It is with heavy hearts that the Community Foundation of Teton Valley has revised this year’s annual Tin Cup Challenge Awards Ceremony. In light of local COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley has resolved to modify our Tin Cup Awards Ceremony to ensure the health and safety of nonprofit staff and community members. At the same time, …
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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 …
Community Counts! Community Resource Center
The number of Teton Valley residents that the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley (CRCTV) serves has risen every year since we opened our doors in 2016. With many families constantly living on the precipice of financial disaster, a quick change in circumstance can send an unstable situation into a downward spiral of events. This is why the CRCTV exists. Unlike many social service …
Community Counts! Downtown Driggs Association
Beautiful, creative, lively downtown Driggs! In these challenging times, it is our community togetherness, even apart, that creates a sense of knowing that this truly is OUR ‘place’. The Downtown Driggs Association’s mission, to foster a vibrant and thriving downtown Driggs, drives our programming to strengthen and revive our downtown and remind us why we love this …
Community Counts! Driggs Head Start
Head Start programs promote school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by supporting the development of the whole child. Head Start and Early Head Start programs offer a variety of service models, depending on the needs of the local community. Head Start programs support children’s growth and development in a positive learning environment through a variety of …
Tin Cup is a Foundation for our Community
Creativity, Consistency, & Support Consider making a designated gift to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley during the 13th Annual Tin Cup Challenge - Giving ends on Friday, July 24th at 5 PM. Tin Cup Challenge Grant Program This year more than ever, local nonprofits are relying on the efforts of Tin Cup fundraising. Numerous friend and fundraisers have been canceled or …
Community Counts! Earthfire Institute Wildlife Sanctuary & Rehabilitation Center
Earthfire is at the forefront of the movement to bring people, animals and nature together to inspire joy and wonder, reawaken our deep connections to all living beings, moving us to save habitat for wildlife. Earthfire has created the Reconnection Ecology model which gives people the opportunity to form a deep connection with individual rescued animals and their unique stories, leading …
Community Counts! Education Foundation of Teton Valley
With distance learning now behind us this school year, what parent or grandparent did not gain a greater appreciation for our students’ teachers? Most of us were frustrated just trying to get our students to focus on their lessons. Imagine the skills and endurance a teacher must have to handle a classroom of students all with different needs? Teachers are our true heroes! This year, more …
Joselin Matkins, Executive Director of the Teton Regional Land Trust Receives the Dawn Banks Nonprofit Leadership Award
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce that Joselin Matkins, Executive Director of the Teton Regional Land Trust, is the 2020 recipient of the Dawn Banks Nonprofit Leadership Award. Dawn Banks was an incredibly passionate advocate for the nonprofit community and worked tirelessly to support their efforts to elevate life in Teton Valley and fulfill their missions. This …
Community Counts! Friends of the Teton River
In these challenging and uncertain times, our small staff at Friends of the Teton River (FTR) has been fortunate to keep working on our highest priority watershed conservation projects and programs remotely from our homes, on the river, or in the field. As our community grapples with Covid-19 impacts and cutbacks, we believe it’s of the utmost importance to renew our …
