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Farmworkers play a vital role in feeding Coloradans, but most struggle to make a living wage.
Residents of Lago Vista trailer park gather for a movie night at the community center near Loveland, Colo., on a Saturday night in July of 2018.
Photo by Joe Mahoney / Special to The Colorado Trust
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a housing crisis has been playing out for years in a rural Colorado mountain town.
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Since the 1970s, members of the Cora tribe from the Mexican state of Nayarit have been living and working̶—and now riding out a pandemic—in Gunnison County.
In our latest advocacy funding strategy, The Trust is supporting the work of organizing people in communities experiencing the most inequities, and building policy infrastructure with and between grassroots and grasstops organizations.
The Trust partners with people and organizations across Colorado that are working to make positive changes in their communities. We provide funding and other resources so that all people have the power to make decisions that improve their lives and the lives of their neighbors.
The Colorado Trust funds an intensive 18-month education and leadership training program and curriculum in communities throughout Colorado to address the most difficult health equity issues.
Funding Areas
Community
Partnerships
People are building power by coming together to transform unjust conditions in their communities for themselves and their neighbors.
Health
Policy & Advocacy
The Trust supports organizations advocating for policies that allow all Coloradans to lead healthy, productive lives.
Health Equity
Learning Series
The Health Equity Learning Series increases knowledge and awareness of health equity through presentations from experts discussing factors that increase disparities and solutions that advance health equity.
Community Leaders
in Health Equity
With this 18-month leadership training program, participants build their capacity and power to improve their communities.
Health
Data & Information
Sound research, data and evidence help shape policies and systems that work for all Coloradans.
Health Equity
Investments
We provide one-time or time-limited loans for organizations or programs that align with our vision for thriving, just communities.