The Suzanne Leydecker Family Foundation focuses almost entirely on supporting local community philanthropy in Aspen, CO, providing large general-purpose grants to the Aspen Community Foundation while making an occasional small international development gift. Their giving is narrowly concentrated and appears aimed at empowering a local community foundation to distribute funds and support broad community needs, with one modest grant outside the U.S. to an Africa-focused nonprofit.
A single local intermediary receives the largest share of the Suzanne Leydecker Family Foundation’s recent giving: Aspen Community Foundation was awarded $65,100 in 2025, $67,000 in 2024, and $61,902 in 2023. That repeated pattern points to a funder that relies on a community foundation to carry much of its philanthropy, rather than dispersing many small awards across a broad portfolio. The foundation’s giving is tightly centered on Aspen-area community philanthropy, with grants framed as general support and core operating support for that local grantmaking infrastructure. Beyond that local emphasis, the foundation made one smaller international development grant to Empowers Africa in New York, showing a limited but clear exception to its otherwise place-based approach. It also appears in the recent record with a modest grant to Inglesia Apostehea in Gypsum, Colorado. Across the latest filings, the foundation’s profile is defined less by volume than by concentration: a small set of recipients, repeated support for a community foundation, and grantmaking that appears designed to strengthen how local funds are administered and distributed.
The strongest theme in the recent grants is support for community philanthropy infrastructure. Aspen Community Foundation received three of the largest grants in the file, including $67,000 in 2024 and $61,902 in 2023, all tagged general support. That repeated support suggests an emphasis on the intermediary role the foundation plays in local grantmaking and community needs. A second area is broad local community support in the Aspen region, with funding channeled through a community foundation rather than direct program awards to many individual nonprofits. The record also includes a general-support grant to Empowers Africa for international development work, showing that the foundation’s interests are not limited entirely to Colorado. A smaller grant to Inglesia Apostehea in Gypsum adds another local recipient, but the dominant pattern remains support for philanthropic capacity and community-based giving.
Recent grants cluster around a narrow range of award sizes. The p25 grant size is $12,750, the median is $61,902, and the p75 is $65,100, indicating that most of the money is concentrated in a few comparatively large grants rather than many small awards. The same recipient, Aspen Community Foundation, appears across multiple years, which signals recurring support rather than one-time funding. The foundation is not an operating nonprofit itself; it is a family foundation, and it does not make program-related investments or give to individuals. The recent record also suggests a straightforward grantmaking approach, with general support appearing in the recipient descriptions.
$209K
$1.2M
$65K
$93K
Most grants fall between $13K and $65K, with a median of $62K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$62K
75th Percentile
$65K
About 80% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Highly concentrated: few grants overall with the vast majority of dollars (about 94%) given to a single local community foundation across multiple grants; occasional small, standalone international grant.
Notable grantees: Aspen Community Foundation, Empowers Africa, Aspen-area community programs (funding channeled through Aspen Community Foundation)
Grantmaking is highly concentrated in Colorado, with 80% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Even so, the top state by grant count is New York, reflecting the presence of a recipient located there. Recent recipient locations include Basalt, Colorado; Gypsum, Colorado; and New York, New York. The only non-U.S. pattern visible in the data is absent from the recent recipient country distribution, which shows all grants going to U.S. recipients.
It most often supports Aspen Community Foundation, a community philanthropy intermediary in Basalt, Colorado. The recent record also includes a grant to Empowers Africa in New York and a smaller local grant to Inglesia Apostehea in Gypsum, Colorado.
It shows recurring support for Aspen Community Foundation across 2023, 2024, and 2025, with grants of $61,902, $67,000, and $65,100. That repeated pattern is the clearest sign of ongoing rather than one-off support.
The grant-size distribution is centered on relatively large awards: p25 is $12,750, median is $61,902, and p75 is $65,100. That means most grants in the file fall well above the smallest award and near the mid-$60,000 range.
Most grants go to recipients in Colorado, which accounts for 80% of grants in the data. Recent recipient cities include Basalt and Gypsum in Colorado, plus New York, New York.
Yes, but only lightly in the recent record. One grant went to Empowers Africa in New York for general support, tied to international development work in Africa.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | BASALT, CO | $65,100 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | BASALT, CO | $67,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | BASALT, CO | $61,902 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| EMPOWERS AFRICA | NEW YORK, NY | $12,750 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| INGLESIA APOSTEHEA | GYPSUM, CO | $2,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$65,100GENERAL
ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$67,000GENERAL
ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$61,902GENERAL
EMPOWERS AFRICA
$12,750GENERAL
INGLESIA APOSTEHEA
$2,000GENERAL