Telluride Foundation awarded a major federal grant to develop investment funding for regional start-up businesses. The Telluride Foundation was recently awarded a $150,000 “Seed Fund Support” grant from the Economic Development Administration’s Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program. Selected as one of eight out of a pool...
Telluride Foundation seeks ideas to improve the quality of life in the Telluride Region;$50,000 Innovation Prize. Proposals due by Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. 5 p.m. (MST). The deadline for the Telluride Foundation’s “Innovation Prize” contest is rapidly approaching. Anyone with a great idea to improve the quality of...
The holiday season is a time for giving, and thanks to the Telluride Foundation’s especially generous donors, 67 regional organizations are receiving grant money. 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...
The Telluride Foundation hosts Telluride Gives Day, 12/15/16. To sweeten the pie, there is $10,000 in matching funds for participating nonprofits. Giving commences at midnight on 12.15.16 and ends at 11:59 p.m on 12.15.16. On December 15, 2016 the Telluride Foundation and local nonprofit organizations want to demonstrate...
SPARKy and Telluride's The Palm present a rare Christmas treat Monday, December 19, starting at 6 p.m. at The Palm. The event is a screening of the National Theatre of Great Britain’s latest production of "The Three Penny Opera" by Bertolt Bretcht. Dinner and wine will be...
The Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors held its bi-annual meeting on July 5, 2016 and selected the late Elaine Fischer as the 2016 Outstanding Citizen of the Year. The celebration of her life and work is Tuesday, December 6, 5 - 7 p.m.. at the Sheridan Opera House. [caption...
The Telluride Foundation announces a $50,000 Innovation Prize. A new grant opportunity for creative ideas about improving the Telluride region. Do you have a great idea that would benefit the Telluride community? Ever wanted to implement a project that would make living, working, or visiting Telluride even better,...
Help put the wind under the feet of Tellurunners Gabby Anstey McDonald and Robyn Shaw by donating to the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation. Donate to Gabby here; donate to Robyn here. To support Melissa Ramponi and endangered young people through Team World Vision, go here. [caption id="attachment_61733" align="aligncenter" width="600"]...
West End Pay It Forward Trust close to end-of-year goal, just $2,000 short of their end-of-year goal, thanks to an anonymous donation. Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, the West End Pay It Forward Trust (PIFT) received a 10,000 donation. The gift has brought funding for the PIFT to...
When it comes to nonprofit marketing, one of the most common questions is how often to talk to supporters. Send marketing too often, inundate people and risk having them unsubscribe; not enough and you run the risk they will feel unengaged by your organization. Controlling the frequency of communications sent to...
