Community Foundation awarded $1.5M in Catalyst Grants to local nonprofits

The inau­gur­al cycle of Cat­a­lyst Grants award­ed in Decem­ber sup­port­ed 26 local non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions with near­ly $1.5 mil­lion in fund­ing. This new­ly estab­lished grant­mak­ing chan­nel sup­ports four dis­tinct pro­grams: Behav­ioral Health Ini­tia­tive grants, Edu­ca­tion & Fam­i­lies Ini­tia­tive grants, Hous­ing Solu­tions Ini­tia­tive grants, and Oppor­tu­ni­ties grants. With­in their theme, each of the four pro­gram areas share a sin­gle goal to address com­plex com­mu­ni­ty issues by fund­ing inno­v­a­tive strate­gies and partnerships.

Through Cat­a­lyst 2024, the Foun­da­tion strength­ens its invest­ment in crit­i­cal work across three core Ini­tia­tives, and this round of grants focus­es on behav­ioral health and hous­ing, and out-of-school time for youth. Oth­er per­sis­tent com­mu­ni­ty prob­lems addressed through these grants include water qual­i­ty and man­age­ment, e‑bike safe­ty, and access to food, health­care, recre­ation­al oppor­tu­ni­ties, and the arts. 

“Dur­ing grant com­mit­tee meet­ings, we noticed the breadth of issues brought to light by grant requests from our non­prof­it part­ners who are work­ing across sec­tors to shape and refine com­mu­ni­ty infra­struc­ture, and to cre­ate safe­ty nets where need­ed,” said Foun­da­tion Pres­i­dent Lau­rie Andrews. ​“These grants get to the heart of Teton County’s press­ing needs.” 

Grants were award­ed based on com­mu­ni­ty need, antic­i­pat­ed impact, and orga­ni­za­tion­al capac­i­ty to deliv­er. Grants com­mit­tees are com­prised of local vol­un­teers with diverse exper­tise and lived experiences. 

2024 Cat­a­lyst Grant Recipients 

Behav­ioral Health Ini­tia­tive Grants

Climb Wyoming — Teton Area 

Com­mu­ni­ty Safe­ty Network 

Jack­son Hole Gen­der Diver­si­ty Project, fis­cal­ly spon­sored by The Men­tal Well­ness Collaborative 

Men­tal Health & Recov­ery Ser­vices of Jack­son Hole 

Teton Coun­ty Health Department 

Teton Youth & Fam­i­ly Services 

Edu­ca­tion & Fam­i­lies Ini­tia­tive Grants

Coombs Out­doors

His­to­ry Jack­son Hole 

Jack­son Hole Children’s Museum 

One22 Resource Center 

Teton Sci­ence Schools 

Hous­ing Solu­tions Ini­tia­tive Grants

Com­mu­ni­ty Entry Services 

Jack­son Hole Com­mu­ni­ty Hous­ing Trust 

Jackson/​Teton Coun­ty Afford­able Hous­ing Department 

Shel­ter Jack­son Hole, fis­cal­ly spon­sored by Jack­son Hole United 

Habi­tat for Human­i­ty of the Greater Teton Area 

One22 Resource Center 

Voic­es Jack­son Hole 

Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants

Asto­ria Park Conservancy 

Cam­i­na Con­mi­go, fis­cal­ly spon­sored by Coombs Outdoors 

Friends of Pathways 

Grand Teton Music Festival 

Hoback Junc­tion Water and Sew­er District 

Hole Food Rescue 

Jack­son Hole Trout Unlimited 

Teton Coun­ty Foun­da­tion for Pub­lic Health 

2024 Ini­tia­tives Grant details

2024 Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grant details

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