About Us
The Colorado Trust is a grantmaking foundation dedicated to achieving access to health for all Coloradans.
Mission
Advancing the health and well-being of the people of Colorado.
Vision
The Colorado Trust is dedicated to achieving access to health for all Coloradans by 2018.
We partner with individuals, organizations, agencies and communities across the state in shared efforts to expand health coverage and to improve the health care system. Through grant support for the development and implementation of policies, programs and services, we strive to realize comprehensive change that will mean:
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Every child will have a real opportunity to grow up healthy
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Colorado will have a healthy population that contributes to the prosperity of the state
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Affordable health care coverage will be available to all families and individuals
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Accessible, quality care will be the norm
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The health care system will deliver care that is responsive to the needs of all Coloradans.
Values and Principles
To realize our mission of advancing the health and well-being of the people of Colorado and to achieve our vision of achieving access to health for all Coloradans, The Colorado Trust is committed to the values that lie at the core of our work:
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Integrity and Ethics – in all aspects of our work and required of those with whom we work
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Respect – for our colleagues, those with whom we work and the communities we serve
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Transparency – in all of our actions
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Accountability – for the dollars we steward, the way we work and the results we achieve
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Professionalism – in our dedication to doing the best job possible.
History
When the nonprofit PSL Health Care Corporation was sold to a for-profit organization in 1985, the proceeds of the sale were used to create a foundation dedicated exclusively to the health of the people of Colorado.
Since that time, The Colorado Trust has worked closely with nonprofit organizations in every county across the state to improve health and well-being, ranging from bringing 9-1-1 emergency medical care to 38 Colorado counties to helping foster the development of the state's second largest regional transportation district in the Roaring Fork Valley, and much more.
To build on these efforts and address growing needs to expand health coverage and improve and expand health care within Colorado, The Trust committed to a 10-year goal to achieve access to health for all Coloradans by 2018.
Governance
The Colorado Trust is governed by nine trustees representing experience and positions of leadership in health, policy, education, business, religion, finance and the nonprofit community. Trustees are elected by the existing board for an initial five-year term with the possibility of a second five-year term. Irene M. Ibarra serves as President and CEO of The Colorado Trust.
