Catto Shaw Foundation C/O Woody Creek Management Group
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About Catto Shaw Foundation C/O Woody Creek Management Group
The Catto Shaw Foundation concentrates funding on Aspen-area environmental education and cultural institutions, with substantial unrestricted operating support for arts organizations and leadership/policy programs. Grants are often sizable and focused on place-based groups in the Aspen/Colorado region (many grantees carry “Aspen” or local ties), reflecting a blend of environmental stewardship, arts & culture, and community services.
Focus Areas
Aspen-area environmental education and conservation (e.g., Aspen Center for Environmental Studies)Regional arts institutions and literary programming (e.g., Arts Campus at Willits, Aspen Words)Arts funding for creative development and artist support (e.g., Creative Capital, Creative Visions)Leadership and policy programs connected to Aspen convenings (e.g., Ascend at the Aspen Institute)Local community services and neighborhood settlement support (e.g., Valley Settlement)
Who They Fund
not specified
Giving Approach
A concentrated portfolio of relatively large, general operating grants to a small number of repeat and regionally connected organizations rather than many small gifts; several multi-year or repeated investments in flagship local nonprofits.
About Catto Shaw Foundation C/O Woody Creek Management Group
Catto Shaw Foundation C/o Woody Creek Management Group’s recent giving is defined by large unrestricted operating grants to Aspen-area institutions, especially Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, which received $278,500 in 2025, $212,000 in 2024, and $236,000 in 2023. That pattern sits alongside support for arts, leadership, and community organizations that connect to the Aspen and Roaring Fork region, including The Arts Campus at Willits, Aspen Words, and Valley Settlement. The foundation’s mission language ties its grants to women’s empowerment, environmental advocacy, social justice, and creativity, and the recent record shows those priorities expressed through general operating support rather than project-specific awards. Its grantmaking also reaches organizations outside Colorado, but the strongest concentration remains in Colorado-based nonprofits and programs. Recent awards show a mix of environmental education, cultural programming, and community service organizations, with several repeat recipients appearing across multiple years. The scale is substantial for a private foundation of this size: annual grants given are listed at $3,179,435, with a median recent grant size of $25,000 and larger awards often reserved for core support at long-standing partners.
What Catto Shaw Foundation C/O Woody Creek Management Group Funds
Environmental education is a clear pillar. Aspen Center for Environmental Studies received $278,500 in 2025 for general operating fund support, following $212,000 in 2024 and $236,000 in 2023. Arts and literary programming is another recurring area: Aspen Words received $100,000 in 2024 and $100,000 in 2025, both as general operating fund grants, while The Arts Campus at Willits received $172,361 in 2025 and $130,600 in 2024. The foundation also backs broader creative work beyond Colorado, including $149,760 to Creative Capital Foundation in 2024 and $125,014 to Creative Visions in 2023. Community-focused support appears in grants such as $100,000 to Valley Settlement in 2025 and $60,000 to English in Action in 2024, showing attention to local service organizations as part of its broader social-justice and creativity-related grantmaking.
How Catto Shaw Foundation C/O Woody Creek Management Group Gives
Recent grants cluster around the middle of the foundation’s stated size range, with a p25 of $5,000, median of $25,000, and p75 of $75,000. The current record shows repeated support for the same organizations across multiple years, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. Several grants are explicitly labeled general operating fund, and the active grant programs emphasize invitation-only or general grantmaking rather than unsolicited applications. The foundation also reports that it does not accept unsolicited requests through its grants page. Its structure is consistent with a private foundation making nonprofit grants only; it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.2M
Total Assets
$23.9M
Total Revenue
$1.4M
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $75K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$75K
Geographic Reach
National7 states funded
About 57% of grants go to recipients in CO.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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