BCH Foundation Announces Nine 2026 Community Collaboration Grant Recipients
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The Boulder Community Health (BCH) Foundation has granted over $440,600 in 2026 Community Collaboration funding to nine nonprofit organizations in Boulder County to address social and economic barriers to health for BCH patients.
The Community Collaboration Fund impact
In support of the BCH vision of partnering to create and care for the healthiest community in the nation, in 2018 the BCH Foundation established the Community Collaboration Fund. Since 2018, the BCH Foundation has been investing in Boulder-based community organizations that offer unique opportunities to help patients reach optimal health.
Because optimal health cannot be reached with medical care alone, this Fund aims to address the social and environmental needs of patients, in partnership with the organizations receiving this funding.
The BCH Foundation Grants Committee originally planned to award up to $350,000 for 2026. However, based on the strength of the applications for partnership and the potential impact, the Committee voted to award a total of $440,603 for community collaboration this year.
“These partnerships recognize that health doesn’t start or end in a hospital - it’s shaped by housing, food, connection, and access. This funding is about meeting people where they are and closing the gaps that medical care alone can’t,” says Grant Besser, President of the BCH Foundation and VP of Community Engagement for BCH.
Community Collaboration funding focus – bridging the gaps in care
The community collaboration funding is focused specifically on helping BCH patients who may be faced with social and economic difficulties in addition to medical conditions.
In the health care setting, these patients are referred to as “complex,” acknowledging that the many factors contributing to someone’s overall health are often compounding and difficult to organize and navigate – especially when funds are limited.
The BCH Foundation’s investment in these community partnerships aims to build bridges between a patient’s medical care and the organizations providing support outside the health care system.
Based on patient screening data collected in clinics and survey results from our Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), the Community Collaboration funding is focused on three priorities:
1. Support for older adults with complex medical needs
2. Access to health care support services for those who are uninsured or underinsured
3. Timely mental health care options and care navigation
2026 Funding Recipients
Organizations selected in 2026 bring unique opportunities for patients to achieve optimal health despite social and economic challenges. Five recipients* selected this year have received grants in the past, demonstrating the depth of support growing between the BCH Foundation and its community partners.
$74,352.75 2026 funding | All Roads* – Partnering to co-case manage and support unhoused patients who are highly medically vulnerable to access housing solutions more rapidly. Renewed multi-year partnership |
$45,000 2026 funding | Boulder County Aids Project* – Partnering to support the BCH Beacon Center for Infectious Diseases in the prevention of and testing for individuals at a higher risk for contracting HIV. Renewed multi-year partnership |
$20,000 2026 funding | Love for Lily* – Partnering to provide families who experience a premature birth with ongoing support both in the BCH Family Birth Center and in the community. Renewed multi-year partnership |
$75,000 2026 funding | Project Angel Heart* – Partnering to support patients with Medically Tailored Meal delivery post-discharge. Second year in a multi-year grant awarded in 2025. |
$27,250 | Jewish Family Service | Boulder* – Partnering to support older adult patients living independently with community case management and resource connection. |
$65,000 | El Centro Amistad – Partnering to provide culturally relevant education and support for Spanish speaking patients with diabetes or prediabetes. |
$56,000 | Rocky Mountain Equality – Partnering to provide LGBTQ+ patients with specific mental and behavioral health support. |
$33,000 | Cultivate – Partnering to support older adult patients with grocery shopping and transport from the store to their homes. |
$45,000 | Center for People with Disabilities – Partnering to provide resource navigation and support with transitions back to independent living for patients who’ve experienced a traumatic injury. |
$440,603 | TOTAL 2026 funding |
“There is so much potential to impact and support BCH patients with these partnerships, and we are so grateful for the collaboration of these community-based organizations, as well as our BCH employees who facilitate this meaningful work,” says Riley Bright, BCH Foundation Program Director.
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The Community Collaboration Fund and its nine recipients were recently featured in the Daily Camera:
Boulder Community Health Foundation awards $440k to promote healthcare for underserved
BCH’s grants aim to invest in local organizations that support patients outside of hospitals
By Abigail Ankeney | aankeney@prairiemountainmedia.com | Daily Camera
PUBLISHED: February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM MST | UPDATED: February 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM MST
Nine nonprofits have more money to use to address social and economic barriers to healthcare after Boulder Community Health Foundation awarded more than $440,000 in its annual Community Collaboration Fund grants.
In its ninth year, the grants aim to invest in local organizations that support patients outside of hospitals, according to a release. Grant money is meant to help organizations that support older adults with complex needs, expand uninsured or underinsured patient care or provide timely mental health care and navigation, the release states. Read more here.
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About the Boulder Community Health Foundation
Established in 1978, the Boulder Community Health (BCH) Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The Foundation exists to inspire giving in support of BCH to enhance the quality and availability of health care in our community. For over four decades, the generosity of their community has led to more than $80 million raised in support of BCH. Over the past five years, the BCH Foundation has granted over $15 million to BCH in support of various capital and programmatic priorities.
About Boulder Community Health
Boulder Community Health is a non-profit, independent, integrated, regional health system with facilities throughout Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Boulder Community Health is known across Colorado for its clinical excellence in heart care, maternity care, stroke care, orthopedic care and cancer care. BCH’s mission is to provide their community with the highest value health care in an innovative, patient-centric environment. The BCH vision: Partnering to create and care for the healthiest community in the nation. For more information, visit www.bch.org and connect with BCH on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.