Tinny Keeps the Tin Cup Challenge Going

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dt_fancy_title title=”Keep Tinny Running!” title_size=”h3″ title_color=”title” separator_style=”disabled”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″][vc_column_text] Tinny puts the miles in year-round for Teton Valley’s nonprofit community. Keep Tinny nourished for the long haul with a direct donation to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley. [/vc_column_text][dt_button link=”https://cfjh.iphiview.com/cfjh/DonorView/AccountInformation/tabid/495/dispatch/accountselection_id$10906_hash$1c0c71b9a8078a604dbdfa2c94b19b5566a479d2/Default.aspx”…

Why It Matters: Full Circle Education

“I love salad parties!”“I noticed that last year the basil did not grow very well but this year the plants are huge!”“I didn’t like tomatoes until I ate one that we grew inside the greenhouse!” These are a few of…

Why It Matters: Hispanic Resources

Tin Cup helps us keep our community’s doors open. The Hispanic Resource Center of Teton Valley started in 2010 in an effort to help neighbors and newcomers. We also longed to share our celebrations and culture with our new community.  Over the…

Peak Performance

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][dt_fancy_title title=”Keep Tinny Fit” title_size=”h3″ title_color=”title” separator_style=”disabled”][ultimate_spacer height=”15″][vc_column_text] Tinny helps strengthen nonprofits through Workshops, Competitive Grants, Youth Philanthropy, and the Tin Cup Challenge. Keep Tinny in peak performance with a direct gift to the Community Foundation of Teton Valley.…

Why It Matters: St. Francis of the Tetons

From the beginning of its ministry in Teton Valley in 1993, St. Francis of the Tetons has made community service a cornerstone of its ministry.   Our mission statement puts it well: as followers of Jesus, we strive to “walk humbly, patiently and…

Count-Down to Tin Cup Event Day

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”7695″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Tin Cup Event Day Saturday, July 20th Driggs City Park 9am-Noon [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Join friends, neighbors, and community members to celebrate our tireless nonprofits and amazing community with 5K & 10K Competitive Runs, a 5K…

Why it Matters: Teton Rock Gym

The Tin Cup Challenge matters for as many reasons as there are residents of Teton Valley, but here are two: one specific and one general. Specifically, the Tin Cup Challenge helps us spend more time doing what we love –…

Why It Matters: Teton Valley Aquatics

We believe in a community where everyone is a swimmer and has access to water safety education, and the health and wellness benefits of swimming.  Access to swimming – for health, wellness, recreation, and safety – matters.  It matters for…

Tinny Aims High

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7859″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Keep Tinny Primed Make sure Tinny’s rocket-boosters are fully primed to collect Matching Funds that lift all of Teton Valley’s nonprofits to achieve their critical missions for the benefit of local residents, wildlife, and lands. The…

Why It Matters: Teton Valley Community Recycling

The Tin Cup Challenge is not only the single biggest philanthropic event in Teton Valley, a chance to support your favorite local nonprofits with a significant match, but also a fantastic gathering bringing together so many different people in our…

Why It Matters: Teton Valley Food Pantry

Teton Valley Food Pantry (TVFP) leads the movement to end hunger in Teton Valley.  Even in good times, many of our community members still live without a secure source of food on a daily and weekly basis.  Last year more than 900…

Boots on the Ground

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7881″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Here to Lend a Hand  Tinny represents all of Teton Valley’s hard-working nonprofits. At the Community Foundation, we appreciate the opportunity to help elevate all sectors of the nonprofit landscape in Teton Valley. By supporting the whole,…

Why It Matters: Teton Valley Foundation

The Teton Valley Foundation works to make the good life in Teton Valley even better through cultural and recreational programs that connect the community and boost the economy, such as Music on Main, the Kotler Ice Arena, and Cutthroats Youth…

