02 Jan Telluride Foundation: Community Grants, Most $ in History
The Telluride Foundation just awarded $1.1M and 74 local organizations benefit from generosity of donors.
Dan Tishman, Board Chair with Paul Major, President of TF & Susan Saint James, who is retiring from the board after 17 years of service.
The Telluride Foundation has announced its annual Community Grant awards, giving a record amount of grants to regional nonprofits and organizations. This year, $1,100,900 will be distributed to organizations improving the quality of life in Nucla/Naturita, Norwood, Telluride, Rico, Ridgway and Ouray.
As a result of the largesse of its donors, the Foundation is able to support many of the needs in our community, including regional food banks, early childhood education, youth programs and sports, plus various capital projects, including medical equipment upgrades and the remodel of the historic Wright Opera House in Ouray.
On December 29, the Foundation’s Board of Directors met to finalize its Community Grant awards, one of the Foundation’s core programs that funds organizations that benefit the region and provide essential services. In its 16th year of giving Community Grants, the Foundation awarded $1,100,900 to 74 nonprofit and governmental organizations serving the region, bringing the total grants given in 2017 by the Foundation to just over $4 million. The Foundation has provided over $41 million in grants to the region since its inception in 2000 – without an endowment.
“This was the largest request the Grants Committee has ever faced and, as a result, this grant cycle was extremely competitive,” said Anne Andrew, Telluride Foundation Board Member and Chair of the Grants Committee. “We saw a large jump in health and human service requests reflective of the fact that despite a stronger economy, we are seeing more needs and struggling families in our communities.”
In its 2017 annual Community Granting cycle, the Foundation received 85 applications seeking almost $1.6 million. Grant awards ranged from $1,900 to $67,000, with 34 percent going to health human services; 28 percent funding arts and culture; 12 percent to education; 14 percent to early childhood development; 7 percent to athletic groups; and 5 percent to the environment/animals. The Telluride Foundation supports regional organizations that serve San Miguel, Ouray, west Montrose and portions of Dolores counties.
“For the second year, the Foundation has been accepting applications for capital projects within the Community Grant program, and we had five requests this year,” said April Montgomery, VP Programs at the Telluride Foundation. “The Grants Committee was pleased to award $50,000 to the remodel of the Wright Opera House in Ouray, given that the Opera House has already raised over $1 million of the $1.5 million project. Other capital projects funded included radiology equipment at the Basin Clinic ($15,000) and a cardiac monitor at the Uncompahgre Medical Center ($20,00).
“The Foundation implemented a new, more advanced online grant system this year,” added Montgomery.“While switching to a new software program always has its challenges, I think grant applicants will be pleased with its ease of use and streamlined application and approval process. It also provide the staff and Board better data management, data analysis and decision making capabilities.”
Telluride Foundation Board voted to distribute $1.1 Million in Community Grants on Dec. 29th at their bi-annual board meeting.
The Telluride Foundation’s Community Grant award recommendations are drafted by the seven-member Grants Committee, all of whom sit on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. The committee evaluates the grant requests against a rigorous set of criteria and forwards their slate of recommendations to the full Board for review and final approval. The Grants Committee is comprised of Anne Andrew, Chair; Karen Conway;, DeeDee Decker; Kevin Holbrook; Adam Max; Megan McManemin; and Ximena Rebolledo. Their recommendations were reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on December 29. The Foundation’s next round of local grant applications will be due in in Fall 2018, and announced at the end of December 2018.
The Foundation’s generous donors not only enable its annual Community Grant awards, but also have allowed the Foundation to expand its funding and the reach of its Impact Initiatives, including its Telluride Venture Accelerator, Broadband Expansion initiative, Local Food Initiative, family emergency Good Neighbor Fund, and Paradox Community Development Initiative.
