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.

Helped hospitals across the state to further strengthen their quality improvement systems, ensuring safe patient care. Learn more.

Funding to strengthen staff, planning, outreach and public education efforts to support the development and implementation of health care system improvements in Colorado. As well, through the Colorado Governor’s Building Blocks to Health Care Reform and Executive Order D 005 08, the establishment of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) to identify and pursue strategies for quality improvement, cost containment and improved population health.

Supported a staff position in the Colorado Governor’s Policy Office to assist with the implementation of laws that will increase access to health for all Coloradans.

Helped to expand care provided through school-based health centers, including primary and preventive physical, dental and behavioral health care. Learn more.

An evaluation of the Equality in Health effort by Community Science examined the link between the increases in grantee organization’s cultural competency and reduced health disparities.

An independent evaluation was conducted by the National Research Center, Inc. to determine whether providing technical assistance to build the capacity of grantee organizations helped to improve their ability to serve seniors. Grantees reported program-level outcomes, and the evaluation examined associations between these outcomes and increased organizational capacity.

Provided support for the administration of the Homeless Prevention Tax, and committed funding to support Denver’s Road Home, a national model for helping to end homelessness.

Helped senior-serving organizations improve their ability to meet the needs of the state’s growing aging population. Learn more.

A joint effort of The Trust, Colorado Health Foundation, Caring for Colorado Foundation and The Denver Foundation to support human services agencies, mental health care providers and others to improve the integration and coordination of mental health services with physical health care so that people can be treated with the services they need most, regardless of where they seek care. Learn more.