Supporters

Join Our Community of Valued Supporters & Contributors 

Join the telluride science community: From scientists who participate in our workshops to our business partners to the generous Telluride community, we are extremely grateful to all of our donors. Their contributions support science and innovation and will help shape the global future. If you haven’t done so already, please consider making a donation to Telluride Science to help shape a brighter future for all. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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special thanks to our 

Visionaries

The Samueli Foundation

Aela and Don Morgan

Laura and Kevin O’Connor

transformers

($250K-$499K)

Bjarne Andresen (Founding scientist)  

Anonymous

Celina Belizan & Greg Blatt

Joanne & Harmon Brown

The Baughns

Nicole & Miles Cook

Sally Puff Courtney & James M. Harley

Marcia & Alan Docter

Sueanne & John Kim

Carol & John Keogh 

Beverly Crilly & Louis Mintz

Sandie & Mark Shambaugh

 Polly & Bobby Stein

Kathleen & Johnathan Peacock

amplifiers

($100K-$249K)

Alpine Bank

 Millard Alexander 

 Libba & Curt Anderson  

Azadi Fine Rugs/Bella Fine Goods 

Joyce & Ron Allred  

Clare & Doug Barnett

Karen & Charlie Baughn

Bloom Foundation

The Broadfield Fund

Stuart & Joanna Brown

Joanne & Harmon Brown

 Butler Family Fund

 Abby & Tim Erdman 

 Bridgitt & Bruce Evans 

Gruelle Family

Rose Gutfeld & Peter Edwards

Billy Harbert

Matt & Alexis Kane Family Fund  

Sueanne & John Kim  

 

Mark & Kim Lowes  

Will Lewis & Katie Procter 

McManemin Family 

Miller Family

Phinny Family Foundation

Jody Miller & Peter Waldor

Kathleen & Jonathan Peacock

Susan & Stephen Philpott

Joanne & Tom Pike

Laurel & John Rafter

 Holly & Brad Reeves 

Gwen & Rod Rehnborg 

Tige & Elizabeth Savage 

Wendy Sisler  

 Amy & Don Smith 

 Aldona & Damon Spiegel 

 Michael & Sharon Talbert 

Elizabeth Werner & Carl Kravitz

 Christine & Michael Wicks 

The Willett Family

 founders circle
We are especially grateful to our Founders Circle members who generously contributed the original $5.5M that allowed Telluride Science to purchase the Telluride Depot. Members are noted with the Telluride Science logo. 

Every Supporter Is Vital to Our Success and Greatly Appreciated

accelerators

($50K-$99k)

  • Katherine Borsecnik & Gene Weil
  • Tammy & Chris Cochran
  • Deupree Family Foundation
  • Hansen Family
  • Marisa & Patrick Dwyer
  • Hansen Family
  • Alida & David Kehrl
  • Rebecca & Jay Markley
  • Beth McLaughlin 
  • Judy Muller & George Lewis
  • Laurie & Eric Olson
  • Pike-Jackson Foundation
  • Nancy & Bob Puff
  • Joanne & Jim Steinback

catalysts

($10K-$49k)

  • David Baldwin
  • Carla & Stephen Berry
  • Biindon Foundation
  • Jan & Pete deLuca
  • Daniel Erdman
  • Deborah Erdman
  • Grace & Paul Engbring
  • Cindy & Rick Fusting
  • Kara & Michael Gerardi
  • Gruelle Family
  • Easley & Camilla Hansen
  • Jeff & Christa Hawkins
  • Ben Jackson
  • Mary & Jesse Johnson
  • Dianne & Bill Ledingham
  • J. David Heaney & Ann Lents
  • Nancy Levinger
  • James Loo
  • Adam (in memorium) & Diane Max
  • Audrey Marnoy
  • Mitra & Daniel O’Neill
  • Sharon & Nelson Sharp
  • Wendy & Jim Skinner
  • Page & TD Smith
  • Mary & John Straub
  • Stone Capital Group Inc. & Tom & Donna Stone
  • Lizzy & Michael Tobin
  • Beth & Scott Ullem
  • University of Chicago
  • Pam Cowan & Danny Winokur
  • Ron Elber & Virginia Yip 
  •  Ben & Priscilla Zintak

conductors

($5K-$9k)

