Teton School District #401 – Improving Reading Instruction

Improving Reading Instruction – $3,000 The Community Foundation understands the importance of a solid educational foundation that includes strong reading skills. With struggling readers present in every school across the nation, the Foundation fully funded the School District’s competitive grant to improve reading instruction. As teachers and school systems work to meet the needs of all of their students, having a strong toolbox of strategies and methods to tackle learning challenges is of the utmost importance. This project will provide…

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Teton Valley Aquatics — Community Learn-to-Swim Program

Community Learn-to-Swim Program – $2,000 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley appreciated the strategic nature of this grant to invest in swim education and empower families with the access and knowledge to swim.  Teton Valley Aquatics’ Pilot Community Learn-to-Swim program to address limited accessiblity to water safety education opportunities in Teton Valley was granted full funding during our Competitive Grant cycle. As a result of this program, a broader cross-section of our community will have improved swimming and safety skills. In…

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Teton Valley Community Recycling – Community Compost Program

Community Compost Program – $750 The Community Foundation was pleased to fully fund Teton Valley Community Recycling’s competitive grant to strategically and collaboratively reduce waste and increase composting locally. Teton Valley residents currently send large amounts of food and yard waste to the landfill for disposal thus increasing greenhouse gas emissions through transport and the resultant anaerobic decay of landfilled materials. The new Community Compost program creates a neighborhood composting network and a sustainable way to feed the soil! Teton…

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Teton Mental Health Coalition – Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group

$4,080 – Dialectical Behavior Therapy Group Teton Mental Health Coalition’s grant to fund a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Group for teens who attend Teton Middle School and Basin High School was fully funded by the Community Foundation of Teton Valley during our Competitive Grant cycle. This group will teach communication, mindfulness, and distress tolerance skills using an evidenced-based, group approach in order to prevent suicide and self-harming behaviors, as well as improve the overall mental health and wellbeing of participants. In…

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Teton Valley Trails & Pathways – Ginzu Groomer

$2,500 – Ginzu Groomer The Community Foundation of Teton Valley fully funded Teton Valley Trails and Pathways Competitive Grant ask to help offset the cost of new grooming equipment, as TVTAP continues to expand their grooming efforts in Teton Valley. Next winter will grace the valley with another new addition to our winter trail system that has served over 20,000 visitors annually for the past three years. The new trail was built in November of 2018 and will be finished…

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Teton Creek Corridor Collaborative – Teton Creek Corridor Pathway

$9,000 – Teton Creek Corridor Pathway The Teton Creek Corridor Project was started in 2014 by four Teton Valley nonprofits to create a greenbelt trail corridor along Teton Creek that will provide public access, protect agricultural heritage, improve stream function, protect vital habitat, and improve existing developments by making them more compatible with community goals. The Community Foundation’s full funding of this grant during will help with construction of phase one of this long-awaited pathway. The Teton Creek Corridor project…

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PAWS MedFund makes a difference in Teton Valley

The Community Foundation granted $5,000 to PAWS of Jackson Hole during our 2019 Competitive Grant cycle. This grant helped PAWS establish a MedFund for Veterinary Financial Assistance in Teton Valley. With this fund, PAWS is able to help support pets and families in need. One such case that’s seen great success is Buddy, a male cocker spaniel, that picked up wandering around Driggs this past summer and brought to the Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter. Here, he was impounded for…

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ABC – Above and Beyond the Classroom: Computer Lab

$800 – Computer Lab: Engaging Students During this year’s Youth Philanthropy Program, participating Teton High School Seniors readily signed on to help the students enrolled in ABC by fully funding their ask for a computer lab. ABC – Above and Beyond the Classroom in Teton Valley provides academic, enrichment and wellness programs in a safe and supportive environment for at-risk children after school and for 8-weeks during the summer months. While students will be moving to the new Driggs Elementary…

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Family Safety Network: Counseling for Clients & their Children in Need

$960 — Counseling for Clients and their Children in Need Participating Seniors at Teton High School were touched by the work Family Safety Network does in their community. Through their quiet dedication, Family Safety Network works to partner with individuals and communities to eliminate violence, abuse, and oppression.  Victims of domestic violence and sexual assault can be effectively helped by individualized counseling that is often beyond their means to afford or otherwise obtain.  Counseling can provide a victim with the tools to…

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HAPI Trails: Veterinarian Stock

$1,000 – Veterinarian Stock Teton High School Seniors called on some of their more experienced peers to conclude the importance of a Veterinarian Stock for HAPI Trails during this year’s Youth Philanthropy Program.  Given that HAPI Trails takes in abused, abandoned and neglected horses, Seniors understood the importance of a solid veterinarian stock for horses that are not conditioned to being worked on or touched. “Equally,” as Julie Martin, Executive Director for HAPI Trails, explained when visiting the class for questions, “it’s…

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Seniors West of the Tetons: Fish Fund

