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.
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.
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.
It is the first mobile preschool to be licensed by the state of Colorado.
Donate to ACF to Help Victims of Lake Christine Fire
Dear Community Supporters: The current fire in Basalt and El Jebel has devastated us with the speed and ferocity with which it has wreaked havoc across our neighborhoods and towns. Aspen Community Foundation, with its headquarters and several employees residing in Basalt, is heartbroken yet thankful that the destruction has not claimed any lives. As […]
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
