AQUILA TAX-FREE FUND OF COLORADO

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  General Obligation Bonds (46.3%)   Ratings Moody's,
S&P and Fitch
  Value    (a)
                 
    City & County (3.6%)            
                 
    Crested Butte, Colorado Fire Protection District            
$1,040,000   4.000%, 12/01/36 Series 2022   A1/NR/NR   $1,061,642    
                 
    Denver, Colorado City & County Elevate            
2,000,000   5.000%, 08/01/33 Series 2022A   Aaa/AAA/AAA   2,382,180    
                 
    Englewood, Colorado            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/30   NR/AA+/NR   1,082,870    
                 
    Wheat Ridge, Colorado Urban Renewal Authority Tax Increment            
1,270,000   5.000%, 12/01/31   NR/AA-/NR   1,458,544    
                 
    Total City & County       5,985,236    
                 
    Lease (0.6%)            
                 
    Colorado State Rural COP            
1,000,000   4.000%, 12/15/35 Series 2020A   Aa2/AA-/NR   1,036,790    
                 
    Metropolitan District (3.7%)            
                 
    Denver, Colorado Urban Renewal Authority, Tax Increment Revenue, Stapleton Senior            
2,600,000   5.000%, 12/01/25 Series A-1   NR/NR/AA-   2,601,898    
                 
    Denver, Colorado Urban Renewal Authority, Tax Increment Revenue, Stapleton Senior            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/25 Series B-1   Aa3/NR/NR   1,042,450    
                 
    Midcities Metropolitan District No.2 Colorado, Special Revenue            
2,365,000   5.000%, 12/01/31 Series 2022 AGMC Insured   A1/AA/NR   2,659,963    
                 
    Total Metropolitan District       6,304,311    
                 
    School Districts (37.7%)            
                 
    Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/15/25   Aa1/AA/NR   1,049,270    
1,435,000   5.000%, 12/15/29   Aa1/AA/NR   1,525,233    
1,000,000   5.500%, 12/15/31   Aa1/AA/NR   1,143,050    
                 
    Adams & Weld Counties, Colorado School District #27J            
2,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/24   Aa2/AA/NR   2,002,520    
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/25   Aa2/AA/NR   1,025,660    
1,060,000   5.000%, 12/01/28   Aa2/AA/NR   1,106,492    
3,895,000   5.000%, 12/01/29   Aa2/AA/NR   4,065,835    
1,150,000   5.000%, 12/01/29   Aa2/AA/NR   1,252,741    
                 

 

 
 
 

 

    Arapahoe County, Colorado School District #001 Englewood            
$1,465,000   5.000%, 12/01/27   Aa2/NR/NR   $1,530,295    
                 
    Arapahoe County, Colorado School District #006 Littleton            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/27   Aa1/NR/NR   1,057,150    
                 
    Boulder, Larimer & Weld Counties, Colorado Series C            
2,000,000   5.000%, 12/15/28   Aa1/AA+/NR   2,136,560    
                 
    Boulder, Larimer & Weld Counties, Colorado, St. Vrain Valley School District   RE-1J            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/15/29 Series C   Aa1/AA+/NR   1,066,590    
                 
    Boulder Valley, Colorado School District No. RE-2            
2,500,000   5.000%, 12/01/36 Series 2023   Aa1/AA+/NR   2,926,875    
                 
    Costilla County, Colorado School District No. R-30 Sierra Grande            
2,180,000   5.000%, 12/01/32   Aa2/NR/NR   2,458,582    
                 
    Denver, Colorado City & County School District No. 1            
2,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/29   Aa1/AA+/AA+   2,132,060    
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/34 Series 2022A   Aa1/AA+/AA+   1,177,850    
                 
    Denver, Colorado City & County School District No. 1            
2,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/25 Series B   Aa1/AA+/AA+   2,053,820    
4,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/27 Series B   Aa1/AA+/AA+   4,100,960    
                 
    Eagle County School District, Colorado, Eagle, Garfield & Routt School District #50J            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/29   Aa1/AA/NR   1,066,690    
                 
    El Paso County, Colorado School District #2, Harrison            
2,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/31   Aa2/AA/NR   2,212,980    
                 
    El Paso County, Colorado School District #20 Refunding            
2,255,000   5.000%, 12/15/29   Aa1/NR/NR   2,408,971    
                 
    Jefferson County, Colorado School District #R-1 Refunding            
2,225,000   5.000%, 12/15/30     Aa1/AA/NR   2,420,911    
1,500,000   5.000%, 12/15/30     Aa1/AA/NR   1,667,595    
2,600,000   5.000%, 12/15/31   Aa1/AA/NR   2,888,340    
                 
