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Causes: Community Foundations, Philanthropy
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.
Geographic areas served: The Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys
Programs: Aspen community foundation provides 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.
in 2014 the foundation continued its cradle-to-career initiative, a collective impact project in partnership with nonprofits, local governments, school districts, civic organizations, donors and businesses toward its goal to increase and enrich educational opportunities for all children from 0 - 18 to be prepared to enter school, to be successful in school and to graduate from school prepared for college and career.