Workplace injuries take an enormous toll on families – physically, emotionally, and financially. The children of injured workers take on a great many more responsibilities than your average student and often have to make sacrifices when it comes to higher education.

Pinnacol Assurance employees know this better than anyone. While they do their best to help injured workers obtain medical care and wage replacement; they wish they could do more for the families affected.

In 1998, several Pinnacol executives discovered Kids' Chance, a nonprofit corporation developed by the Workers’ Compensation Section of the State Bar of Georgia. The group provides financial scholarships for children of permanently or catastrophically injured or deceased workers to complete their education.

With guidance from Kids’ Chance, Pinnacol formed the Pinnacol Foundation in 2000. The Pinnacol Foundation College Scholarship Program serves the children of workers killed or seriously injured in a compensable work-related accident while working for a Colorado employer, regardless of insurance carrier.

Since its inception in 2000, the Pinnacol Foundation has awarded $585,000 in scholarships to 112 students for post-high school education.

Contact us:

Elizabeth Starkey
Pinnacol Foundation
7501 E. Lowry Boulevard
Denver CO 80230
303-361-4775
1-800-873-7242 ext. 4775
303-361-5775 fax