Critical Needs for Teton School District #401 - $2,500 There’s no doubt that the Community Foundation’s Grant Committee was holding our mission statement, to elevate lives through the power of generosity, close at hand when they opted to fully fund the Education Foundation of Teton Valley’s grant to assist low-income students in our district with basic needs to help them succeed in …
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Downtown Driggs Association – Essential Tools
Essential Tools - $1,500 A top priority goal for the Community Foundation is organizational health, for both ourselves and others. By increasing organizational health and sustainability, we create greater capacity within nonprofits, and in turn, have a larger impact in our community. The Downtown Driggs Association aims to foster a thriving and vibrant downtown community through free cultural …
Community Resource Center of Teton Valley – Tech Upgrade Project
Tech Upgrade Project - $1,707.92 One of the four theories of change at the Community Foundation of Teton Valley is that greater capacity within nonprofits leads to larger impact in the community. The Foundation understands that streamlining services can save organizations time, money and resources while simultaneously extending the reach and breadth of their missions. The Community Resource …
Start-up Intensive Scholarship
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley and Central Wyoming College are teaming up to offer a $2,000 scholarship for a local nonprofit to take the Spring 2019 Start-Up Intensive. The Community Foundation of Teton Valley and Central Wyoming College are teaming up to offer one $2,000 scholarship for a local nonprofit to take the Spring 2019 Start-Up Intensive. The Start-Up Intensive is an …
Helping Community Cats: PAWS of Jackson Hole
Teton High School seniors participating in this year’s Youth Philanthropy Program recognized the immediate impact PAWS of Jackson Hole’s Trap-Neuter-and-Return program would have in Teton Valley and chose to partially fund this grant with an award of $730. Feral cats are community cats that live in colonies. Just as we help our human residents, community cats need our assistance with food and …
Dreamer Scholarships: Immigrant Hope-Wyoming/Idaho
Participating Teton High School seniors understood the power and impact of Immigrant Hope-Wyoming/Idaho’s Youth Philanthropy Grant Application immediately. There was little question that it would receive the full grant award of $960 to provide two Dreamer scholarships for present and/or former Teton High School students. DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or Dreamers, is a US …
Hasty Team Winter Equipment: Teton County Idaho Search and Rescue
Growing up in the shadow of the Tetons has impressed upon Teton High School Seniors the importance of a quick, experienced, and well-prepared response team should things go awry in the mountains. In light of their concern for Teton County’s growing population using the backcountry via horseback, four-wheelers, skis, and snowmobiles, Youth Philanthropy students awarded Teton County Idaho Search and …
Permanent Makerspace Furniture: Valley of the Tetons Library
Valley of the Tetons Library requested funds to finish the permanent Makerspace in their Driggs location during this year's Youth Philanthropy Program. To be more functional, the library needed expanded storage, shelving, and seating to encourage creative processes. The library asked for hardware and seating to be installed and set up for use by library patrons in the community. Youth …
Animal Shelter Enrichment: Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter
Teton High School seniors funded the Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter’s Youth Philanthropy Grant for Animal Shelter Enrichment with a $730 grant award. The Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter takes in stray and unwanted animals, caring for them while they wait to be adopted. When people visit the adoptable animals, they appreciate knowing that the animals are well cared for and happy. This …
Counseling for Clients in Need: Family Safety Network
Youth Philanthropists are consistently awed by the various needs of our community. Participating Teton High School seniors rallied to fully fund counseling for Family Safety Network’s clients with a $960 award through the Community Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Program. Family Safety’s Counseling Program fills a desperate community need by providing victims of domestic violence and …