| 2013 City of Aspen grant amount | Nonprofit name | 2012 City of Aspen grant amount | Nonprofit's revenue 2011 | Nonprofit's payroll expense 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $90,000 | Grassroots TV | $90,000 | $486,000 | $328,000 |
| $90,000 | Aspen Music Festival and School | $91,000 | $12.6 million | $1,950,000 |
| $90,000 | Aspen Public Radio | $90,000 | $972,000 | $208,000 |
| $65,000 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | $68,000 | $3.6 million | $1,600,000 |
| $51,000 | Aspen Valley Ski/Snowboard Club | $50,000 | $3.6 million | $1,900,00 |
| $30,000 | Aspen Art Museum | $32,000 | $3.9 million | $2,000,000 |
| $30,000 | Jazz Aspen Snowmass | $30,600 | $6.2 million | $611,000 |
| $30,000 | Red Brick Council for the Arts | $30,000 | $151,000 | $98,000 |
| $28,000 | Theatre Aspen | $28,000 | $1.7 million | $403,000 |
| $20,000 | Aspen Historical Society | $21,000 | $1,000,000 | $717,000 |
| $20,000 | Aspen Writer's Foundation | $20,000 | $1.2 million | $388,000 |
| $20,000 | Independence Pass Foundation | $18,000 | $162,000 | $64,000 |
| $18,500 | Aspen Film | $16,000 | $608,000 | $192,000 |
| $14,000 | Aspen Institute | $14,000 | $626,640 (partial) | $178,000 |
| $13,000 | Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $11,000 | $1.2 million | $207,000 |
| $12,500 | Aspen Youth Center | $11,250 | $390,000 | $114,000 |
| $10,000 | Anderson Ranch Arts | $10,000 | $3.7 million | $1,700,000 |
| $10,000 | Roaring Fork Conservancy | $10,000 | $801,000 | $319,000 |
| $8,000 | Aspen Choral Society | $8,000 | $81,700 | $47,500 |
| $6,500 | Executive Service Corps | $6,500 | $62,640 | $50,000 |
| $5,400 | Challenge Aspen | $6,000 | $1.8 million | $741,000 |
| $5,000 | Mountain Rescue Aspen | $5,000 | $184,725 | $0 |
| $5,000 | Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers | $4,500 | $234,000 | $140,000 |
| $5,000 | Shining Stars Foundation | $4,000 | $489,000 | $155,000 |
| $5,000 | Wilderness Workshop | $4,000 | $517,000 | $316,000 |
| $4,500 | Roaring Fork Leadership | $4,500 | $99,000 | $44,000 |
| $4,000 | Aspen Community Theatre | $4,000 | $87,900 | $0 |
| $4,000 | Forest Conservancy | $3,500 | $112,000 | $31,000 |
| $3,500 | Hudson Reed Ensemble | $3,200 | $34,000 | $23,950 |
| $3,500 | Wyly Community Arts Center | $3,700 | $289,000 | $177,344 |
| $3,000 | Colorado Fourteeners initiative | $3,000 | $854,000 | $389,000 |
| $3,000 | Theater Masters | $3,000 | $74,500 | $0 |
| $3,000 | Woody Creek Community Center | $0 | $262,000 | $59,000 |
| $2,700 | Aspen Hall of Fame | $2,250 | $41,900 | $0 |
| $2,500 | KDNK, Carbondale Community Access Radio | $2,500 | $447,000 | $98,000 |
| $2,500 | Access Roaring Fork | $2,500 | $395,000 | $192,000 |
| $2,500 | Aspen Ute Foundation | $2,500 | $3,500 | $0 |
| $2,500 | Roaring Fork Early Learning Fund | $2,500 | $225,000 | $27,000 |
| $2,450 | Science in Schools | $2,450 | NA | $34,000 |
| $2,000 | Aspen Dance Connection | $1,500 | $28,050 | $12,900 (contract labor) |
| $2,000 | Spellbinders | $2,000 | $122,000 | $74,000 |
| $1,500 | Colorado Western Slope College Fair | $1,500 | $30,000 | $0 |
| $1,800 | Crested Butte Nordic Council | $1,500 | $478,000 | $174,000 |
| $1,500 | Aspen Fringe Festival | $1,000 | $28,175 | $7,400 |
| $1,500 | Pauline S. Schneegas Wildlife Foundation | $1,500 | $94,765 | $42,000 |
| $1,500 | Project Graduation | $1,500 | $26,000 | $0 |
| $1,500 | Reach and Read Colorado | $1,500 | $933,000 | $172,000 |
| $1,200 | Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment | $1,200 | $35,725 | $11,000 |
