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Aspen Community Foundation

ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION builds philanthropy and supports nonprofit organizations by connecting donors to community needs, building permanent charitable funds, and bringing people together to solve community problems.

$20M
Granted FY2024still arriving
466
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$22MArts & Culture$22MHealth$13MEnvironment$7.5MYouth Development$7.1MHuman Services$5.9MCommunity Improvement$4.4MFood & Nutrition$3.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 466 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 466 grants below total $17,431,194, the rows itemized in this filing. The $19,657,650 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,226,456 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k52 grants · $386k
  • $10k–50k299 grants · $4.8M
  • $50k–250k108 grants · $8.8M
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.4M
$15,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$62M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA FOUNDATION$1,000,000
ASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$600,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$500,000
HOTCHKISS SCHOOL$500,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$300,000
JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS$275,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$250,000
ENGLISH IN ACTION$235,000
ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER$200,000
COMMUNITY OFFICE FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENCY$200,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$200,000
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$200,000
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE$200,000
THE SAVINGS COLLABORATIVE$200,000
CONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND$200,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%CHARITY WATER: $25k → 4%FAITH IN INDIANA: $25k → 16%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $50k → 23%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $25k → 10%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $50k → 23%RESPONSE: $100k → 7%RIVER CENTER OF NEW CASTLE: $185k → 8%RIVER CENTER OF NEW CASTLE: $122k → 8%RESPONSE: $56k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES WESTERN SLOPE: $334k → 8%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $53k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $50k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES WESTERN SLOPE: $218k → 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $105k → 8%YOUTHZONE: $86k → 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $80k → 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $74k → 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $68k → 8%YOUTHZONE: $61k → 8%THE SAVINGS COLLABORATIVE: $200k → 6%YOUTHZONE: $50k → 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $50k → 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $50k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES WESTERN SLOPE: $50k → 8%RESPONSE: $25k → 7%YOUTHZONE: $50k → 8%SENIOR MATTERS: $87k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES WESTERN SLOPE: $40k → 8%YOUTHZONE: $38k → 8%LA MEDICHI: $54k → 6%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%SAVINGS COLLABORATIVE: $30k → 8%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES WESTERN SLOPE: $27k → 8%YOUTHZONE: $27k → 8%YOUTHZONE: $25k → 8%EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $25k → 8%COOK INCLUSIVE: $50k → 6%YOUTHZONE: $25k → 8%SENIOR MATTERS: $40k → 6%SAVINGS COLLABORATIVE: $30k → 6%RESPONSE: $100k → 6%EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $50k → 6%RESPONSE: $33k → 6%RESPONSE: $27k → 6%EARLY LEARNING CENTER OF ASPEN: $25k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$90M · 321 repeat orgs$7.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

321 repeat relationships: 170 still active in FY2024, 151 since wound down; 52 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

321
304

Total granted

$90M
$5.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+16%

Still filing today

85%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • VS
    VALLEY SETTLEMENT
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +26%
  • FW
    Farms Work Wonders Corporation
    3× · 2020–2023 · $2.1M · revenue +57% · 36% of their budget
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • JH
    JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $300k · revenue +272%
  • PC
    PROGRESSNOW COLORADO EDUCATION
    one grant, 2019 · $165k · revenue -10%
  • WC
    WOODY CREEK KIDS
    one grant, 2023 · $140k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
2
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
3
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

—
4
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
5
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
6
Colorado Fiscal Institute

To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity

Community Improvement
7
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
8
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
9
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
10
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conservation Colorado Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is Plant-It 2020 Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

526 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 526 of the 697 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

