Philanthropy

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...

TVA Selected as one of 50 Winners out of 800 Nationwide Applications [caption id="attachment_41331" align="aligncenter" width="350"] MIT’s Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast featured TVA’s Thea Chase, then managing director of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.[/caption]   Last week, the Administrator of the...

Six Companies Will Be Selected for Participation in Five-Month Entrepreneurship Program [caption id="attachment_41331" align="aligncenter" width="350"] MIT’s Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast featured TVA’s Thea Chase, then managing director of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.[/caption] The Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) announces the...

“Being an advocate is one of the most rewarding things I have done in my time in Telluride, but in addition, the skills I learned in advocate training have been as useful in my daily life as they are for advocate work. You'll find yourself...