Aspen to Parachute

Aspen Community Foundation’s (ACF) service area spans an 80-mile corridor along the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers. Home to many working-class families struggling financially, ACF works to increase youth success across our region through community partnerships and philanthropy.
Demographics of the Region
Grantee Profiles

Cradle to Career

Using the strategy of Collective Impact, ACF’s Cradle to Career strengthens the ecosystem for youth and families throughout the region. Improving youth outcomes – from birth through career readiness – will substantially benefit our region’s quality of life and economy.
Ready for Kindergarten
Social and Life Assets
Ready for College and Career

Connecting Donors
to Community Needs

ACF directs a collection of funds that have been created by generous individuals, families, nonprofits, and businesses for charitable purposes. Each year ACF awards millions of dollars in grants to nonprofits from these funds. We appreciate and value these donors.
Giving to ACF
Establish a Fund
The Giving Network

Grantmaking

Community grants through ACF’s competitive grantmaking process seek to strengthen communities by expanding opportunities for individuals and families to live healthy and independent lives. Addressing the community’s most pressing issues, ACF provides leadership, support and guidance to regional nonprofits.
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Our Mission

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.

Preschool on Wheels

The Preschool on Wheels program provides preschool to children in Rifle, Silt, and New Castle who would not otherwise have an opportunity for early childhood education.

It is the first mobile preschool to be licensed by the state of Colorado. 

News and Events
ACF in Action

ACF Youth Forum Inspires Attendees Into Action

Thanks to everyone who attended “Coming Together for Our Youth: A Forum to Challenge the Status Quo” on August 15 at the Hotel Jerome.  PolicyLink President Dr. Michael McAfee kicked off the event by asking the audience of philanthropic and nonprofit leaders to think differently about their work. He challenged us to decide: Do we […]
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Roaring Fork Valley FRL by the numbers

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41%
41% of our region's students qualify for FRL
47%
47% of students in Garfield County qualify for FRL
60%
Over 60% of Carbondale Middle School students qualify for FRL
70%
Over 70% of Rifle's Wamsley Elementary School students qualify for FRL