Established in 1962, the Rose Villa Foundation supports independence, advances well-being, empowers residents, and inspires our community to build a better future for all generations. As a resident of Rose Villa, the Foundation underpins the promise of lifetime financial stability, education, and enrichment. View our BrochureView Our Annual Report
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What does community living mean to you? We hope you share our vision of learning, growing, and supporting each other. Rose Villa’s tight-knit community embodies a philanthropic spirit and helps people to thrive. Donate Now
The Foundation's Four Pillars
Through our Four Pillars, the Foundation provides critical financial assistance for housing and support of residents who outlive their resources. We offer educational programs, workshops, and services to enrich the lives of all Rose Villa residents, their family members and the community. The Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit that works in close collaboration with Rose Villa Inc. to assist with the financial needs and wellbeing of residents.
Resident Assistance
Core to the mission and fundraising work of the Foundation since 1963, this pillar provides financial assistance for housing and care to residents who have depleted their financial resources. Donations to this pillar provide a safety net that ensures that residents who have lived at Rose Villa for seven years will have resources necessary to continue to live at Rose Villa while maintaining their dignity and independence.
Education Enrichment
Knowing that we never stop learning, this pillar helps promote the financial, physical, mental, and social wellbeing of residents, family and the community through cutting-edge workshops and innovative speakers series.
Professional Services Support
This pillar provides support in the form of confidential one-on-one financial coaching and access to a vetted list of professional financial planners, fiduciaries, legal counselors, and tax service providers.
Unrestricted
Donations to this pillar allows the Board of Directors to determine how best to use your gift and leverage operational funds for specific improvements or programs that enhance the well-being of residents at Rose Villa.
Support
There are many ways to support the Foundation
Treasure House Resale Shop
Every time you make a purchase at Treasure House Resale Shopa portion of your purchase supports the Rose Villa Foundation's mission.
Celebrate!
Remember meaningful moments in life by making a one-time or recurring financial contribution to the Foundation. You can do so directly through our secure donation link.
Become a monthly donor
Join the Pacesetters Club! Your monthly donation can easily be deducted from your checking account, charged to your credit card, or if you are a Rose Villa resident, charged to your resident account. It is easy to set up and can be cancelled at any time.
A Bequest
Bequests can be made in your will or trust – directing a gift to the Foundation allows you to leave a lasting legacy to the place you call home.
Charitable gift annuity
Make a gift to the Foundation and we assure you will receive a fixed income for life at a rate based on your age.
Fred Meyer Community Rewards program
Link your Fred Meyer card to the Rose Villa Foundation and every time you shop at Fred Meyer and use your reward card, the Foundation earns a percentage of your purchase! Please visitfredmeyer.com/ communityrewards. You can search for us by our name or by our non-profit number 94538.
AmazonSmile
Amazon will donate 0.05% of your eligible purchase to the Foundation when you shop at Amazon. It is easy and FREE. Support theRose Villa Foundationby starting your shopping atsmile.amazon.com.EnterRose Villa Foundationin the search box and start shopping.
Tuesday Farmers' Market
Early summer through early fall, the Tuesday Marketis open from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday (or as long as supplies last) -- and is chock full of beautiful home grown vegetables, seasonal fruits, fresh flowers and an abundance of delicious homemade baked goods. The market is entirely run by the Rose Villa resident gardeners and bakers. All proceeds directly benefit the Rose Villa Foundation. The Tuesday Market is located on Rose Villa’s Main Street. The season and harvest influences when the market officially opens each year, so check with us for details.
Governed by a dedicated board of residents and community members, the Foundation's assets are professionally managed so that we will always be ready meet the needs of our growing community.
Jennifer AllenPresident
Jennifer Allen
President
Don LehmanVice President
Don Lehman
Vice President
Vassar Byrd Treasurer, Rose Villa CEO
Vassar Byrd
Treasurer, Rose Villa CEO VByrd@rosevilla.org (503) 652-3279One of the most rewarding parts of being the Chief Executive Officer at Rose Villa is getting to work with the team of experienced, creative, and smart managers who really run our community. My part is to focus on the future, to ensure Rose Villa serves its residents in just exactly the ways that are most meaningful to them. Continually renewing, expanding and deepening to maintain pride, energy, and personal growth for every resident and staff person connected to us.
As we continually reimagine and enrich our campus, we seek to build strong links to the Greater Portland, OR, community at all levels and all generations, connecting with people and organizations that provide a natural fit with the attitude and lifestyle at Rose Villa.
I began my career as an economist, obtaining my MS in Economics from the London School of Economics. After working in Washington DC and Portland, Oregon for 10 years, I chose to change my career entirely for the opportunity to work in nonprofit senior living. I received my MA in Gerontology from Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, and came to serve as Rose Villa’s CEO in 2007.
I am passionate about the opportunity to change the way we age—blowing up negative stereotypes of aging as weakness and frailty and recognizing older adults as tough, smart experienced people with a tremendous amount to offer.
Working with residents and staff in teams, coming up with ideas, getting to implement new ways to achieve our goals—it's the best thing I get to do. I appreciate a challenge. If it isn’t hard, it isn’t worth it.
Not only do I have the privilege of working with the best in the field, but I have the honor to call as my colleagues the amazing people who call Rose Villa home.
Little-known (or maybe well-known) facts about me
To say I love watersports is a severe understatement! Dragon boating, rowing, outrigger canoeing, kayaking, surfing, and water skiing all have a place in my life. I will take a race in any capacity; I completed my first Hood to Coast race in 2013! I love to travel; I love food and cooking, and am passionate about really great Bourbon.
Cathy ScharSecretary
Cathy Schar
Secretary
Ken DodgeCommunity Member (Oregon Commission for the Blind)
Ken Dodge
Community Member (Oregon Commission for the Blind)
Ron Stock, MD, MARVI Representative
Ron Stock, MD, MA
RVI Representative stockro@gmail.comDr. Stock is a geriatrician, family physician, and clinical health services researcher. He is currently the Clinical Innovation Advisor to the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN) at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) where he is accountable for the development of the Oregon ECHO Network, a multi-stakeholder consortium to support statewide tele-mentoring educational programs. An Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Medicine at OHSU, Dr. Stock is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, completing his residency and faculty development fellowship in Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. With support from public and private non-profit grants, he has dedicated his career to improving the quality of healthcare for vulnerable populations with complex care needs, focusing on redesigning the primary care delivery system in the community using an interdisciplinary team model. He has participated in numerous invited expert panels including the Institute of Medicine Best Practices Innovation Collaborative on Team-Based Care, an IOM Task Force to explore the role of “patients on teams”, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) panels on measurement of team-based primary care and the National Quality Forum Measurement Applications Partnership Clinicians Workgroup advising HHS on quality measures for public reporting and pay-for-performance. As former Director of Clinical Innovation with the Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center, he is co-editor of a book, “Health Reform Policy to Practice: Oregon’s Path to a Sustainable Health System” which tells the story of Oregon’s nationally-recognized health reforms and impact on national reform efforts.