New York · Nonprofit
TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC
TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,992 to it, the largest being JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $75M
What Telluride Association Inc does
Mission
To support higher education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Houses at cornell and michigan universities - residences for students enrolled as full-time students and 2-3 faculty members.cornell - current housemembers are both undergraduates and graduates enrolled at cornell university and study a full range of disciplines. Members of cornell faculty also live at the house. This setting provides an unusually rich and intense academic experience. The house encourages this through formal programs such as a public speaking program, seminars led by members or guest professors, and faculty receptions. Much of the house's special impact occurs informally in daily life. Students benefit from exposure to ideas from a wide range of disciplines, share in an atmosphere of rigorous intellectual exchange, and draw on each other for advice, support, and inspiration.michigan - telluride house offers full room and board scholarships to twenty to thirty university of michigan undergraduate and graduate students with a variety of academic backgrounds, political views, and cultural perspectives. These students form a vibrant community, sharing lively conversation, joint projects, and the dynamic experience of democratic life. Each year, telluride students plan…
$1,754,544 spent68% of program spendingThe telluride association sophomore seminar (tass) offers bright, motivated high school sophomores challenging six-week college level courses in humanities topics. We work with university faculty to create exciting courses designed to inspire young people to learn critical thinking, community-building, and self-governance. Because we believe that all students should have the opportunity to pursue their ideals, we cover all program costs, including tuition, room & board, field trips, and facilities fees. Students with financial need may apply for additional assistance with travel costs and a subsidy to replace summer earnings.
$787,665 spent31% of program spendingTelluride association sponsors a variety of awards for students at many stages of their academic careers.
$23,800 spentof which $23,800 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,566,009.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $58M to $74M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 4% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Amina Omari
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $61k → $275.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 89% · 2019 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 67% · 2022 96% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
50% of TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $107k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
22%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC?
- TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,992 to it, the largest being JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $214,992 in grants to TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC?
- JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TELLURIDE ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing