About Colorado Health Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation is a Colorado‑focused health equity funder that makes large, often multi‑year investments in community health, primary care, advocacy and nonprofit capacity across the state — with a strong concentration in Denver and partnerships with Tribal nations and rural communities. Grants emphasize health equity, general operating and capacity building for intermediaries and community‑led organizations (including Latino and Indigenous organizations), along with targeted investments in affordable housing and economic opportunity as determinants of health. The foundation favors repeat, sizable grants to anchor institutions, regional intermediaries and community development partners rather than many small one‑off awards.
Who They Fund
underserved / health equity populationschildren and adolescents (youth)adults in recovery / behavioral health clientslocal communities (community-strengthening efforts)
Giving Approach
Relatively few large, repeat and multi‑year grants to anchor organizations and intermediaries; mix of general operating support, capacity building, and advocacy funding rather than many small project grants.
Funding Style
general operating / unrestricted supportmatching contributions (employee/board identified)
About Colorado Health Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation’s largest recent awards show a pattern of multi-million-dollar support for Colorado institutions that anchor community health, housing, and equity work. In 2023, it gave $5,896,020 to the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado in Denver for championing health equity and strengthening community health, and in 2024 it followed with $4,169,398 to Trailhead Institute in Denver across health equity, healthy bodies, healthy minds, community health, and general and matching support. The foundation also made a $4,000,000 grant to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in Ignacio for health equity and healthy minds, and a $2,301,000 grant to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Towaoc for strengthening community health. Those awards fit a broader pattern of sizable, repeated support to community-led organizations, public agencies, health systems, and tribal partners. The grant list also includes major investments in affordable housing and intermediary capacity, showing that the foundation treats housing, advocacy, and nonprofit infrastructure as part of health-related work. Across the recent record, the funding tends to cluster around organizations that serve Colorado communities directly and that can use large grants to sustain programs, partnerships, or flexible operations.
What Colorado Health Foundation Funds
Health equity is the clearest throughline in the recent grants. The Colorado Health Foundation gave $2,200,000 to Community Economic Defense Project in Denver for champion health equity and strengthen community health, and $1,612,950 to Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities in Aurora for champion health equity, nurture healthy minds, strengthen community health, and general support. Primary care appears as a separate line of work as well: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment received $2,150,000 for primary care, and Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation received $2,050,000 for primary care, thriving young people, and general operating support. The foundation also funded housing as health-related infrastructure, including $2,000,000 to Longmont Housing Authority for affordable housing and $2,000,000 to Rural Homes in Telluride for affordable housing. Food access and security also appears in the grant list through Trailhead Institute, which received $2,952,040 in 2025 with food access and security among the stated purposes.
How Colorado Health Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$113.5M
Total Assets
$2.9B
Total Revenue
$75.7M
Total Expenses
$164.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $170K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$170K
Geographic Reach
Local25 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KAREN MCNEIL MILLER
PRESIDENT & CEO
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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