 
  • Anonymous
  • Chris Arndt
  • David Baldwin
  • Charlie Baughn
  • Eric Bittner
  • Tanis Bond & John Willard
  • Phil & Gerry Borgeson
  • Jeffrey Burdge
  • Charles Cobb
  • The Coe Family
  • Rose Cusack
  • Elliott Family Philanthropic
  • Michael Feig
  • David S. Howe Foundation
  • Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation
  • Debbie & Gary Freedman
  • Jill & Dan Freshley
  • Jodi Jacobs & Kenneth Goldman
  • Jim Jennings
  • Tom Kleyman
  • Andrea Knorr
  • Tim Lodge
  • Beth Mayer & James King
  • Jody Miller
  • Marianne & Brian Minnehan
  • Matt Porteus
  • Tom Preston
  • Aylin Rodan & Adrian Rothenfluh
  • Harold Rubenstein Family Charitable Trust
  • Diane Sherman
  • Joanne Shernoff
  • Elliot Steinberg
  • Beth & Jack Watson
  • Paul & Aleta Zoidis

energizers

($1000-$4999)

  • Anonymous
  • Johnston & Scott Adams
  • Jason Anderson
  • Colby and Leslie Barrett
  • Richard Betts
  • Kathi & David Beratan
  • Eric Bittner
  • Meg & Jay Bodnar
  • Marilyn Brady & David Henry
  • Jeffrey & Mary Burdge 
  • Ben & Joanne Case
  • Enrique & Mereke Carrizosa 
  • Rob Coalson
  • Sue & Chuck Cobb
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  • Ron Cortina
  • Qiang Cui
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  • Tom Keogh
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  • Judy Kim
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  • Margaret & Bern Kohler 
  • Konstantin Kostov & Tzvetelina Boynovska
  • Kozak Family
  • Marija Kramer
  • Rob Krause
  • Anna Krylov
  • Kreamer Family
  • Marc & Randee Kreamer
  • Deniz & David Leitner
  • Nancy Levinger & Pete Schmid
  • Stephen Lowe
  • Louis Madsen
  • Marcia Millar
  • John Miller
  • William H. Miller
  • John Mitchell-in memory of Mary Chase
  • Gwen & Harvey Mogenson
  • Network for Good (Facebook)
  • Suzanne Nikolaus
  • Linda Nowak
  • Brian O’Neill
  • David Osborn & Julie Morgan
  • Arthur Palmer
  • Tony & Lori Petosa
  • Audrey von Poelnitz
  • Matt Proteus
  • Josie & Tom Preston
  • Debbie & Steve Pruett
  • Peggy & Jay Raible
  • David Reichman
  • William Reinhardt
  • Laura & Paul Ricks
  • Albert Roer
  • Sally & Peter Salamon
  • Natalie & J. Michael Sanders
  • Tamar Schlick
  • Gustavo Scuseria
  • Laura & John Shields
  • Margaret & Jack Simons
  • Tara & Marty Stetina
  • Sir Fraser Stoddart
  • Annie & Tim Swan
  • Meg Taylor & Franz Rassman
  • Allison Templin
  • Janet Varnell & Brian Warwick
  • Gabe Waldor
  • Lindsey Walker
  • Jack & Janet Wolinetz
  • Stephen White
  • Amy Yenkin & Robert Usdan
  • Tamiki Yoko
  • Richard Young
  • Lee Zeller

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(Up to $1k)

