Now in its 25th year, the Telluride Foundation's Strokes of Genius initiative is the longest running local scholarship available for Telluride’s graduating seniors, awarded to students who demonstrate financial need, academic excellence, exceptional character, community involvement, and leadership potential. Since its inception, the Telluride Foundation's Strokes...
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...
