Community Foundation of Teton Valley
189 N. Main St., Ste. 112
Driggs, ID 83422
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P.O. Box 1523
Driggs, ID 83422
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Tin Cup 2025: Your Support, Our Shared Legacy
Each year, the Tin Cup Challenge reminds us of the incredible power of community. It’s because of you—our neighbors, friends, and supporters—that Teton Regional Land Trust continues to protect the working lands and wild spaces that define Teton Valley. In a time of increasing development and environmental pressures, your Tin Cup gift directly safeguards what matters most: open space, clean water, healthy wildlife populations, and the agricultural heritage of our valley. With your help, we’ve permanently protected over 12,000 acres…
Help ABC Expand to Empower More Young Minds in Teton Valley
Big news! ABC-Above and Beyond the Classroom in Teton Valley is thrilled to announce the expansion of our programs to include 4th and 5th graders, beginning in the 2025-26 school year. This growth will allow our after-school, fifth-day, and summer initiatives to support even more students in the Teton Valley community. The 4th-5th grade program will place a strong emphasis on STEM education, ensuring that students gain hands-on experience in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—skills that are increasingly crucial in…
New Board Members & Appointed Officers
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley recently welcomed Jeannette Chiari, Thad Nosal, Dean Scofield, and Ben Turner as new board members. New governance and committee roles for existing members were also established. “Community impact is achieved through the collective and selfless efforts of individuals dedicated to a common goal and purpose,” says Bonnie Self, Executive Director of the Community Foundation. “By gathering individuals passionate about helping, we advance our mission. We are fortunate to have a strong team committed to elevating…
2025 Competitive Grant Program Opens
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is excited to announce that Competitive Grant applications will open at 9 AM on Monday, January 27, 2025. Proposals must be submitted by 5 PM on Friday, February 14, 2025. The Foundation encourages nonprofits seeking grant funding for programs or services that benefit Teton Valley to apply. Eligible organizations include 501(c)(3) public charities, schools, and local government entities. While the average grant award has increased to $4,200, the Community Foundation encourages substantial proposals that maximize impact and reach. With $80,000…
Annual Tin Cup Challenge Kicks off on March 11
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s 18th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Application Period opens with the Tin Cup Kick-Off Meeting on Tuesday, March 11. The meeting will take place from 9 to 10 AM at the Community Foundation office at 189 North Main Street, Suite 112 in Driggs. The first half-hour is mandatory for organizations that have never participated in the Tin Cup Challenge or have been absent for more than two years. The second half of the meeting, starting at…
Maximizing Impact Through Grants
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is thrilled to announce 2025 Competitive Grant Awardees. Thanks to the generosity of Tin Cup Challengers, the Community Foundation was able to award seventeen Competitive Grants to nonprofits in Teton Valley through this year’s Competitive Grant Program. These grants support local nonprofits that effectively address community needs, including increasing housing for those in crisis, expanding childcare opportunities, improving recreational access, and helping prevent food insecurity, to name a few. Thanks to the generosity of…
Earn your Wings with the Blake Chapman Flight Scholarship
The Blake Chapman Young Eagles Flight Scholarship was created by a passionate group of individuals who wanted to provide students in Teton County, ID, with the opportunity to learn to fly. This scholarship provides up to $12,000 toward the cost of a Private Pilot Certificate, including instruction, flight time, and books. Recipients will incur some fees, as the total cost of obtaining a license is approximately $13,000. Applicants must be at least 17 years old by June 1st of the…
2012 Competitive Grants update
We have just completed the first round of our Competitive Grant cycle, during which Teton Valley nonprofits are invited to submit proposals for projects, initiatives and capital expenditures that will help further their mission and address critical needs within our community. After a very successful 4th Annual Tin Cup Challenge, we determined that we would double our grant funding for 2012 and increase our funds to $40,000 for both Competitive Grants and Grants. Our Grant funds are provided by Community…
Where the Wild Things Are
The arrival of an invite to attend an Earthfire Institute first Monday Creative Session and Potluck left me feeling both honored and apprehensive. Admittedly I wasn’t all that clear on their mission – but I knew that they had several “wild” animals on site, including grizzly bears, wolves and other species of my childhood nightmares. Turns out my issues with fear made me the ideal candidate to learn more about their organization. The local, misguided scuttlebutt I had heard included…
Grants in Action: TVSEF Ski Free Day