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  • Stephen Bradforth
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  • Annie & Lars Carlson
  • Carlos Castaneda
  • Lindsay Caverly
  • Ralph Chamberlin
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  • Corie Chandler
  • Shi-Jie Chen
  • Kendall Cieciuch
  • Clarke Family
  • Carter Cochran
  • Ronald Cohen
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  • Riccardo Comin
  • Matthew Comstock
  • Community Celebration Cash Donations
  • Tracy Condon
  • Shirley Conrad
  • Karen Conway
  • Allen & Sylvia Cooper
  • Lance Cooper
  • Galen Craven
  • I M Cunningham
  • Susan & John Curtis
  • Elizabeth & Allen Cutler
  • Yamini Dalal
  • Charles Dalton
  • Tony Daranyi
  • Ann Davy
  • Richard Dawes
  • Milan Delor
  • Elaine Demas
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  • Lorenzo Di Michele
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  • David Doemland
  • Neil Donahue
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  • Alex Edelman
  • Art Edison
  • Annica Ekman
  • Chris Elles
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  • Mohamed El-Naggar
  • Niall English
  • Amar Family Givng Fund
  • Gerald Feigenson
  • Graham Feingold
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  • Stephen Fried
  • Daniel Frisbie
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  • Barak Hirshberg
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  • Jonathan Hosler
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  • Janet Jacobs
  • Chris Jarzynski
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  • De-en Jiang
  • Annemarie Jodlowski
  • Robert Johnston
  • Andras Kapus
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  • Alan Kay
  • Jonathan Keeling
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  • Judy Kim
  • Sarah King
  • Richard Kirwacki
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  • Toyon Fund Kittler Family Trust
  • Isaac Klapper
  • Rebekka Klausen
  • Jacek Klos
  • Stefan Klumpp
  • Joan & John Knowles
  • Diana Koeliker
  • Horst Koeppel
  • David Koes
  • Moiz Kohari
  • Judith Kohin
  • Anatoly Kolomeisky
  • Julia Kovacs
  • Timothy Kowalczky
  • Anne Kozak
  • Marija & Kelly Kramer
  • Steve & Elaine Krameisen
  • Sonia Kreidenweis
  • Richard Kriwacki
  • Amber Krummel
  • Tatiana Kutateladze
  • John Lamar
  • Dietrich Leibfried
  • Marsha Lester
  • Elaine Li
  • Dmytro Liakh
  • David Limmer
  • John Lipuma
  • Polina Lishko
  • Shin Yuan Liu
  • Weitao Liu
  • Susanna & Timothy Lodge
  • Casey Londergan
  • Mark & Kim Lowes
  • Christine Luscombe
  • Connie Lu
  • Mike Lynch
  • Jonathan Malen
  • Boris Martinac
  • David Martin
  • James Mayer
  • Charles McCrory
  • Matthew McDowell
  • Matt McIntosh
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  • Norm McLean
  • Jaroslaw Meller
  • Nicholas Meskhidze
  • Karen Michaeli
  • Josef Michl
  • Sandra Miller
  • Sergiy Minko
  • Katie Mitchell-Koch
  • Tanja Mittag
  • Yasuhisa Mizutani
  • Arnulf Moebius
  • Siobhan Montoya Lavender
  • Vladimiro Mujica
  • Bill Mulholland
  • Brian Munsky
  • Doreen Myles
  • Balakrishnan Naduvalath
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  • Satoshi Nihonyanagi
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  • Jeffrey Rack
  • Jonathan Raff
  • Christina Ragain
  • Talat Rahman
  • Franz Rassman
  • Bakhtiyor Rasulev
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  • Scott Reid
  • William Reinhardt
  • Amie Remsing
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  • Nicole Riemer
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  • George Rose
  • Peter Rossky
  • Brenda Rubenstein
  • Aaron Rury
  • Nita Sahai
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  • Dvira Segal
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  • Lori Sharp
  • Carolyn Shaw
  • Qiang Shi
  • Melissa & Scott Showalter
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  • Marilyn Siegel
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  • Linda Young
  • Jin Yu
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