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The groups are building upon the work of The Colorado Trust’s initiatives that took place decades earlier.

This video examines the Community Partnerships for Health Equity strategy, which ran from 2014 to 2022. It focuses on Fort Morgan Cultures United for Progress, a group of community members that participated in the strategy and helped create lasting change in the northeast Colorado city of Fort Morgan.

The Piñon Project Family Resource Center was founded in 1994 with the help of Colorado Trust funding, the nonprofit provides a variety of programs and resources to families living in Dolores and Montezuma counties in the southwest part of the state. The Piñon Project Family Resource Center is one of the few organizations to be a grantee within four of The Colorado Trust’s most significant funding initiatives over the years.

First Southwest Community Fund provides loans to rural residents to start businesses who may not have been able to access the resources otherwise.

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) pairs first-time mothers with specially trained nurses for regular home visits and support before and after delivery. This voluntary program, free of charge to participants, aims to build a strong foundation for newborns and their families, and improve both short- and long-term health and economic outcomes. The Colorado Trust funded one of the research trials of the NFP model, and later funded the work of Invest in Kids, the nonprofit overseeing NFP implementation in all 64 Colorado counties.

The Hispanic Affairs Project has spent 20 years helping immigrants on Colorado’s Western Slope feel welcomed in communities and lead better, healthier lives.

The Colorado Trust was an early funder of an effort to rate and improve the quality of early childhood education in the state. The resulting system became a national model.

Work Options is a nonprofit that helps people learn skills to prepare them for careers in the food industry. A Colorado Trust program-related investment supported the Urban Land Conservancy’s Mosaic Community Campus, South Platte Crossing offices and nonprofit space Holly Square.

The Colorado Trust has funded and participated in the Community Resource Center’s Rural Philanthropy Days program since 2009. Rural Philanthropy Days connects nonprofits and funders in order to improve health and well-being in rural regions of the state.

The 2025 biennial Colorado Health Access Survey has launched and will likely conclude later this summer.