Living in Teton Valley can be challenging. The winters are long, shoulder seasons seem to stretch forever, and many make sacrifices to call this valley home. We live here out of love – for the valley, the mountains, the animals,…
When we have hope, we are able to see beyond our current circumstances and imagine a brighter future. The Community’s support last year helped to foster this sense of hope within our public schools and our community. It has allowed…
Downtown Driggs Association (DDA) is incredibly grateful to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley and our community for helping us to ensure that art, music, and theater programming is FREE and accessible for all! Our arts and culture programs, creative…
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is thrilled to invite you to the 16th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Event Day Saturday, July 15th, at the picturesque Driggs City Park. Prepare yourself for a day filled with joy and camaraderie as…
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce that Dan Verbeten, Executive Director of Teton Valley Trails & Pathways, has been honored with the 2023 Dawn Banks Nonprofit Leadership Award. This distinguished accolade recognizes Dan’s outstanding contributions as…
On Wednesday evening, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley hosted the much-anticipated 16th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Awards Ceremony. This beloved community event brought nonprofit leaders, donors, and volunteers together to celebrate the successful results of the 2023 Tin Cup Challenge. After…
Thank you to all those who joined us for the 16th Annual Awards Celebration and for your support in making it another successful year!
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…
Emily Bilcher, Executive Director of Family Safety Network, Recognized with the Dawn Banks Nonprofit Leadership Award The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce that Emily Bilcher, Executive Director of Family Safety Network, has been honored with the…
On Wednesday evening, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley hosted the much-anticipated 17th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Awards Ceremony. This beloved community event brought nonprofit leaders, donors, and volunteers together to celebrate the successful results of the 2024 Tin Cup Challenge. After…
Teton Valley nonprofits were wowed by the generosity of donors and Challengers alike at the recent 17th Annual Tin Cup Challenge Awards Celebration. Thank you to everyone who participated to this year’s Tin Cup – these smiles are for YOU!
The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is excited to announce that this year’s upcoming Youth Philanthropy program will distribute $10,000 in awards with maximum proposals of $1,500. Application Period: Opens at 9 AM on Monday, September 30, 2024. Deadline: Submit applications by 5 PM…
In partnership with Government classes at Teton High School, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Youth Philanthropy Program announced this year’s Youth Philanthropy grant winners at an Awards Assembly on Wednesday, November 13. In its fourteenth season, this year marks…
The 11thAnnual Tin Cup Challenge Event Day was a terrific success! The Community Foundation of Teton Valley provided Teton Valley with an extraordinary event promoting philanthropy in our community while celebrating the ingenuity of our local nonprofits’ efforts to elevate…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Friday night the Community Foundation of Teton Valley hosted the 11thAnnual Tin Cup Challenge Awards Party. This community event brought nonprofit leaders, donors, and volunteers together to celebrate the results of the 2018 Tin Cup Challenge. After recognizing the…
Fall marks the end of a busy summer of fundraising for most local nonprofits. While the dust is settling on a full season of fundraising, plans should already be in the works for next year’s numerous events. With nearly 50…
Plan your work, work your plan: It’s Fall in the Tetons. The leaves have been exceptional this year, but as the month progresses, so do the changes at the heart of this season. The colors are muting and blowing away,…
As we move into this next season we’re not only saying taking leave of warm days, but also a warm personality that has graced our board for six years covering 2 terms. Missy Colyer first joined the board of the…
It’s getting cold in the Tetons and people are tucking in for the upcoming season of giving, gratitude and Youth Philanthropy! As the Community Foundation works to create a lasting culture of giving in Teton Valley, I can think of no…
2018 Year-End Gifts There are a variety of traditional options for giving to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley. With our unique ability to handle securities locally, we wanted to brief you on the benefits of making a charitable gift with…
With supporters like you, we’ve elevated lives in Teton Valley over the last year through Youth Philanthropy, Competitive Grant Programs, and Nonprofit Workshops. Youth Philanthropy brings the Community Foundation into the classroom of high school seniors with three classes that…
