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A com­pre­hen­sive look into Teton Coun­ty, WY orga­ni­za­tions that help our com­mu­ni­ty run Advanc­ing the goals of our Initiatives Ini­tia­tives Grants and Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants are com­ple­men­tary pro­grams under the umbrel­la of Cat­a­lyst Grants.

While both address com­plex com­mu­ni­ty prob­lems, Ini­tia­tives Grants specif­i­cal­ly sup­port the work of the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion’s Behav­ioral Health, Edu­ca­tion & Fam­i­lies, and Hous­ing Solu­tions Initiatives. Eligibility & Requirements Grant funds must advance the goals of one or more of the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion’s Ini­tia­tives: Behav­ioral Health , Hous­ing Solu­tions , and Edu­ca­tion & Fam­i­lies .

(See Ini­tia­tive Goals below.) Appli­cant must be a 501 (c)( 3 ) non­prof­it, gov­ern­ment enti­ty, or oth­er IRS-rec­og­nized char­i­ta­ble orga­ni­za­tion serv­ing Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming OR be fis­­cal­­ly-spon­­sored by an enti­ty that meets these require­ments. (No for-prof­it appli­cants, even with a qual­i­fied fis­cal sponsor.)

Grant funds must be used exclu­sive­ly in Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming. (In select sit­u­a­tions, grants may ben­e­fit peo­ple work­ing in Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming who live in neigh­bor­ing communities.)

Funds may not be used for debt retire­ment or reli­gious or polit­i­cal activities Grant funds may not be used for work that has already been completed Required 30 -minute meet­ing with Foun­da­tion staff (July-August) The Foundation’s three Ini­tia­tives are in vary­ing stages of evo­lu­tion, hav­ing been launched at dif­fer­ent times post-pan­dem­ic.

The basis of each Ini­tia­tive is a col­lab­o­ra­tive work­ing group that has been active­ly involved in the devel­op­ment of the frame­works below. BEHAV­IORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE Pur­pose, Vision, Mis­sion, and Val­ues Approach: The Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance works to improve the behav­ioral health care sys­tem in Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming at a sys­tems lev­el through high-lev­­el, cross-sec­­toral col­lab­o­ra­tion.

TBHA facil­i­tates com­­mu­ni­­ty-wide actions that enhance pre­ven­tion, treat­ment, and cri­sis response efforts while address­ing the gaps and inequities in the sys­tem to ben­e­fit all who live and work in Teton County. Avail­abil­i­ty of Afford­able Care: Increase the avail­abil­i­ty and afford­abil­i­ty of care by trust­ed providers that reflect the diver­si­ty of our community.

Com­mu­ni­ty Edu­ca­tion and Engage­ment: Col­lab­o­rate on coor­di­nat­ed out­reach and engage­ment to expand and rein­force pre­ven­tion efforts, espe­cial­ly among and with­in his­tor­i­cal­ly mar­gin­al­ized populations Cri­sis Response and Post Cri­sis Care: Improve patient cen­tered, cul­tur­al­ly-com­pe­tent, and trau­ma-informed cri­sis response and post-cri­sis care Nav­i­ga­tion and Care Coor­di­na­tion: Improve the ease with which com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers iden­ti­fy, con­nect with, and refer between behav­ioral health services.

Provider Capac­i­ty and Well­be­ing: Invest in sup­ports that increase provider capac­i­ty and wellbeing Youth-Focused Ser­vices: Increase avail­abil­i­ty and inte­gra­tion of youth-focused ser­vices that are respon­sive to cur­rent needs EDU­CA­TION & FAM­I­LIES INI­TIA­TIVE The fol­low­ing is under devel­op­ment by the Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive (for­mer­ly Sys­tems of Education). Pur­pose.

The Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive believes that access to out-of-school learn­ing has the pow­er to close the edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ty gap and sup­port the suc­cess and ful­fill­ment of youth in Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming. We work to address bar­ri­ers to access, sup­port edu­ca­tor recruit­ment and reten­tion, and build stronger rela­tion­ships between providers and their constituents.

Fos­ter oppor­tu­ni­ties and address chal­lenges for out-of-school time through col­lec­tive action. Break down silos and pro­mote col­lab­o­ra­tion to ensure we are learn­ing with and from each oth­er and our community. Impact learn­ers through pro­gram­ming and by engag­ing with the broad­er con­text that sup­ports their suc­cess, includ­ing edu­ca­tors, insti­tu­tions, families.

