Who We Support

1% for the Planet represents a global network of businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations tackling our planet's most pressing environmental issues.

Working to ignite personal and communal adventure of all kinds through the experience of sharing meaningful stories. Envisioning a national network of educated, engaged, and multi-generational communities inspired by story to take action in their individual and collective lives.

The Ah Haa School for the Arts is a dynamic art school in Telluride, Colorado dedicated to inspiring all people to discover, nurture, and celebrate creativity. We support the Ah Haa school because we believe creativity and art are a path to connection and healing in our local community and beyond.

Many people’s introduction to AFSP comes through the Out of the Darkness Walks, taking place in cities nationwide. Those affected by suicide – and those who support them – raise awareness and much-needed funds, strongly sending the message that suicide is preventable, and that no one is alone.

The Inland Ocean Coalition is working to build ocean conservation constituencies around the US. Empowering individuals and communities to take an active role in improving the impacts and relationships between the inland, the coasts, and the ocean.

The Mission of JAS is to present and preserve jazz and related forms of music through world-class events, performances, and education programs. Since 1996, JAS has generated over $7.5 million to support its multifaceted music education programs!

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… And then to return home. -Australian Aboriginal Proverb. Tim and Jenna have been studying and meditating with Mountain Institute for 25 years. It is deeply important to them.

We support Mountainfilm because we believe in the power of storytelling to change the world. By presenting documentary film as a way to share important issues, Mountainfilm helps their audience, and students around the world, have a deeper understanding of and empathy for the world we live in.

Original Thinkers is a coming together of amazing people and ideas. Through film, music, story and art OT helps us to imagine what is possible and actually helps to give us the tools and inspiration to move towards that better world. We support OT because we believe that world is possible. They are helping to bring it into reality.

Pinhead Institute is a Smithsonian Affiliate based in Telluride, Colorado that strives to promote science-education both locally and globally. They educate and inspire children and adults in the greater western slope of Colorado region about the wonders of science and technology. We believe in and support science.

We support SMRC because they support our local community in so many ways. Their main goal is to eliminate domestic violence and sexual assault through intervention, education and social change. We believe everyone should be safe in their own home and community. SMRC is essential to our community.

SMA is a grassroots citizen organization dedicated to the preservation of the natural environment in the Telluride region and southwest Colorado. They protect regional ecosystems, wildlife habitats, and watersheds, and offer outreach and educational opportunities. These lands are precious to us, so we support SMA protecting them.

SUWA is the only non-partisan, non-profit organization working full time to defend Utah’s redrock wilderness. We support SUWA because there is nowhere we love more than Southern Utah. This precious landscape must be protected for future generations and no one fights harder for that protection than SUWA.

TASP provides recreational and educational opportunities for people with disabilities. These opportunities encourage personal growth and promote independence. We support TASP because we believe everyone should have the opportunity to challenge their bodies in the healing environment of the great outdoors.

We support Telluride A&A because we are so inspired by art, design, architecture and forward thinking delicious food. Our little home town is filled with the most amazing. creative people and this festival highlights them. We look forward to it every year.

We support Blues and Brews because they are so much more than a 3 day music festival. They support organizations that we align with, especially in supporting the Music Makers. We love the connection that live music creates between strangers who soon become friends.

Telluride Education Foundation is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that raises money to invest in the enrichment of K-12 education in the Telluride School District.

We support Telluride Gay Ski Week because we believe love is love. TGSW is a celebration of love, diversity and self expression in all its forms. It is about lifting each other up and seeing each other for who we are. Is there anything more important than that?

We support Telluride Jazz Festival because we love the intimate venue and community it creates. It supports the Telluride Society for Jazz which funds local programs. We support this festival because, well, we just love live music in a stunning outdoor venue surrounded by people we love in a valley we call home.

We support TMC because they advocate for safe, accessible, enjoyable and respectful opportunities for human-powered recreational activities in the Telluride region, through education, awareness and collaboration. We love our beautiful back yard and appreciate the work TMC does to keep it beautiful.