The intrinsic beauty of Teton Valley is magnified by our amazing views. The bounty reflected back by the generous landscape has instilled a spirit of largesse in our rural community. This generosity is seen through ready collaboration, encouragement, and neighborly…
One of the unique and lesser-known aspects of the Community Foundation is our Community Catalyst Program. This program allows us to serve as a resource, convener, and community stakeholder for local nonprofits, donors, and the community at large to address crucial…
Dear Challengers, Donors, Volunteers, and Runners, Thank you for elevating lives in Teton Valley for the past 11 years! With your generosity, $12.7 million in Tin Cup donations have been directly invested into our local nonprofits during that time. These funds have…
The calendar has begun again and with it, fresh hopes and dreams for the new year. Our resolutions for the year ahead reflect the future we envision for both ourselves and our community. The Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Program rounded…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(H2)-KNOW your well water quality – $2,750 As a Foundation with strategic values, the Grants Committee chose to fully fund Friends of the Teton River’s Competitive Grant for a well water testing cost-share program for Teton Valley residents. Mail-in test…
Teton Valley GAP! – $5,000 Girls Actively Participating’s grant spoke to all of the Community Foundation’s strategic pillars. The Grant Committee saw that with this grant the Foundation could simultaneously invest, empower, and enrich Teton Middle School girls. GAP! is…
MBT Youth Program Coordinator: $2,400 The Community Foundation partially funded Mountain Bike the Tetons grant for a dedicated program staff in order to meet growing community needs and expectations set by the groundbreaking, local youth cycling education program Sprockids. This outstanding…
$5,000 — Veterinary Financial Assistance for Teton Valley Residents The Community Foundation’s Grant Committee fully funded PAWS of Jackson Hole’s Competitive Grant that was both compassionate and strategic in nature. PAWS understands that sometimes people and their pets need veterinary…
$1,256.40 – Emergency Communication Mountain communication is inconsistent, posing considerable risks to Search & Rescue team members and those being rescued. The Community Foundation of Teton Valley chose to fully fund Teton County Idaho’s Search & Rescue’s competitive grant to…
Kids Climbing Capacity Building – $3,500 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley fully funded Teton Rock Gym’s Competitive Grant that will further enrich our community through a strategic investment in expanding and improving the children’s section of the Rock Gym…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Over 70% of ABC’s students are from economically disadvantaged families and 60% are Hispanic. Research demonstrates that promoting out-of-school programming, connecting families to their schools, and promoting relationships with caring adults increase the likelihood participants will graduate from high…
Improving Reading Instruction – $3,000 The Community Foundation understands the importance of a solid educational foundation that includes strong reading skills. With struggling readers present in every school across the nation, the Foundation fully funded the School District’s competitive grant…
Community Learn-to-Swim Program – $2,000 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley appreciated the strategic nature of this grant to invest in swim education and empower families with the access and knowledge to swim. Teton Valley Aquatics’ Pilot Community Learn-to-Swim program to…
Community Compost Program – $750 The Community Foundation was pleased to fully fund Teton Valley Community Recycling’s competitive grant to strategically and collaboratively reduce waste and increase composting locally. Teton Valley residents currently send large amounts of food and yard…
$4,080 – Dialectical Behavior Therapy Group Teton Mental Health Coalition’s grant to fund a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Group for teens who attend Teton Middle School and Basin High School was fully funded by the Community Foundation of Teton Valley during…
$2,500 – Ginzu Groomer The Community Foundation of Teton Valley fully funded Teton Valley Trails and Pathways Competitive Grant ask to help offset the cost of new grooming equipment, as TVTAP continues to expand their grooming efforts in Teton Valley.…
$9,000 – Teton Creek Corridor Pathway The Teton Creek Corridor Project was started in 2014 by four Teton Valley nonprofits to create a greenbelt trail corridor along Teton Creek that will provide public access, protect agricultural heritage, improve stream function,…
Two out of every five Teton County, Idaho residents exist in or very near poverty. Many are single parents, physically disabled, or living in multi-generational households and not earning enough to pay for the area’s average cost of housing, food,…
“To lead people, walk beside them.…as for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.When the best leader’s work is done the people say,‘We did it ourselves!’” ―Lao Tzu The Tin Cup Challenge has led the way as Teton Valley’s biggest…