Community Foundation of Teton Valley
189 N. Main St., Ste. 112
Driggs, ID 83422
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1523
Driggs, ID 83422
Workshops & Nonprofit Resources
The Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Workshops provide a benchmark for best practices while creating opportunities for nonprofit leaders to network and collaborate. With an understood need for physical capacity, the Community Foundation remodeled our office to accommodate a Nonprofit Community Space for local organizations to hold board and donor meetings in January 2020. While closed in the first year of the pandemic, this space has seen over 300 meeting participants since it reopened this June. Our long-running Equipment Rental Program maintains three event tents, 21 tables, 40 chairs, and…
Competitive Grants
Competitive grant opportunities allow local organizations to address critical community needs as they arise on an annual basis. In each grant cycle, thoughtful committees are tasked with weighing the breadth and impact of each project that’s funded. Working with high school seniors, during Youth Philanthropy, allows the Community Foundation to instill the impact of philanthropy in future generations while introducing students to local nonprofit work. Over the last two years, our Community Emergency Response Fund has also been hard at work. One of these grants helped fund mental…
A Foundation for Local Nonprofits
As a donor, you are a critical part of our progress to ensure local nonprofit stability and sustainability. From equipment rentals to nonprofit consulting, the Community Foundation is an integral resource for staff and board members alike. As you make your philanthropic plans during the end of year giving season, we wanted to share the many ways your Community Foundation can help you make an impact: Stock or Securities: When you donate your appreciated assets, you can avoid paying federal and…
Giving Tuesday
Connect with the local nonprofit that feeds your passion: Contact information, website, and social media connections for all of Teton Valley’s nonprofits are listed in our Nonprofit Directory. “Giving Tuesday is a great reminder that philanthropy happens throughout the year. It reminds us that supporting our local nonprofits doesn’t always have to be in the form of a monetary donation. Volunteering and sharing of one’s talents to help elevate a Teton Valley organization is just as vital.” – Tim Adams, Executive Director,…
Community Raises $18.2 Million in 14 Years!
On Wednesday evening, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley hosted the 14th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Awards Ceremony. This beloved community event brought nonprofit leaders, donors, and volunteers together to celebrate the results of the 2021 Tin Cup Challenge. After recognizing the significant contributions of the Foundation’s Board, staff, and volunteers who support the success of both the Tin Cup Challenge Giving Period and Event Day annually, the Community Foundation’s Executive Director, Tim Adams, announced results to an anticipatory crowd, “This…
Creating a Solid Foundation
The Community Foundation works year-round to support local nonprofits from the bottom up. From maintaining an annual, dependable fundraiser for participating nonprofits to continuing education, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley is consistently building a stronger foundation for organizations to root into. Through these efforts, the Community Foundation creates stability while encouraging collaboration and connection. Consider making a designated gift to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley during the 14th Annual Tin Cup Challenge to help maintain a solid foundation for Teton Valley’s nonprofit community to…
2021 Tin Cup Event Day Highlights
Many thanks to our generous and talented photographers: C.W. Borrenpohl, Trish Boyd, Linda Swope, and Erica Tremblay. We greatly appreciate their efforts to capture this special day.
Tin Cup Challenge Grant Program
After a hard year for everyone, it’s good to feel the warmth and lightness of summer. For nonprofits that spent the pandemic reimagining programming, funding alternatives, and budgets, June 1st marked not only the beginning of a new season but also the beginning of something we can all count on – the Tin Cup Challenge. The Tin Cup Challenge provides a singular opportunity to give to numerous nonprofits with one simple transaction or to support the entire local nonprofit community with a Challenger donation. Through this model, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley has…
Community Counts: Teton Regional Land Trust
We are looking forward to a beautiful Teton Valley summer and are optimistic about starting to see you all in person, especially after this past year. As a community, we got through one of the most challenging times and ultimately, we are emerging out of the pandemic stronger together. You showed up for not only the Teton Regional Land Trust but for all Teton Valley’s important nonprofits. We learned a few things from the pandemic – being “stuck” in eastern…
Community Counts: Teton Rock Gym
Teton Rock Gym is more than just a climbing gym. It’s a special place where community members and newcomers can have a home base, a place to meet up, rain or shine, to make new friends, and spend time with family. Teton Rock Gym is a place where people build the kinds of relationships that make a place a home. For the children that come here, it’s a place where they are comfortable being themselves and feel safe to try…
Community Counts: HAPI Trails Horse Rescue
Horses have incredible hearing, with the ability to hear the heartbeat of a human from four feet away. In the wild, horses will synchronize their heartbeats to the other horses in the herd in order to sense danger more quickly. Studies have shown that domesticated horses will also use this tactic when interacting with humans, synchronizing to our heartbeats, thus sensing slight adjustments in our mood. HAPI Trails has used a similar technique when working with troubled horses, consciously calming…
Community Counts: Aska’s Animals
