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Telluride Foundation Awards Over One Million Dollars to Community Organizations

The Telluride Foundation Board of Directors awarded $1,000,940 in Community Grants to 77 regional nonprofits today. Total grants awarded for 2010 will exceed $2.7 million, the most ever for the Foundation and over $18 million since its inception in 2000.

 

"Thanks to the continued generosity of our donors and the leadership of the Board, the Telluride Foundation is able to distribute over a million dollars in Community Grants for the second year in a row. We are one of a very few foundations in the country that were able to increase grants given during this prolonged recession. We are extremely grateful to these generous donors who support the vital work that our community nonprofits and organizations do for all of us," said Joanne Corzine, Co-Chair of the Telluride Foundation.

 

In its 2010 annual Community Granting cycle, the Foundation received 87 applications seeking $1,484,010. The Foundation awarded grants to 77 of the 87 groups that applied, and awards ranged from $1,500 to $45,000, with 34 percent going to human services, 21 percent of the grants funding early childhood development, 20 percent to arts and culture, 14 percent to education, 6 percent to athletic groups, and 5 percent to the environment/animals. Local groups receiving grant awards include organizations serving Telluride, Ouray, Ridgway, Rico, Norwood, Nucla, Naturita, and Paradox. The Telluride Foundation supports many types of organizations in the community that serve the people who live or work in San Miguel County. A complete on-line searchable database of all grants can be found at http://www.telluridefoundation.org/index.php?page=grant-recipient-directory.

 

"In light of the economy, the Grants Committee seriously deliberated over each application, looking at the long term stability and sustainability of organizations; the Committee was hesitant to fund new or emerging programs," said Patricia Maxon, Chair of the Grants Committee. "We tried to balance the growing needs of health and human service programs due to the economy with the broad range of community organizations that serve the region from arts and culture to environmental stewardship."

 

New this year, the Foundation instituted an all electronic grants application system, where all grant applications and attachments were submitted online, and grants were reviewed by the Grants Committee using Apple iPads. "Overall we were very pleased with the new system," said April Montgomery, Programs Director at the Telluride Foundation, "The system reduced the paper coming through our office as well and seemed to be easier to use for most of our applicants. The investment in the iPads was paid in the first year and will be used multiple times, every year going forward." The Foundation plans to send out an electronic survey to all grant applicants during January to better understand how the Foundation can continue to improve the electronic application system and grant making process.

 

Also new this year, the Foundation awarded three multi-year grants. In response to requests for multi-year funding, the Foundation created a pilot multi-year funding opportunity, inviting the three nonprofits to participate. The San Miguel Resource Center, Mountain Film, and Rainbow Preschool each received funding commitments for the next three years, conditional on annual financial and program reporting requirements. During the next year, the Grants Committee will evaluate whether to expand and/or modify the pilot multi-year funding opportunity.

 

The Telluride Foundation's Community Grant award recommendations are drafted by the seven-member Grants Committee, all of whom sit on the Foundation's Board of Directors. The committee evaluates the grant requests against a rigorous set of criteria and forwards their slate of recommendations to the full Board for review and final approval. The Grants Committee is comprised of Chairman Patricia Maxon, George Parker, Dan Tishman, Allan Gerstle, Melanie Montoya, Brian O'Neill, and Susan Saint James. Their recommendations were reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on December 30th. The Foundation's next round of local grants will be announced in December of 2011, with applications due October 28, 2011.

 

In addition to its annual Community Grant awards, the Foundation has continued to expand its funding and the reach of its initiative-based granting programs such as the Local Healthcare Initiative, Bright Futures Early Childhood Development Fund, the family emergency Good Neighbor Fund, the Immigrant Integration Initiative - One Telluride, and the Special Initiatives Grant Program.

 

The Telluride Foundation exists to create a stronger Telluride community through the cultivation and promotion of philanthropy. It is a nonprofit, apolitical community foundation that provides year-round support for local organizations involved in arts, education, athletics, charitable causes, land conservation and other community-based efforts through technical assistance, education and grant making. As a grant maker, the Foundation awards grants to qualified applicants that serve the people living and/or working in the Telluride region for the purpose of enhancing the quality of life within the region. For more information on the Telluride Foundation, visit www.telluridefoundation.org.

