Annual Fund
Make a gift to the Annual Fund by selecting the fund you would like to support below.
The Annual Fund is a collective gift from the community to fill the gap between the State and Federal funds received and the annual operating budget of the Aspen and Carbondale Community Schools.
The Annual Fund allows the community schools to keep class sizes small while maintaining the high quality of our successful program. Gifts from parents, grandparents, alumni families, faculty, staff, and friends directly impact the current year’s operating budget and provide crucial financial support to our school. The Annual Fund is a philanthropic opportunity to make an impact today that directly supports the people and programs that make the Community Schools a unique and unparalleled educational experience.
Contributions are recognized according to our fiscal and academic calendar year: July 1-June 30.
2025-26 Annual Fund Supporters
* Supports the Annual Fund at both ACS and CCS.
| Kat Adams and Sean Solon |
| Rebecca and John Adams |
| Stacy and Kenneth Adler |
| Allie and Jesse Amory * |
| Anne and Barry Andersen |
| Joanne and Fred Anderson |
| Amanda Andrews |
| Anonymous |
| Vanessa and Fritz Anthes |
| Marisa Arballo and Oscar Ruiz |
| The Arches Foundation * |
| Anna and Peter Arlein |
| Melanie and Bobby Armes |
| Hilary and John Barker |
| Michelle and Mike Bassi |
| Amber and Stephan Bate |
| Jean Bate |
| Mary and Oscar Bate |
| Allison and Ben Beattie |
| Zeno Beattie |
| Jean and Steve Beckley |
| Andrea and Derick Beiswanger |
| Carol and Lynn Beiswanger |
| Ella Bennett and Philip Ruegger |
| Nora Berko and Howie Mallory |
| Wendy Bertolet and Jason LaPointe |
| Laura Beverage and Dan McClain |
| Mahala Bilby |
| Adrian Bradley and Bart Axelman * |
| Ms. Kim E. Breslin |
| Barbara and Tony Brevetti |
| Janet Bridges |
| Rianna and David Briggs |
| Hilary and Hugh Brock |
| Sonja Brock |
| Linda and Jeff Brown |
| Lee and Keith Bryant |
| Ellen and Robert Buck |
| Ainhoa Bujan and Ryan Waddick |
| Jeffie Butler and Kevin Sheehan * |
| Mallory Mosser Butler |
| Carol Anne and Andy Carl |
| Amy and Tom Carr |
| Jessica and Jonathan Carr |
| Amy Carver |
| Augustina Casal and Eric Ward |
| Patricia Chamberlain |
| Yanika Chemerisov and Eric Smith |
| Christine and Peter Cheroske |
| Jess and Nick Chimerakis |
| Page and Joel Cook |
| Katy and Adam Cooper |
| Tara and Jay Courtney |
| Aimee and Ants Cullwick * |
| Corinna Czink and Jason Cook |
| Dana and Brian Dalla Betta |
| Katie Dehler and Sam Chittenden |
| Katia Demchenko and Joseph Upton |
| Katelyn DeMuth |
| Megan DiSabatino |
| Muffy and Andy DiSabatino |
| Paulette and Tomas Dornbush |
| Talya Dornbush and Shane Lieberman |
| Kathryn and William Drury |
| Christina and Sean Duffy |
| Thyra and Richard Easley |
| April Enzer |
| Joe Enzer |
| Katie and Buck Erickson |
| Renee Espinoza and Fernando Cruz |
| Caitlin Evans |
| Stacey Everson and Maciej Mrotek |
| Sally Faison |
| Cathie and Davis Farrar * |
| Aurelia Figueroa |
| Sherry and Mike Flack |
| Raquel Flinker and Samuel Wells |
| Hilary Forsyth |
| Anna and Dan Foster |
| Aminah and Vincent Franze |
| Angelica and James Frederick |
| Dee and Steve Frisbie |
| Ted Frisbie |
| Kathleen Hardy |
| Monica Galdames Huezo |
| Molly and Andy Gaylord |
| Wendy and Ritter Gaylord |
| Judy Girardot |
| Karla Gomez |
| Becky and Alex Gooding |
| Nancy Gooding |
| Dale Goodman |
