Colorado Collaboration Award

Colorado Collaboration Award
The Colorado Collaboration Award acknowledges and encourages successful collaboration. Created in 2011 by a diverse group of Colorado funders, it provides a $50,000 prize each year to an outstanding collaboration.

To apply

The 2012 award application is closed. Applications will be reviewed throughout the spring and summer. For more information about the award timeline, please see the Colorado Collaboration Award FAQs. Still have questions? Contact us at collaboration@ColoradoNonprofits.org.

Criteria

A team of nonprofit, foundation, business, and government representatives will review applications based on the following criteria:

  • depth of collaboration
  • demonstration of significant impact
  • innovation in addressing a specific challenge or opportunity
  • serving as a model others can replicate
  • effectiveness of community engagement
  • operation in accordance with nonprofit best practices

2011 Colorado Collaboration Award Winner

Congratulations to the 2011 winner of the Colorado Collaboration Award, Northwest Colorado Community Health Partnership! Read the press release here.

 

The Colorado Collaboration Award is made possible by the support of:

  • Anschutz Family Foundation
  • Anschutz Foundation
  • Barefoot PR
  • Boettcher Foundation
  • The Colorado Health Foundation
  • The Colorado Trust
  • Community First Foundation
  • Community Shares of Colorado
  • The Denver Foundation
  • Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships
  • El Pomar Foundation
  • Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
  • Jared Polis Foundation
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Kenneth King Foundation
  • The LARRK Foundation
  • U.S. Bank
  • Women’s Foundation of Colorado
  • Xcel Energy