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The Telluray Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 50
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$73M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Telluray Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $662k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving44$2.8M34%
FY202342$3.0M31%
FY202243$4.1M37%
FY202150$2.9M60%
FY202041$4.8M76%
FY201820$2.8Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$17MHealth$4.2MEducation$4.2MEnvironment$3.5MFood & Nutrition$1.5MArts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MRecreation & Sports$928kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 100 grantees
All grantees of The Telluray Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$3,150,00061%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$1,150,00031%
Littleton Public Schools Foundation$1,138,248658%
National Forest Foundation$756,80051%
High Line Canal Conservancy$637,500131%
There With Care$599,31056%
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc$556,25051%
Littleton Town Hall Arts Center$525,000520%
National Wildlife Federation$519,78040%
Colorado Academy$507,00041%
University of Colorado Foundation$425,00030%
City of Littleton$416,2904n/a
Nourish Colorado$400,00035%
Mi Casa Resource Center$336,00025%
Arapahoe Community College Foundation Inc$319,35245%
Reach Out and Read Colorado$309,790416%
Big Green$300,0001n/a
Casa of the Seventh Judicial District Inc$264,18248%
Craig Hospital Foundation$259,03112%
Denver Urban Gardens$250,00042%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$250,00010%
Tact Kids Inc$200,000213%
Crosspurpose$195,00021%
Colorado Water Trust$191,000213%
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority$175,0001n/a
Mile High Ministries$175,00014%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$150,00010%
Work Options for Women Dba Work Options$146,48034%
Food Bank of the Rockies$145,00020%
National Trust for Local News$115,00031%
Ouray Ice Park Inc$110,000216%
Nourish Meals on Wheels$105,13852%
Littleton Business Chamber Inc$105,000215%
Bridge House$100,00011%
Mind Shift$100,00013%
Friends of Ouray via Ferrata$100,000144%
Big City Mountaineers$100,00026%
KIPP Colorado Schools$100,00010%
Bright Beginnings$100,00015%
Lifespan Local Inc$100,00013%
Lockwood Foundation$91,250445%
Real Life Colorado$75,000222%
Chef Ann Foundation$75,00012%
Hope in Our City$75,00029%
Nfria-Wserc Conservation Center Inc$75,000117%
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative$65,85413%
Table Urban Farm$65,000119%
Invest in Kids$64,10611%
Trout Unlimited Inc$64,00010%
Myfriendben Inc$60,0001n/a
Denvers Art District on Santa Fe$52,000254%
Raise the Future$50,0001n/a
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado$50,00010%
Authentic Life Church$50,0002n/a
Inside the Orchestra$50,00037%
Fresh Food Connect$50,000112%
Denver Audubon$50,00019%
City Year Inc$50,00010%
Community Investment Alliance$50,00014%
Ameelio Inc$50,00013%
Lubirds Light Foundation$50,00017%
New Legacy Charter School$50,00012%
Gracefull Foundation$47,00024%
North Littleton Promise$45,00026%
Mile High Workshop Inc$40,00014%
Sos Outreach$35,00012%
Valley Settlement$35,00011%
Western Welcome Week Inc$34,000319%
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado$30,00021%
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts$30,00015%
Move for Hunger Inc$30,00011%
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum$30,00010%
Youthroots$28,00013%
Young Life$25,50010%
Denver Food Rescue$25,00011%
Sprout City Farms$25,00015%
Doctors Care$25,00011%
Earth Force Inc$23,00012%
Break Bread$23,000210%
San Juan Mountains Association$22,00012%
Junkyard Social Club$20,00016%
First Nations Development Institute$20,00010%
Arapahoe County Foundation Inc$19,154426%
Philanthropy Colorado$19,06551%
Arapahoe Santa Claus Shop Inc$16,5384n/a
Ouray Mountain Rescue Team Inc$15,00017%
Mission Hills Church$10,0001n/a
Colorado Environmental Film Festival$10,00028%
South Metro Land Conservancy$10,0001n/a
Integrated Family Community Services$6,11520%
Denver Rescue Mission$5,00010%
Alliance for Music Education Equity$5,0001n/a
New Treks Inc$5,00016%
First Southwest Community Fund$5,00011%
Longer Tables$5,00013%
Augustine Classical Academy$5,0001n/a
Cops Fighting Cancer$5,000115%
Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association$5,00011%
Arts in the Open$2,0001n/a
Community Cooperative dba Francesco Collaborative$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Telluray Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 88 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $3,150,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetDenver Botanic Gardens Inc: $1,150,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLittleton Public Schools Foundation: $1,138,248 over 6y, 58% of budgetNational Forest Foundation: $756,800 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $637,500 over 1y, 31% of budgetThere With Care: $599,310 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetMultidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc: $556,250 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetLittleton Town Hall Arts Center: $525,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $519,780 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetColorado Academy: $507,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $425,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNourish Colorado: $400,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetMi Casa Resource Center: $336,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetArapahoe Community College Foundation Inc: $319,352 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetReach Out and Read Colorado: $309,790 over 4y, 16% of budgetCasa of the Seventh Judicial District Inc: $264,182 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $259,031 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDenver Urban Gardens: $250,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTact Kids Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetCrosspurpose: $195,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetColorado Water Trust: $191,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMile High Ministries: $175,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWork Options for Women Dba Work Options: $146,480 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $145,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Trust for Local News: $115,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetOuray Ice Park Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetNourish Meals on Wheels: $105,138 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetLittleton Business Chamber Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetBridge House: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMind Shift: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFriends of Ouray via Ferrata: $100,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetBig City Mountaineers: $100,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetKIPP Colorado Schools: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBright Beginnings: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLifespan Local Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetLockwood Foundation: $91,250 over 4y, 45% of budgetReal Life Colorado: $75,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetChef Ann Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHope in Our City: $75,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetNfria-Wserc Conservation Center Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetColorado Fourteeners Initiative: $65,854 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTable Urban Farm: $65,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetInvest in Kids: $64,106 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $64,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDenvers Art District on Santa Fe: $52,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetLutheran Social Services of Colorado: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 88.

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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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO78.6× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Daniels Fund · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · Mile High United Way Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The Telluray Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Telluray Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Telluray Foundation

How much does The Telluray Foundation give?
The Telluray Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $2,832,232 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Telluray Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Health (11%), Education (11%).
Who are The Telluray Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ($3.1M), Denver Botanic Gardens Inc ($1.1M), Littleton Public Schools Foundation ($1.1M).
Does The Telluray Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Telluray Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Telluray Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation.
Where is The Telluray Foundation based?
The Telluray Foundation is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 128 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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