Eight students selected to participate in program to increase the success of first-generation college students through the Telluride Foundation's Chang-Chavkin Scholarship Program. [caption id="attachment_22662" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Telluride Foundation (sign by metal artist Lisa Issenberg).[/caption] A college education is out of reach for many students. Cost, parents’ education,...
Network 20/20 is a talented, diverse and multilingual group of rising and established professionals interested in promoting an informed dialogue on foreign policy. They come from different sectors of society: business, law, media, the arts, NGOs, medicine, governments, academia, and many others. The organization prides...
The Telluride AIDS Benefit is celebrating 25 years of community involvement and dedication to the cause: raising money to help the HIV/AIDS clients of its beneficiaries, literally hundreds of individuals and families of all demographics living with HIV/AIDS from the Front Range of Colorado to...
Looking for respite from the bad news? The fake news is that there is no good news – for example, this story we curated from EcoWatch about "These People Did Extraordinary Things in 2017." Just one more reminder it all happens at the grassroots level:...
The Telluride Venture Accelerator, an initiative of the Telluride Foundation, accepted six companies into its intensive business start-up program: three of the six are helmed by women; five of the six have women co-founders. Go teams. [caption id="attachment_64580" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Marc Nager, managing director, TVA.[/caption] While it...
Anonymous donor and TellurideGives bring in $16,000 for the WEPIFT. The West End Pay It Forward Trust (WEPIFT) received a generous $15,000 donation in December and raised an additional $1,000 through TellurideGives Day. These substantial donations have enabled WEPIFT to increase its funding by over 60%...
The Telluride Foundation just awarded $1.1M and 74 local organizations benefit from generosity of donors. [caption id="attachment_71732" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Dan Tishman, Board Chair with Paul Major, President of TF & Susan Saint James, who is retiring from the board after 17 years of service.[/caption] The Telluride Foundation...
The Telluride Foundation's Telluride Venture Accelerator initiative prepares for 2018 cohort. Fifty percent of finalists are woman, way outdoing the national stats. [caption id="attachment_64580" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Marc Nager, VP Innovation & director TVA at the Telluride Foundation[/caption] Across America, only 17% of new start-up companies are founded...
Southwest Colorado residents are gaining a new transportation option this month as Liberty Mobility Now, Inc. (Liberty) launches its ride-hailing services in Montrose, San Miguel and Ouray Counties. The launch of Liberty Mobility Now, Inc. is made possible through a partnership among Liberty, Tri-County Health Network (TCHNetwork), the...
The Telluride Foundation hosts its 7th Annual Telluride Gives Day on 12/17. $5,000 in matching funds for participating nonprofits. Whether you love animals, support early childhood education, the arts, the environment, libraries, or have other philanthropic interests, Telluride Gives is a way for you to give back...