| Jessica and Joseph Goodman |
| Stephanie Gorman |
| Kirsten and Ron Goth |
| Amy and Brian Grogan |
| Hilary Gross and John Barker |
| Kristi and John Groves |
| Devika Gurung and Hamilton Pevec |
| Michael Haas |
| Molly Haberman and Andrew Wasilawski * |
| Virginia and Richard Haberman |
| Terri and John Hageland |
| Ellie and Mike Hahn * |
| Kathleen and Terry Hall |
| Lindsay and Chris Halsey |
| Halualani Family |
| Ana and David Halverson |
| Chuck Hanke |
| Johnathan Hemminger |
| Devonee and Ben Hendrix |
| Velma and Pat Henry |
| Catalina Hernandez |
| Cynthia and William Herndon |
| Kelly and Marcus Hollins |
| Candy Huffman and Matt Harder |
| Kirsten Hardy and Corey Campbell |
| Laura and Bob Hughes |
| Betsy and Jonathan Hunt |
| Breckie and Matthew Hunt |
| Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation |
| Hannah and Adam Hutchison |
| Joleen and Paul Incze |
| Patricia and Jack Isgro |
| Tricia and Heath Johnson |
| Deb Jones and John Katzenberger |
| Jenny and Matt Jones |
| Ted Kauffman |
| Jennifer and Bill Kauzlarich |
| Sarah and Ben Kelly |
| Jennifer and Philip Kendzior |
| Jaclyn and Christopher Keran |
| Monika and Eric Kincade |
| Maureen Kinney and Scott Hicks |
| Tucker Knight |
| Terri and Mike Knode |
| Kelly and Jan Koorn |
| Mary Jane Kovall |
| Karen and Gerhard Kuhn |
| Sarah and Matt Kuhn |
| Becky and Jack LaCroix |
| Christina and Stuart LaCroix |
| Yvonne Ladage |
| Nick Lado |
| Miram Landa and Erick Suarez |
| Katie and Kyle Landers |
| Karen and Edward Larkin |
| Lily and Ryan Larkin |
| Olga and Jamie Lawson |
| Pennie Lee |
| Satya Leidner |
| Jeannette Leonard |
| Maria and Leandro Liuzzi |
| Henry Lopez |
| Nance y Ramon Jose Lopez |
| Sandra Lopez and Sergio Gonzalez |
| Diane and Bob Lowe |
| Tracey and Ned Lucks |
| Krysten and Chris Madigan |
| Liliana Magana and Hector Guevara |
| Denise Malcolm |
| Sara and Todd Malloy |
| Josh Manzano |
| Nora Marenco |
| Judy and Steve Marcus |
| Marx Family Advised Fund * |
| Julie McClean and Toby Garfield |
| Kellee McConnell Anderson and Aaron Anderson * |
| Chelsea McGlade |
| Patricia and Corey McLernon |
| Glenda Medina and Edgar Coca |
| Adam Meeker |
| Veronica Mendivil |
| Guillermina Mendoza and Hector Parra |
| Melissa and Tom Meuzelaar |
| Janet and Luke Miedema |
| Cyndy Miller |
| Kathleen and John Miller |
| Maggie and Nathan Miller |
| Martha and Mark Moe |
| Victoria Mondragon and Victor Ortez |
| Sonya Taylor Moore and Paul Moore |
| John Francis Montoya Jr. |
| Elizabeth Moore * |
| Suzanne and Ric Morrison |
| Jen and Brent Moss |
| Aimee Mossa and David Santini |
| Gigi Mottier |
| Marianne Neiley |
| Richard Neiley Jr. |
| Tara and Austin Nelson |
| Meghan and Delvon Nemechek |
| Ann Nichols |
| Lynn Nichols and Jim Gilchrist * |
| Anne and Matt Norrdin |
| Clare Norrdin |
| Xiomara Nunez and Lorenzo Gutierrez |
| Maribel and Diego Obreque |
| Doris and Dan Oeding |
| Becky and CJ Oliver * |
| Perry and Janet Oliver |
| Alisa and Matt Owens |
| Charlotte and Dale Paas |
| Pam and Larry Parker |
| Julie and Tom Paxton |
| Pam and Dan Payne |
| Elena and Yudue Perez |
| Seendy Perez and Erick De La Cruz Garcia |
| Elizabeth and Kurt Peterson |
| Chris and Rick Pfaffmann |
| Regina and James Piccione |
| Barb Pitchford |
| Yosefa and Craig Platt |
| Carol and Edward Poirier |
| Sandra Ponce and Phil House |
| Missy and Steve Prudden |
| Regina and David Ptolemy |
| Erin and Colin Quinn |
| Margaret and William Quinn |
| Kiki Raj and Chris Everson |
| Anna Ramirez and Javier Gonzalez |
| Yessica and Jose Ramirez |
| Elubia Ramos and Nelson Lopez |
| Emily and Ken Ransford |
| Nicole Recek |
| Alex Reginelli |
| Mr. and Mrs. Chris Reither |
| Eva Reyes and Jose Flores |
| Nicole Riess |
| Jaffe Rissman and Greg Gordon |
| Brenda and Jonathan Rivera |
| Gabriela Rivera |
| Paula and Sandy Rhodes |
| Angela Rodriguez |
| Lindsay Yaw Rogers and Judd Rogers |
| Sandy and Jim Rogers |
| Debbie and Mike Romanus |
| Becky and Pete Ruegger |
| Clair Rummel and Scott Wenning |
| Jill Sabella |
| Tara and Adam Sahnow |
| Fabiola and Carlos Saldana |
| Karla Santos and Jim D'Agostino |
| Kayla Sarmiento and Aldair Martinez |
| Margo and Peter Savitz |
| Rachel and Brian Schaefer |
| Wido Schaefer |
| Monique and Vincent Schairer |
| Suzanne Scheer |
| Kimberly and Brad Schlosser |
| Annie and Patrick Seubert |
| Sandra Shafer |
| Andrea and Russell Shaffran |
| Kandi and Stan Shaffran |
| Christine and Frank Shine |
| Maureen and Jack Shine |
| Anne and Jim Siewert |
| Bonnie Sihler and Ari Chopra |
| Skye Skinner and Bob Ward |
| Smith Family |
| Eugene Smith |
| Bradley Snyder |
| Kate and James Spencer |
| Judy and Anton Sponar |
| Anastasiya Starygina and Kateryna Sukhanenko |
| Jennifer and Ean Steele |
| Luke Stephenson |
| Michelle and Larry Stiller |
| Nicole Rebeck-Stout and Michael Stout |
| Katrina Strecker and Dean Weiler |
| Susan and Steve Strecker |
| Cheri and Brent Surowiec |
| Andrea and Matt Talarico |
| Harry Teague |
| Natasha Tenenbaum |
| Liz Tekus and Henry Roth |
| Joe Tekus |
| Natasha Tenenbaum |
| Lisa and Chad Thomson |
| Tina and Jon Thompson |
| Grady Turner |
| Debra Violette |
| Serene Washburn |
| Jennifer and Bryan Welker |
| Kristina Weller |
| Lori Westhoff |
| Jenny and Danny Whelan |
| Philippa Whitcomb |
| Casey and Joe White * |
| Lara and Marc Whitley |
| Cecilia and Dennis Wilhelm |
| Cassidy Willey and Eric Lamb |
| Jan and Kirk Williams |
| Melissa and Jordan Williams |
| Morgan Williams |
| Emily and Tom Woodson |
| Ann and Richard Woodworth |
| Sue and Jim Wright |
| Kathy and Michael Yang |
| Phyllis and Larry Yaw |
| Jean and Michael Yurkovic |
Giving Levels
The Annual Fund is the most important yearly fundraising effort at the Community Schools. We aim for 100% participation from the board of trustees, current families, and faculty and staff. Gifts to the Annual Fund are a direct investment in the education of every community school student. Because dollars from the Annual Fund are flexible and immediately available, your generosity can be put to good use right now, addressing current needs and having a real impact.
How much each family contributes is a personal decision. Gifts of all sizes matter and are appreciated, they make a difference to our students and the community. The only gift too small is no gift at all!
| Leadership Levels | General Support |
|---|---|
| $25,000 & Up — Visionaries | $1,000-$2,500 — Lifelong Learners |
| $10,000-$24,999 — Innovators | $250-$999 — Advocates |
| $5,000-$9,999 — Explorers | $100-$250 — Friends |
| $2,500-$4,999 — Compass Leaders |
$25-$99 — Community Member |
If you are interested in learning about how you can get involved with philanthropy at COMPASS and the Community Schools, or for information about the Annual Fund, please contact: Ellie Hahn, Development Director, by email or telephone: 970-923-4646