More about the Telluride Foundation:
The Telluride Foundation is committed to enriching the quality of life of the residents, workforce, and visitors of the Telluride region. It is a nonprofit, apolitical community foundation that makes grants and runs programs in arts, education, health and human services, community development, and social enterprises. The Foundation strives to achieve excellence for the community through its mission and core values of inclusion, self-reliance, and innovation. Our work is funded through the generous support of hundreds of donors as well as grants from state and national foundations.
Pease visit www.telluridefoundation.org.
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Organization |
2017 Grant Award |
Grant Award For |
|
Ah Haa School for the Arts |
26,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Angel Baskets |
10,000 |
for the Food Bank, Holiday and School Supplies programs. |
|
Basin Clinic |
12,500 |
to provide primary care for sliding scale and indigent care. |
|
Basin Clinic (Capital) |
15,000 |
for capital support to purchase radiology equipment. |
|
Bright Futures |
37,000 |
to support Parents As Teachers in San Miguel, Ouray and west Montrose counties. |
|
CASA of the 7th Judicial District |
5,000 |
for general operating support services in San Miguel, Ouray, and west Montrose counties; Multi-year funding. (Yr. 1 $5,000; Yr2 $5,000; Yr3 $5,000) |
|
Center for Mental Health |
18,000 |
to support the operations of a new crisis clinic. |
|
Colorado Mountain Club |
5,000 |
to close and restore off highway vehicle travel on National Forest land in the East Dallas road area and trail maintenance along the Dallas Trail. |
|
Community Radio Project |
2,000 |
for news broadcasting and radio operations at KSJD’s satellite studio in Rico. |
|
EcoAction Partners |
7,500 |
to help residents in west Montrose County and Rico reduce their utility costs and greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency efforts. |
|
FRESH Food Hub/ SWIRL |
5,000 |
to increase distribution and economic viability of the Hub. |
|
Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center |
5,500 |
for San Juan backcountry avalanche forecasting operations. |
|
Friends of the Wright Opera House |
7,500 |
to grow the theatre program. |
|
Friends of the Wright Opera House (Capital) |
50,000 |
to support the Wright Opera House capital campaign to remodel and expand the theatre. |
|
Habitat For Humanity of the San Juans (Capital) |
25,000 |
for capital support to build a Habitat for Humanity project in Ridgway. |
|
Haven House of Montrose |
3,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Hilltop Community Resources |
7,500 |
for advocacy, shelter & safe-house services in Ouray and San Miguel counties. |
|
Hispanic Affairs Project |
10,000 |
to provide immigration legal assistance and to assist victims of crime and domestic violence. |
|
KOTO Radio (San Miguel Educational Fund) |
25,000 |
for general operating; to improve Norwood translator; and to develop KOTOGO. |
|
Latino Advocacy Committee Collaborative |
35,000 |
to empower and build the efficacy of the Latino community. |
|
Lizard Head Hockey Club |
7,500 |
for general operating. |
|
Many Hands Fiber Arts Festival |
2,000 |
to provide a children’s project in Norwood or Naturita, and support our communications and educational efforts. |
|
Mountain Munchkins Childcare and Preschool Program |
30,000 |
to support the scholarship program and help to offset infant room costs. |
|
Mountain Sprouts Preschool |
11,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Mountainfilm |
20,000 |
to support Mountainfilm’s 40th annual festival programming. |
|
Naturita Community Library |
10,000 |
for multi-year funding to provide youth and adult educational programs and general operating. |
|
Norwood Fire Protection District |
9,000 |
for a Community AED Program. |
|
One to One Mentoring Program |
40,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Ouray County Performing Arts Guild |
4,500 |
for general operating. |
|
Palm Arts |
15,000 |
for subsidized rentals to community nonprofits and for program scholarships. |
|
Partners of Delta, Montrose and Ouray |
3,000 |
for mentoring programs and professional case management for at-risk youth in Ouray County. |
|
Pinhead Institute |
18,000 |
For Norwood, West End, Ridgway, and Ouray programming. |
|
Reach Out and Read Colorado |
1,900 |
