Funds support programs that enable all Boulder community members to thrive.
The City of Boulder Housing and Human Services Department (HHS) has awarded $3.95 million from the Health Equity Fund (HEF) and $2.5 million from the Human Services Fund (HSF) in grants to local nonprofit agencies for 2025. The funds will support community programs that serve Boulder community members in need and address systemic inequities for long-term impact.
"It takes government and nonprofit agencies working together to address community needs,” said Markisha Key-Hagan, human services investment senior project manager of Housing and Human Services. “The city is proud to be able to allocate funding for essential and innovative community programs that seek to enrich and empower Boulder’s low-income community members and foster a more equitable future for everyone.”
The HEF utilizes revenue from the city’s Sugar Sweetened Beverage Product Distribution Tax to provide grants for programs promoting health equity for Boulder community members experiencing health disparities. Through grants and other support for nonprofit agencies, the HEF aims to reduce chronic disease rates and disparities and to improve health equity for people experiencing systemic socio-economic and health barriers. Learn more about the Health Equity Fund on the city’s website.
The HSF provides grants in areas such as increased economic stability, mobility and resilience; increased ability for people to obtain and maintain housing; safe environments for people with diverse identities; increased positive physical, mental or behavioral health and wellbeing, and increased healthy behaviors. Learn more about the Human Services Fund on the city’s website.
For more information about these funding programs, please contact Markisha Key-Hagan at key-haganm@bouldercolorado.gov.