Opportunities Grants is sponsored by Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. Opportunities Grants support needs outside the purview of Initiatives Grants (behavioral health, housing, out-of-school learning) and prioritize compelling, high-impact proposals for systems change work, innovation within a system, or critical community needs.

Community Foundation of Jackson Hole | Opportunities Grants Behavioral Health Initiative Improving the behavioral health care system in Teton County, Wyoming. Education and Families Initiative Representing over 30 organizations engaged in education. Housing Solutions Initiative Diverse group of voices from all sectors creating affordable housing solutions.

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Work with the Foundation as an Advisor Assisting professional advisors on maximizing clients' tax benefits, while establishing enduring community legacies. Sup­porting a range of com­mu­ni­ty needs and pro­moting a cul­ture of philanthropy. Addressing intractable com­mu­ni­ty issues through com­pelling strate­gies and inno­v­a­tive partnerships.

Supporting students in their post-secondary educational pursuits. Professional development workshops presenting practical skills and knowledge to enhance nonprofit organization’s capacity and effectiveness. A forum where organizations list requests for volunteers The listserve is maintained as a neutral source of information for the nonprofit community.

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

While both address com­plex com­mu­ni­ty prob­lems, Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants sup­port needs out­side the purview of Ini­tia­tives Grants (behav­ioral health, hous­ing, out-of-school learning).

Eligibility & Requirements 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) 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.

Oppor­tu­ni­ties 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 Align­ment with Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion’s Strate­gic Plan and Val­ues Pro­pos­als that have been fund­ed by the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion or request­ed with­in the past 12 months may not be resubmitted.

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.

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 pro­pos­als that bring inno­v­a­tive solu­tions to com­plex com­mu­ni­ty issues. Fol­low­ing are exam­ples of past Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants geared toward sys­tems change: $ 50 , 000 to design and pilot a coor­di­nat­ed pre­ven­tion and response sys­tem for ado­les­cents expe­ri­enc­ing sex­u­al vio­lence in Teton Coun­ty.

Grantee: Com­mu­ni­ty Safe­ty Net­work, in part­ner­ship with Teton Coun­ty School Dis­trict # 1 and 7 men­tal health and law enforce­ment agencies $ 40 , 000 to address e‑bike safe­ty issues through best prac­tice research and the engage­ment of cross-juris­dic­tion­al path­way part­ners, law enforce­ment, and the pub­lic.

Grantee: Friends of Path­ways in part­ner­ship with 20 + non­prof­it, gov­ern­ment, and busi­ness entities Avail­able fund­ing for 2026 Oppor­tu­ni­ties 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 .

Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants are fund­ed by gen­er­ous pri­vate donors in sup­port of cat­alyt­ic com­mu­ni­ty advance­ments. A por­tion of fund­ing also comes from Old Bill’s CoChallengers. Please email grants@​cfjacksonhole.

​org with ques­tions about Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us. Our staff is always available to assist you.

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