 

Organization

 

Final Recommendation

 

Grant Award For

 

7th Judicial District Child Advocacy Center DBA The Dolphin House

 

10,000

 

to provide quality care for child sexual assault and other child abuse victims in San Miguel, West Montrose and Ouray counties.

 

Ah Haa School For The Arts

 

19,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Angel Baskets 2010

 

10,000

 

to fund the Holiday Program.

 

Animal Humane Society Of Ouray County Inc

 

9,500

 

to fund primary programs in prevention, outreach, and education to reduce pet overpopulation in San Miguel and Ouray counties.

 

Arts, Community & Education of Norwood

 

2,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Bright Futures

 

31,000

 

to support the Parents As Teachers Program ($30,500) and for technical assistance ($500).

 

Casa Of The Seventh Judicial District Inc

 

2,000

 

to support children in San Miguel, Ouray and west Montrose County that are in the Voices for Children Program.

 

Colorado Avalanche Information Center

 

5,000

 

to support the local Telluride Avalanche office.

 

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

 

2,500

 

for signage at the Mount Sneffels trailhead.

 

Habitat For Humanity International Inc

 

20,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Hilltop Health Services Corporation

 

9,000

 

to increase the accessibility of advocacy services and shelter/ safehousing to victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault in Ouray and San Miguel counties.

 

Hoof And Paw West End Animal Assist

 

3,000

 

to support the spay/neuter program and clinics.

 

Horizon Program

 

10,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Center Inc

 

20,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Montrose County Health and Human Services

 

9,000

 

to continue homemaker services to the elderly, disabled in Norwood and west Montrose County.

 

Montrose County Senior Citizens Transportation Inc.

 

17,500

 

to provide transportation services in west Montrose and San Miguel counties.

 

Montrose Memorial Hospital

 

13,000

 

to purchase a refrigerator for vaccines and for sliding scale indigent care.

 

Montrose Regional Library District

 

15,900

 

for children and adult programming.

 

Mountain Munchkins Child Care and Preschool

 

35,000

 

for financial assistance, continuing education, and Qualistar required quality improvements.

 

Mountain Sprouts Preschool Inc

 

12,500

 

for general operating support.

 

Mountainfilm Ltd 01-01-94

 

24,000

 

for 2011 general operating support.

 

National Film Preserve Ltd (Telluride Film Festival)

 

22,500

 

to underwrite the Nugget Theater ($20,000) and the Movies at School Program in Ridgway (2,500).

 

Norwood Travel Club

 

3,000

 

to help pay for the Norwood Travel Club's spring trip.

 

Ouray and San Miguel County WIC Program

 

3,000

 

to fund the WIC Farmer's Market Voucher Program.

 

Ouray County Schools Community Resource Consortium

 

15,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Ouray Performing Arts Guild, Inc.

 

3,000

 

to help fund an administrative assistant.

 

Paradox Valley School

 

10,000

 

for after-school programs.

 

Rainbow School And Day Care Center, Inc.

 

35,000

 

for 2011 general operating support.

 

Rico Center

 

2,000

 

to help pay for a coordinator to archive historic artifacts of the Engel House.

 

Rico Preschool

 

5,000

 

for general operating support and costs associated with obtaining a rating.

 

Ridgway School District R-2

 

7,000

 

for the Learn to Ski program.

 

San Juan Field School

 

6,000

 

to fund the 2010/2011 Telluride Avalanche School's activities.

 

San Miguel and Ouray Counties Juvenile Diversion Program

 

10,000

 

for general operating support.

 

San Miguel Basin Gunnison Sage-grouse Working Group

 

6,000

 

for general operating support.

 

San Miguel County Open Space & Recreation Program

 

5,000

 

to help purchase a conservation easement on 247 acres of land on Beaver Mesa.

 

San Miguel Education Fund

 

13,000

 

for general operating support ($11,000) and for technical assistance ($2,000).