    La Plata County, Colorado School District #9-R Durango Refunding            
3,000,000   4.500%, 11/01/23     Aa2/NR/NR   3,002,880    
                 
    Larimer County, Colorado School District No. R 1 Poudre            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/15/30   Aa1/NR/AA+   1,111,200    
                 
    Larimer, Weld & Boulder Counties, Colorado School District No. R-2J, Thompson            
520,000   5.000%, 12/15/34   Aa2/AA/NR   573,492    
3,375,000   5.000%, 12/15/35   Aa2/AA/NR   3,703,185    
                 
    Larimer, Weld & Boulder Counties, Colorado School District No. R-2J, Thompson Refunding            
1,500,000   4.250%, 12/15/24   Aa2/NR/NR   1,501,245    
                 

 

 
 
 

 

    Mesa County, Colorado Valley School District No. 051, Grand Junction            
$3,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/23   Aa2/NR/NR   $3,022,320    
                 
    Pueblo County, Colorado School District No. 70            
1,500,000   4.000%, 12/01/33 Series 2021A   Aa2/AA/NR   1,592,325    
                 
    Summit County, Colorado School District No. RE 1 Refunding            
2,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/28   Aaa/NR/NR   2,137,400    
                 
    Total School Districts       63,121,077    
                 
    Water & Sewer (0.7%)            
                 
    Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, Adams Morgan & Weld Counties            
1,185,000   5.000%, 12/01/24   NR/A/NR   1,193,378    
                 
    Total General Obligation Bonds       77,640,792    
                 
    Revenue Bonds (47.3%)            
                 
    City & County (1.9%)            
                 
    Denver, Colorado City & County COP, Convention Center Expansion Project            
1,500,000   5.000%, 06/01/30 Series 2018A   Aa2/AA+/AA+   1,574,625    
                 
    Fort Lupton, Colorado COP            
500,000   5.000%, 12/01/33 Series 2023   NR/A+/NR   535,880    
                 
    Grand Junction, Colorado COP            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/31   NR/AA-/NR   1,116,410    
                 
    Total City & County       3,226,915    
                 
    Electric (2.1%)            
                 
    Colorado Springs, Colorado Utilities Revenue, Refunding            
1,000,000   5.000%, 11/15/27 Series A   Aa2/AA+/AA   1,045,490    
                 
    Colorado Springs, Colorado Utilities Revenue Refunding            
450,000   5.000%, 11/15/33 Series 2022B   Aa2/AA+/NR   531,689    
450,000   5.000%, 11/15/34 Series 2022B   Aa2/AA+/NR   529,772    
                 
    Estes Park, Colorado Power & Communications Enterprise Revenue Refunding & Improvement            
1,310,000   5.000%, 11/01/30 Series 2019A   NR/A+/NR   1,481,152    
                 
    Total Electric       3,588,103    
                 
    Healthcare (3.2%)            
                 
    Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Sanford            
1,000,000   5.000%, 11/01/32 Series 2019A   NR/A+/AA-   1,092,390    
2,165,000   5.000%, 11/01/34 Series 2019A   NR/A+/AA-   2,346,968    

 

 
 
 

 

    Southeast Colorado Hospital District Enterprise, Anticipation Notes            
$2,000,000   5.000%, 02/01/25 Series 2023   NR/NR/NR*   $1,994,920    
                 
    Total Healthcare       5,434,278    
                 
    Higher Education (15.1%)            
                 
    Colorado Educational & Cultural Facility Authority, University of Denver Project            
845,000   4.000%, 03/01/24   A1/NR/NR   845,313    
6,150,000   5.250%, 03/01/25 NPFG Insured   A1/A+/NR   6,283,886    
                 
    Colorado Educational & Cultural Facility Authority Refunding, University of Denver Project            
1,000,000   5.250%, 03/01/26 NPFG Insured   A1/A+/NR   1,049,990    
                 
    Colorado School of Mines Institutional Enterprise            
1,845,000   5.000%, 12/01/29 Series B   A1/A+/NR   2,012,452    
                 
    Colorado State Board Community Colleges & Occupational Education, Refunding & Improvement, Arapahoe Community College            
1,000,000   5.000%, 11/01/30 Series 2017A   Aa3/NR/NR   1,087,450    
                 
    Colorado State Board Community Colleges & Occupational Education, Refunding & Improvement, System Wide Refunding            
1,710,000   5.000%, 11/01/32 Series 2019A   Aa3/NR/NR   1,931,325    
835,000   5.000%, 11/01/33 Series 2019A   Aa3/NR/NR   941,688    
                 
