Over the years the Tin Cup Challenge has helped tremendously with the ongoing expenses incurred by the beautiful Teton Valley Museum. The museum is an important resource for local people and people traveling through the valley, to learn and grow with the valuable information found there. Maintaining the building is important and the funding received from the Tin Cup Challenge is extremely …
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Teton Valley Aquatics: Tin Cup Challenge
Teton Valley Aquatics was founded in 2016 to partner with the City of Driggs to build a year-round aquatics facility in Teton Valley. The Community Foundation of Teton Valley has been integral in supporting our efforts for these past 6 years. Their competitive grant program has provided us with funding for our programming including Winter Sports, Learn to Swim programs, and our current Summer Pool …
Teton County Idaho Search & Rescue
Teton County Idaho Search and Rescue (TCISAR) is a group of volunteers dedicated to providing the public prompt, professional emergency services for people who are lost, injured, stranded, or in need of rescue primarily within Teton County Idaho. Our team and foundation are made up of 100% volunteers and we owe much of our success to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley, specifically the Tin …
Friends of the Teton River: Tin Cup Challenge
On his intrepid trip down the Colorado River, explorer John Wesley Powell stated, “We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not.” Much like early river exploration, there are unknown obstacles up ahead for our beloved valley. None of us could …
Earthfire Institute: Tin Cup Challenge
Earthfire Institute is a wild animal sanctuary and retreat center founded in 2001. We’re also a licensed animal rehabilitation center providing recovery and release for orphaned and injured small mammals. Fourteen years of financial and inspirational support from the annual Tin Cup Challenge have nurtured the dreams of our founders to become realities benefitting all of the animals under …
Education Foundation of Teton Valley: Tin Cup Challenge
A little boy walked into Teton Middle School. He had dreams of playing the violin. His family loved music and had always wanted him to learn to play an instrument. He was so proud to be heading to middle school where his dream would finally come true. But there were no string instruments in our school district. He was heartbroken. His music teacher, one of those kind-hearted, …
Teton Valley Health – Tin Cup Challenge
Our mission at Teton Valley Health is to encourage and support a healthier community, and through the support of Tin Cup, we have been able to do that and so much more! Participating in local events and providing hands-on experience with things like “Stop the Bleed” and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training, in addition to offering basic health screenings, has been incredibly rewarding. …
Aska’s Animals
The Tin Cup Challenge allowed us to hire Ali, our part-time Animal Care Coordinator last year. This has allowed us to increase capacity to serve more animals and their humans. As an almost entirely volunteer run organization, having Ali as a consistent presence for the animals increases the quality and continuity of care and we are grateful to have the funds from Tin Cup to fund her position. …
Teton Creek Land and Water Trails Project
$2,500 - Teton Valley Trails and Pathways The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was honored to award this $2,500 grant to Teton Valley Trails and Pathways to fund the first stages of planning, layout, and design of future trail connections on land recently acquired by The Nature Conservancy in Teton Valley north and west of the Driggs Airport. The Foundation strongly supports Trails and …
Community Mental Health and Wellness
$5,000 - Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was honored to award a $5,000 grant to the Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition in support of its inaugural Community Mental Health & Wellness Program which is designed to strengthen existing mental wellness work; educate community partners, and raise public awareness. The Community …