Grantees

In honor of John R. Moran, Jr.’s long-time leadership of The Colorado Trust, a special fund of $250,000 established the John R. Moran, Jr. Grantee Leadership Award. From 2007 to 2016, one current Trust grantee was selected annually to receive $25,000 in recognition of outstanding leadership to advance the health and well-being of the people within the community the grantee serves.

Provided support for the Colorado Nonprofit Association‘s 2012, 2013 and 2014 Colorado Collaborative Award to acknowledge successful collaboration among nonprofit organizations.

Supported the San Miguel Resource Center in providing an education specialist to provide violence prevention programming at Norwood Public Schools.

Supported a BUILD Initiative conference for Colorado’s early childhood health leaders to address health equity for young children.

In partnership with the Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust supported CIVHC in developing and implementing a Colorado all payer claims database to better understand the cost and utilization of health care services, and develop payment solutions to lower health care costs. Learn more.

Provided support to bring people together to discuss issues central to advancing the health and well-being of Coloradans. Convenings provided dedicated time for people to share information, learn from experts, personally engage and actively deliberate with the goal of tackling a tough challenge or taking advantage of a timely opportunity. Learn more.

Informed debate about key policy issues that affect access to health care for Coloradans. A collaborative project of the Bell Policy Center, Colorado Children’s Campaign and Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved.

Supported needs resulting from the 2012 wildfires statewide.

Supported the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs to conduct two community health fairs for Ute Mountain Ute tribal members in Towaoc, and Southern Ute Indian Tribe members in Ignacio, Colo.

Supported a peer-to-peer match meeting that provided Colorado early childhood stakeholders with technical assistance from national experts regarding two effective data sharing tools and implementation strategies that are being successfully used in other states and local communities to measure early childhood physical health and well-being.