Competitive Grants

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Sup­port­ing diverse com­mu­ni­ty needs

Each year, the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion awards Com­pet­i­tive Grants to sup­port orga­ni­za­tions address­ing impor­tant com­mu­ni­ty needs in Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming. Fund­ing deci­sions are made by a vol­un­teer Grants Com­mit­tee com­prised of ded­i­cat­ed com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers with a range of inter­ests and experience.

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The 2026 Com­pet­i­tive Grants appli­ca­tion closed on March 4. The 2027 appli­ca­tion will open in late January.

Ques­tions? Email grants@​cfjacksonhole.​org

Grant Pro­gram Details

  • 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 and for the ben­e­fit of Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming.
  • Funds may not be used for debt retire­ment or reli­gious or polit­i­cal activities.
  • Applicant’s work must not be pri­mar­i­ly focused on influ­enc­ing legislation.
  • Grant funds may not be used for a project or train­ing that has already been completed.

Com­pet­i­tive Grants typ­i­cal­ly awards a total of $700,000 – 800,000 per year to eli­gi­ble orga­ni­za­tions serv­ing Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming. Appli­cants may request $3,000 – 30,000. Pro­pos­als may be par­tial­ly funded.

2026 Com­pet­i­tive Grants mean award = $14,000 / medi­an award = $13,000

Com­pet­i­tive Grants sup­port a range of non­prof­it work address­ing the diverse needs and inter­ests of our com­mu­ni­ty. Appli­ca­tions from eli­gi­ble orga­ni­za­tions serv­ing Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming are wel­come. Appli­cants may request fund­ing to sup­port new or exist­ing pro­grams, cap­i­tal projects, equip­ment pur­chas­es, capac­i­ty build­ing, or gen­er­al oper­a­tions. Requests that have been fund­ed by the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion or request­ed with­in the past 12 months may not be resubmitted.

The Com­pet­i­tive Grants Tip Sheet is an impor­tant resource that orga­ni­za­tions are asked to review pri­or to applying.

Please click here if you wish to sched­ule time with the CFJH Grants Team to dis­cuss any Com­pet­i­tive Grants questions.

Orga­ni­za­tions out­side of Teton Coun­ty, Wyoming that wish to apply for fund­ing for ser­vices offered in Teton Coun­ty must con­tact the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion (grants@​cfjacksonhole.​org) in advance of applying.

2027 Time­line (dates TBA fall 2026)

Late Jan­u­ary to ear­ly March: appli­ca­tion peri­od
~5‑week appli­ca­tion peri­od intend­ed to allow appli­cants time to coor­di­nate with orga­ni­za­tions and estab­lish strate­gic project partnerships

Ear­ly May: grant notifications

Grantees are asked to sub­mit a Grant Report after com­plet­ing their pro­posed work. The report form focus­es on the work’s impact, eval­u­a­tion strate­gies, any bud­get vari­a­tions, and how the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole has been rec­og­nized as a part­ner. Grantees are invit­ed to sub­mit pho­tos if available.

Log into the CFJH Grant Appli­ca­tions plat­form to access your report form, which appears as the last task with­in the relat­ed appli­ca­tion. Email Grants Asso­ciate Cindy Coro­na with any report­ing questions.

Grant Reports are shared with Grants Com­mit­tee mem­bers by request and may influ­ence future grant awards.

2025 Com­pet­i­tive Grants report­ing is due Decem­ber 1, 2026
2026 Com­pet­i­tive Grants report­ing is due Decem­ber 1, 2027

Grantees must adhere to the Foundation’s Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Require­ments For Grant Recip­i­ents.

Com­pet­i­tive Grants are fund­ed by Old Bill’s CoChal­lengers, indi­vid­ual donors, and endowed funds held at the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole.

Infor­ma­tion from your pro­pos­al may be used in Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole mar­ket­ing mate­ri­als or in grant writ­ing work­shops. The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion reserves the right to ver­i­fy any infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed in your pro­pos­al. This includes but is not lim­it­ed to ref­er­ences to data sources, col­lab­o­ra­tive part­ners, and finan­cial information.