30
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
123
Early backer (in before they grew)
512/526
Grantees still filing
349/526
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $4,028,300 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF AR…ASPEN ART MUSEUM: $2,954,547 · Arts & CultureASPEN ART MUSEUMASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $2,588,650 · Arts & CultureASPEN SANTA FE BALLETJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $1,695,441 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASSMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $972,526 · Arts & CultureANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $962,722 · Arts & CultureDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $790,000 · Arts & Culture+25 more: $6,381,945 · Arts & Culture+25 moreVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $2,239,458 · EducationVALLEY SETTLEMENTCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,868,551 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVE…THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $1,500,000 · EducationTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOLEnglish in Action: $1,279,170 · EducationEnglish in ActionUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONYOUTHENTITY: $821,326 · EducationVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $591,572 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $586,617 · EducationSUMMIT54: $532,000 · Education+25 more: $5,376,037 · Education+25 morePRESIDIO GRADUATE SCHOOL: $1,925,000 · OtherPRESIDIO GRADUATE SCHOOLFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE ROARING FORK SCHOOLS: $1,306,143 · OtherGARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2: $1,157,875 · OtherAspen School District: $1,027,236 · OtherManaus: $1,663,182 · OtherManausTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,668,033 · OtherTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INCASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,948,705 · OtherASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATIONASPEN VALLEY SKISNOWBOARD CLUB INC: $1,475,590 · Other+74 more: $17,982,022 · Other+74 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,960,000 · HealthDana-Farber …ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $1,303,450 · HealthROCKY MOUNTA…MOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS: $1,227,889 · HealthMOUNTAIN FAM…ASPEN HOPE CENTER: $930,800 · HealthASPEN HOPE C…Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $804,250 · HealthChildren's H…A Way Out Inc: $516,400 · HealthASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $514,802 · HealthAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $458,628 · HealthPathfinders: $340,221 · Health+9 more: $1,768,313 · Health+9 moreASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $1,100,550 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY OFFICE FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENCY: $410,000 · EnvironmentDENVER URBAN GARDENS: $400,000 · EnvironmentThe Alliance For Collective Action: $379,000 · EnvironmentASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $359,455 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $350,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $325,000 · EnvironmentClimate Democracy Initiative: $300,000 · EnvironmentFOREST CONSERVANCY: $283,250 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $225,220 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND: $200,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EnvironmentECOFLIGHT: $172,500 · Environment+3 more: $374,719 · EnvironmentFarms Work Wonders Corporation: $2,150,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $808,210 · Food & NutritionBig Green: $235,500 · Food & NutritionKISS THE GROUND: $225,000 · Food & NutritionLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO: $169,451 · Food & NutritionHARVEST FOR HUNGER: $163,000 · Food & NutritionCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $772,000 · Human ServicesEARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $475,550 · Human ServicesResponse - Help for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault: $455,903 · Human ServicesYOUTHZONE INC: $434,349 · Human ServicesRiver Center of New Castle Inc: $383,599 · Human ServicesThe Savings Collaborative: $375,052 · Human ServicesADVOCATE SAFEHOUSE PROJECT: $181,642 · Human ServicesCHALLENGE ASPEN: $150,825 · Human ServicesSENIOR MATTERS BECAUSE SENIORS MATTER: $126,600 · Human Services+3 more: $288,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$20,374,131Education$15,794,731Other$30,153,786Health$9,824,753Environment$5,079,694Food & Nutrition$3,751,161Human Services$3,643,520

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $4,028,300 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $2,954,547 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $2,588,650 over 8y, 31% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $2,239,458 over 8y, 14% of budgetFarms Work Wonders Corporation: $2,150,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,960,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,948,705 over 8y, 27% of budgetPRESIDIO GRADUATE SCHOOL: $1,925,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,868,551 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $1,695,441 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,668,033 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetManaus: $1,663,182 over 8y, 65% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetASPEN VALLEY SKISNOWBOARD CLUB INC: $1,475,590 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $1,303,450 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetEnglish in Action: $1,279,170 over 8y, 15% of budgetMOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS: $1,227,889 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $1,100,550 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $972,526 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $962,722 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetASPEN HOPE CENTER: $930,800 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetLIFE INTER FAITH TEAM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY: $894,097 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetYOUTHENTITY: $821,326 over 8y, 27% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $808,210 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $804,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $790,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $772,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $652,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetALPINE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $645,639 over 8y, 22% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $603,436 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $591,572 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $586,617 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN SKIING COMPANY ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION: $574,704 over 8y, 42% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $562,326 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetSUMMIT54: $532,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetA Way Out Inc: $516,400 over 8y, 13% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $514,802 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetFOCUSEDKIDS: $513,565 over 6y, 53% of budgetSTEPPING STONES OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY: $510,687 over 8y, 15% of budgetTHE MANAGEMENT CENTER: $505,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetDANCEASPEN: $491,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK: $475,550 over 7y, 25% of budgetASPEN YOUTH CENTER: $464,859 over 8y, 23% of budgetAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $458,628 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetResponse - Help for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault: $455,903 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $445,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTHZONE INC: $434,349 over 8y, 5.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds Farms Work Wonders Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDIO GRADUATE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Manaus ↗
  • Who funds THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN VALLEY SKISNOWBOARD CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds English in Action ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LIFE INTER FAITH TEAM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHENTITY ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FILM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALPINE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN SKIING COMPANY ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE ASPEN ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Thrift ShopWestern Colorado Comm…Alpenglow FoundationAspen Business Center…Rocky Mountain Health…Arches FoundationCastaways FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Aspen Skiing Company …Brady FoundationRose Community Founda…El Pomar Foundation
The Thrift ShopCO76.5× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Thrift Shop · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Alpenglow Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Arches Foundation · Castaways Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Aspen Skiing Company Environment Foundation · Brady Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aspen Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aspen Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Community Building Art Works: 18% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
70report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 697 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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