Throughout the pandemic, people acquired new pets and some people are feeling at a loss for what to do with their now 10-month-old large puppy who is barking constantly. Aska’s Animals will provide a progressive environment to provide people and pets of Teton Valley with the tools needed to be happy in their homes. Whether this is through behavior consultations, adoption, volunteer opportunities or providing sanctuary to homeless pigs in our region, we believe that all animals deserve a happy home…
2018 Tin Cup Challenge Event Day
The 11thAnnual Tin Cup Challenge Event Day was a terrific success! The Community Foundation of Teton Valley provided Teton Valley with an extraordinary event promoting philanthropy in our community while celebrating the ingenuity of our local nonprofits’ efforts to elevate life in Teton Valley. Our gratitude goes out to the many donors, volunteers, and nonprofits that make this event so successful annually. The community was pleased to return to the Driggs City Park after a three-year hiatus.…
$12.7 Million Raised in 11 Years!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Friday night the Community Foundation of Teton Valley hosted the 11thAnnual Tin Cup Challenge Awards Party. This community event brought nonprofit leaders, donors, and volunteers together to celebrate the results of the 2018 Tin Cup Challenge. After recognizing the significant contributions of the Foundation’s Board, staff and volunteers who support the success of the Tin Cup annually, the Community Foundation’s Executive Director, Carrie Mowrey, announced results to an anticipatory crowd, “This year, we had our most successful Tin Cup…
Why It Matters: Community Resource Center of Teton Valley
Two out of every five Teton County, Idaho residents exist in or very near poverty. Many are single parents, physically disabled, or living in multi-generational households and not earning enough to pay for the area’s average cost of housing, food, transportation, childcare, and healthcare. One misstep can leave a family at the precipice of financial disaster. A single mom struggles to choose between paying her rent or the overdue electric bill. A senior’s Social Security check runs out before the…
Why It Matters: Friends of the Teton River
“To lead people, walk beside them.…as for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.When the best leader’s work is done the people say,‘We did it ourselves!’” ―Lao Tzu The Tin Cup Challenge has led the way as Teton Valley’s biggest philanthropic event for twelve years by empowering the community to come together in support of local nonprofit organizations. Similarly, at Friends of the Teton River (FTR), we are focused on empowering our community to take an active role in protecting and…
Tinny Keeps the Tin Cup Challenge Going
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dt_fancy_title title=”Keep Tinny Running!” title_size=”h3″ title_color=”title” separator_style=”disabled”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″][vc_column_text] Tinny puts the miles in year-round for Teton Valley’s nonprofit community. Keep Tinny nourished for the long haul with a direct donation to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley. [/vc_column_text][dt_button link=”https://cfjh.iphiview.com/cfjh/DonorView/AccountInformation/tabid/495/dispatch/accountselection_id$10906_hash$1c0c71b9a8078a604dbdfa2c94b19b5566a479d2/Default.aspx” target_blank=”true” button_alignment=”center” size=”medium” bg_color_style=”custom” bg_color=”#992020″]Donate Today![/dt_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7685″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”7686″ alignment=”center”][dt_fancy_title title=”Logistics” title_size=”h3″ title_color=”title” separator_style=”disabled”][vc_column_text] In the deep winter months, Tinny researches shirt colors, Event Day vendors, inventory, permits, menu items, logistics, celebration venues, and more. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image…
Peak Performance
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dt_fancy_title title=”Keep Tinny Fit” title_size=”h3″ title_color=”title” separator_style=”disabled”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″][vc_column_text] Tinny helps strengthen nonprofits through Workshops, Competitive Grants, Youth Philanthropy, and the Tin Cup Challenge. Keep Tinny in peak performance with a direct gift to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley. [/vc_column_text][dt_button link=”https://cfjh.iphiview.com/cfjh/DonorView/AccountInformation/tabid/495/dispatch/accountselection_id$10906_hash$1c0c71b9a8078a604dbdfa2c94b19b5566a479d2/Default.aspx” button_alignment=”center” bg_color_style=”custom” bg_color=”#b22d29″]Donate Today![/dt_button][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7742″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7743″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Nonprofit Workshops Workshops offer a unique opportunity for both Board & staff members to engage in nonprofit best practices as a group. In addition to continuing education,…
Count-Down to Tin Cup Event Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”7695″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Tin Cup Event Day Saturday, July 20th Driggs City Park 9am-Noon [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Join friends, neighbors, and community members to celebrate our tireless nonprofits and amazing community with 5K & 10K Competitive Runs, a 5K Fun Run/Walk, free breakfast, nonprofit booths, the Moose Gumbo Band and more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”7767″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text] Nonprofit Booths Check out 45 nonprofit booths this year! They include exciting, challenging, educational, and fun activities like making your own smoothie with bike power, Soap Hockey, a…
Why It Matters: Seniors West of the Tetons
IT’S THE 90-YEAR-OLD MAN who comes to the Community Center in Driggs almost every weekday to participate in yoga or Tai Chi classes, and to have lunch. It’s the 70-year-old man escaping the cold in his car, where he spends most of his time during the winter, to read the paper, eat a warm meal, and visit with other residents. It’s the 5-year-old boys who’ve become friends because of their love of airplanes since their mom and grandmother have brought…
