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ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

EIN 84-0829226 BASALT, CO

Revenue 2024
$20,874,440
Expenses 2024
$22,587,202

Program services were 95.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T310
Classification
1000
Street
455 GOLD RIVERS CT STE 515

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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.

  • IN 2024, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED GRANTMAKING IN THREE AREAS; 1. THE FOUNDATION'S UNRESTRICTED GRANTMAKING FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES BY NONPROFITS IN THE FOUNDATION'S SERVICE AREA, FUNDED BY AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DRIVE. 2. DONOR ADVISED FUND GRANTMAKING IS SUPPORTED FROM OVER 100 DONOR ADVISED FUND, MEETING THE PHILANTHROPIC GOALS OF THE FOUNDATION'S DONORS. 3. DESIGNATED AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS PROVIDE GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES IDENTIFIED BY THE FUND'S DESIGN AND ADMINISTERED BY THE FOUNDATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION STOOD UP ITS COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE OUR REGION'S OPPORTUNITIES AREA ACCESSIBLE TO ALL BY CONNECTING LEADERS AND CATALYZING PROGRESS. THIS INCLUDED THE INAUGURAL NONPROFIT CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE, WHICH PROVIDED AN IMMERSIVE, 5-DAY ACADEMY FOCUSING ON STRENGTHENING LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BY BUILDING CAPACITY AND HELPING TO ENSURE THEIR SUSTAINABILITY.

    Expenses $21,624,778 · Grants $19,657,650

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JEFF BLACK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEOFF BUCHHEISTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN CROWN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE ETKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BOBBI HAPGOOD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIKE KAPLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GRADY LENKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHERINE LORENZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELONY LEWIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSIE MERAZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARIA TICSAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARCIE MUSSER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CRAIG NAVIAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROB PEW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSANA SALAMUN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • YESENIA SILVA ESTRADA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER ELLIOT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RAMONA BRULAND

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERICA SNOW

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $269,529
    From this org
    $230,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,529
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,529
    Filer's total
    $269,529

  • JILL ASCHKENASY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KORTNEY HARTMAN

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,598
    From this org
    $142,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,796
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,802
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,280
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,516
    Filer's total
    $168,598

  • VALERIE CARLIN

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $164,256
    From this org
    $149,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,932
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,324
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,932
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $164,256

  • STEPHANIE GIANNESCHI

    PHILANTHROPY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $141,527
    From this org
    $114,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,505
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $20,874,440
    Expenses
    $22,587,202
    Contributions
    $19,910,081
    Grants paid
    $19,657,650
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,549,389
    Expenses
    $18,134,990
    Contributions
    $16,808,024
    Grants paid
    $15,623,118
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,929,881
    Expenses
    $16,059,162
    Contributions
    $13,784,554
    Grants paid
    $13,772,195

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,301,426
    Expenses
    $18,784,752
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,511,754

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,494,719
    Expenses
    $17,680,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,852,932

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,093,732
    Expenses
    $12,137,243
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,488,760

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,671,491
    Expenses
    $10,683,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,803,112

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,597,695
    Expenses
    $11,805,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,142,170

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,169,948
    Expenses
    $9,256,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,894,060

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.