Philanthropy

Note: If you failed to score tickets for the fashion show, there is yet another opportunity to watch the action and be inspired to give. The Town of Mountain Village plans to air the Gala live – on Mountain Village Cable Channel 15 and online at townofmountainvillage.com/video – Saturday, February 28, 8 p.m When Kandee DeGraw &...

Board Adopts New Mission, Values, and Approves Community Grants The Telluride Foundation Board of Directors’ recent bi-annual meeting produced a flurry of actions and updates that will create significant and lasting positive community impacts. The board’s actions included approving $949,750 in community grants to support regional nonprofit...

Five Companies Selected for 2015 Accelerator Class Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA), an initiative of the Telluride Foundation, announced  the five winning companies slated to participate in its 2015 five month accelerator program. TVA is a Telluride-based, mentor driven program focused on innovative high-growth start-up companies in the...

The Telluride Foundation has granted over $35 million since its inception. This year, 79 regional organizations received money. Seventy-nine nonprofits will ring in the new year with the news they received a Community Grant from the Telluride Foundation. In its 13th year of giving Community Grants, the Telluride Foundation...

Major commitment from The McManemin Family Fund of the Telluride Foundation [caption id="attachment_47140" align="aligncenter" width="185"] Mountainfilm’s Making Movies That Matter. The program has already reach over 700 students. initiative offers teachers and students the chance to view a content-rich documentary and then learn how to use footage...

$104,946.50 for 59 community nonprofits in 36 hours! Starting December 12, 2014, the Telluride Foundation and regional nonprofit organizations united  for a 36-hour online giving campaign, Telluride Gives, to benefit local needs. Donors were able to search for and choose a nonprofit to which to give, making an...

Telluride Foundation hosts 4th annual Telluride Gives Day. $15,000 in match money possible   On December 13, 2014 or 12.13.14, the Telluride Foundation and local nonprofit organizations want to prove that giving is local. Telluride Give’s goal: every full-time, part-time resident or visitor of the region will log-on...

Executive Director Breakfast on “Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health," Thursday December 4, 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., at the Telluride Ski & Snowboard Clubhouse, base of Lift 7, 300 Mahoney Dr, C4.   Paul Major, President & CEO of the Telluride Foundation leads a discussion on the...

Telluride Foundation board member Davis Fansler appointed by Colorado Governor to Colorado Health Benefits exchange Board of Directors, replacing board member Richard Betts Davis Fansler, a former mayor of the Mountain Village and current Vice Chair and head of the grants Committee for the Telluride Foundation, was recently appointed...

Telluride Foundation invites the community to a celebration honoring Kristin Holbrook, 2014 Citizen of the Year, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. at Arroyo Wine Bar  [caption id="attachment_45332" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Kristin Holbrook[/caption] The Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors held its bi-annual meeting on July 3, 2014 where it selected...