2026 Com­pet­i­tive Grants press release: $800,000 grant­ed to 57 local nonprofits

  • Art Asso­ci­a­tion of Jack­son Hole | Young Artists: 2026 Youth Programming
  • Asto­ria Park Con­ser­van­cy | Cit­i­zen Sci­ence for a Resilient Jack­son Hole: Enhanc­ing Astoria’s Edu­ca­tion­al Outreach
  • Becom­ing Jack­son Whole | From Con­tent Con­sump­tion to Skill Devel­op­ment: Scal­ing Behav­ior Change
  • Cam­i­na Con­mi­go, fis­cal­ly spon­sored by Coombs Out­doors | Jun­tos Podemos: Ensur­ing Lati­no Fam­i­ly Access to Pub­lic Lands and Support
  • Carv­ing The Future | Teton Shred­ders Program
  • Cen­ter for the Arts | Dis­cov­ery! Series, Sea­son Three
  • Chil­dren’s Learn­ing Cen­ter | Sup­port­ing Par­ents and Care­givers of Chil­dren with Spe­cial Needs
  • Com­mu­ni­ty Entry Ser­vices | Access to Adven­ture for Com­mu­ni­ty Mem­bers with Disabilities
  • Com­mu­ni­ty Safe­ty Net­work | Vol­un­teer Advo­cate Support
  • Coombs Out­doors | Full Cir­cle: Cul­ti­vat­ing growth and representation
  • Dancers’ Work­shop | Com­mu­ni­ty Well­be­ing Through Move­ment: Cre­ative Aging & Mobil­i­ty Pro­grams in Teton County
  • Edu­ca­tion Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole | Jean Cold­smith Impact Fund: Increas­ing Access School-Con­nect­ed Youth Men­tal Health
  • Ele­vate Math Wyoming | Inte­grat­ed Mid­dle School Math Support
  • Ener­gy Con­ser­va­tion Works | High-Effi­cien­cy Water Heat­ing for Afford­ables: Nel­son Dri­ve Heat Pump Water Heater Project
  • First in Fam­i­ly Jack­son Hole | Enhanc­ing First-Gen Career Path­ways: Com­pre­hen­sive Career Readi­ness and CTE Track Implementation
  • Food Bank of Wyoming | Expand­ing Nutri­tious Food Access in Teton County
  • Friends of the Bridger-Teton | Wind Riv­er Trib­al Youth Crew sup­port­ing wild­fire mit­i­ga­tion efforts on Teton Coun­ty pub­lic lands
  • Girls Active­ly Par­tic­i­pat­ing! | After School Ele­men­tary Expan­sion Support
  • Grand Teton Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion | Trail Acces­si­bil­i­ty and Sig­nage in Grand Teton Nation­al Park
  • His­to­ry Jack­son Hole | 2027 Indige­nous Exhibition
  • Hole Food Res­cue | Sprout Sum­mer Lunch Pro­gram 2026
  • Horse War­riors™ | Heal­ing, Lead­er­ship & Com­mu­ni­ty Connection
  • Immi­grant Hope-Wyoming/I­da­ho | Immi­gra­tion Legal Services
  • It Takes a Val­ley: Peri­na­tal Resource Col­lab­o­ra­tive | Sus­tain­ing and Scal­ing Peri­na­tal Fam­i­ly Support
  • Jack­son Hole Book Fes­ti­val | Con­ver­sa­tion for the Com­mu­ni­ty 2026
  • Jack­son Hole Chil­dren’s Muse­um | Launch­ing the JHCM Vol­un­teer Program
  • Jack­son Hole Com­mu­ni­ty Radio/​KHOL | KHOL News­room Support
  • Jack­son Hole Farm­ers Mar­ket | Farm to Mar­ket Program
  • Jack­son Hole Land Trust | Improv­ing Access for Com­mu­ni­ty Conservation
  • Jack­son Hole Pub­lic Art | To Jack­son, With Love
  • Jack­son Hole Ther­a­peu­tic Rid­ing | First Respon­der Equine-Assist­ed Well­ness & Burnout Pre­ven­tion Program
  • Jack­son Hole Writ­ers | Young Voic­es Mat­ter: Cre­ative Writ­ing Offer­ings for All Teton Coun­ty Students
  • Men­tal Health & Recov­ery Ser­vices of Jack­son Hole | Qual­i­ty of Life Gap Fund
  • Nation­al Muse­um of Wildlife Art | Bison-ten­ni­al: From Col­o­niza­tion to Rematriation
  • Native Amer­i­can Jump Start | Expe­ri­enc­ing Ances­tral Home­lands through ​“Resources from the land in a tra­di­tion­al way”
  • Off Square The­atre Com­pa­ny | The­atre Arts Edu­ca­tion: Year-Round Youth Programming
  • Old Wil­son School­house Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter | Facil­i­ty Access Con­trol Upgrades
  • One22 Resource Cen­ter | Increas­ing Access to Fresh, Nutri­tious Food for Teton Coun­ty House­holds Through the Jack­son Cupboard
  • pART­ners | The Indige­nous Arts and Cul­ture Ini­tia­tive Expansion
  • PAWS | Med­fund: Finan­cial Aid for Emer­gency Vet Bills
  • Pro­tect Our Water Jack­son Hole | Fish Creek Stream Gauge in Wil­son, WY
  • Shel­ter JH fis­cal­ly spon­sored by JH Unit­ed | Mak­ing Room at the Table: Set­ting New Stan­dards for Com­mu­ni­ty Accessibility
  • Slow Food in the Tetons | The Farm to Fork Com­mu­ni­ty Lunch: Advanc­ing Food Access and Com­mu­ni­ty Resilience
  • Teton Adap­tive | Win­ter Pro­gram Capac­i­ty Building
  • Teton Behav­ior Ther­a­py Group | Built for Resilience: Men’s Men­tal Health in Teton County
  • Teton Botan­i­cal Gar­den | Grow­ing Native Habi­tat and Com­mu­ni­ty Connection
  • Teton Climbers’ Coali­tion | Safe Climb­ing Initiative
  • Teton Coun­ty Foun­da­tion for Pub­lic Health | Sup­port­ing a New Col­poscopy Pro­gram in the Sex­u­al & Repro­duc­tive Health Ser­vices Clin­ic at Teton Coun­ty Health Department
  • Teton Music School | Build­ing a Year-Round Adult Music Pro­gram at Teton Music School
  • Teton Rap­tor Cen­ter | Sav­ing North Amer­i­ca’s Small­est Falcon
  • Teton Sci­ence Schools | AVID STEM Tutor­ing 2.0
  • Teton Youth and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices | Build­ing Youth Sub­stance Use Sup­port at TYFS
  • The Nature Con­ser­van­cy Wyoming | Fuels Reduc­tion Crew
  • Voic­es Jack­son Hole | Social and Pro­fes­sion­al Engage­ment for Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Residents
  • Wild Coun­try Oncol­o­gy Ser­vices | Wild Coun­try Ris­ing: Out­door Empow­er­ment Expe­ri­ences for Can­cer Survivors
  • Wilder­ness Adven­tures Foun­da­tion | Out­door Adven­tures for Under­served Youth
  • Wyoming Immi­grant Advo­ca­cy Project | Meet­ing the Grow­ing and Crit­i­cal Com­mu­ni­ty Need for Immi­grant Legal Services