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Meet the Changemakers

At Chinook Fund, we listen to and follow the leadership of grassroots social justice organizers in our community that play an essential role in democratizing philanthropy. Meet the Changemakers connects community organizers building power across Colorado and beyond with new supporters like YOU to champion their work!

Our next Meet the Changemakers event will be in November 2025.

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Meet our past panelists

  • Pam Willhoite, Co-director and Founder Pine River Shares
  • Minsun Jin, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, incubator for Drivers Coop Colorado
  • Maria Gonzalez, President, Fuerza Latina

About our Featured Grantees

Pine River Shares is a social justice leadership organization that brings together the knowledge, skills, and resources, of the people in the Pine River Valley to increase our collective power and bring about positive social change resulting in healthy thriving Pine River Valley communities.

Pine River Shares food distribution

Drivers Coop Colorado is a worker cooperative formed by rideshare drivers. The cooperative utilizes a worker-owned app as an alternative to Uber/Lyft to provide better working conditions and better pay for ride-share drivers.

Group of rideshare drivers holding up cell phones

Fuerza Latina is an organization of immigrants and allies dedicated to educating, informing, organizing, and promoting change to facilitate an improved quality of life for immigrants in our community.

Luchando por nuestros familias. Fuerza Latina.

Event Accessibility

Chinook Fund is committed to creating inclusive and accessible public programming. You can learn more and make specific accessibility requests for this event on our Accessibility Request Form page.

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