$800 - Education Foundation of Teton Valley High School Seniors from this year's Youth Philanthropy program partially funded the Education Foundation of Teton Valley's proposed Bound for Success college and career readiness pilot program. Funds will be used to provide expert coaching to both students and teachers over the course of a 10-week program to build scalable, long-term support in …
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2021 YOUTH PHILANTHROPY GRANT AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Youth Philanthropy Program, in partnership with two Dual Enrollment Government classes at Teton High School, announced this year’s Youth Philanthropy grant winners at an Awards Assembly at Teton High School. Now in its 11th season, today’s awards mark the granting of $51,000 in total and working with nearly 400 students via this …
Teton Valley, Idaho Community Emergency Response Fund Update
In March of 2020, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley activated the Community Emergency Response Fund to support local nonprofits helping those directly impacted by COVID-19. Since that time the Foundation has rapidly deployed over $90,000 in grants to enable nonprofits to focus on providing vital, frontline services associated with and addressing the effects of the pandemic on our …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …