Executive Director* breakfast Thursday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. – 9:4 5a.m. at the Sheridan Opera House, downstairs meeting room The featured speaker at the Telluride Foundation's next breakfast meeting is Stuart Halpern, who will lead a discussion on strategic planning for nonprofits. Stuart has a small practice,...
[caption id="attachment_37264" align="alignright" width="300"] Paradox Valley[/caption] Paradox Community Trust seeks businesses & entrepreneurs needing technical assistance. Applications now open for 2014 for development initiative. The Paradox Community Trust is seeking applications for technical assistance from small businesses and local entrepreneurs with projects promoting local economic development and...
The end of the year brings an extra holiday gift to many local nonprofit organizations that serve the Telluride community and San Miguel County. On Monday, December 30, the Telluride Foundation Board of Directors awarded over $900,000 in Community Grants to 75 regional nonprofits, bringing...
[caption id="attachment_36903" align="alignright" width="300"] Dude & Bro doing what they do best: hangin'.[/caption] Telluride Theatre's latest production was a Christmas show, "Dude & Bro' s A Christmas Carol," very very very loosely based on the Charles Dickens classic. If you missed it, you are sorry. In this particular...
University Centers of the San Miguel is the Regional Center for the Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC). It also partners with Colorado Mesa University (CMU), Prescott College, Western State Colorado University, Fort Lewis College, and Northern Arizona University. Since its inception in 2005, UCSM is the only higher education organization...
November 12, 2013, the Telluride Foundation and regional nonprofit organizations united for a 24-hour online giving campaign, Telluride Gives, to benefit local charities. Donors were able to search for and chose a nonprofit to which to give, making an unexpected, gift to local organizations. The...
The Telluride Foundation will again sponsor a Telluride Gives Day on November 12, 2013. We hope nonprofits serving San Miguel, Ouray, and West Montrose counties will consider participating. More information is forthcoming, but please start thinking about how you want to outreach and build your...
[caption id="attachment_35244" align="alignright" width="180"] Thea Chase, new director, Telluride Venture Accelerator[/caption] Thea Chase brings 20 years of experience building successful entrepreneurship and accelerator programs After a nationwide search with over 50 applicants, the Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) announced Thea Chase will be the new director. TVA is a...
Twenty years ago, psychologist Marshall Whiting needed safe housing for a client who had an abusive partner. When she discovered no such housing existed, she gathered a group of concerned citizens to discuss developing an organization that would provide services to victims of abuse. At...
[caption id="attachment_34634" align="alignright" width="300"] Neil Armstrong, from CNN.com[/caption] Telluride Foundation to host "Race for Our Kids" event to kick off Neil Armstrong Scholarship Fund: Regional communities invited to an evening of fun & adventure, featuring "Men in Black 3" What do regional school districts, science education, Neil Armstrong,...
