Six nonprofit organizations in Mesa County are among the latest recipients of grants from the Rocky Mountain Health Foundation.

The foundation awarded $329,000 in grants to a total of 25 organizations across 22 Western Colorado counties. Nearly 90,000 people are expected to benefit from the funding.

“We continue to focus on addressing the widespread effects of the pandemic,” said Michaelle Smith, executive director of the foundation. “These grants will assist the amazing people doing the important work — the boots on the ground work — of trying to meet the increasingly complex needs of marginalized and vulnerable people living on the Western Slope.”

In Mesa County, grants were awarded to Ariel Clinical Services, Doors 2 Success, Harmony Acres Equestrian Center, Hilltop Community Resources, Marillac Health and Mesa County Partners.

Rocky Mountain Health Foundation was established in 2017 when United Health Plans purchased Rocky Mountain Health Plans and $38 million was set aside to promote the health and well-being of Western Slope counties. Since then, the foundation has awarded a total of more than $3.2 million to 250 organizations. A board of representatives from across the Western Slope oversees what’s now an independent foundation. For more information, visit https://rmhealth.org.