The Telluride Foundation and other local nonprofit organizations hope that every single citizen will log-on to Telluridegives.org and contribute for the benefit of local charities. Donors search for and choose a nonprofit and give directly to something that will make a difference to and celebrate...
Editor's note: Katie Singer of the Telluride Foundation circulated the following story, featuring new Venture Accelerator Program. Read it and celebrate all the Foundation does in our region and beyond. And if you are an entrepreneur, one day you might want to apply. Telluride launches accelerator...
Two programs that provide for more comfortable homes, lower utility bills and access to renewable energy An idea and some encouragement by the Telluride Foundation to support and engage market solutions to improve energy efficiency and energy conservation resulted in the creation of the San Miguel...
Telluride Foundation to award approximately $900,000 to local and regional nonprofits The Telluride Foundation’s annual Community Grant application is due 5 p.m., Monday, October 29, 2012. The Foundation is the largest funder on the Western Slope of Colorado and encourages nonprofit and community organizations serving the...
Telluride Foundation Releases New Program to Nurture an Ecosystem of Entrepreneurs The Telluride region has a rich history of innovation, invention and reinvention. The well-known collaboration between LL Nunn, Nikola Telsa and George Westinghouse in 1891 forever changed the delivery of energy. The mining era transformed the...
Twelve years making grants available to regional nonprofits The Telluride Foundation’s annual Community Grant application is now available. Nonprofit organizations serving the people who live or work in San Miguel County are encouraged to apply. Grant applications are due Monday, October 29, 2012, by 5 p.m. A...
Foundation Noted as Most Active Grant Maker Among Peers [caption id="attachment_22662" align="alignright" width="300"] Telluride Foundation sign by metal artist Lisa Issenberg[/caption] According to a 2011 Columbus Survey of 252 community foundations nationwide, the Telluride Foundation ranked as 4th most active grant maker as a percent of asset...
[caption id="attachment_22615" align="alignleft" width="300"] Neil Armstrong[/caption] With the death of Neil Alden Armstrong on Saturday, August 25, 2012, Telluride lost a friend and our country, a true hero. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. His words,...
Board selects Citizen of the Year, elects 3 new board members, approves 3 special initiative grants The Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors recently bi-annual meeting produced a flurry of actions and investments that will create significant and lasting positive community impacts. Actions by the Board included...
Funds from golf tournament help support Telluride High School graduates, who received $25,250 in College Scholarships this year. Sign up now! Thanks to the Strokes of Genius (formerly Benchmark) Fund, managed by the Telluride Foundation, college tuition became a bit more affordable for eight graduates of...
