway, JoAnn Cruz, and Salina Brown, have
been developing the Foundation's logo, The COVID-19 pandemic is causing
brand and messaging, internal and external significant emotional and physical strain
communications and awareness, and the on individuals, especially on essential
Foundations' website with the assistance construction workers. The Rosendin
of James McGibney. The Communications Foundation's second action provided
Committee will be seeking Foundation an emergency grant of $2,500 to The
Communications Committee members from Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide
all Rosendin and MPS offices and the field. Prevention.
The Grant Making Committee, with Joan
Bremer, Stephanie Roldan, Jolsna Thomas, The Rosendin Foundation requests
and Lisa Vere, developed the Foundation's
employees, partners, customers, friends
Impact. Empower. Inspire. Giving Guidelines, created the financial grant and family to help spread the word about
applications, developed a grading rubric, and
this new non-profit corporation. Share The
non-profit organizations with programming
made giving recommendations. Foundation's grant applications to 501(c)(3)
The Rosendin Foundation cares about the well-being of our communities by The Rosendin Foundation will be launching its that impacts emotional, nutritional, and
occupational health. The Foundation Board
grant application process in early 2021. The
partnering with community-focused non-profit organizations to support health Foundation will distribute financial grants welcomes volunteer activity suggestions
including emotional, nutritional, and occupations programs. up to $50,000 per organization bi-annually on how and where we can give back to our
communities.
and emergency financial grants up to $2,500
per organization annually on an as-needed
www.therosendinfoundation.org basis. Grant applications are available on The
Foundation's website.

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