· Private foundation
Ruth a Carver Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k29 grants · $68k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $114k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $138k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASPEN COMMUNITY CHURCH (5) | $86,000 |
| DANCE ASPEN INITIATIVE (4) | $52,210 |
| ASPEN INSTITUTE (MUSIC FEST) (5) | $46,575 |
| ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | $25,000 |
| CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST (3) | $11,300 |
| CRESTED BUTTE CENTER FOR THE ARTS (3) | $10,650 |
| ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (3) | $10,500 |
| CORNELL COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| INNOCENCE PROJECT (2) | $9,000 |
| BUDDY PROGRAM (3) | $7,900 |
| ASPEN INSTITUTE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS (PRESIDENT'S SOCIETY) | $5,000 |
| ASPEN INSTITUTE (ASPEN WORDS) | $5,000 |
| CRESTE BUTTE MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,900 |
| FRIENDS OF FLORENCE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $217k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCORNELL COLLEGE4× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +15%
- CBCRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST4× · 2021–2024 · $24k · revenue +94%
- AHASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY5× · 2020–2024 · $21k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- CCCORNELL COLLEGE COLLEGE HALL RENOVATION (3 & 4 OF 4)one grant, 2023 · $50k
- DADANCE ASPEN INITIATIVE (5)one grant, 2023 · $48k
- DADANCE ASPEN INITIATIVE (2)one grant, 2022 · $35k
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.
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.
Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.
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…
The aspen art museum is a non-collecting institution committed to advancing contemporary art and driving cultural change through exhibitions, critical dialogues, and community engagement. inspired by its alpine surroundings and aspen's…
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…
To empower visitors and locals to explore, learn about and protect the spectacular public lands of Southwest Colorado.
Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The mission of estes valley land trust is to conserve land throughout the estes valley and surrounding areas for current and future generations.
Protection and preservation of the Marolt Park and open space, for community passive use and enjoyment. Protection and preservation of the Marolt Park and open space riparian zone for wildlife habitat. In 2024 we educated and informed the…
To advance the public understanding of science through lifelong discovery, exploration and education.
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,…
The aspen skiing company environment foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement and protection of the environmental quality of the roaring fork valley region. we support projects that promote environmental…
How this is measured
44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 91 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ↗
- Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
- Who funds CORNELL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds Critter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids Inc ↗
- Who funds GREEN OUR PLANET ↗
- Who funds Aspen Journalism ↗
- Who funds CRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ASPEN JUNIOR HOCKEY INC ↗
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 · Colorado Gives Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Alpenglow Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Zanin Family Foundation · Arches Foundation · The Thendara Foundation · Fred and Elli Iselin Foundation · The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund · John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found · The Austin Memorial Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruth a Carver Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth a Carver Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Archaeological Institute of America: 1% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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