{{Infobox organization | name = The Windstar Foundation | formation = 1976 | dissolved = October 2012 | founder = John Denver<br>Thomas Crum | headquarters = Snowmass, Colorado, United States | purpose = Environmental education and humanitarian organization | type = Environmental education, humanitarian }} The '''Windstar Foundation''' was an environmental education and humanitarian organization founded by John Denver and Thomas Crum in 1976 to conserve {{convert|1000|acres}} of land in Snowmass, Colorado, where it had its headquarters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Denver statue to mark death |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2195845.stm |work=BBC News |date=August 15, 2002 |access-date=2008-12-12 }}</ref>

Windstar educated all age groups about the environment on a world-wide level.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Sight of Earth's Best, Plotting to Save the Rest |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1D6103CF931A3575AC0A967958260 |work=The New York Times |date=September 2, 1991 |access-date=2008-12-12 | first=Dirk | last=Johnson}}</ref>

The Foundation closed its doors in October 2012, voted to dissolve, and sold its property for $8.5 million in early 2013. All but 30 acres of the land is subject to a conservation easement which prohibits development. Rocky Mountain Institute, which had its headquarters on the unprotected 30 acres and owned a 50% interest in the property, plans to move to Basalt, Colorado. Windstar's $4-million portion of the proceeds was donated to an Aspen charity.<ref name=NYT62013>{{cite news|title=Commotion Over the Sale of John Denver's Sanctuary|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/us/commotion-over-the-sale-of-john-denvers-sanctuary.html|access-date=June 20, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 19, 2013|author=Jack Healy}}</ref>

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