Best Community Health Grants in Colorado

Nonprofit organizations and public entities in Colorado planning capital projects for facilities, land, or civic infrastructure can apply for Gates Family Foundation’s capital grants. Funding supports construction, renovation, expansion, or acquisition that benefits community health, education, and well-being, with emphasis on rural and low-income areas and projects incorporating sustainable, green building practices.

Colorado organizations improving community health education and health information access can apply for the National Library of Medicine’s Express Health Information Outreach Awards, with grants of US $5,000 for outreach projects. Funding supports health information literacy, technology tools, and partnerships that help underrepresented populations and health professionals find and use reliable biomedical and public health information.

Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofits and government organizations providing non-clinical, peer-led recovery supports for adults can apply for Colorado Health Foundation funding up to Up to US $150,000. Grants strengthen community- and purpose-focused programs for Coloradans facing mental health and/or substance use challenges, including employment, education, cultural connection, arts, volunteerism, and peer support networks.

Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations improving community health and health equity in Colorado can seek project funding to address significant needs identified in local assessments. With a mission to improve health for vulnerable populations, CommonSpirit Health provides restricted charitable contributions through its Community Health Improvement Grants, with awards up to US $150,000 depending on the participating hospital.

Colorado nonprofits and public agencies supporting youth health and outdoor equity in Colorado can apply for $50,000 - $200,000 in planning funds for community-designed outdoor spaces. The Colorado Health Foundation provides Colorado community health organizations with support to co-design parks, playgrounds, and similar spaces that promote physical activity, belonging, and health equity for youth and families.

Adam R Scripps Foundation

Adam Scripps lived a life of humble generosity, helping to improve the lives of others without seeking recognition or fanfare for himself. The family-run Adam R. Scripps Foundation, established posthumously in 2023, allocates millions annually to his cherished causes like animal welfare and community development, with grants overseen by his relatives to honor his legacy.

Honoring Adam’s legacy, we make grants to collaborate, provide support and build resources that create opportunities and transformative pathways. For generations to come, we will improve lives and transform communities because we are a leader in family philanthropy. We value helping communities create lasting change. We do this through compassion, love of neighbor, humility, and generosity.

Healthcare/Mental Health/Research Grant

Health is a key factor in overall quality of life and strength of community. Recognizing that health and welfare is affected by a wide range of factors, the foundation supports the full spectrum of health care, mental-wellness and medical-research programs.

• Healthcare
  • Grants are available to programs and facilities providing a variety of care services to individuals and communities. These organizations include:
    • Low-income health clinics
    • Expanding access to primary care
    • Nonprofit hospital facilities
    • Inpatient or outpatient centers
• Mental Health
  • Financial hardship can exacerbate and compound mental health struggles in historically under-resourced communities. Our foundation will support programs designed to address these challenges, including:
    • Substance abuse and addiction counseling
    • Suicide Prevention
    • Awareness and education initiatives
• Research
  • The Adam R. Scripps Foundation will address medical challenges facing our communities today. As part of our commitment, our support of research programs, includes:
    • Disease research and vaccination development
    • Studying brain function and predisposition toward addiction
    • Support of an academic physician

The E.B. Henderson Award, presented by SHAPE America, honors minority members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to scholarship, mentorship, and advocacy for ethnic minorities within health and physical education. Established in 1885, SHAPE America serves over 200,000 professionals, promoting high-quality education standards. The award recognizes individuals who have significantly contributed to increasing the participation of underserved populations in the field. Limited to two awards annually, it highlights the importance of diversity and inclusion in health education.

Early-career health and physical education researchers in the U.S., including those based in Colorado, can receive recognition and support for curriculum and instruction scholarship through the Helen M. Heitmann Young Scholar Award from SHAPE America. Focused on advancing community and school health education, it honors members three to six years post-doctorate with a strong research record.

Individual SHAPE America members in fields like community health education, K–12 physical education, dance, and sport can receive this top professional honor recognizing long and distinguished service. The Luther Halsey Gulick Award from Society of Health and Physical Educators is presented annually at the national convention to one outstanding leader.

Graduate students in psychomotor measurement and evaluation at U.S. colleges or universities can receive support for professional expenses, including those whose work benefits community health education in Colorado. With a mission to advance health and physical education research, SHAPE America provides this award to members with strong potential in the field.

Health and physical education professionals contributing to measurement and evaluation can receive national recognition for advancing SHAPE America’s Measurement and Evaluation SIG. With a mission to advance practice and research, Society of Health and Physical Educators honors current SHAPE America and SIG members across the U.S., which may include Colorado-based community health educators.

Health and physical education professionals focused on measurement and evaluation, including those working in Colorado community health education, may be eligible for this lifetime achievement recognition. With a mission to advance professional practice and research, Society of Health and Physical Educators honors a SHAPE America member whose scholarly work has significantly advanced measurement and evaluation in health and physical education.

