Community Foundation of Teton Valley
189 N. Main St., Ste. 112
Driggs, ID 83422
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1523
Driggs, ID 83422
Community Counts: Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition
If recent events have taught us anything, it is that we greatly need a sense of community to help us overcome difficulty when times get tough. We are at our best when we seek to tap into collective sources of strength, resiliency, and collaboration. Teton Valley is known for the exceptional way in which we care for each other – we know how to show up for our neighbors, lending material support and emotional comfort in times of turmoil and…
Community Counts: Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition
If recent events have taught us anything, it is that we greatly need a sense of community to help us overcome difficulty when times get tough. We are at our best when we seek to tap into collective sources of strength, resiliency, and collaboration. Teton Valley is known for the exceptional way in which we care for each other – we know how to show up for our neighbors, lending material support and emotional comfort in times of turmoil and…
Community Counts: Rotary Club of Teton Valley
Help us Offer Opportunity The biggest winner in the scholarship competition is our community! Each year the Rotary Club of Teton Valley raises money to grant scholarships to deserving high school seniors. A testament to our students’ capacity for success last year was the record turnout of applicants, the highest grade point average among our applicants, and some of the closest decisions since our scholarship competition began! It is also a testament to the teachers who worked with the students to help them…
Community Counts: Blake Chapman Young Eagles Scholarship
The Blake Chapman Young Eagles Scholarship allows the local Chapter 1049 of the Experimental Aircraft Association to provide funding for a high school junior or senior from Teton Valley, Idaho to earn their Private Pilot Certificate. This amazing opportunity can not only set them up on an incredible career path but also allow them to develop a sense of self-confidence and maturity that will carry them far in life. The flight training is conducted at our local flight school, Teton Aviation…
Community Counts: Earthfire Institute
Through land preservation, wildlife rehabilitation, and the framework of Reconnection Ecology, Earthfire Institute serves as a local and international seed center for new ideas of how to relate to wildlife in a way that works for both humans and animals. When you visit our website, you see videos and photos of our rescued sanctuary animals and rehabilitation “patients.” All are native to our region. You’ll see wolves running through snow. There are photographs of cougars, bears, bison, and more interacting…
Community Counts: Mountainside Institute
This spring and summer Mountainside Institute has offered a 6-part series on Green Living and Building. These FREE workshops are offered in Victor at the Mountainside Village Pavilion on Old Jackson Hwy from May 11 – June 29. Green Retrofitting Conservationist Forrest McCarthy will discuss holistic approaches to minimizing environmental impacts while also considering aesthetic and economic factors for home retrofitting. May 11 | 5:30 PM |Mountainside Village Pavilion Recycling in Teton Valley What can we recycle here? What is Wish-Cycling? Can I recycle…
14TH ANNUAL TIN CUP CHALLENGE KICKS OFF ON MARCH 16TH
Tuesday, March 16th marks the opening of the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s 14th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Application Period and the Tin Cup Kick-Off Meeting! The first half hour is a mandatory meeting for organizations that have never participated in the Tin Cup Challenge or have had an absence in participation of more than 2 years. The meeting will be held from 9 AM – 10 AM via Zoom. It is highly suggested that new Executive Directors or new staff responsible…
NEW BOARD MEMBERS & OFFICERS
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley announced today that it has welcomed two new Board members and designated a new Board Emeritus, as well as established new Board and committee roles. Scott Pierson and Shawn Meisl join the Foundation Board, Nancy Siverd will continue her leadership role as a Board Emeritus, and several Board members have accepted new governance and committee roles. “Great teams are made through the collective and selfless work of individuals committed to a common goal and…
14 Ways Nonprofits Shine in the Face of Adversity
Amid the grey skies of the pandemic, there have been moments of pure radiance for each of Teton Valley’s nonprofits. Staff and board efforts to accommodate necessary changes to programming have teased innumerable silver linings out of the original problems Covid posed. Organizations’ ability to respond and initiate work-arounds during this tenuous time has been a bright spot in the otherwise grey of the unknown. At the Community Foundation, we want to recognize 14 ways in which all local nonprofits have shown brightly throughout…
Competitive Grants to Open
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce that our annual Competitive Grant Applications will open at 9am on Monday, February 1, 2021 with grant applications due by 5pm on Friday, February 19, 2021. 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 Tin Cup Business & Community Challengers and Community Foundation donors who make the…
Finding Magic
While turning the calendar hasn’t been the magic fix we were hoping for, we can look back on 2020 to see many silver linings. For the Community Foundation the year shows clear evidence of the generous community in which we live. Business & Community Challengers, as well as direct donors, charitably gave the most-ever during the Tin Cup Challenge. Through the generosity of Challengers, strategic planning, and a fiscally conservative approach, the Community Foundation was able to award our highest-ever Matching Grant of 60% to participating nonprofits. In addition to open and ready…
Joselin Matkins Leaves an Indelible Legacy
It is with great sadness that we received the news of Joselin Matkins, Executive Director of the Teton Regional Land Trust, untimely passing this past Friday. The Community Foundation of Teton Valley would like to express our most heartfelt sympathies to Jeremiah Keavney, John and Carol Matkins, and all of her loved ones that are mourning at this time. Joselin was a leader among leaders in our tight-knit nonprofit community in Teton Valley. She had established herself as someone that newer nonprofit leaders…
Community Foundation Supports Incoming Board Members & Nonprofit Leaders
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is excited to announce a new offering, the New Board Member Brief, for incoming board members of local nonprofits. This free, quarterly offering will back-up organizational board orientations with specific information regarding a board member’s legal role and the relationship of board members to staff, the rest of the board, and volunteers. New board members have great passion and enthusiasm for the mission of the organization they join. As a new board member, they have likely…
We LOVE Your LOVE!
