Holding Ourselves Accountable

As an organization focused on pursuing racial justice to achieve health equity, The Colorado Health Foundation (CHF) staff annually collects and publicly shares data that demonstrates our progress in how we’re centering race and ethnicity in our work. The accountability commitments outlined below are designed to show – over time – how our Board of Directors, investments, advisors, partners, grantees and staff encapsulate and represent diverse experiences, perspectives and approaches.

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1. People of color represent 50% of our Board of Directors.

We are committed to ensuring our Board represents a diverse range of other demographics:

Race and ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability status

Our Current Progress

In 2023, our Board of Directors represented the following demographically:

58% of the people serving on our Board of Directors reported identifying as a race/ethnicity that represents people of color.
50% identified as male and 50% identified as female.
75% identified as heterosexual, 17% identified as gay or lesbian, and 8% identified as bisexual

Source: Annual Board survey developed and administered by the Foundation staff.

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2. By 2025, at least 25% of our total managed investment portfolio (MIP) is managed by firms owned by women and/or people of color or who have women and/or people of color in key decision-making roles.

Our Current Progress

As of Sept. 30, 2023, approximately 28.8% of the MIP assets were managed by firms who are principally owned by women or people of color or who have significant numbers of women/people of color in decision-making roles.

Source: The Foundation’s investment staff review the MIP assets on an ongoing basis and periodically provide review summaries to the CEO and Investment Committee.

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3. Beginning in 2021, at least 50% of approved funding supports programs where at least half of the people served are people of color.

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4. By 2024, at least 25% of our overall funding benefits organizations that are led by and accountable to communities of color.

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5. At least 50% of our capacity building funding through 2025 benefits organizations that are led by people of color or centered on communities of color.

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6. By 2024, 50% of our vendors and contractors represent businesses principally owned or led by people who identify as women or people of color or that have significant people of color represented among senior leadership/board.

Our Current Progress

As of Oct. 31, 2023

Fifty percent of the firms CHF did business with reported that they were owned by women and/or had significant leadership representation of this gender.
Twenty-six of CHF's consultants/vendors indicated they were owned by people of color and/or had significant leadership representation from these groups.
In total, 88 or 52% of the firms CHF did business with in 2022 were owned, principally led by or had significant Board representation by women or people of color.

Source: Demographic survey (response rate of 58%) of the 151 organizations who were consultants/vendors of the Foundation in 2022.

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7. On an annual basis, The Foundation collects and publishes demographic information about staff, including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age and ability status

On an annual basis, the Foundation collects and publishes demographic information about staff, including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age and disability status.

In 2023, 49.18% of Colorado Health Foundation staff identified as being a race/ethnicity that represents people of color. Two percent preferred not to say.

Source: Annual staff demographic survey (response rate of 93% with a total of 68 staff) combined with Equal Opportunity Employment data collected at time of hire.

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