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Read our most recent announcements and press releases about our work. We also share stories from the field that illustrate our grantee partners’ local and statewide efforts to create equity in health, well-being, and opportunity for Colorado’s children and families.
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December 2024 Newsletter
Featured in this Newsletter
– Celebrating Board Leadership
– Our $1M Gift will Help Fund a New Health Clinic
– Expressing Hope through Student-led Murals
– Donor Support Raised Critical Funds for Choose When
– Welcoming New Team Members
Announcing Funding for Pueblo’s Children, Youth, and Families
The Children, Youth, and Families funding opportunity is made possible by the Sperry S. and Ella Graber’s Packard Fund for Pueblo endowment. This funding opportunity is designed to be flexible, leverage community assets, and support grantee partners as they work to improve conditions for children, youth, and their families.
Funding Opportunities Open for Organizations Advancing Youth Health and Well-Being
We’re working to advance health and well-being for young people, ages 9 to 25, in Colorado who experience health inequities due to economic injustice, racism, and discrimination through strategic investments designed to support young people, strengthen families, and build youth-centered communities.
Announcing our New Strategic Direction
This past year, as we concluded a five-year strategic plan and knowing our work would change starting this fall, we offered renewal funding for existing grantee organizations in the Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Youth, and Strong & Resilient Families focus areas as well as for the Packard Fund for Pueblo’s Children, Youth, and Families focus area.
Caring for Colorado Announces 2024 Grants Awards
This past year, as we concluded a five-year strategic plan and knowing our work would change starting this fall, we offered renewal funding for existing grantee organizations in the Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Youth, and Strong & Resilient Families focus areas as well as for the Packard Fund for Pueblo’s Children, Youth, and Families focus area.
July 2024 Newsletter
Featured in this Newsletter
• Safety net clinics improving access to contraceptive care in 38 counties
• We’re hiring a senior philanthropy lead and an operations and project manager!
Announcing Caring for Colorado’s New 10-Year Focus
Based on what we’re learning, and understanding our niche within Colorado’s philanthropy ecosystem, we are happy and excited to share that for the next decade, Caring for Colorado will focus all our efforts in three important ways.
Update on Pueblo Grant Opportunities
Moving forward, the Packard Fund for Pueblo will operate only one responsive grantmaking cycle per year focused on children, youth, and families.
May 2024 Newsletter
Featured in this Newsletter
• Youth Share Mental Health Insights Through Listening Sessions
• Students in Pueblo Raise and Award $21,000 to Local Organizations
• New Team Member: Welcome Rachel
Reach out to our communications team
Amy Maillet, Strategic Communications Director
Phone: 303-414-6719