The Teton Valley Ski Education Foundation is a local nonprofit with a focus on providing an affordable winter sports program that offers skill improvement and leadership training, builds self-confidence, and creates within each athlete a lifelong love of winter sports. A rather key mission in a valley that experiences nearly 8 months of winter. TVSEF received a Community Foundation grant to support their “Ski Free with Bobcats and Tigers” event that showcased the skiing programs they offer for local kids…
CFTV Launches Youth Philanthropy Project
Community Foundation of Teton Valley Partners with Teton High School to Launch Youth Philanthropy Pilot Project (Driggs, ID – March 20, 2012) The Community Foundation of Teton Valley will a partner with Teton High School to launch the Teton High School Youth Philanthropy Project. Through this CFTV pilot program, Teton High School students enrolled in the AP Government Class will have an opportunity to discuss philanthropy on a national and local level, learn about local nonprofits and charitable funding processes,…
CFTV awards over $25,000 in Competitive Grants
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 CFTV Competitive Grant program. An annual grant cycle that starts in January, the CFTV Competitive Grant program funds local nonprofit projects and initiatives that address a clear and compelling community need. Over $90,000 in funding was requested by 16 organizations during the 2012 grant cycle. “Although we doubled our available funding this year thanks to the success of last year’s Tin Cup Challenge, we received…
CFTV Youth Philanthropy Awards Announced
Community Foundation of Teton Valley Youth Philanthropy Project Awards $3000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits Teton High School students participating in the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Youth Philanthropy Project have awarded grants totaling $3000 to five local nonprofits. Through this CFTV pilot program, Teton High School students enrolled in the AP Government Class participated in their own grant making cycle and were solely responsible for final grant decisions. “The experience provided students with unique insight into the needs within…
5th Annual Tin Cup Giving Period Opens
Give! Run! Celebrate! During the 5th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Community Foundation of Teton Valley hopes to raise $5 million in five years through its annual celebration of community philanthropy. The entire Teton Valley community is invited to Give! Run! and Celebrate! during the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s 5th Annual Tin Cup Challenge. The Tin Cup giving period – during which donations to participating nonprofits will qualify for match funds – opened on Friday, May 25, 2012 and runs…
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley Announces Highest Tin Cup Challenge Match Percentage to Date For the Second Year
Total Funds Raised During Teton Valley’s Premier Giving Event Surpass $1 Million Thanks to the incredible generosity of the Tin Cup Community Challengers and individual donors, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley is thrilled to announce the highest Tin Cup Challenge match percentage to date. “The match percentage for the 5th Annual Tin Cup Challenge is 53%, up from the previous all-time high of 52% last year,” said Community Foundation Executive Director Shannon Brooks Hamby. “Teton Valley continues to inspire…
Transition reflects strength of organization
(Driggs, ID – December 17, 2012) – Many people in Teton Valley, especially those connected to the nonprofit community, remember the day in 2006 when they learned that groups from the Idaho side of the stateline would no longer participate in Old Bill’s Fun Run in Jackson. For most of those groups, Old Bill’s had become the primary event through which they reached out to donors for annual gifts. That change was the catalyst for the creation of the Community…
CFTV Announces Changes in Tin Cup Celebration
(Driggs, ID – January 21, 2013): The Sixth Annual Tin Cup Challenge, to be held Saturday, July 20, 2013, will again feature a nine-week giving period (which starts in late May) and a community celebration at Driggs City Park. The half-day event will include competitive 5K and 10K races, a 5K Fun Run/Walk, free breakfast, diaper derby, and interactive booths, contests, and other family activities provided by Teton Valley’s nonprofits. At its January meeting, the board of the Community Foundation…
CFTV Taps Kim Trotter as New Executive Director
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce the selection Kim Trotter of Driggs as the organization’s new Executive Director. “We’re excited about Kim joining the Community Foundation and look forward to making her part of our team,” said Tim Watters, CFTV board chair. “She brings a high level of leadership skill, philanthropic experience, and knowledge of local nonprofits to the position.” Trotter has served the last seven years as director of the Idaho Water Project for the…
A chance to learn to fly!
If you know of a Teton Valley teenager whose career path might include aviation, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley announces that applications are now being accepted online for the Blake Chapman Young Eagles Flight Scholarship. This new scholarship opportunity was created by a group of individuals who wanted to give Teton Valley students the chance to learn to fly. It is funded, in part, with money raised at last year’s Tin Cup Challenge, and is the first local scholarship…
