Colorado · Public charity
Durango Area Tourism Office Inc
To leverage limited resources into equitable, creative, strategic, and comprehensive annual marketing programs sufficient to generate growing consumer interest in the durango/la plata county area and accomplish tourism marketing goals. Generate demand in visitation and overnight stays in la plata county through strategic sales and…
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 90%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $60k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 90% of the organizations Durango Area Tourism Office Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $130k | 90% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $178k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Horse Bicycle Classic | $54,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Outdoor Blogger Summit | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Juan Mountains Association | $33,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Powerhouse | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Dancing Spirit Inc | $17,920 | 1 | 2% |
| Durango Tool Library | $17,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trails 2000 Inc | $15,719 | 1 | 4% |
| Table to Farm Compost | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wizehive | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Horse Bicycle Classic | $54,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Outdoor Blogger Summit | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Juan Mountains Association | $33,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Powerhouse | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Dancing Spirit Inc | $17,920 | 1 | 2% |
| Durango Tool Library | $17,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trails 2000 Inc | $15,719 | 1 | 4% |
| Table to Farm Compost | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wizehive | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Legacy | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Durango Montessori Inc | $14,800 | 1 | 2% |
| The Good Fight LLC | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onward a Legacy Foundation | $13,106 | 1 | 0% |
| Durango Botanic Gardens | $12,350 | 1 | 13% |
| Education Literacy Health Inspiration Association - Elhi | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| In The Weeds | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Snowdown Durango Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hello Lola LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Durango Adult Education Center | $9,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Carver Brewing Company | $9,206 | 1 | n/a |
| i AM Music Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Esoterra Inc | $8,487 | 1 | n/a |
| Schertz-Avantaggio Properties LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Durango Business Improvement | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bike Durango | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Local First | $5,250 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Durango Area Tourism Office Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Ballantine Family Fund · Team Up · Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado · El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Thoren Family Charitable Trust · The Moniker Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · La Plata Electric Association Inc · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Gates Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Durango Area Tourism Office Inc
- How much does Durango Area Tourism Office Inc give?
- Durango Area Tourism Office Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $60,000, out of $66,610 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Durango Area Tourism Office Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (27%), Arts & Culture (17%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are Durango Area Tourism Office Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Iron Horse Bicycle Classic ($54k), Outdoor Blogger Summit ($35k), San Juan Mountains Association ($33k).
- Does Durango Area Tourism Office Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 90% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Durango Area Tourism Office Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ballantine Family Fund, Team Up, Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado.
- Where is Durango Area Tourism Office Inc based?
- Durango Area Tourism Office Inc is based in CO.
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