for new books, provider training, and expansion research in southwest Colorado clinics. |
|
Rico Preschool |
3,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Ridgway School District R-2 |
6,000 |
to fund the Learn to Ski Program. |
|
San Juan Field School |
5,000 |
to provide affordable and free avalanche education. |
|
San Juan Independent |
4,000 |
to help produce an article highlighting a critical issue relevant to the San Juan region. |
|
San Miguel Resource Center |
44,000 |
for general operating. |
|
San Miguel Watershed Coalition |
10,000 |
to fund the water quality testing program and the 2018 update to the State of the San Miguel Watershed Report. |
|
Second Chance Humane Society |
9,500 |
to fund primary programs in prevention and outreach that reduce pet overpopulation. |
|
Sherbino Theater (Ridgway Chautauqua Society) |
10,500 |
for general operating and programming support. |
|
Sheridan Arts Foundation |
22,500 |
for non-profit rental subsidies, scholarship funds for Young People’s Theater and West End students at Wild West Fest. |
|
TED-Ed Club-Ouray Public Library |
2,500 |
to purchase needed technology and enhance the afterschool TED-Ed Club. |
|
Telluride Academy |
25,000 |
for local, low income tuition assistance. |
|
Telluride Adaptive Sports Program |
25,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Telluride AIDS Benefit |
2,000 |
for free local HIV aids testing and education. |
|
Telluride Arts District |
25,000 |
to support programs that advance the Telluride Cultural Master Plan goals. |
|
Telluride Chamber Music Association |
5,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Telluride Choral Society |
6,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Telluride Community Television |
10,000 |
for community television content. |
|
Telluride Early Childhood Center |
20,000 |
to provide scholarships and support parent education classes |
|
Telluride Education Foundation |
15,000 |
to enrich educational programs for students and support teachers and paraprofessionals in the Telluride School District. |
|
Telluride Film Festival |
20,000 |
to help underwrite the Nugget Theater. |
|
Telluride Historical Museum |
15,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Telluride Mountain Club |
12,500 |
to support regional trails maintenance, planning, mapping, trails-related events and the Via Ferrata. |
|
Telluride Mountain School |
9,000 |
to provide financial assistance to low-income families. |
|
Telluride Nordic Association |
7,500 |
for a multi-year, general operating grant. |
|
Telluride Preschool |
15,000 |
to support the scholarship fund, teacher salaries, and continuing education. |
|
Telluride R-1 School District |
12,500 |
To provide English language classes to non-native-English-speaking adults. |
|
Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club |
22,000 |
for financial assistance for families and general operating. |
|
Telluride Society for Jazz |
15,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Telluride Theatre |
20,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Telluride Youth Lacrosse Association |
5,000 |
for general operating expenses. |
|
Tri-County Health Network |
20,000 |
for general operating. |
|
True North Youth Program |
10,000 |
for positive youth development programs for under-served teens in San Miguel County and the West End of Montrose County. |
|
Uncompahgre Medical Center |
20,000 |
to support the purchase of a cardiac monitor. |
|
Uncompahgre Volunteer Legal Aid |
5,000 |
to provide legal assistance to seniors, low-income and at-risk individuals. |
|
Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership |
9,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Voyager Youth Program |
15,000 |
for general operating. |
|
Watershed Education Program of the Telluride Institute |
8,000 |
to implement STREAM-based experiential curriculum and field-trips for watershed school districts. |
|
West End Family Link Center |
18,000 |
for general operating. |
|
West End Seniors Collaboration (Region 10) |
67,000 |
to provide community services that support seniors and disabled adults in the west end of Montrose , San Miguel and Ouray counties. |
|
Western Colorado Council, Boy Scouts of America |
2,000 |
to support low-income youth joining Scouting in Telluride and the surrounding communities. |
|
Wright Stuff Community Foundation |
40,000 |
for general operating. |
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