 

San Miguel Mentoring Program (One to One)

 

44,000

 

for general operating support ($42,000) and for Technical Assistance directed at fundraising coaching ($2,000).

 

San Miguel Resource Center

 

38,650

 

for 2011 general operating support.

 

San Miguel Watershed Coalition

 

9,500

 

to fund Watershed Coalition programs.

 

Sheridan Arts Foundation

 

20,000

 

for Young People's Theater scholarships and general operating support.

 

Sparky Productions Inc

 

2,500

 

to help support the Telluride Playwright's Festival.

 

Squid Show Theater

 

5,000

 

for general operating support for the 2011 season.

 

Telluride Academy

 

25,000

 

for need-based tuition assistance for local families.

 

Telluride Adaptive Sports Program

 

23,670

 

to support key components of the adaptive recreation program in 2011.

 

Telluride Aids Benefit Inc

 

6,800

 

to continue the HIV/AIDS testing program and the middle school education/prevention program.

 

Telluride Chamber Music Association

 

8,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Telluride Choral Society

 

10,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Telluride Community Television (Telluride TV)

 

1,500

 

for technical assistance.

 

Telluride Council For The Arts And Humanities

 

20,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Telluride Early Childhood Center

 

15,000

 

for scholarship assistance and the cost of rating programs.

 

Telluride Education Foundation Inc

 

20,000

 

for experiential education grants, teacher resources, and Magnet Funds.

 

Telluride Foundation/One Telluride

 

20,500

 

for general operating support ($20,000) and technical assistance ($500).

 

Telluride Historical Museum Inc

 

14,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Telluride Hospital District dba Telluride Medical Center

 

5,000

 

for the Care Support Program.

 

Telluride Lizard Heads

 

8,000

 

for the youth hockey program and annual award dinner.

 

Telluride Mountain School

 

6,000

 

for a specific local/regional program or project to be approved by the Grants Committee.

 

Telluride Nordic Association Inc

 

10,000

 

for trail maintenance, grooming and labor.

 

Telluride Preschool Inc

 

20,000

 

for scholarships, staff salaries, supplies, equipment, and the cost of rating programs.

 

Telluride Repertory Theatre Company

 

10,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Telluride School District

 

10,000

 

to fund APEX and the PCN Campaign in the Telluride School District and to support a part-time counselor for Norwood schools.

 

Telluride Ski And Snowboard Club Inc

 

20,000

 

to provide financial assistance to families in need and for TSSC programming.

 

Telluride Society For Jazz

 

17,000

 

for general operating support.

 

Telluride Youth Lacrosse Association Inc (TYLA)

 

5,000

 

for the TYLA program.

 

Telluride Youth Soccer Club

 

6,000

 

for coaching salaries.

 

The New Community Coalition

 

13,000

 

for the EcoAction Program.

 

The Pinhead Institute Inc

 

15,000

 

to support K-12 educational programming.

 

The Trust For Land Restoration Inc

 

5,000

 

to conduct the Ophir Valley AML Study Project.

 

ToddlerTown of Telluride

 

15,000

 

to fund teaching staff, rent, and rating programs.

 

Tomten Institute/SWIRL

 

8,000

 

to fund the School Greens Project and regional community gardens/greenhouses.

 

Uncompahgre Board of Cooperative Services

 

7,000

 

to fund the Autism Program.

 

Uncompahgre Combined Clinics dba Uncompahgre Medical Center

 

28,000

 

for subsidized dental care for underserved populations.

 

Uncompahgre Volunteer Legal Aid Inc

 

5,000

 

for general operating support.

 

University Centers of The San Miguel Inc

 

12,000

 

for general operating support.

 

VOANS- Senior CommUnity Meals, Inc

 

10,000

 

to continue providing meals to San Miguel and west Montrose county seniors.

 

Weehawken Creative Arts

 

7,000

 

for general operating support

 

West End Public Schools

 

4,420

 

to support the Be-An-Artist Program in the West End and Norwood School Districts.

 

Wright Stuff Community Foundation

 

45,000

 

for general operating support.

 

TOTAL GRANT AWARDS

 

1,000,940

 

 

 

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