Aspen Public Education Fund

Analysis

Aspen Public Education Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Aspen, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Aspen Public Education Fund reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.5m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $2.3m to $3.8m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Aspen Public Education Fund sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Talent Academy Inc ($3.8m), Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution Inc ($3.8m) and Partnership for Children of Lincoln -Gaston Counties Inc ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.