Ground our work in data, sto­ries, and the wis­dom and expe­ri­ences of com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to ensure equi­table access to out-of-school learning. Improv­ing Equi­table Access to Pro­gram­ming: Iden­ti­fy and address sys­temic bar­ri­ers to access­ing out-of-school pro­gram­ming that per­pet­u­ate inequities with­in our community.

Estab­lish­ing and Enhanc­ing Path­ways and Sup­ports for Edu­ca­tors: Pro­mote the recruit­ment, train­ing, and reten­tion of edu­ca­tors to pro­vide the high­est qual­i­ty expand­ed learn­ing experiences.

Fos­ter­ing Stronger Com­mu­ni­ty Rela­tion­ships: Invest in strate­gies to strength­en rela­tion­ships between providers and con­stituents to ensure pro­gram­ming is rel­e­vant to com­mu­ni­ty needs and that fam­i­lies and care­givers can nav­i­gate the pro­gram­ming landscape.

Address­ing Crit­i­cal Gaps in Out-of-School Pro­gram­ming: Build capac­i­ty to meet the expand­ed learn­ing needs of Teton Coun­ty youth by iden­ti­fy­ing and address­ing gaps in services. HOUS­ING SOLU­TIONS INITIATIVE Pur­pose: The Hous­ing Solu­tions Ini­tia­tive cham­pi­ons col­lab­o­ra­tive solu­tions to increase the avail­abil­i­ty, acces­si­bil­i­ty, and diver­si­ty of afford­able hous­ing options in Teton Coun­ty and Jack­son.

This work is ground­ed in the belief that safe, sta­ble hous­ing is essen­tial to com­mu­ni­ty well-being, eco­nom­ic resilience, and a thriv­ing local workforce. Approach: The Hous­ing Solu­tions Ini­tia­tive sup­ports local hous­ing efforts by address­ing the root caus­es of hous­ing chal­lenges and focus­ing fund­ing on com­mu­ni­ty-iden­ti­fied needs.

It aims to cre­ate space for shared learn­ing, aligned goals, and col­lec­tive action among cross-sec­tor part­ners work­ing to advance hous­ing solutions. Expand Equi­table Access to Hous­ing: Fund strate­gies that close afford­abil­i­ty gaps — par­tic­u­lar­ly for mod­er­ate-income work­ers who are not served by cur­rent pro­grams — and increase hous­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties across income lev­els, house­hold types, and life stages.

Build a Uni­fied, Data-Informed Hous­ing Sys­tem: Invest in data tools, research, and col­lab­o­ra­tive infra­struc­ture that fos­ter shared under­stand­ing, track progress, and guide deci­sion-mak­ing across the hous­ing ecosystem.

Acti­vate Cross-Sec­tor Solu­tions to Increase Hous­ing Sup­ply and Sta­bil­i­ty: Sup­port pub­lic-pri­vate part­ner­ships, col­lab­o­ra­tive employ­er-led ini­tia­tives, and pilot inno­v­a­tive fund­ing mod­els that increase the sup­ply of homes, pre­serve hous­ing for locals, and cre­ate more sta­bil­i­ty in the hous­ing market.

Increase Mobil­i­ty and Sta­bil­i­ty With­in the Hous­ing Sys­tem: Sup­port solu­tions that help res­i­dents move more eas­i­ly with­in the hous­ing sys­tem as needs change — includ­ing down­siz­ing, upsiz­ing, or tran­si­tion­ing between deed-restrict­ed and mar­ket-rate homes. Fund strate­gies to pre­serve exist­ing hous­ing for the local work­force, such as preser­va­tion funds and buy-downs.

Fos­ter a Shared Hous­ing Vision Across Sec­tors: Pro­mote efforts that shift pub­lic under­stand­ing of hous­ing as both an eco­nom­ic dri­ver and a social good, ele­vate diverse com­mu­ni­ty voic­es, and build shared nar­ra­tives that gen­er­ate trust, align stake­hold­ers, and cre­ate momen­tum for col­lab­o­ra­tive solutions.

Sup­port Pol­i­cy Change for Com­mu­ni­ty Hous­ing: Advance efforts to mod­ern­ize poli­cies and inter­nal orga­ni­za­tion­al prac­tices that enhance qual­i­ty of life and eco­nom­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties for cur­rent and future renters and homeowners. Sys­tems change is the ​ “ north star” of Cat­a­lyst grant­mak­ing impact.

