Jackson Hole Youth Grant $60K to Local Nonprofits

The 2026 Youth Phil­an­thropy pro­gram has award­ed $60,000 in grants to 31 local nonprofits.

Youth Phil­an­thropy pro­vides stu­dents at the four Teton Coun­ty, WY high schools with a hands-on learn­ing expe­ri­ence in phil­an­thropy. Stu­dents review grant pro­pos­als, dis­cuss their com­mu­ni­ty impact, and make dif­fi­cult grant­i­ng deci­sions to fund non­prof­it initiatives.


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 appli­ca­tion review. The grant pro­pos­als rep­re­sent­ed a diverse swath of con­ser­va­tion, edu­ca­tion, recre­ation and health and human ser­vice pro­grams in Teton County.

“We’re hon­ored to be select­ed by the Youth Phil­an­thropy pan­el to sup­port our Danc­ing Alpha­bet pro­gram, which brings move­ment, cre­ativ­i­ty and con­fi­dence to every kinder­gart­ner in Teton Coun­ty,” shared Dancers’ Work­shop Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Amelia Terrapin. ​“It’s inspir­ing to see local teens have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage in phil­an­thropy and thought­ful­ly decide how to invest in the well-being of our community.”

This year Youth Phil­an­thropy received appli­ca­tions from 33 orga­ni­za­tions request­ing over $90,000. Thanks to the gen­eros­i­ty of Old Bill’s 2025 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 ben­e­fit Teton County. 

Jack­son Hole Clas­si­cal Acad­e­my stu­dent Noah Ormerod commented, ​“Youth Phil­an­thropy real­ly showed me how many peo­ple and orga­ni­za­tions are work­ing hard to sup­port this com­mu­ni­ty. I am new to town, and the pro­gram helped me feel more con­nect­ed to this place in a rel­a­tive­ly short amount of time.”

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. and 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. The 2026 Future Old Bill Award win­ners are: 

  • Jack­son Hole Com­mu­ni­ty School – Tia Deslauriers
  • Jack­son Hole High School – Katie Boillot
  • Sum­mit Inno­va­tions School – Jaiden Husband 
  • Jack­son Hole Clas­si­cal Acad­e­my – Noah Ormerod


Youth Phil­an­thropy 2026 Grant Win­ners

  • Art Asso­ci­a­tion of Jack­son Hole | Cre­at­ing Hand-in-Hand Pro­gram Support
  • Brain Base | Youth Con­cus­sion Base­line Testing
  • Cam­i­na Con­mi­go, spon­sored by Coombs Out­doors | Get in the Water!/¡Vamos al Agua!
  • Cen­ter for the Arts | Teen Takeover 2026
  • City Kids Wilder­ness Project | Wil­low Creek Trail Stew­ard­ship: Youth-Led Con­ser­va­tion in the Hoback Backcountry
  • Climb Wyoming | Bridg­ing the Dig­i­tal Divide: Lap­tops for Low-Income Sin­gle Moms for Employ­ment Success
  • Com­mu­ni­ty Safe­ty Net­work | Cri­sis Sup­port for Our Community
  • Coombs Out­doors | Spring Break for All!
  • Dancer’s Work­shop | Arts Out­reach for Kinder­gart­ners in TCSD #1
  • First in Fam­i­ly Jack­son Hole | Career Launch Pro­gram for First-Gen­er­a­tion Students
  • Grand Teton Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion | Snake Riv­er PFD Loan­er Pro­gram in Grand Teton Nation­al Park
  • His­to­ry Jack­son Hole | Free Last Sat­ur­days at the His­to­ry Museum
  • It Takes a Val­ley: Peri­na­tal Resource Col­lab­o­ra­tive | Vol­un­teer man­age­ment soft­ware for the Free Mater­ni­ty, Infant, Child Cloth­ing + Gear Swap
  • Jack­son Hole Land Trust | Wil­son Cen­ten­ni­al Ponds Sig­nage Replacement
  • Jack­son Hole Writ­ers | Revi­tal­iz­ing Almost Authors Writ­ing Programs
  • Jack­son Hole Youth Soc­cer | Coach­ing the Coach­es: Men­tor­ship for Par­ent Leaders
  • Nation­al Muse­um of Wildlife Art | 2026 Stu­dent Curat­ed Exhibition
  • Off Square The­atre Com­pa­ny | Off Square Players
  • Snake Riv­er Fund | AED Replacements
  • Teton Adap­tive | emPow­er­ing Path­way Access for All
  • Teton Botan­i­cal Gar­den | Green­house for Munger Moun­tain Ele­men­tary School
  • Teton Coun­ty Inte­grat­ed Sol­id Waste & Recy­cling | Side By Side Sustainability
  • Teton Coun­ty Search & Res­cue Foun­da­tion | Wilder­ness Med­i­cine and Avalanche Safe­ty Schol­ar­ship Program
  • Teton Rap­tor Cen­ter | Pro­vid­ing Lead-Free Tack­le for Kids and Raptors
  • Teton Resilience Net­work (for­mer­ly River­wind Foun­da­tion) | Youth Cli­mate Summit
  • The Men­tal Well­ness Col­lab­o­ra­tive | Bilin­gual Men­tal Health Lend­ing Library: Acces­si­ble Resources for All
  • TODO TV Foun­da­tion | Youth Media Program
  • Voic­es Jack­son Hole | Con­nect­ed & Ground­ed: Heal­ing Work­shops for Immigrant
  • Wilder­ness Adven­tures Foun­da­tion | Sea Kayak­ing Gear for WA x Coombs Partnership!
  • Wyoming Stargaz­ing | Hel­lo, Earthlings!
  • Wyoming Wildlife Advo­cates | Bear Coun­try Gear Initiative