Fair Taxes Build Strong Communities.
DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT: For the first time ever, the Colorado Fiscal Institute's Board of Directors is matching gifts. Every gift made through Colorado Gives is matched 1:1, up to $10,000. Give today and your gift counts twice.
Colorado just lived through its hardest state budget year in memory: a deep deficit, nearly $1 billion in cuts to essential public investments, and a legislative session where almost nothing with a price tag passed. The Colorado Fiscal Institute is working to dig Colorado out of this budget hole and to find innovative ways to fund the public goods and resources we all depend on.
That work is powered by people: analysts whose research informs key decision-makers, outreach staff who help teach everyday Coloradans how they can affect policy, a campaigns and policy team working to get fair tax policy on the ballot and at the capitol, an economist who digs deep in the data so you don’t have to.
We believe taxes and budgets are how we build the world we want to live in, and that world should reflect the values of every Coloradan. That’s why we teach communities how tax and budget policy works, so the rooms where decisions are made are more inclusive, more diverse, and open to every voice. When people understand the system, they have the power to change it.
The opposition is well-funded. CFI is scrappy. We will never stop advocating for fair tax policy that doesn’t just benefit the top income brackets.
Your gift powers the research, education, and community partnerships behind a fairer Colorado. Join us in building a state that works for every Coloradan, and take advantage of our Board's matching fund to double your impact this Colorado Gives season.
The Colorado Fiscal Institute envisions a Colorado where responsible, people-centered, economic and fiscal policies advance equity and widespread economic prosperity.
Our mission is to provide credible, independent, and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing Colorado. We lead, inform and influence policy debates and contribute to sound decisions that improve the well-being of individuals, communities, and the state as a whole.
For nearly 15 years, the Colorado Fiscal Institute operated as the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, a project of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy. The project began as an all-volunteer coalition of health care, education, and human service advocates who realized that they could not effectively advocate for low-income Coloradans without a better understanding of how to navigate the budget process and operate within Colorado's onerous fiscal constraints.
In 1999, with the support of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington D.C., the coalition launched the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute to house the permanent analytic capacity for fiscal and economic research that could support advocates for low-income families.
In October 2012, the project's leadership launched the Colorado Fiscal Institute as an independent nonprofit with the belief that an organization dedicated solely to fiscal and economic policy would be more effective in promoting ideas that expand opportunity, equity, and economic prosperity for all Coloradans.
CFI's structure has changed, but its core mission remains the same. CFI continues to deliver on our founder's vision for a strong permanent analytic capacity to support Colorado's policy ecosystem. The breadth of topics that CFI turns its analytic eye towards and the depth of its relationships with diverse organizations, from K12 advocates to immigrant rights activists to health care providers, demonstrate the value of CFI's contribution.
Organization name
Colorado Fiscal Institute
other names
CFI
2012
Tax id (EIN)
46-1281109
Category
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
110 16th Street Suite 1410Denver County, CO, US
CO, US