Current SHAPE America members planning projects that expand opportunities for girls and women in sports can receive funding for research, after-school programs, leadership development, or similar initiatives in Colorado and nationwide. The Society of Health and Physical Educators awards US $1,000 annually through the NAGWS Legacy Award to support this work.

Colorado community health and education organizations can access funding through AES Hawaii Foundation for programs in social justice, energy equality, workforce development, environmental stewardship, and community health and resilience. Nonprofits and other groups serving communities near AES Hawaiʻi renewable energy projects, or operating at a broader scale, may be eligible if they meet the foundation’s impact pillars.

Master’s students in school-based health education programs at accredited U.S. colleges or universities, including those in Colorado, can receive a $1,000 Barbara A. Cooley Master’s Scholarship for any educational expenses. Society of Health and Physical Educators provides this annual award plus a one-year student membership for eligible community health and physical education scholars.

Colorado undergraduate students majoring in school-based health education can access funding through the Society of Health and Physical Educators’ Bill Kane Undergraduate Scholarship. This US $1,000 award supports full-time sophomores, juniors, or seniors at accredited U.S. colleges or universities, including those focused on community health education and physical fitness, and includes a complimentary one-year SHAPE America student membership.

Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofits hosting community wellness, health education, or physical activity events can access funding through Better Health Together for sponsorship support. This program offers up to US $5,000 for community events and engagement activities that promote health, elevate community voices, and align with BHT’s mission and values; one sponsorship per organization each year.

Nonprofit and charitable organizations serving communities in the Roaring Fork Valley can seek funding for community health projects and operations, including advanced primary care, health education, and support for older adults. The Western Colorado Community Foundation’s Roaring Fork Valley Community Health Fund prioritizes innovative, equitable initiatives between Aspen and Parachute, including partnerships addressing social determinants of health and workforce education scholarships.

Colorado community health organizations, especially 501(c)(3) nonprofits with at least one year of outcomes, can access funding for community health education and related initiatives. The H Hovnanian Family Foundation offers up to US $10,000 for projects in areas like public health, emergency response, youth development, and education that fit its stated focus areas.

U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits, especially those serving the greater St. Louis area, can apply for the Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation’s funding to support health, education, social services, and arts programs. Community health organizations in Colorado may be eligible if their programs operate in the U.S. and fit priorities like health and wellness or basic needs.

U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits, tribal governments, educational institutions, and public entities planning discrete community projects in education, healthy communities, or environmental stewardship can apply for more than US $5,000, including in Colorado. With a mission to strengthen communities, HDR Foundation provides employee-sponsored projects with funding for measurable, sustainable outcomes within 12 months.

We are Revolutionaries

Who We Are

We are Revolutionaries -passionate in our singular pursuit of discovering, developing and delivering innovative targeted therapies for patients living with RAS-addicted cancer. At Revolution Medicines, we believe in challenging the status quo to find new therapeutic approaches to some of the toughest cancers. With our first wave of investigational RAS(ON) inhibitors, we are pioneering a new way of targeting the RAS cancer drivers of disease, and we have the potential to change the treatment paradigm in these cancers where there is a significant unmet medical need.

Our mission is to revolutionize treatment for patients with RAS-addicted cancers through the discovery, development and delivery of innovative, targeted medicines.

Research, Grants & Support

At Revolution Medicines, we understand the importance of extending our support of scientific advancement beyond the research we conduct and the medicines we provide.

We support activities that make meaningful information and resources available to the broader medical and scientific communities to help advance science, increase understanding of certain diseases, and enhance patient care.

Charitable Donations

Funding for programs that deliver disease awareness, treatment education, or other healthcare information intended to improve patient understanding and empowerment.

Through grant-making, AIH partners with mission-aligned organizations by funding initiatives that align with our strategic objectives.

Granting Goals 

• Advance a future where healthcare and communities support whole person care, and healthy choices are accessible and effective in preventing, treating, and reversing chronic disease.
• Transform the way people are cared for in America by establishing lifestyle medicine and whole person care as integral components of the delivery of care in the US healthcare system

Focus Areas:

• Primary Care - Integration of whole person care
• Comprehensive Obesity Care - Integration of food is medicine
• Underserved Communities - Equitable delivery of whole person care

About the Awards

The late Dr. James F. Fries, formerly professor emeritus of medicine at Stanford University, came up with the idea for the James and Sarah Fries Prize for Improving Health in a 1987 ascent of Nepal’s Makalu—one of the world’s highest peaks—when his party became trapped in a severe snowstorm and was ultimately unable to scale the mountain.

Following that experience, Dr. Fries returned to sea level and set about establishing a foundation to support a Nobel-like prize for health that now annually awards a $100,000 prize to an an outstanding leader judged by an expert panel to have done the greatest good for the greatest number of people in the field of health.

