Colorado · Public charity
Community Office for Resource Efficiency
Core has been helping the roaring fork valley save energy and cut carbon emissions since 1994. The organization promotes the following "core" values: clean air, stable climate, a strong economy, healthy communities, and sustainable energy. Quantifiable data measures energy savings in mmbtus, co2 reduction in metric tons and the economic…
- $457k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $304k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Community Office for Resource Efficiency funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $304k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $284k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $617k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $574k | 81% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $1.1M | 56% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $340k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $855k | 73% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $970k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Aspen | $633,983 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Inst | $372,946 | 5 | 65% |
| Pitkin County | $271,721 | 4 | n/a |
| Town of Snowmass Village | $200,739 | 4 | n/a |
| Sunsense Inc | $198,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Town of Snowmass Village | $182,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork | $157,400 | 2 | 2% |
| Aspen Skiing Company | $147,026 | 5 | n/a |
| Active Energies Solar LLC | $105,768 | 3 | n/a |
| St Benedict's Monastery | $77,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Aspen | $633,983 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Inst | $372,946 | 5 | 65% |
| Pitkin County | $271,721 | 4 | n/a |
| Town of Snowmass Village | $200,739 | 4 | n/a |
| Sunsense Inc | $198,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Town of Snowmass Village | $182,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork | $157,400 | 2 | 2% |
| Aspen Skiing Company | $147,026 | 5 | n/a |
| Active Energies Solar LLC | $105,768 | 3 | n/a |
| St Benedict's Monastery | $77,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Mountain College | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Farm Collaborative | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Family Resource Center of the Roaring Fork Schools | $74,146 | 2 | n/a |
| The Farm Collaborative | $73,323 | 3 | n/a |
| Green Electrical Solutions | $71,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Sol Energy LLC | $70,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity | $62,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Aspen School District | $60,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Aspen Pitkin Employee Housing Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Arts Campus at Willits | $60,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Tenth Mountain Division Hut Association | $58,677 | 2 | n/a |
| Marble Distilling Co | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Roaring Fork Conservancy | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Midland Avenue Unit Owners Association | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mark Ross Montessori Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspen Fire Protection District | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Basalt | $47,296 | 3 | n/a |
| Burlingame Housing Inc | $42,077 | 1 | n/a |
| Hunter Creek Condominiums Phase III Inc | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado Rocky Mountain School Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Holy Cross Electric Association Inc | $35,405 | 2 | 0% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodbridge Condominium Association Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Atlasta Solar Center LLC | $29,958 | 3 | n/a |
| Shadow Mountain Lodge at Aspen | $25,765 | 3 | n/a |
| Stotts Mill | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspen Mountain Residences | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miss Stephanies House LLC | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunter Creek Phase I | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Aspen Historical Society | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Two Rivers Community School | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspen Waldorf Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cottle Carr and Yaw Architects | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aspen Homeowners Association | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| ENERGETICS EDUCATION dba Solar Rollers | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| We-Cycle | $19,117 | 2 | 1% |
| Ajax Mechanical Services Inc | $17,748 | 1 | n/a |
| Garfield County | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Moritz | $16,288 | 2 | n/a |
| Energy Outreach Colorado | $15,859 | 1 | 0% |
| Grid Alternatives | $15,776 | 1 | 0% |
| Ajax Mountain Associates | $14,932 | 1 | n/a |
| Full Circle Construction Services | $12,675 | 1 | n/a |
| Chateau Roaring Fork Condominium Assninc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Harry Teague Architects Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inn at Aspen Hoa | $11,361 | 1 | n/a |
| Snow Queen Lodge | $11,275 | 1 | n/a |
| Thunder River Lodge Inc | $11,227 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpine Bank | $10,361 | 1 | n/a |
| The Town of Carbondale | $10,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Basalt Sanitation District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Market Street Lofts Owners Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Rocky Mountain School | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Garfield County Senior Housing Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Mountain Junior College District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Giobi Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Parish in Aspen | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooper Place Rentals LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carbondale Community Nonprofit Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Danteamo LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Historical Hotel Colorado LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustainable Settings | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Custom Work Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holliday House Home Owners Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Strang Ranch Operations LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Galena Lofts Condominium Owners Assn | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Snowmass Credit II Chalet LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspen Galena LLC | $9,782 | 1 | n/a |
| Haymax Capital LLC | $9,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Clean Energy Economy for the Region | $9,050 | 1 | 1% |
| Pitkin Park Place Condominium Association Inc | $8,911 | 1 | n/a |
| Sgm | $8,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Carbondale Arts | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Seven Seas Investment Dba the Annabelle Inn | $7,618 | 1 | n/a |
| Dillons Grocery Stores | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Performance Center LLC | $7,297 | 1 | n/a |
| One Source Lighting | $6,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Aboutsavingheatcom | $5,914 | 1 | n/a |
| The Early Learning Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edoca Carbondale Animal Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($624k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Office for Resource Efficiency supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Aspen Skiing Company Environment Foundation · Brady Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Our Part co Marsha Soffer · Nm Morris Family Foundation · Alpenglow Foundation · Early Milestones Colorado · Rose Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Community Office for Resource Efficiency
- How much does Community Office for Resource Efficiency give?
- Community Office for Resource Efficiency reported 10 itemized grants totaling $304,432, out of $456,896 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Office for Resource Efficiency fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (35%), Community Improvement (19%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Community Office for Resource Efficiency's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City of Aspen ($634k), Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Inst ($373k), Pitkin County ($272k).
- Does Community Office for Resource Efficiency fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Office for Resource Efficiency?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aspen Community Foundation, The Thrift Shop, Aspen Business Center Foundation.
- Where is Community Office for Resource Efficiency based?
- Community Office for Resource Efficiency is based in CO.
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