The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion rec­og­nizes that sys­tems change takes time, part­ner­ships, and resources, and that it comes in iter­a­tions. We are pleased to part­ner with local orga­ni­za­tions in var­i­ous stages of sys­tems change work.

Ini­tia­tives Grants pri­or­i­tize fund­ing for com­pelling, high-impact pro­pos­als in the fol­low­ing order: Sys­tems change work ( dis­cussed here ; also see Exam­ples of Sys­tems Change Work below) Inno­va­tion with­in a system Work that is crit­i­cal to meet a press­ing com­mu­ni­ty need (though pos­si­bly not sys­tems changing) Pref­er­ences an d Con­sid­er­a­tions The strongest appli­ca­tions will feature: Com­pelling strat­e­gy for sys­tems change or oth­er inno­va­tion, sup­port­ed by data if available High like­li­hood of yield­ing mean­ing­ful impact Diver­si­ty of fund­ing sources and a plan for ongo­ing funding Appli­cant has orga­ni­za­tion­al capac­i­ty, sta­bil­i­ty, respon­si­ble lead­er­ship, and a track record of pro­gram­mat­ic success Com­mu­ni­ty Foundation’s Strate­gic Plan and Values 2024 Behav­ioral Health Report (Behav­ioral Health Ini­tia­tive Grants only) Encour­aged but not required: par­tic­i­pa­tion in an Ini­tia­tive-spe­cif­ic work­ing group – Teton Behav­ioral Health Alliance, Hous­ing Col­lec­tive, and/​or Expand­ed Learn­ing Collective Requests for the fol­low­ing will not be considered: Afford­able hous­ing con­struc­tion costs Youth out-of-school schol­ar­ships.

The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion is the major fun­der of One 22 Resource Center’s Youth Enrich­ment Schol­ar­ship ( YES ) pro­gram . Youth pro­gram­ming schol­ar­ship requests will not be con­sid­ered through Cat­a­lyst Grants. Please con­nect with One 22 Resource Cen­ter to become a YES partner.

Pro­pos­als that have been fund­ed by the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion or request­ed with­in the past 12 months may not be resubmitted.

High-impact pro­gram­ming focused sig­nif­i­cant com­mu­ni­ty issues and their root caus­es (large num­bers or dis­pro­por­tion­ate­ly affect­ed pop­u­la­tions served) Capac­i­ty build­ing for orga­ni­za­tions to bet­ter meet the needs of under­served populations Imple­men­ta­tion of strate­gic plan­ning (not strate­gic plan­ning itself – think ​ “ Series B” funding) Cap­i­tal expen­di­tures for orga­ni­za­tions sys­tem­i­cal­ly address­ing crit­i­cal com­mu­ni­ty needs (expen­di­ture must have broad and endur­ing com­mu­ni­ty ben­e­fit, or sig­nif­i­cant­ly sup­port pop­u­la­tions in need) Struc­tur­al changes with­in orga­ni­za­tions that will increase effi­cien­cy and impact in crit­i­cal ser­vice areas (e.g. non­prof­it mergers) This is not a com­pre­hen­sive list.

The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion wel­comes cre­ative pro­pos­als that mean­ing­ful­ly advance Ini­tia­tive goals. Fol­low­ing are exam­ples of past Ini­tia­tives Grants geared toward sys­tems change: Behav­ioral Health Ini­tia­tive Grants $ 30 , 000 to address provider burnout and frag­ment­ed care at the inau­gur­al Spring Col­lab­o­ra­tive Con­fer­ence.

Devel­oped by and for the behav­ioral health com­mu­ni­ty, this event brings togeth­er more than a dozen part­ners to strength­en orga­ni­za­tion­al part­ner­ships, shift resource flows, and build a more coor­di­nat­ed, resilient behav­ioral health sys­tem in Teton Coun­ty.

Grantee: The Men­tal Well­ness Col­lab­o­ra­tive, in part­ner­ship with Men­tal Health & Recov­ery Ser­vices and Jack­son Hole Therapy $ 61 , 000 to increase a sense of belong­ing and build resilience among gen­der diverse com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers by uti­liz­ing a three pronged approach: sup­port groups, com­­mu­ni­­ty-build­ing events, and pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment for providers as well as finan­cial sup­port for under/​uninsured indi­vid­u­als.