Why It Matters: Teton Valley Museum

When a second grader’s eyes light up as you tell them they can get in the wagon at the Teton Valley Museum, you understand what the museum means to the valley. It gives that young visitor a chance to imagine what…

Why It Matters: Teton Regional Land Trust

We are incredibly lucky to live within the largest intact ecosystem in the lower 48 states, where we have the opportunity to experi­ence the rugged and vast landscape and see wildlife on a daily basis. The Greater Yellowstone not only…

2019 Youth Philanthropy Grant Award Ceremony

— announced at a Teton High School Assembly — The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Youth Philanthropy Program, in partnership with the Dual Enrollment Government class at Teton High School, announced this year’s grant award winners today at an Awards Assembly at…

HAPI Trails: Veterinarian Stock

$1,000 – Veterinarian Stock Teton High School Seniors called on some of their more experienced peers to conclude the importance of a Veterinarian Stock for HAPI Trails during this year’s Youth Philanthropy Program.  Given that HAPI Trails takes in abused, abandoned and…

Seniors West of the Tetons: Fish Fund

$500 – Fish Fund Teton High School Seniors declared, “Let them eat fish!,” after hearing from Executive Director, River Osborn speak about specific benefits seniors would glean from the proposed Fish Fund, during this year’s Youth Philanthropy Program.  Seniors West…

Teton County 4-H: Pig to Feed the Hungry

$600 – Teton 4-H Pig donation to help feed the Hungry The full-circle nature of this project’s impact spoke to the full funding Teton High School Seniors awarded during this year’s Youth Philanthropy Progam. Teton County Idaho 4-H connects youth…

Teton Valley Community Recycling: Education Programs

$500 – Recycling Education Programs for Elementary Students After calling Iris Saxer, Executive Director for Teton Valley Community Recycling, in for additional questions, participating Youth Philanthropy students understood the value in Teton Valley Community Recycling’s proposal to provide waste reduction/recycling education…

2020 Competitive Grant Program Open

The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is pleased to announce that the Competitive Grant Application opened at 9 am on Monday, February 3, 2020, with grant applications due by 5 pm on Friday, February 21, 2020. Local nonprofit organizations seeking grant funding for…

COVID-19: Foundation Update

Dear Teton Valley, In response to COVID-19 and the recommendations made through the Center for Disease Control regarding COVID-19 best practices “Community Mitigation Strategies,” the Community Foundation of Teton Valley will be closing our office to the public beginning Monday,…

Community Emergency Response Fund Announcement

The Community Foundation of Teton Valley has activated a Community Emergency Response Fund to support local nonprofits helping those directly impacted by COVID-19. As a preparedness measure, the Community Foundation of Teton Valley, in partnership with the Community Foundation of…

Foundation Updates

Dear Community Foundation Partners & Supporters, With so much changing in the news every day, I want to keep you abreast of our work at the Community Foundation and within the nonprofit community. A truly awesome outpouring of support from…

Working Remotely: Week 5

Community Emergency Response Fund The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has grown to over $100,000 through generous donations from our community! This amazing response shows just how much our valley truly cares for its neighbors. In that light Targhee…

Working Remotely: Week 6

Community Emergency Response Fund Support for the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has continued to pour in, bringing the total raised to $118,500 thanks to charitable donations from our community! Many generous donors are stretching their limited resources,…

Working Remotely: Week 7

Community Emergency Response Fund The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has continued to grow, with charitable funds raised marking $121,000 thanks to generous donations from our community! These dollars are going straight to work through the nonprofits most…

Working Remotely: Week 9

Community Emergency Response Fund The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has continued to grow, with charitable funds raised marking $124,363 thanks to generous donations from our community! Of this total, the Community Foundation has distributed $55,000 to the Community…

Youth Philanthropy in Action

Part of the Tin Cup Challenger Fund goes directly to support the Youth Philanthropy Program at Teton High School. Now in its 10th year, this fall’s participating seniors have 16 grant applications to weigh over the course of two class periods, with a total…