Community Foundation of Teton Valley Awards Competitive Grants

The Community Foundation of Teton Valley respectfully announces that it has awarded this year’s Competitive Grant funds a week before scheduled. With grant applications due on February 21st, all proposals and grant decisions were made before the onset of COVID-19. In light of the recent turn of events, the Community Foundation understands how much more meaningful and important these funds are today. Thanks to the generosity of Tin Cup Challengers, the Foundation was able to award 20 Competitive Grants to…

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Foundation Updates

Dear Community Foundation Partners & Supporters, With so much changing in the news every day, I want to keep you abreast of our work at the Community Foundation and within the nonprofit community. A truly awesome outpouring of support from community members has grown the Community Foundation’s Community Emergency Response Fund to $98,500. With the initial focus of this fund on immediate health and human service needs, money has already been released to local nonprofits on the frontlines, including the Community Resource Center of…

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Working Remotely: Week 5

Community Emergency Response Fund The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has grown to over $100,000 through generous donations from our community! This amazing response shows just how much our valley truly cares for its neighbors. In that light Targhee Athletics, in an effort to help the community two-fold, held a 21-Day Teton Valley Strong Challenge to help motivate people at home and raise funds for both the Community Emergency Response Fund and the Teton Valley Food Pantry. Their efforts have…

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Working Remotely: Week 6

Community Emergency Response Fund Support for the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has continued to pour in, bringing the total raised to $118,500 thanks to charitable donations from our community! Many generous donors are stretching their limited resources, some even sharing stimulus checks, to help those in more dire straits. These dollars are going straight to work through the nonprofits most on the front lines of COVID-19 crisis relief. They are providing necessary resources for many valley residents during…

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Working Remotely: Week 7

Community Emergency Response Fund The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has continued to grow, with charitable funds raised marking $121,000 thanks to generous donations from our community! These dollars are going straight to work through the nonprofits most on the front lines of COVID-19 crisis relief. While funds are currently providing necessities for many valley residents, we understand that the road ahead is going to be a long one for all nonprofit services. We are honored to help…

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13th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Update

Press Release: The opening of the 13th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Giving Period is just weeks away, beginning on June 1st, 2020.  As the Teton Valley community continues trying to understand how our valley will be impacted by COVID-19, we want to share with you that the Community Foundation will be doing its part to address local nonprofit needs by proceeding with the 13th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Giving Period.  In order to accommodate health, safety, and unknown variables associated with COVID-19, it…

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Working Remotely: Week 9

Community Emergency Response Fund The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has continued to grow, with charitable funds raised marking $124,363 thanks to generous donations from our community! Of this total, the Community Foundation has distributed $55,000 to the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley and Teton Valley Food Pantry, including a future distribution planned for Seniors West of the Tetons. These dollars are providing necessary relief to those most affected by COVID-19. While funds are currently providing necessities for many valley residents, we…

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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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Family Safety Network – Laminate Flooring for Pet-Friendly Transitional Housing

Laminate Flooring for Pet-Friendly Transitional Housing – $5,000 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was honored to award a Competitive Grant to Family Safety Network and found this application to be especially vital in serving a population in our community that can be easily overlooked.  Domestic violence is a serious problem and the more that  Family Safety Network can provide transitional housing that meets a variety of needs, the better off our community will be in supporting these community members. Research shows…

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Youth Philanthropy in Action

Part of the Tin Cup Challenger Fund goes directly to support the Youth Philanthropy Program at Teton High School. Now in its 10th year, this fall’s participating seniors have 16 grant applications to weigh over the course of two class periods, with a total ask of nearly $14,000. With the additional generosity of Challenger Richard Grundler, this year students have a total of $7,000 to award. This program illustrates real-world philanthropy on a local level while shedding light on Teton Valley’s nonprofit landscape and current community…

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Community Counts: Friends of the Valley of the Tetons Library

The Friends of the Valley of the Tetons Library is a nonprofit entity formed to support and enrich the resources and facilities of the library to benefit our community.  Our goal is to provide funding for equipment, renovations, activities, and various projects above and beyond the library budget provided by county tax dollars.  We are a volunteer group of citizens whose shared mission is to promote, advocate for, support, and enhance the work of our local library.  We also assist the Library…

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Community Counts: Family Safety Network

Around Teton Valley, you will encounter stickers inside of restaurants, grocery stores, bathrooms, doctor’s offices, and even at playgrounds, with the words “Are You Safe?”. These stickers serve as an ever-present reminder that there are individuals in our valley who are in fact not safe and experience fear as part of their daily lives. Family Safety Network (FSN) advocates for healthy relationships and empowers survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Teton Valley. We partner with individuals and communities to…

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Community Counts: Subs for Santa

Many living in our community would be quick to say that Subs for Santa bringsour valley together as one to help one another in our times of need. That has especially been the case this past year! Back in 1989, Subs for Santa was born because of a need to help a family in our community. A group of volunteers put together a Christmas for this family. The single mother of three wanted to give back to the generous community…

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Community Counts: Mountain Roots Education

Founded in 2006, Mountain Roots Education has strived to educate and excite Teton Valley residents about gardening, farming, and sustainable living. In order to establish its own identity and convey a sense of what makes this location special, the nonprofit chose to change its name from Full Circle Education in April 2021. Mountain Roots is focused on inspiring kids in the garden through it’s school garden programs. With well established programs at both Tetonia Elementary and Alta Elementary, Mountain Roots…

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Community Counts: Teton Arts

Kurt Vonnegut said it best when he said, “Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake…Do it as well as you possibly can.  You will get an enormous reward.  You will have created something.” Embracing creative experiences as a universal tool to improve quality of life, Teton Arts has set out to grow our program offerings to engage as many people as we can.  Our weekly adult classes not only offer…

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Youth Philanthropy Gives Back

While last fall’s awards ceremony was in a non-traditional, Zoom format, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Youth Philanthropy Program rounded out its 10th year – granting $44,000 to date. This amazing program instills the concept of philanthropy in high school seniors while funding specific needs within our nonprofit community. Through this avenue, the Community Foundation is able to both support local organizations and educate the next generation of philanthropists.  Youth Philanthropy Grants are funded through the generosity of Business and Community Challengers, and the Challenger Fund.…

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Community Counts: Teton Valley Museum

A legacy to proudly exhibit: Teton Valley has abundant qualities to admire.  It has super skiing, stunning mountains, beautiful meadows and streams. Its world class recreation and the support industries are booming. Cattle graze and crops flourish. Visitors to the Teton Valley Museum learn that the same things that draw people to Teton Valley now are what drew people here in the late 1880s: Fresh air in beautiful surroundings, a chance to make a new life for their families, an…

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