$5,000 — Veterinary Financial Assistance for Teton Valley Residents The Community Foundation’s Grant Committee fully funded PAWS of Jackson Hole’s Competitive Grant that was both compassionate and strategic in nature. PAWS understands that sometimes people and their pets need veterinary help. When an owner can’t afford to pay for a vet, pets go without proper care. Whether a pet has an …
Grants
Mountain Bike the Tetons – MBT Youth Program Coordinator
MBT Youth Program Coordinator: $2,400 The Community Foundation partially funded Mountain Bike the Tetons grant for a dedicated program staff in order to meet growing community needs and expectations set by the groundbreaking, local youth cycling education program Sprockids. This outstanding opportunity will provide MBT with the foundation necessary to provide a more robust, inclusive, …
Girls Actively Participating! (GAP!): Teton Valley GAP!
Teton Valley GAP! - $5,000 Girls Actively Participating’s grant spoke to all of the Community Foundation’s strategic pillars. The Grant Committee saw that with this grant the Foundation could simultaneously invest, empower, and enrich Teton Middle School girls. GAP! is an after-school program at Teton Middle School available to all girls. They experience topics such as developing …
Friends of the Teton River – (H2)-KNOW your well water quality
(H2)-KNOW your well water quality - $2,750 As a Foundation with strategic values, the Grants Committee chose to fully fund Friends of the Teton River’s Competitive Grant for a well water testing cost-share program for Teton Valley residents. Mail-in test kits provided at a reduced cost enable individuals to accurately, affordably, and conveniently test their well water. Cost-share programs …
Downtown Driggs Association – Essential Tools
Essential Tools - $1,500 A top priority goal for the Community Foundation is organizational health, for both ourselves and others. By increasing organizational health and sustainability, we create greater capacity within nonprofits, and in turn, have a larger impact in our community. The Downtown Driggs Association aims to foster a thriving and vibrant downtown community through free cultural …
Community Resource Center of Teton Valley – Tech Upgrade Project
Tech Upgrade Project - $1,707.92 One of the four theories of change at the Community Foundation of Teton Valley is that greater capacity within nonprofits leads to larger impact in the community. The Foundation understands that streamlining services can save organizations time, money and resources while simultaneously extending the reach and breadth of their missions. The Community Resource …
Helping Community Cats: PAWS of Jackson Hole
Teton High School seniors participating in this year’s Youth Philanthropy Program recognized the immediate impact PAWS of Jackson Hole’s Trap-Neuter-and-Return program would have in Teton Valley and chose to partially fund this grant with an award of $730. Feral cats are community cats that live in colonies. Just as we help our human residents, community cats need our assistance with food and …
Dreamer Scholarships: Immigrant Hope-Wyoming/Idaho
Participating Teton High School seniors understood the power and impact of Immigrant Hope-Wyoming/Idaho’s Youth Philanthropy Grant Application immediately. There was little question that it would receive the full grant award of $960 to provide two Dreamer scholarships for present and/or former Teton High School students. DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or Dreamers, is a US …
Hasty Team Winter Equipment: Teton County Idaho Search and Rescue
Growing up in the shadow of the Tetons has impressed upon Teton High School Seniors the importance of a quick, experienced, and well-prepared response team should things go awry in the mountains. In light of their concern for Teton County’s growing population using the backcountry via horseback, four-wheelers, skis, and snowmobiles, Youth Philanthropy students awarded Teton County Idaho Search and …
Animal Shelter Enrichment: Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter
Teton High School seniors funded the Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter’s Youth Philanthropy Grant for Animal Shelter Enrichment with a $730 grant award. The Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter takes in stray and unwanted animals, caring for them while they wait to be adopted. When people visit the adoptable animals, they appreciate knowing that the animals are well cared for and happy. This …