In 1992 the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award was established in honor of Elizabeth Fries, daughter of James and Sarah Fries. The $50,000 prize is awarded annually to an individual judged to have made substantial contributions to their area of health education and health promotion. Sarah Fries remained active in the Fries Awards for Health program until her death in May 2017, and Jim Fries remained active in the awards until his death in November 2021.

The CDC Foundation is honored to partner with the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation, which established and funds the award. As of 2016, the CDC Foundation manages and administers the Fries Awards for Health program, which include the James and Sarah Fries Prize for Improving Health and the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award.

Lilly Foundation

To extend Lilly’s charitable reach and impact, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation (Lilly Foundation) was established in 1968 and is supported by donations from Eli Lilly and Company.

The Foundation is a tax-exempt, private foundation supporting programs that align with its philanthropic priorities.

Grantmaking Approach

The Lilly Foundation’s work is guided by a charitable vision of a world where every person has an opportunity to live their healthiest life. Through grantmaking focused on Lilly Foundation’s charitable vision, grants can serve as a catalyst for closing gaps and empowering individuals and communities to thrive.

All proposals should demonstrate clear alignment with at least one focus area and include charitable outcomes that are measurable and consistent with the Foundation’s long-term charitable goals.

Global Health, K-12 STEM Education and Economic Mobility Grant

Focus Areas

Global Health

Lilly Foundation, through its charitable grants, aims to support permissible charitable efforts to improve access to quality healthcare for resource-limited communities in low- and lower-middleincome countries (L/LMICs) and in the United States. Strengthening access to care is essential for enhancing community well-being and supporting economic stability in resource-limited settings.

The Global Health focus area aims to close gaps in quality healthcare by supporting charitable solutions that improve access, bring care closer to where people live, and address the high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in resource-limited settings. To the extent permissible, the Foundation prioritizes charitable efforts related to cardiometabolic health in resource-limited settings.

K-12 STEM Education

The K-12 STEM Education focus area aims to close the gaps for students from low-income communities by supporting programs that foster new pathways and pipelines to STEM education through focused K-12 efforts, concentrating on the critical middle school years. The Foundation’s K-12 STEM Education grants are focused on initiatives that benefit Marion County, Indiana.

Economic Mobility

The Economic Mobility focus area supports charitable and educational programs that strengthen workforce readiness, postsecondary and skills-based educational pathways, and housing stability to promote long-term prosperity. This support is focused on Marion County, Indiana, with the goal of improving economic opportunity for low-income communities and advancing community well-being.

Quest Diagnostics Foundation

Our purpose

Working together to create a healthier world, one life at a time.

About the Foundation

The Quest Diagnostics Foundation® (the Foundation), established in 1991, is a nonprofit corporation exempt from tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, for charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes including:

• Promoting the benefits of healthcare and wellness
• Promoting the prevention, early detection, monitoring, and treatment of disease
• Educating the general public and healthcare professionals regarding healthcare issues

About Quest for Healthy Communities Champions

Through the Quest for Healthy Communities Champion program, the Foundation will recognize and give monetary awards to up to 15 individuals or organizations across the US that have committed to improving health in their own communities. In the case of recognition to individuals, the monetary award will be given to the tax-exempt charity of their choosing.

The program reflects the importance of recognizing individuals and organizations that are committed to the purpose of Quest, “working together to create a healthier world, one life at a time” and the Foundation’s belief that increased awareness of individuals and organizations doing this work can lead to healthier communities.

Successful applicants will demonstrate their commitment to improving health in their communities through actions such as:

• Impact on community systems via policy, programming, and education in areas such as workforce development, health, environment, housing, and safety
• Ongoing community engagement in the development of innovative solutions to drive improved health outcomes
• Commitment to increasing individual health autonomy and empowerment through the advancement of diagnostic screening and testing

CDC Foundation

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the public health system save and improve lives by unleashing the power of partnerships to protect the health, safety and security of all communities, everywhere. The CDC Foundation is authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners, corporations, organizations and individuals to support the critical health protection mission of CDC and the public health system.

The CDC Foundation manages hundreds of programs each year aimed at protecting communities across the country from a variety of health threats—from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like malaria and HIV to emergency responses, such as Ebola and Zika.

Contractor for Implementation and Evaluation of Healthy Native Babies Project Materials

This RFP request proposals from Tribes, Tribal Serving Organizations (TSOs) and Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) [T/TSOs/UIOs] to implement and evaluate the updated Healthy Native Babies Project (HNBP) materials within their service areas. This initiative aims to strengthen culturally relevant infant safe sleep education, increase community awareness and support Native families in reducing sleep related infant deaths. Selected T/TSOs/UIOs will adapt, disseminate and assess the use of HNBP materials in ways that reflect the cultural, linguistic and community-specific needs of the Native populations they serve. 

This project is a rapid turnaround project to support T/TSOs/UIOs in:

• Implementing HNBP materials in clinical, community, and family setting
• Training staff and community partners
• Evaluating reach, effectiveness, and community feedback
• Identifying barriers, facilitators, lessons learned, and best practices for future replication