| $1,000 | Roaring Fork Business Resource Center | $1,000 | $248,000 | $73,000 |
| $1,000 | Thompson Divide Coalition | $1,000 | $65,000 | $14,000 |
| $650 | Basalt High School Project Graduation | $700 | $17,000 | $0 |
| $500 | Aspen Community Foundation | $500 | $5.3 million | $563,000 |
| $0 | Aspen Junior Golf Foundation | $4,500 | NA | NA |
| $0 | Aspen TREE | $5,000 | NA | NA |
| $0 | Tomorrow's Voices | $900 | NA | NA |
| In-kind contributions: | ||||
| $41,000 of ice time | Aspen Junior Hockey | $37,000 of ice time | $512,000 | $149,000 |
| $25,000 of ice time | Aspen Skating Club | $25,000 of ice time | $80,000 | $10,200 |
| $17,000 of ice time | Revolutions Skating Club | $17,000 of ice time | $40,500 | $0 |
| $15,000 of pool time | Aspen Swim Club | $15,000 of pool time | $132,000 | $40,400 |
| $5,000 of pool time | Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian | $5,000 of pool time | $307,000 | $9,400 |
| $750 of gym time | Silver City Gymnastics | NA | NA | $0 |
The Aspen City Council approved its 2013 budget Monday night on second reading and in so doing approved $756,200 in grants to over 50 local arts and community nonprofits.
The city also approved another $106,250 worth of in-kind grants, mainly to sports-centered nonprofits, such as ice time for Aspen Junior Hockey and the Aspen Skating Club.
The city’s grants to arts, community, open-space and sports-related nonprofits are separate from its funding of health and human services organizations, a process it shares with Pitkin County.
The city is discussing revising its funding of those organizations, according to recent stories in the Aspen Daily News and The Aspen Times.
At the City Council meeting on Monday, former Aspen Mayor Helen Klanderud asked about the amount of funding in the 2013 budget for health and human services organizations. She was told there was $300,000 set aside, down from $380,000 this year.
However, city officials told her a committee made up of representatives from the city and the county planned to begin meeting in January to develop a supplemental budget to make up for the shortfall this year, and to begin crafting a long-term funding approach for health and human services organizations between the city and the county.
The top three largest city grants in the 2013 budget to arts and community nonprofits — $90,000 each — were awarded to Grassroots TV, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and Aspen Public Radio. Each organization also received at least $90,000 from the city last year.
Other large grants went to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet ($68,000), Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club ($50,000), and the Aspen Art Museum ($32,000).
Almost every organization that applied for funding received a grant similar in size to last year’s grant. The Woody Creek Community Center was a new grant recipient and will receive a $3,000 grant next year.
Three organizations that got grants last year did not receive grants this year: the Aspen Junior Golf Foundation; Aspen TREE; and Tomorrow’s Voices.
The table, above, includes information from the grant applications submitted by the nonprofit organizations to the city’s nonprofit review committee, which makes recommendations to the City Council.
The information includes 2012 and 2013 grant amounts, as well as the organization’s 2011 revenue and payroll expense figures, which give an indication of the organization’s size and economic impact. The table can be expanded to show all the entries.