BUILDING A PROSPEROUS COLORADO
All Coloradans should share in our state’s opportunities.Scroll to next panel
Colorado is our home. We invest here to ensure everyone has the same opportunity to thrive.
The Reality In Our Great State:
#2 Among States for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
#4 Among States for Technology and Science
#7 Among Top States for Business
#8 Among States in Long-Term Job Growth
Source: “Colorado governor’s office responds….” April 23, 2014. TheDenverChannel.com.
Yet Not all Coloradans have equal access to the state’s tremendous economic opportunity, and the state lacks resources to correct the inequity on its own.
Our Focus
We make grants in Colorado in four critical areas:
LGBT advocacy and services: our core mission, so no Coloradan will be left behind.
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education: cultivates critical-thinking skills for the individual and long-term competitiveness for our state’s population.
Financial services: promoting fair lending practices, access to safe capital, and financial literacy that protects Colorado consumers and builds a strong middle class.
Public broadcasting: so our state’s people are more and better informed.
Our Approach
LEARN
Explore, research, and determine where strategic investments can improve the lives of Coloradans.
FOCUS
Prioritize philanthropic giving in innovative efforts, measure results, refine strategy, give again.
COLLABORATE
Partner with allied foundations and individuals to fund together and increase our collective impact.
Depth of Commitment
$52 million
invested in Colorado since inception.
Work In Action
The Gill Foundation funds the Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable, a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that works together with a network of forty-three other charitable organizations dedicated to achieving an inclusive, engaged, just, and equitable state for all Coloradans.
The Gill Foundation funds the Colorado Education Initiative, an independent nonprofit that collaborates with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), schools and districts across the state to accelerate achievement for all Colorado students.
Gill Foundation funds the nonpartisan Bell Policy Center, which recommends public policies that move Colorado families toward self-sufficiency.
Help
Make a
Change
We seek funding allies
who will join with us.
