Colorado Gives Foundation, the Arvada-based grant maker, has awarded $3.5 million to 96 nonprofits working to help Jefferson County residents get care, coverage and connection. The foundation says an additional $1.5 million from the Lutheran Legacy Fund, a fund it holds, doubled the money available for health initiatives this year.
According to the foundation’s Aug. 12 announcement, funded nonprofits expect to help thousands of residents enroll in Medicaid and understand their benefits, and to provide tens of thousands of low-cost or no-cost mental, physical and dental health services, including in mountain communities where distance and provider shortages make care harder to reach. Mental health services were the most common type of care that applicants proposed.
Who is on the list
The full list of 2026 health grant recipients is posted on the foundation’s website. It includes organizations that Jeffco families will recognize, among them Family Tree, The Action Center, A Precious Child, Hope House of Colorado and STRIDE Community Health Center. Individual grant amounts are not published.
How to take part
- Browse the 2026 health grant recipients to find a Jefferson County group to support or volunteer with.
- Colorado Gives Foundation describes itself as a Jefferson County grant maker that invests more than $10 million a year in nonprofits serving the county.
One of the recipients, Family Tree, just marked a milestone of its own: the Wheat Ridge nonprofit turned 50 this year.
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