Jackson Hole Youth Grant $52.5K to Local Nonprofits

Local non­prof­its sub­mit­ted grant appli­ca­tions in Decem­ber, and the Youth Phil­an­thropy com­mit­tees met through­out the win­ter to review appli­ca­tions and decide which pro­pos­als to sup­port. This year, over 50 stu­dents from Jack­son Hole High School, Sum­mit Inno­va­tions School, Jack­son Hole Com­mu­ni­ty School, and Jack­son Hole Clas­si­cal Acad­e­my par­tic­i­pat­ed in the appli­ca­tion review. The grant pro­pos­als they reviewed rep­re­sent­ed a broad array of arts, con­ser­va­tion, edu­ca­tion, recre­ation and health and human ser­vice pro­grams in Teton County. 

Matt Daly, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of grantee Jack­son Hole Writ­ers, shared ​“Jack­son Hole Writ­ers is hon­ored to be sup­port­ed by the stu­dents engaged in the Youth Phil­an­thropy pro­gram. After speak­ing to stu­dents, it is so clear that they bring real care and pas­sion to their fund­ing choic­es. Hav­ing stu­dents res­onate with our mis­sion to grow com­mu­ni­ty among writ­ers and through writ­ing inspires me. To hear that stu­dents care about our work and see its val­ue for them­selves, and their peers ener­gizes me to offer pro­grams that build skills and grow con­nec­tions among the next gen­er­a­tion of great writ­ers in Jack­son Hole.” 

This year’s Youth Phil­an­thropy pro­gram received appli­ca­tions from 30 orga­ni­za­tions request­ing a total of $82,750. Thanks to the gen­eros­i­ty of Old Bill’s 2024 CoChal­lengers and indi­vid­ual Youth Phil­an­thropy donors, stu­dents were able to sup­port most of the requests with full or par­tial grants. They approached the review process with great thought­ful­ness and col­lab­o­ra­tion, fund­ing the projects they believe will most enrich Teton County. 

​“I loved doing Youth Phil­an­thropy because I got to col­lab­o­rate with my peers to dis­cuss top­ics we nor­mal­ly would­n’t have, and to learn about local non­prof­its and see their com­mu­ni­ty impacts,” said Jack­son Hole Com­mu­ni­ty School stu­dent and Future Old Bill Award win­ner Mairi Schilling. ​“The pro­gram real­ly made me feel con­nect­ed to these spe­cial orga­ni­za­tions in our town and I was so grate­ful to be able to con­tribute to their missions.” 

The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion is pleased to rec­og­nize exem­plary stu­dent lead­ers in the Youth Phil­an­thropy pro­gram. The Future Old Bill Award is giv­en to a stu­dent from each school who, in the exam­ple of Mr. & Mrs. Old Bill, demon­strates lead­er­ship, thought­ful­ness, com­mit­ment and a char­i­ta­ble spir­it through­out the grant-mak­ing process. Each win­ner received $500 to allo­cate to the local non­prof­it of their choice. This year, the Future Old Bill Award win­ners are: 

• Jack­son Hole Com­mu­ni­ty School: Mairi Schilling
• Jack­son Hole High School: Harp­er Mollinet
• Sum­mit Inno­va­tions School: Jaiden Husband
• Jack­son Hole Clas­si­cal Acad­e­my: Max Andersen

Youth Phil­an­thropy 2025 Grant Winners

• Art Asso­ci­a­tion of Jack­son Hole | Avery Math­ieu Schol­ar­ship Fund Support
• Art pART­ners | Under­stand­ing Indige­nous Cul­ture Through Art
• Cam­i­na Con­mi­go, spon­sored by Coombs Out­doors | Back­pack­ing with the Lati­no Community
• Carv­ing The Future | Break­ing Bar­ri­ers, Build­ing Futures
• Cen­ter for the Arts | Teen Takeover 2025
• City Kids Wilder­ness Project | Grand Teton, Grand Climb
• Climb Wyoming | Sup­port for Low-Income Sin­gle Moth­ers Com­mut­ing for Work­force Training
• Com­mu­ni­ty Entry Ser­vices | A Sen­so­ry Room That Slays
• Coombs Out­doors | Gear­ing Up for Sum­mer Success
• First in Fam­i­ly Jack­son Hole | Visu­al Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Internship
• Girls Active­ly Par­tic­i­pat­ing! | Ele­men­tary Pro­gram Expansion 
• Good Samar­i­tan Mis­sion | Cloth­ing Our Community
• Grand Teton Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion | Teton Crest Trail Renewal 
• His­to­ry Jack­son Hole | Bagels and Ban­ter at the His­to­ry Museum
• Jack­son Hole Land Trust | Acces­si­bil­i­ty Improve­ment at R Park
• Jack­son Hole Writ­ers | Almost Authors Cre­ate Writ­ing Camps and Conference
• Nation­al Muse­um of Wildlife Art | Make It Wild 2025
• Off Square The­atre Com­pa­ny | Off Square Players
• Riot Act | Riot Act Equipment
• River­wind Foun­da­tion | Cli­mate Warriors
• Teton Adap­tive | Com­mu­ni­ty Access to Adap­tive Pad­dle Boarding
• Teton Coun­ty Search & Res­cue Foun­da­tion | Free Vir­tu­al Cur­ricu­lum Library
• Teton Music School | TMS Rock Bands Program
• Teton Rap­tor Cen­ter | Glow­forge Pro Laser Cutter
• The Men­tal Well­ness Col­lab­o­ra­tive | Art Connections
• The Nature Con­ser­van­cy in Wyoming | Engag­ing Stu­dents in Restor­ing Native Plant Com­mu­ni­ties on High School Butte
• Voic­es Jack­son Hole | Expand­ing Proven Work­force Devel­op­ment Pro­grams to Empow­er East­ern Euro­pean Res­i­dents in the Teton Region