This post first appeared on our blog on February 13, 2015. As Valentine’s Day approaches, we wanted to share this “love letter” to our community again because we remain in love with your love of Teton Valley. Candlelit dinner reservations are being made, bouquets of red roses are being scheduled for delivery and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are flying off store shelves, which can mean only one thing…Valentine’s Day is almost here. In honor of the holiday, we want to share…
Community Foundation Youth Philanthropy Grants Now Being Accepted
2016 Youth Philanthropy Grant Recipients & Student Philanthropists. Photo Courtesy: Erica Rice The Community Foundation of Teton Valley, in partnership with Teton High School, is now accepting grant applications through Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 5:00 PM as part of the 2017 Youth Philanthropy Program. “This program is an excellent opportunity for introducing the concept of philanthropy to the next generation while helping them to better understand the significant and impactful roles that nonprofits play in our own community,” said…
A New Year & the Legacy of Youth Philanthropy
As January unfolds with new year’s resolutions, we look to the future and chart our course for the year ahead. Youth Philanthropy strikes the chords we’re strumming this time of year – those of improvement, enhancement, growth, community, and well-being. The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is proud to bring our Youth Philanthropy Program to Teton High School seniors this January, for the 7th year running. The Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Program provides students with a hands-on learning opportunity to explore…
Start-up Intensive Scholarship
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley and Central Wyoming College are offering a $2,000 scholarships for a local nonprofit to take the Spring 2018 Start Up Intensive. The Community Foundation of Teton Valley and Central Wyoming College are offering a $2,000 scholarship for a local non-profit to take the Spring 2018 Start Up Intensive program. Formerly known as the Start Up Institute, the Start Up Intensiveis an in-depth entrepreneurial training program designed to provide participants with proven tools, frameworks and…
Counting: Ways We Love Our Community
It’s February and love is in our hearts. We’ve been pulling petals and counting the ways we collectively spread love throughout our community with your support, annually. • TIN CUP CHALLENGE 2017 marked the 10-year anniversary of the Tin Cup Challenge, with our most successful fundraising results to date. Last year, the Tin Cup Challenge raised a record-breaking $1,538,727, culminating in over $11 million raised during the first decade of this community-funded grant program. The impact this kind of charitable…
Seniors West of the Tetons – Meal Improvement Plan
Meal Improvement Plan – $3,550 The Community Foundation strives to address critical needs in the community. Some of these can go unseen or overlooked. One of our core values is compassion, and we know that greater capacity leads to a bigger impact. Seniors West of the Tetons advocates for our valley’s growing senior population, and brought to our attention the need to improve the nutritional quality of meals served five times weekly in its dining room and delivered to homebound…
Rendezvous Elementary School – Classroom Sound System Pilot Program
Classroom Sound System Pilot Project – $1,346 Efficiency and effectiveness are cornerstone values at the Community Foundation. We believe in offering all individuals the opportunity to succeed and thrive within our community. For this reason, we awarded Rendezvous Upper Elementary with a spring grant to purchase and implement a classroom audio system for its teachers. The system will put all students on equal playing ground for success, reducing inequities in hearing, access to teachers, positioning in the classroom and other…
