Non-Profit

The Vail Valley Foundation is a non-profit responsible for enhancing and sustaining the Vail Valley through arts, athletics and education programs. To understand our mission, come participate in our community. Visit the “arts,” “athletics” and “education” areas of this site to learn more about the best-in-class events, programs and projects we host, and come see for yourself how our mission is realized beyond the events we host, to the impact we have on this community. With the support and passion of our partners, we consider it a great privilege to bring the world to the Vail Valley and the Vail Valley to the world. Inspiring Lives. Enriching Communities. To enhance and sustain the spirit of the Vail Valley by providing leadership in athletic, cultural and educational endeavors.  

About us The Vail Public Library offers access to information resources of many types for the needs of Vail’s guests, residents, businesses and schools. The Vail Public Library not only offers over 52,000 volumes of fiction & non-fiction, it also offers a fireplace lounge for sitting and relaxing; DVDs, books & music on CD for checkout; just under 300 magazine subscriptions; downloadable Audio, eBooks, eMagazines, Music and Video; word processing & Internet computers; free wireless internet access; a separate children’s area; a state-of-the-art Community Room; and special programs for all ages such as adventurers, authors, artists, musicians and technology-related topics. When the library was built in 1983 and first opened its doors in the current location, we had the largest green roof west of the Mississippi River and employed many of the best-practice green design principles of the time, such as day-lighting, an earth-sheltered roof with a thermally efficient structure, and fantastic integration with and visual connection to the wonderful site. The library, now 35 years old, is still a leader in green design and an important and beautiful icon for the Town of Vail. The Vail Public Library is open seven days a week from 10am to 8pm Monday […]

Perpetuating jazz with a focus on young musicians and young audiences. The History of Vail Jazz: Howard Stone is a life-long jazz fan, a retired real estate attorney and investor based in Santa Monica California, who has had a second home in Vail Colorado for over 30 years. Stone loves jazz as much as he loves the Colorado lifestyle – and the Vail Jazz Foundation blossomed when he brought together these two passions. Stone had attended numerous “Jazz Parties” in Colorado through the years. Visit http://www.vailjazz.org/contact/about/ to continue learning about the history of Vail Jazz.

Affordable, thought-provoking and diverse programs for all. The Vail Symposium is a grassroots, non-profit organization that has been part of the life and history of Vail since 1971. Our mission is to provide educational programs for the Vail Valley community that are thought-provoking, diverse and affordable. A (501)(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Symposium is almost entirely donor-funded.