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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ENDOWMENT FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$919,119
Total expenses
$604,629
Contributions and grants received
$153,126
Grants paid
$546,721
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$765,738
Other revenue
$255
Total assets, end of year
$13,326,718
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,313,118
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$546,721
Management and general expenses
$57,908
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$546,721

Program services were 90.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $153,126

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $217,324 · excluded $217,324

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,325,504

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,777,090

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $548,414

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $548,414 · related or exempt $548,414

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $255 · related or exempt $255

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $255

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $546,721 · program services $546,721

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $46,308 · management and general $46,308

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,600 · management and general $11,600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,266 · end of year $114,199

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $255,807 · end of year $229,847

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,221,539 · end of year $12,955,624

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,679 · end of year $27,048

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,820 · end of year $13,600

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,633,327 · end of year $6,305,974

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,857,144 · end of year $7,007,144

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

RAISE FUNDS FOR SUPPORT OF ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, A 501(C) (3) ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN ASPEN, COLORADO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RAISE FUNDS FOR SUPPORT OF ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, A 501(C) (3) ORGANIZATION.

  • TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN ASPEN AND BASALT, COLORADO.ACES INSPIRES A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT TO THE EARTH BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE AND IMMERSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES. WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS: HALLAM LAKE, ROCK BOTTOM RANCH, AND CATTO CENTER AT TOKLAT. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOCUS ON ECOLOGICAL LITERACY, REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE, FOREST AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH, LAND RESTORATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND THEY REACH OVER 140,000 INDIVIDUALS EVERY YEAR. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 60 PLUS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, ACES TEACHES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DAILY IN SCHOOLS FROM ASPEN TO RIFLE COLORADO, PROVIDES DAY CAMPS FOR CHILDREN IN THE SUMMER AND OVER SELECT HOLIDAYS, GUIDES ADULTS AND YOUTHS OF ALL AGES ON OUTDOOR NATURE CLASSES, GUIDED HIKES AND FIELD PROGRAMS. WE ALSO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY BY HOSTING PUBLIC LECTURES AND EVENTS ABOUT CUTTING EDGE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH LAND TRUSTS, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; ACES CARRIES OUT ITS MISSION "EDUCATING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY."

    Expenses $546,721 · Grants $546,721

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Louise Hoversten

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ali Flynn Phillips

    VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maile Spung

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mirte Mallory

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Corbin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202512249349302671

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