Colorado · Public charity
Telluride Foundation
The TELLURIDE FOUNDATION (the foundation) is committed to preserving and enriching the quality of life of the residents, visitors and workforce of the telluride region. The foundation does this by providing leadership in philanthropy, strengthening community groups, serving as a responsible steward for entrusted funds, and supporting…
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 74
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 67
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $227,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 60 to 92
- FY2017 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Telluride Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $413k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 72 | $2.0M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 67 | $2.1M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $1.8M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 60 | $2.6M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 63 | $1.4M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 92 | $2.3M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 86 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradox Community Trust | $1,489,869 | 3 | 68% |
| Bright Futures | $1,038,573 | 8 | 14% |
| Region 10 League for Economic Assistance and Planning Inc | $483,300 | 8 | 2% |
| The Telluride Medical Center Foundation | $436,500 | 8 | 30% |
| Mountainfilm | $436,291 | 8 | 4% |
| Tri-County Health Network | $398,680 | 4 | 6% |
| Ah Haa School for the Arts | $322,695 | 7 | 6% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Pinhead Institute | $282,643 | 8 | 27% |
| San Miguel Mentoring Program | $260,440 | 7 | 28% |
Show all 185 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($710k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Telluride Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 137 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation · Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Just For Kids Foundation Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · The Dalton Family Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Ebb Point Foundation- Blackrock · Caring for Colorado Foundation
How this is measured
About Telluride Foundation
- How much does Telluride Foundation give?
- Telluride Foundation reported 74 itemized grants totaling $1,977,872, out of $3,233,044 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 92 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Telluride Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (15%), Education (15%), Health (14%).
- Who are Telluride Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Paradox Community Trust ($1.5M), Bright Futures ($1.0M), Region 10 League for Economic Assistance and Planning Inc ($483k).
- Does Telluride Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Telluride Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation, Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley, Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Telluride Foundation based?
- Telluride Foundation is based in CO.
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