The Community Foundation of Teton Valley is excited to announce the 2021 Competitive Grant Awardees. Thanks to the generosity of Tin Cup Challengers, the Community Foundation was able to award 15 Competitive Grants to Teton Valley nonprofits through this yearâs Competitive Grant Program. In total, $56,645 was awarded to directly support programs and projects that will elevate lives in Teton Valley.
Twenty-four organizations submitted applications for a total ask of $91,427. Applications were given equal weight and attention by our dedicated, volunteer Grant Committee who works together to determine this focused funding. By backing these projects today, we help support the future of these organizations and their programming to ensure they will be here consistently and definitively when our community most needs them.
Vail Valley Foundation: $125,000
Cascade Village Theatre, Inc. d/b/a Capitol Theatre: $90,000
Valley Events Inc.: $15,000
The Art Base: $12,000
On Dec. 7, Gov. Jared Polis signed a state relief bill setting aside $7.5 million to help the arts and entertainment industries across the state. Funds are part of that state relief bill and were given based on revenue loss reported from 2019-2020, according to the grant website. Individuals also received $2,500, according to the website, but the full list of names was not released. is a local nonprofit organization that aims to enhance quality of life in the Vail Valley and showcase the community to a global audience through arts, athletics and education. The Vail Valley Foundation, which puts on a wide variety of annual events, has been operating since 1981. Among its many offerings, the VVF operates the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail as well as the Vilar Performing Arts Center at Beaver Creek. The Vail Valley Foundation has bee
EDMONTON A community-driven initiative offering specialized foods to members of Edmonton’s African and Caribbean communities is at risk of closing if it can t find more funding. If no one steps up, the food bank will shut down at the end of March but those behind it hope by proving its value, they can find ongoing support. “We are hoping that somewhere along the line the city or another organization will step in so we can continue to provide this service to our citizens,” Nile Valley Foundation executive director Nii Koney told CTV News Edmonton. The program started up last spring – when COVID-19 shut many services down – and has since become vital for many Edmontonians of African and Caribbean descent.
âI was sicker than I had ever been in my life,â she said.
Yet she, a person of means with insurance â she is a member of one of the worldâs most famous wine families â couldnât get tested. Mondavi wondered what would happen to migrant workers and others with less resources.
Mondavi wanted Napa County to have widely-available community testing. She joined with local physician Ingrid Hohimer McNicoll and others to bring free testing to Napa Valley Expo in the city of Napa and to other parts of the valley.
âIn the grand scheme of things, the testing I truly believe â and the communityâs support of testing â has really been able to protect our community,â Mondavi said recently. âAnd the community coming together in the ways we have seen is remarkable to me.â
Monday, December 21, 2020 - 3:55pm
CONTENT: Press Release
CINCINNATI, December 21, 2020 /3BL Media/ – Eight private family foundations in The Foundation Office at Fifth Third Bank, National Association, have announced gifts of more than $6.6 million in 2020. Grants were awarded from these private family foundations to organizations that focus on education, arts and culture, civic and community programs, health and human services, and community reinvestment activities that benefit low- to moderate-income earners, small businesses, affordable housing, financial literacy and workforce development efforts.
“We are always pleased to honor the vision of the families who entrust their philanthropic foundations to our office,” said Heidi B. Jark, senior vice president and managing director of The Foundation Office. “In a year that has been extremely hard on nonprofits and the communities they serve we are especially honored to assist so many organizations with fulfilling their