Telluride Foundation
Telluride, CO · EIN 84-1530768. Reported 266 grants totalling $8,524,471 to 130 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Telluride Foundation, the IRS classifies it under recreation & sports rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE N71) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 130 distinct organizations, with 17% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 55% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,182 and the largest $983,869. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradox Community Trust | Telluride, CO | $1,489,869 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bright Futures | Telluride, CO | $853,434 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tri-County Health Network | Telluride, CO | $398,680 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Telluride Medical Center Foundation | Telluride, CO | $300,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mountainfilm Ltd 01-01-94 | Telluride, CO | $298,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Region 10 League for Economic Assistance & Planning Inc | Montrose, CO | $228,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Miguel Resource Center | Telluride, CO | $124,650 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Telluride Science | Telluride, CO | $123,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fresh Water Life | Telluride, CO | $118,028 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West End Family Link Center | Nucla | $117,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West End Public Schools | Nucla | $115,071 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Telluride Academy | Telluride, CO | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Telluride R1 School District | Telluride | $114,137 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West End Economic Development Corporation | Naturita, CO | $110,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Pinhead Institute Inc | Telluride, CO | $106,334 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Basin Clinic Inc | Naturita, CO | $102,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Miguel Mentoring Program | Telluride, CO | $101,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rollins College | Winter Park, FL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Telluride Mountain School Inc | Telluride, CO | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of University of Pennsylvania | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities | Telluride, CO | $88,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haven House of Montrose Inc | Montrose, CO | $85,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| True North Youth Program | Telluride, CO | $84,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bethany College | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Fresh Foundation | Norwood, CO | $78,395 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ive Higher Studies Inc | Chillum, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation | Glenview, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Telluride Adaptive Ski Program | Telluride, CO | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montrose West Recreation Inc | Nucla, CO | $74,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Norwood Fire Protection District Ems Service | $71,465 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| San Miguel Educational Fund | Telluride, CO | $70,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Inc | Telluride, CO | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Miguel Watershed Coalition | Telluride, CO | $67,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ridgway School District R-2 | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Ah Haa School for the Arts | Telluride, CO | $63,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Home Trust of Ouray County | Ridgway, CO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Uncompahgre Combined Clinics | Norwood, CO | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fresh Food Hub | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| San Miguel County Dept of Public Health & Environment | Telluride | $58,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Affairs Project | Montrose, CO | $56,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sheridan Arts Foundation | Telluride, CO | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Telluride Repertory Theatre Company | Telluride, CO | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Telluride AIDS Benefit Inc | Telluride, CO | $53,334 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eisenhower Health Foundation | $50,478 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Pirates Charities | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trail Group Inc | Ouray, CO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ouray County Schools Community Resource Consortium | Ridgway, CO | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| West End Trails Alliance | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Telluride Mountain Club | Telluride, CO | $39,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Palm Arts | Telluride, CO | $39,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Penland School of Craft | Penland, NC | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 7TH Judicial District Child Advocacy Center | Montrose, CO | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rainbow School and Day Care Center Inc | Telluride, CO | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christ in Focus Church | Norwood, CO | $35,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado West Land Trust | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Town of Nucla | Nucla, CO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nucla-Naturita Senior Citizens Inc | Nucla, CO | $34,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Humane Society Inc | Ridgway, CO | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town of Norwood | Norwood | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ecoaction Partners | Telluride, CO | $31,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Conservation Colorado | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Film Preserve Ltd | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Colorado Education Fund | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ridgway Chautauqua Society Inc | Ridgway, CO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sparky Productions Inc | Telluride, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Angel Baskets | Telluride, CO | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Telluride Historical Museum Inc | Telluride, CO | $28,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Telluride Nordic Association Inc | Telluride, CO | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weehawken Creative Arts | Ridgway, CO | $28,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montrose Regional Library District | Montrose | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Wright Opera House Inc | Ouray, CO | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cfes Brilliant Pathways | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Ouray Ice Park Incorporated | Ouray, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Outright Action International | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Ophir | Ophir, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy Colorado | Denver, CO | $24,148 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA | Telluride, CO | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Miguel and Ouray Counties Juvenile Diversion Program | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Montezuma Land Conservancy | Cortez, CO | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado | Durango, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor of the State of Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Poultney Historical Society Inc | Poultney, VT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Class Academy | White Salmon, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fresh Water Life | $18,698 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center Inc | Durango, CO | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Miguel County Dept of Public Health and Environment | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Telluride Education Foundation Inc | Telluride, CO | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Telluride Chamber Music Association | Telluride, CO | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Naturita | Naturita, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Telluride Youth Soccer Club | Telluride, CO | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Juan Symphony | Durango, CO | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nucla-Naturita Area Chamber of Commerce | Naturita, CO | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flaherty Family Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Karma Tutors Impact Fund | Rico, CO | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nucla Naturita Fire Protection District | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Christ Presbyterian Church Telluride | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center Inc | Durango, CO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rico Trails Alliance | Rico, CO | $11,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reclaimed Inc | Poultney, VT | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christ in the City Temple of Worship | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Executives Partnering to Invest in Children | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc | Montpelier, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Brady Urological Institute Office of Advancement Services | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Uncompahgre Partnership | Montrose, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation | Ridgway, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richard a & Barbara W Snelling Center for Government Inc | $9,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Paradox Pipeline Co | Paradox, CO | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Institute for Resilience | Nucla, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hilltop Health Services Corporation | Grand Junction, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montrose County Sheriffs Posse Inc | Montrose, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Telluride Lizard Heads | Telluride, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lone Cone Library Foundation | Norwood, CO | $7,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rimrocker Historical Society of Western Montrose County Inc | Nucla, CO | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rockwood Leadership Institute | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $6,668 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gvngorg | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| The Alpine Chapel | Telluride, CO | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Norwood Nordic Association | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| United States Ski Team Foundation | Park City, UT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Colorado Alliance | Grand Jct, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Telluride Institute Inc | Telluride, CO | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uncompahgre Volunteer Legal Aid Inc | Montrose, CO | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Red School House Inc | $5,182 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
68 of 130 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 82 of 130 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | $2,595,060 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 62 | $1,847,103 | $14,000 |
| 2023 | 69 | $2,104,436 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 74 | $1,977,872 | $17,250 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
91% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Colorado.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Telluride Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 81 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 16 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 4222, Telluride, CO, 81435.
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