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Protecting Aspen's History and Future
Protecting Aspen's History and Future
The Aspen Wildfire Foundation is a nonprofit 501c3 dedicated to strengthening wildfire readiness across the Aspen Fire Protection District and surrounding landscapes.
Our work is purpose-built for Aspen's unique places and people. We partner closely with Aspen Fire to fund programs and mitigation strategies that reduce risk and protect the community we call home. As wildfire conditions intensify across Colorado, Aspen faces its own set of challenges shaped by steep terrain, valued open spaces, high-elevation forests, and the proximity of homes to wildlands.
Aspen Wildfire Foundation exists to ensure our community has the long-term capacity, resources, and philanthropic support needed to stay ahead of these threats: now and for generations to come.
Our Mission: Living With Fire
Our Mission: Living With Fire
Aspen Wildfire Foundation's mission is to proactively reduce the destructive consequences of wildfire in our fire district and its connected landscapes. We strengthen our community’s ability to live safely with fire through proactive mitigation, ecological stewardship, and public engagement.
What We Do: Wildfire Resilience
What We Do: Wildfire Resilience
Formed in partnership with Aspen Fire, the Aspen Wildfire Foundation is the philanthropic arm driving resilience across Aspen’s wildland–urban interface.
Since 2021, more than 200 community donations have raised over $2 million to build a comprehensive wildfire mitigation and education program. This strong local support helped secure $150,000 in grants from the Colorado State Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management—proof that community commitment drives real investment.
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Our Focus: Aspen
Our Focus: Aspen
Aspen’s wildfire risk is shaped by conditions that are distinct from our neighboring communities. Local topography, weather patterns, vegetation types, home construction, and road networks all influence how wildfire behaves here.
The Aspen Wildfire Foundation was created to deliver Aspen-specific wildfire solutions.
Our programs are designed with a singular focus—protecting the residents, neighborhoods, and natural spaces within the Aspen Fire Protection District. Every dollar invested stays local, strengthens local capacity, and advances mitigation projects prioritized by Aspen Fire.
This foundation reflects Aspen’s longstanding ethos: when the community sees a challenge, we meet it together with vision, resources, and determination.
A Local Foundation for a Local Threat
A Local Foundation for a Local Threat
Aspen Wildfire Foundation is intentionally and exclusively rooted in Aspen and exists to support the specific needs, priorities, and wildfire risks of the Aspen Fire Protection District.
That local commitment is our strength. It ensures clear focus, dedicated resources, and direct impact—right here at home.
Your investment directly strengthens Aspen’s capacity to prepare for, respond to, and reduce wildfire risk. Philanthropic support fuels the programs and mitigation strategies that protect homes, support firefighters, and preserve the landscapes that define Aspen.
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