Community Capital is a service to our donors and the non-profit organizations in our community. It details current Capital Campaigns in our community with information on the campaign and current status provided directly from each organization.

If you would like additional information about these campaigns, please feel free to contact the charity directly. To submit a campaign listing, please contact Nicki McDermott, 307-739-1026.

Grand Teton Music Festival

Home on the Range

Total Campaign Goal: $2,000,000

Total Raised to Date: $500,000 as of 7/2010
Contact: Cheryl Brown, Director of Development

307-732-9953

As part of our 50th Anniversary celebration, HOME ON THE RANGE will enable Grand Teton Music Festival to purchase seasonal musician housing and new administrative offices near Walk Festival Hall. Musician housing is the largest line item in the Festival budget and the most vulnerable to widely fluctuating rental markets during the high tourist summer months. Ownership will stabilize the GTMF budget and generate annual cost savings to keep GTMF on the pathway to a stable financial future and exciting music for years to come.

Thanks to anonymous challenge grants, every dollar that is raised during the HOME ON THE RANGE campaign will be matched 125%: this mean every $1 donated puts $2.25 into the housing fund. To count toward the matching challenge, gifts and pledges must be committed by the end of the 50th Anniversary Year (December 31, 2011), but may be paid over 5 years (by December 31, 2015.) Phase I (22 housing units) is already underway, and Phase II (up to 40 more housing units) will be launched when we fulfill the campaign.

Grand Teton National Park Foundation

Window to the Tetons Campaign

Total Campaign Goal: $4,100,000

Total Raised to Date: $3,000,000 as of 01/10

Contact:  Leslie Mattson, President

307-732-0629 

The Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center’s second phase is underway with a capital campaign that will bring a state-of-the-art auditorium to the facility and complete one of the largest public-private projects in national park history. The privately funded 150-seat addition will feature Jackson’s first high-definition theater and a window wall that will reveal sweeping Teton views.  An ongoing documentary, wilderness-related programming, and public presentations will complement the center’s current educational effort. For some visitors, this will be the only way to experience Grand Teton’s rugged backcountry. Completion is currently scheduled for early winter 2011.

Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center
JHCCC Building Fund
Total Campaign Goal: $3,700,000
Total Raised To Date: $2,049,000 as of 7/2010
Contact: Deb Sprague, Executive Director

307-733-2046

The JHCCC building campaign began in 2005. On July 1, 2007 we moved in to a brand new 9300 square foot facility designed to meet the current and future mental health needs of our community. Annually since our move we have experience an increase in the number of people served (22% increase in 2010) and expanded services as well. JHCCC provides the community with three main areas of mental health service: Prevention, Intervention, and Emergency/Urgent care. The new facility has incorporated new technology including telemedicine, electronic medical records, expanded psychiatric coverage, and increased service continuum. We accept donations of cash assets or stocks. Our annual CLIMB THE KING fund raising event provides an opportunity for matching funds that are designated by the Board of Directors to reduction of the building debt.

PAWS of Jackson Hole

PAWS Dog Park
Total Campaign Goal: $60,000
Total Raised to Date: $35,000 as of 7/2010
Contact: Amy Romaine, Executive Director
307-734-2441

For many years, PAWS has attempted to launch a public dog park and our dreams of a park have finally been realized. We’ve gained approval from our town council to develop a public dog park at 250 Scott Lane in Jackson. This park will be funded entirely by grants, business sponsors and generous public donations. PAWS has always known what many communities across the United States have acknowledged, that dog parks are vital community facilities that promote responsible dog ownership. The PAWS dog park will offer off-leash space where our local four-legged friends can play and socialize off of public trails and away from wildlife. This space will also give people the opportunity to meet and mingle with other like-minded dog owners and form community bonds. Plus, it will give local workers a place to take their dogs before and after work for much needed exercise. The cost to develop the park will be upwards of $60,000 and annual maintenance costs will total approximately $10,000. If you would like to make a contribution to this fantastic public facility call PAWS at 307-734-2441 to donate with a credit card, log on to www.pawsofjh.org and click DONATE NOW, or mail a check to PAWS of Jackson Hole, PO Box 13033, Jackson, WY 83002.

Teton County Library Foundation
Teton County Library Foundation Endowment Campaign
Total Campaign Goal: $5,000,000
Total Raised to Date: $4,386,000 as of 5/2010
Contact: Missy Falcey, Executive Director
307-733-2164 x114

In 2008, the Governor of the State of Wyoming signed into law the Wyoming Public Library Endowment Challenge and set aside a pool of money - $9.1 million – to be allocated to all 23 county public library systems in Wyoming through their local library foundations. This amount was augmented by $3 million in March, 2010, meaning the pool of match money available to Wyoming public libraries is now $12.1 million. Local foundations are required to raise matching money from private sources in order to obtain this state funding.

Since 2008, the Teton County Library Foundation has raised $136 thousand in additional endowment funds through the Wyoming Public Library Endowment Challenge brining the total raised to $4,386,000 to date. The Foundation must raise $289 thousand in order to take full advantage of the Challenge. Every dollar contributed to the Foundation that is designated for this campaign will earn a 1:1 match from the pool of Wyoming Challenge funds and bring the Foundation closer to the $5 million goal for a permanent fund to stabilize the economic future of Foundation-sponsored library programs and resources.

Vertical Harvest

Sowing Seeds Capital Campaign

Total Campaign Goal: $ 43, 250

Total Raised to Date: $ 36,750 as of 7/2010

Contact: Penny McBride, Project Administrator

Vertical Harvest has raised almost half of the funding for our project feasibility study in only three months. In order to complete the funding, Vertical Harvest is currently looking for 3 private individuals or family foundations to provide matching grants of $5000 each. The four matching funders in this group will be recognized as contributors to the ‘Seed Fund’. We will then look to a foundation or grant to retain the remaining $20,000 of seed funding necessary to reach our goal of $75,000. Contributions can be made to the Vertical Harvest and sent c/o Slow Food in the Tetons, 108 Shadow Lane, Victor, ID 83455.