$500 – Fish Fund Teton High School Seniors declared, “Let them eat fish!,” after hearing from Executive Director, River Osborn speak about specific benefits seniors would glean from the proposed Fish Fund, during this year’s Youth Philanthropy Program.  Seniors West of the Tetons provides health, nutrition, and social connections for seniors in Teton Valley. One of their cornerstone programs provides hot lunches to seniors in the community, five days a week, by donation – no one is ever turned away due…

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Teton County 4-H: Pig to Feed the Hungry

$600 – Teton 4-H Pig donation to help feed the Hungry The full-circle nature of this project’s impact spoke to the full funding Teton High School Seniors awarded during this year’s Youth Philanthropy Progam. Teton County Idaho 4-H connects youth with how their food is grown through hands-on learning. They’ve also stepped in to help reduce local food insecurity through youth-driven donations since 2017. Over the last two years, they have provided two 4-H market pigs and over 150-pounds of…

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Teton Valley Community Recycling: Education Programs

$500 – Recycling Education Programs for Elementary Students After calling Iris Saxer, Executive Director for Teton Valley Community Recycling, in for additional questions, participating Youth Philanthropy students understood the value in Teton Valley Community Recycling’s proposal to provide waste reduction/recycling education programs for all valley 4th and 5th graders.  Teton Valley Community Recycling plans to develop and implement a curriculum specific to our region, teach two 1.5 hour sessions in every classroom, and offer field trips to the County Recycling Center…

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Teton Valley Ski Education Foundation: Beacons are Lit!

$640 – Beacons are Lit! (Avalanche Beacons) Student Philanthropists partially funded Teton Valley Ski Education Foundation’s proposal to purchase 3 avalanche beacons for freeride athletes in order to help keep programming affordable, provide proper avalanche safety instruction, and ensure the safety of athletes.  Our community’s lifestyle centers around the mountains for which the valley is named; the Tetons. Due to the length of the winters, skiing and snowboarding are integral to that lifestyle for many. TVSEF aspires to invite and…

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Start-up Intensive Nonprofit Scholarship

The Community Foundation of Teton Valley and Central Wyoming College are teaming up to offer a $2,000 scholarship for a local nonprofit to take the Spring 2019 Start-Up Intensive.   The Community Foundation of Teton Valley and Central Wyoming College are offering one $2,000 scholarship for a local nonprofit to take the Spring 2020 Start-Up Intensive. The Start-UpIntensive is an in-depth entrepreneurial training program designed to provide participants with proven tools, frameworks, and skills that winning companies utilize to launch successful business ideas.  Developing and maintaining clarity around mission, priorities, fundraising, multiple stakeholders…

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2020 Competitive Grant Program Open

The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce that the Competitive Grant Application opened at 9 am on Monday, February 3, 2020, with grant applications due by 5 pm on Friday, February 21, 2020. Local nonprofit organizations seeking grant funding for programs or services benefitting Teton Valley are welcome to apply.  Eligible nonprofit organizations include 501c3 public charities, local schools, and local government entities.   “We are grateful to our Tin Cup Challengers and Community Foundation Donors who make our grant programs possible…

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ABC- Above & Beyond the Classroom – Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning – $3,000 Success has come quickly at Above & Beyond the Classroom (ABC).  Since its inception less than two years ago, ABC has run afterschool and summer school programming that provides academic, enrichment, and wellness programs in a safe and supportive environment for at-risk children.  Concurrently, the organization has built its Board of Directors and a donor base to ensure long-term viability.  As Diane Temple, ABC’s Executive Director, described, “it was like designing, building and flying the airplane” all at the…

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City of Driggs — Tree & Beautification Committee

5th Street Skate Park Edible Pollinator Garden – $900 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was pleased to support this request to create an edible pollinator garden adjacent to the 5th Street Skate Park.  The Foundation was impressed by the collaborative nature of this proposal as it incorporated numerous community members. The 5th Street Park has long been home to many user groups and its use continues to grow.  The need to care for this park and its attributes is essential to ensuring the longevity…

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Community Resource Center of Teton Valley — Removing the Language Barrier

Removing the Language Barrier – $4,800 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was honored to support this valuable and critical asset need for the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley.  One of the primary goals of the Foundation’s Competitive Grant Program is to support projects that reach underserved community members.  The Community Foundation expects the results of having an interpretive service available will improve bi-lingual interactions with Resource Center clients and improve their quality of life. Clients that speak Spanish as their…

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Education Foundation of Teton Valley – GAP! Program in the Middle School

GAP! Program in the Middle School – $5,000 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was honored to award this Competitive Grant to the Education Foundation of Teton Valley to assist young female students in gaining valuable life tools.  The Foundation strongly supports projects that focus on educating Teton Valley youth, especially programs that provide support for emotional development and confidence building.  Their application also leveraged a partnership with GAP! in Jackson Hole that has offered this programming in Teton Valley and Jackson…

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