When communities build power, they improve lives.

The Colorado Trust is dedicated to ensuring all Coloradans have the opportunity to thrive.
We partner 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 Trust's Funding Strategies

Community Partnerships
People are building power by coming together to transform unjust conditions in their communities for themselves and their neighbors.

Health Equity Learning Series
The Health Equity Learning Series helps foster awareness, dialogue and learning in communities across Colorado about issues that impact health and well-being.

Building and Bridging Power
Supporting the work of organizing people in communities experiencing the most inequities, and building policy infrastructure with and between grassroots and grasstops organizations.

Colorado Equity Compass
Bringing to life the experiences of residents in communities experiencing inequities.

Community Leaders in Health Equity
Composed of three key elements, this equity and health equity leadership program helps participants build their capacity and power to improve their communities.
A Better Future for Colorado's Communities

In the San Luis Valley, a Small Town is Using Civic Engagement to Improve Lives
To help the Saguache community prosper, residents developed their own version of the Family Leadership Training Institute program.
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