This work shifts men­tal mod­els about gen­der diverse indi­vid­u­als by reduc­ing dis­crim­i­na­tion and cre­at­ing a more accept­ing and inclu­sive com­mu­ni­ty.

Grantee: Gen­der Diver­si­ty Wyoming, in part­ner­ship with 10 + non­prof­it and busi­ness partners Edu­ca­tion & Fam­i­lies Ini­tia­tive Grants $ 55 , 000 to build an inclu­sive and sus­tain­able sys­tem to ensure chil­dren with dis­abil­i­ties can ful­ly par­tic­i­pate in sum­mer camp along­side peers. This grant sup­ports Inclu­sion Coun­selors in pro­vid­ing dis­abil­i­ty-spe­cif­ic safe­ty and inclu­sion train­ing to camp staff.

Grantee: Teton Adap­tive, in part­ner­ship with Coombs Out­doors and Teton County/​Jackson Parks and Recreation $ 20 , 000 to imple­ment a mul­ti-age, inte­grat­ed approach to expand­ing equi­table math sup­port in Teton Coun­ty. This grant pro­vides free tutor­ing to stu­dents with demon­strat­ed aca­d­e­m­ic and finan­cial need, enrich­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties for advanced learn­ers, and math learn­ing tools for pre‑K stu­dents.

Grantee: Ele­vate Math Wyoming, in part­ner­ship with Teton Coun­ty School Dis­trict # 1 , Teton Lit­er­a­cy Cen­ter, Chil­dren’s Learn­ing Cen­ter and Wyoming Stargazing Hous­ing Solu­tions Ini­tia­tive Grants $ 50 , 000 to align hous­ing with envi­ron­men­tal health.

This grant sup­ports infra­struc­ture design to deliv­er clean drink­ing water to 26 new afford­able homes at Horse Creek, where water access and qual­i­ty con­cerns have his­tor­i­cal­ly lim­it­ed afford­able hous­ing devel­op­ment.

Grantee: JH Com­mu­ni­ty Hous­ing Trust, in part­ner­ship with Hoback Junc­tion Water and Sew­er Dis­trict, Teton Coun­ty Pub­lic Works, and the State of Wyoming $ 75 , 000 to pilot an afford­able hous­ing preser­va­tion mod­el that improves home qual­i­ty, safe­ty, and acces­si­bil­i­ty for long-term home­own­ers earn­ing at or below 80 % MFI .

Grant-fund­ed work will inform a scal­able approach with poten­tial to extend across the broad­er deed-restrict­ed home­own­er­ship port­fo­lio over time. Grantee: Habi­tat for Human­i­ty of the Greater Teton Area Avail­able fund­ing for 2026 Ini­tia­tives Grants: TBA sum­mer 2026 There is no spec­i­fied minimum/​maximum request. See Sys­tems Change Grants above for a ball­park range.

We expect a total appli­cant pool request that exceeds what is avail­able to grant, mak­ing the appli­ca­tion process high­ly competitive. Spe­cif­ic dates TBA sum­mer 2026 Devel­op pro­pos­al con­cept, solid­i­fy project partnerships Required 30 -minute meet­ing with Foun­da­tion staff to dis­cuss your pro­pos­al con­cept (required to sub­mit an Expres­sion of Inter­est in Sep­tem­ber).

Our goal is to sup­port appli­cants and ensure pro­pos­als’ align­ment with Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants.

Mid-late Sep­tem­ber: Expres­sion of Inter­est sub­mis­sion peri­od ( 1 week) Mid Octo­ber: Expres­sion of Inter­est noti­fi­ca­tions; select orga­ni­za­tions advance to writ­ten application Mid-late Octo­ber: Writ­ten appli­ca­tion peri­od ( 2 weeks) Ear­ly Decem­ber: 10 -minute Q & A with review committee Mid Decem­ber: Grant noti­fi­ca­tions Mid Decem­ber to mid Jan­u­ary: Grant con­tract and disbursement Grantees must adhere to the Foundation’s Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Require­ments For Grant Recip­i­ents .

Ini­tia­tives Grants are fund­ed by gen­er­ous pri­vate donors seek­ing cat­alyt­ic com­mu­ni­ty advance­ments in the areas of behav­ioral health, hous­ing, and youth out-of-school learning. Please email grants@​cfjacksonhole. ​org with ques­tions about Ini­tia­tives Grants.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us. Our staff is always available to assist you. Community Foundation of Jackson Hole |