    Colorado State Board of Governors University Enterprise System            
2,905,000   5.000%, 03/01/26 Series C SHEIP Insured   Aa2/AA/NR   2,988,896    
1,250,000   5.000%, 03/01/28 Series C SHEIP Insured   Aa2/AA/NR   1,351,625    
2,100,000   5.000%, 03/01/29 Series C SHEIP Insured   Aa2/AA/NR   2,276,421    
                 
    University of Colorado Enterprise System            
1,165,000   5.000%, 06/01/26 Series A NPFG Insured   Aa1/NR/AA+   1,233,257    
                 
    University of Colorado Enterprise System            
2,000,000   5.000%, 06/01/28 Series A-1   Aa1/NR/AA+   2,209,240    
                 
    University of Northern Colorado Greeley Institutional Enterprise Refunding            
1,000,000   5.000%, 06/01/25 Series A SHEIP Insured   Aa2/AA/NR   1,013,790    
                 
    Total Higher Education       25,225,333    
                 
    Lease (13.6%)            
                 
    Adams County, Colorado School District No. 1 Mapleton COP            
1,165,000   5.000%, 12/01/33 Series 2023 BAMAC Insured   A2/AA/NR   1,334,286    
1,335,000   5.000%, 12/01/36 Series 2023 BAMAC Insured   A2/AA/NR   1,499,646    
                 
    Arvada, Colorado COP            
1,190,000   4.000%, 12/01/29   NR/AA+/NR   1,234,268    
                 

 

 
 
 

 

    Colorado State BEST COP            
$2,500,000   5.000%, 03/15/30 Series K   Aa2/AA-/NR   $2,669,025    
2,500,000   5.000%, 03/15/31 Series K   Aa2/AA-/NR   2,669,925    
                 
    Colorado State BEST COP            
2,000,000   5.000%, 03/15/31 Series M   Aa2/AA-/NR   2,179,960    
                 
    Colorado State Higher Education Capital Construction Lease            
1,690,000   5.000%, 11/01/26   Aa2/AA-/NR   1,803,331    
                 
    Denver, Colorado City & County COP (Fire Station & Library Facilities)            
1,065,000   5.000%, 12/01/25   Aa1/AA+/AA+   1,112,723    
                 
    Douglas County, Colorado COP (Libraries)            
1,570,000   5.000%, 12/01/27   Aa2/NR/NR   1,605,702    
                 
    Foothills Park and Recreation District, Colorado COP            
1,405,000   4.000%, 12/01/35 Series 2021   NR/AA-/NR   1,462,198    
                 
    Foothills Park and Recreation District, Colorado COP Refunding & Improvement            
1,380,000   5.000%, 12/01/26 AGMC Insured   NR/AA/NR   1,439,547    
                 
    Frisco, Colorado Financial Authority COP            
750,000   5.000%, 12/01/37 Series 2023   Aa2/NR/NR   829,155    
                 
    Jefferson County, Colorado School District No. R-1 COP            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/15/27   Aa3/AA-/NR   1,044,450    
                 
    South Suburban Park and Recreation District, Colorado COP            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/15/31   NR/AA-/NR   1,102,930    
                 
    Thompson School District No R2-J (Larimer, Weld And Boulder Counties, Colorado COP            
750,000   4.500%, 12/01/26 Series 2014   A1/NR/NR   760,463    
                 
    Total Lease       22,747,609    
                 
    Sales Tax (2.6%)            
                 
    Broomfield, Colorado Sales & Use Tax            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/30   Aa3/NR/NR   1,084,160    
                 
    City of Fruita, Colorado Sales & Use Tax              
1,110,000   4.000%, 10/01/33   NR/AA-/NR   1,155,044    
                 
    Commerce City, Colorado Sales & Use Tax            
1,000,000   5.000%, 08/01/26 BAMAC Insured   Aa3/AA/NR   1,037,640    
                 
    Denver, Colorado City & County Dedicated Tax Revenue            
1,000,000   4.000%, 08/01/36 Series 2021A   Aa3/AA-/AA-   1,039,930    
                 
    Total Sales Tax       4,316,774    
                 

 

 
 
 

 

    Tax Increment (0.9%)            
                 
    Park Creek, Colorado Metropolitan District Senior Limited Property Tax Supported            
$1,475,000   4.000%, 12/01/35 AGMC Insured   NR/AA/A   $1,512,023    
                 
    Transportation (2.1%)            
                 
    E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado Senior Revenue            
1,250,000   5.000%, 09/01/35 Series 2020A   A2/A+/NR   1,404,663    
                 
    Regional Transportation District, Colorado COP            
2,000,000   5.000%, 06/01/26 Series A   A1/AA/AA-   2,066,860    
                 
    Total Transportation       3,471,523    
                 
    Water & Sewer (5.8%)            
                 
    Arapahoe, Colorado Water & Wastewater Public Improvement District            
1,020,000   5.000%, 12/01/25   NR/AA-/NR   1,046,173    
                 
