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Grantee Stories

Stories play an important role in illuminating the work and accomplishments of our grantees, community teams and other partners. Stories below are specifically related to The Colorado Trust’s work, and may be filtered by funding initiative. To learn more about inequities and injustices faced by Coloradans, visit our Collective Colorado website, an online outlet for reliable, nonpartisan information about issues that impact the health and well-being of the people living in our state.

Making the Case for Health Equity

December 2015

Lessons from a recent national summit on health equity: access to granular data, public engagement and framing the message.

Words to Inspire a Movement

December 2015

The opening video of PolicyLink's Equity Summit 2015 captured the urgency of what we're fighting for, and the potential of what we can achieve.

2015 Health Equity Learning Series

November 2015

An educational program of The Colorado Trust, the Health Equity Learning Series aims to increase knowledge and awareness through presentations from experts of health equity.

Race and Health in America

September 2015

Berkeley professor john a. powell spoke to a packed auditorium in Denver and online audiences about how race impacts health, and what to do about it.

Stubborn Poverty in a Year of Growing Costs

September 2015

Around one in seven Americans lived in poverty in 2014, the same as the previous three years, even as housing costs grew. And that, as much as the increase in health insurance coverage, affects health.

Evaluating Evaluation

August 2015

A new survey of 914 Colorado nonprofits found the vast majority conduct evaluation, though using the results in a meaningful way can prove challenging.

Learn about the health equity issues affecting Coloradans at Collective Colorado, a publication of The Colorado Trust.