This site is generously sponsored by the Gates Family Foundation.
The Gates Family Foundation is a family foundation with over 75 years of investing in the people, communities and natural resources of Colorado.
Since its creation in 1946, the Foundation has evolved from a corporate and community well-being initiative of the Gates Rubber Company, to a private family foundation that is Colorado proud and Colorado focused.
The Foundation is committed to Colorado with a deep appreciation for our state’s history, culture, diversity, and politics. By being place-focused, the Foundation can take a long-term view in facilitating solutions, develop deep and trusted relationships with communities, and always work for the best interests of the state.
The Foundation is more than grant makers.
The Foundation is dedicated to using all of its tools and assets to advance opportunities in a variety of ways for all Coloradoans, promote excellent stewardship of the state’s natural resources, grow leadership, and build civic capacity. The Foundation has the people, expertise, relationships, access, credibility, and balance sheet to lead, convene, and catalyze.
The Foundation’s on-going work includes:
- Investing in nonprofit and community organizations through a capital grants program
- Focusing on cultivating a diverse, next generation of leaders
- Building capacity within civic and public sector institutions
- Being committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all our activities
- Working to advance climate solutions that will impact all