Opportunity Overview
The Colorado Health Foundation’s Rapid Response: Advocacy funding supports short-term, time-sensitive public-policy advocacy intended to keep Coloradans’ priorities central to decisions that affect long-term health equity. Supported work generally runs three to nine months.
Funding and Deadline
Typical grants range from $15,000 to $75,000. There is no formal application deadline or grant cycle; applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. The Foundation states that funding decisions generally are made within about 45 days after proposal submission.
The public controlling materials do not state a solicitation number, total program funding pool, or mandatory match/cost-share requirement.
Priority Areas and Criteria
Projects must respond to a time-sensitive public-policy opportunity and advance health equity in Colorado. Priority themes include equitable access to comprehensive primary care, safe daily physical activity for children, social-emotional development and resiliency of young children, healthy minds for teens and young adults, recovery resources for adults, affordable nutritious food, and affordable, safe, high-quality housing.
Applications should demonstrate urgency, authentic community support, policy impact, Foundation alignment and why the applicant is the right group to lead the work.
Eligible and Ineligible Advocacy Activities
Potentially eligible activities include coalition building, grassroots organizing, litigation and legal advocacy, media advocacy, policy and legal analysis, policymaker education, public education, influencer education, public-opinion research, messaging development/testing and regulatory advocacy.
Rapid Response funds may not be used for bridge funding, long-term projects, previously planned initiatives or partisan political activity. Direct services and work focused on individual behaviors are outside the advocacy scope.
Submission
Applications are submitted through The Colorado Health Foundation’s grants portal. The Foundation encourages prospective applicants to establish portal access approximately one week before submission and to connect with a program officer to discuss the time-sensitive opportunity.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 87/100. N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit: 0/100. This is flexible, potentially valuable Colorado health-equity advocacy funding, but it is not a procurement for clinical technology, telehealth or healthcare service delivery. Atlas should only advance applicant-side opportunities when a real, current policy window creates the required urgency and the proposed work is advocacy rather than direct service.
Verified source: The Colorado Health Foundation — Rapid Response: Advocacy.