Community Generosity Powers Another Historic Old Bill’s

This total rep­re­sents 25,416 indi­vid­ual gifts from 4,341 donors. The match fund — cre­at­ed through the gen­eros­i­ty of Mr. and Mrs. Old Bill, CoChal­lengers and Friends of the Match — totaled $6,935,558, while par­tic­i­pat­ing orga­ni­za­tions received $21,578,547 in gifts des­ig­nat­ed specif­i­cal­ly for them.

Over the last 30 years, Old Bill’s has gen­er­at­ed an incred­i­ble $334,678,622 for Teton Coun­ty non­prof­its, strength­en­ing the orga­ni­za­tions ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port­ing the peo­ple, places, and wildlife across our valley. 

“The last­ing suc­cess of Old Bill’s is root­ed in the spir­it of our com­mu­ni­ty,” said Lau­rie Andrews, Pres­i­dent of the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole. ​“At its core, Old Bill’s is about neigh­bors help­ing neigh­bors. Togeth­er, we are invest­ing in the orga­ni­za­tions that make our com­mu­ni­ty health­i­er, more con­nect­ed, and able to thrive.” 

Par­tic­i­pat­ing orga­ni­za­tions received a 73.5% match­ing grant through Old Bill’s this year — mean­ing non­prof­its that raised $30,000 or more in des­ig­nat­ed gifts received an addi­tion­al $22,050 match from the Com­mu­ni­ty Foundation. 

Mr. and Mrs. Old Bill gen­er­ous­ly pro­vid­ed the first $1,000,000 in match­ing funds for this year’s event. Since the event’s incep­tion, they have con­tributed $18,000,000 to the match pool, inspir­ing thou­sands of oth­ers to give. 

“Old Bill’s is more than a sea­son of giv­ing. It is an invest­ment in the future of our com­mu­ni­ty,” said Bet­ty Andrikopou­los, Board Chair of the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole. ​“For 30 years, this extra­or­di­nary tra­di­tion has reflect­ed the gen­eros­i­ty and com­pas­sion that define our val­ley. As we cel­e­brate this mile­stone, we hon­or Mr. and Mrs. Old Bill for their endur­ing com­mit­ment to the non­prof­it sec­tor and for cre­at­ing a lega­cy of phil­an­thropy that has trans­formed our com­mu­ni­ty and empow­ered local orga­ni­za­tions to thrive.” 

The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion fundrais­es the entire­ty of the Old Bill’s Match Fund, which pro­vides the match­ing grants, cov­ers event admin­is­tra­tion — ensur­ing that par­tic­i­pa­tion is free for all — and sup­ports the Foundation’s year-round grant­mak­ing programs. 

Thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Old Bill, the CoChal­lengers, Friends of the Match, Run Com­mit­tee, par­tic­i­pat­ing non­prof­its, donors and vol­un­teers for mak­ing this event a con­tin­ued success. 

Awards Cel­e­bra­tion

On Wednes­day, Octo­ber 28, the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion host­ed its Annu­al Awards Par­ty at the Cen­ter for the Arts, where par­tic­i­pat­ing non­prof­its gath­ered to cel­e­brate this year’s Giv­ing Sea­son and pick up their grant award checks. 

Check Pick­up

Unclaimed grant checks will be held at the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion. Orga­ni­za­tions that do not pick up their checks by Novem­ber 20 will for­feit their match­ing grant. Checks will not be mailed. Please con­tact Anne Bradley, Chief Mar­ket­ing Offi­cer (abradley@​cfjacksonhole.​org) with any questions. 

Old Bill’s Fun Run is admin­is­tered by the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole.