Oh boy it’s the end of another year which means we’ve exported the .CSV files and have done the questionable math so we can tell you the highlights of our Impact in 2023!

Thanks to all of you who have supported the Denver Tool Library in any way big or small. Any impact we make can only happen because you’re spending some bucks, donating some tools, or just DMing us to tell us what a cool concept we are (it keeps moral high). Because of you we’ve managed to break ALL of our records this year in terms of money we’ve saved members, free memberships we’ve given to people and orgs, and the sheer volume of tools that have gone in and out of our door.

Here’s some data points about what went down in 2023:

We had 771 Active Tool Library Members.
We reached 5,299 tools in our inventory (and those are just the ones with numbers).
We checked out 10,822 tools.

If you do some (real sketchy) math and assume the average of each tool checked out is $50 and you subtract that by an annual membership fee of $150, that means we saved members $425,450! That’s almost a half million dollars in tools that would end up draining your pockets, clogging your garage, and ending up in the landfill.

We’re not done! Because of your donations to our Financial Assistance Fund, in 2023:

We were able to give 43 free memberships to individuals.
We were able to give 15 free memberships to organizations.

That’s $15,450 in free memberships for people who need tools and for orgs doing very important work for our community.

Next year with your help we’ll break all of our records again, so be sure to pick yourself up a membership, take some classes, make a donation, or drop off a six-pack of your fav beverage during open shop hours. See you in 2024!