The Health Equity Fund (HEF) provides grant funding to community organizations and agencies promoting health equity for Boulder community members experiencing health disparities.
Congratulations to the programs that will receive Health Equity Fund (HEF) grants for 2026! Visit the Community Funding Dashboard to view 2026 grant awards.
Health Equity Fund grant funding will be awarded through a closed, invite only process for the 2027 fund round. Only current (2026) grantees will receive invitations to apply.
This process enables staff and advisory committee members to most effectively address priority health and human services needs in our community, in light of rapidly shifting economic and policy issues and uncertainties. For more information about these and other HHS investment programs, please contact Allison Bayley, Human Services Investments Manager, at bayleya@bouldercolorado.gov.
The City of Boulder's Health Equity Fund (HEF) provides grant funding to community organizations and agencies promoting health equity for Boulder residents. Funding investments are awarded through an annual competitive process based on alignment with the intent and language of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Distribution Tax, a ballot measure which was approved in November 2016.
The Sugar Sweetened Beverage Product Distribution Tax is an excise tax of up to two cents per ounce on the first distributor in any chain of distribution of drinks with added sugar, and sweeteners used to produce such drinks. Revenue collected, minus the cost of tax collection and fund administration, is awarded to qualifying nonprofit agencies and organizations, educational or governmental entities – public or private – that propose to serve city residents.
The HEF aims to reduce disparities and to improve health equity among our at-risk population. Examples of HEF-supported programs include those that prevent diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes, heart disease, oral diseases) linked to consumption of sugary beverages; increase access to healthy food and clean water; expand health services and wellness programs; and more.
Visit the Community Funding Dashboard to view grant awards from previous years.
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