    Arvada, Colorado Wastewater Enterprise            
1,090,000   5.000%, 12/01/35   NR/AA-/AA   1,277,938    
                 
    Arvada, Colorado Water Enterprise            
1,355,000   5.000%, 12/01/35   NR/AA+/AA+   1,588,629    
                 
    Broomfield, Colorado Sewer and Waste Water            
1,550,000   5.000%, 12/01/24 AGMC Insured   Aa3/AA/NR   1,552,170    
                 
    Colorado Water Resource & Power Development Authority            
925,000   5.000%, 09/01/25   Aaa/AAA/AAA   963,739    
                 
    Denver, Colorado City and County Board Water Commissioners            
850,000   5.000%, 09/15/29 Series B   Aaa/AAA/AAA   924,358    
                 
    Greeley, Colorado Water Revenue            
1,705,000   5.000%, 08/01/28   Aa2/AA+/NR   1,808,954    
                 
    Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, Eagle County, Colorado Refunding and Improvement            
500,000   4.000%, 12/01/32 AGMC Insured   NR/AA/NR   538,020    
                 
    Total Water & Sewer       9,699,981    
                 
    Total Revenue Bonds       79,222,539    
                 
    Pre-Refunded Bonds (3.8%)††            
                 
    Pre-Refunded General Obligation Bonds (0.6%)            
                 
    School Districts (0.6%)            
                 
    Larimer County, Colorado School District No. R 1 Poudre            
1,000,000   5.000%, 12/15/27     Aa1/NR/NR   1,047,200    
                 

 

 
 
 

 

    Pre-Refunded Revenue Bonds (3.2%)            
                 
    Higher Education (1.6%)            
                 
    University of Colorado Enterprise System, Series A            
$2,620,000   5.000%, 06/01/29   Aa1/NR/AA+   $2,713,979    
                 
    Lease (1.6%)            
                 
    Rangeview Library District Project, Colorado COP            
2,515,000   5.000%, 12/15/27 AGMC Insured   Aa2/AA/NR   2,633,708    
                 
    Total Pre-Refunded Revenue Bonds       5,347,687    
                 
    Total Pre-Refunded Bonds       6,394,887    
                 
    Total Municipal Bonds
(cost $164,987,914)
      163,258,218    
                 
Shares    Short-Term Investment (2.2%)            
                 
3,694,063   Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management - Institutional Shares, 5.00%* (cost $3,694,063)   Aaa-mf/AAAm/NR   3,694,063    
                 
    Total Investments
(cost $168,681,977-note b)
  99.6 %   166,952,281    
    Other assets less liabilities   0.4     642,334    
    Net Assets   100.0 %   $167,594,615    

 

 

Portfolio Distribution By Quality Rating   Percent of
Investments†
Aaa of Moody's or AAA of S&P or Fitch   3.9 %
Prerefunded bonds\ ETM bonds ††   3.9  
Aa of Moody's or AA of S&P or Fitch   80.8  
A of Moody's or S&P or Fitch   10.2  
Not Rated*   1.2  
    100.0 %

 

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:
AGMC - Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
BAMAC -Build America Mutual Assurance Company
BEST - Building Excellent Schools Today
COP - Certificates of Participation
NPFG - National Public Finance Guarantee
NR - Not Rated
SHEIP - State Higher Education Intercept Program

 

* The rate is an annualized seven-day yield at period end.
   
** Any security not rated ("NR") by any of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations ("NRSRO") has been determined by the Investment Adviser to have sufficient quality to be ranked in the top four credit ratings if a credit rating were to be assigned by a NRSRO.
   
Where applicable, calculated using the highest rating of the three NRSRO.  Percentages in this table do not include the Short-Term Investment.
   
†† Pre-refunded bonds are bonds for which U.S. Government Obligations usually have been placed in escrow to retire the bonds at their earliest call date.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 
 
 

AQUILA TAX-FREE FUND OF COLORADO

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2023

(unaudited)

 

(a) Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference in the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR. 
   
(b) At June 30, 2023, the net unrealized depreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $168,642,313 amounted to $1,690,032, which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $499,466 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $2,189,498.
   
(c) Fair Value Measurements: The Fund follows a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Fund’s own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:
   
  Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in inactive markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
   
  Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
   
  Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
   
  The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
   
  The following is a summary of the valuation inputs, representing 100% of the Fund’s investments, used to value the Fund’s net assets as of June 30, 2023:

 

Valuation Inputs   Investments
in Securities
Level 1 – Quoted Prices   $ 3,694,063
Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs- Municipal Bonds +     163,258,218
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs    
Total   $ 166,952,281
+  See schedule of investments for a detailed listing of securities.