Invest in a Colorado that Invests in Everyone.
Join us in building a fair, people-centered fiscal future for every Coloradan.
Your gift powers the Colorado Fiscal Institute’s research, advocacy, and community partnerships that protect essential safety nets and strengthen Colorado’s economy. With your support, we push for equitable, sustainable revenue systems that ensure our state can truly invest in its people. In a moment when democracy and public resources are under pressure, your donation helps transform the policies and structures that shape opportunity for all.
Your support is more urgent than ever as federal fiscal chaos accelerates. CFI is leading the charge in Colorado’s response to federal policy, providing clear, rapid analysis when it matters most. When HR1, also known as One Big Beautiful Bill Act, dropped, we were among the first to publish research on its impact to Colorado’s budget, public services, and communities. Colorado then became the first state in the nation to convene a special session to sort out the budget fallout, with CFI serving as a trusted resource every step of the way. As federal threats escalate, your support powers CFI’s ability to respond quickly, cut through the noise, and defend Colorado’s fiscal future.
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