BCH Foundation announces nine 2025 grant recipients of the Community Collaboration Fund
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Grants awarded to community-based organizations supporting individuals experiencing social and economic barriers to health
Boulder Community Health (BCH) Foundation, the philanthropic arm of BCH, announced nine grant recipients of its Community Collaboration Fund (CCF). The funding will directly support partnerships between BCH and community-based organizations that offer programs or services for BCH patients. All CCF grants support BCH’s goal of enhancing the quality and availability of health care in our community and are in alignment with BCH’s vision of partnering to create and care for the healthiest community in the nation.
The BCH Foundation has a long history of impactful partnerships with local organizations. In fact, the BCH Foundation has awarded over $650,000 in grants since it established the CCF in 2018 to support BCH’s vision.
For the 2025 CCF grants, the BCH Foundation launched its first-ever competitive process, requiring organizations seeking funding to first submit a Letter of Inquiry and, if invited to apply, complete an application. In this latest round of grants, the BCH Foundation has allocated nearly $300,000 – with awards ranging from $10,000 to $75,000 – to community-based nonprofit organizations.
"The BCH Foundation aims to facilitate the collaborative work between BCH and these community-based organizations to improve the health and well-being of those in our community who have historically felt the impacts of disjointed population health efforts the most. Our BCH care teams see how things like a lack of access to food or being socially isolated affects patients every day,” says Riley Bright, MPH, BCH Foundation Program Officer. “We’re now funding programmatic partnerships to facilitate ‘warm hand-offs' to organizations working in our community to support these individuals beyond the four walls of the health care setting."
Funding priority areas and awards
Specifically, the BCH Foundation offered 2025 CCF grants to organizations delivering services in the following three priority areas: Aging (e.g., chronic disease management), Substance Use Challenges, and Access (“The right care at the right time”). The nine grantees receiving CCF 2025 funding were awarded as follows:
ORGANIZATION | Partnering to... | AWARD AMOUNT |
All Roads | “… co-case manage and support unhoused patients who are highly medically vulnerable to access housing solutions more rapidly.” | $33,750 |
Blue Sky Bridge | “… support pediatric victims of sexual assault and abuse with trauma informed care and specialized nurse examinations.” | $30,000 |
Boulder Alano Club | “… cultivate more opportunities and spaces to support people with Substance Use Disorders to find community and maintain sobriety.” | $10,000 |
Boulder County Aids Project | “… support the BCH Beacon Center for Infectious Diseases in the prevention of and testing for individuals at a higher risk for contracting HIV.” | $46,000 |
Boulder County Public Health | “… support BCH patients with lifestyle changes and accessing more fruit and vegetables.” | $40,000 |
Jewish Family Services Boulder | “… support older adult patients living independently with community case management and resource connection.” | $27,250 |
Love for Lily | “… provide families who experience a premature birth with ongoing support both in the BCH Family Birth Center and in the community.” | $20,000 |
Project Angel Heart | “… support patients with Medically Tailored Meal delivery post-discharge.” | $75,000 |
TRU Community Care | “… better connect Primary Care Practitioners and Specialists to the Palliative Care services, to better align patient care with desired quality of life.” | $10,000 |
TOTAL $292,000 | ||
“Our community grows stronger when we partner with and invest in organizations that strive to create long-lasting change in the health and well-being of those experiencing the greatest barriers to achieving their full health potential, including the elderly, people facing emotional and behavioral challenges, and those experiencing compounding social and economic factors. Together, we’re ensuring that more residents have the resources and access to services they need for a healthier future,” says Grant Besser, BCH Foundation President.