Giving Fund
Truckee is more than a place we live or visit—it’s a community we love. This holiday season, the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund invites Tahoe Donner members to come together and invest in the people and organizations that make this place so special.
Through the Giving Fund, your generosity supports local nonprofits and scholarships across our region—helping provide everything from meals for local seniors and music lessons for young people to vital services for neighbors in need. When each of us gives what we can, our collective impact can reach even further.
THE IMPACT OF YOUR GENEROSITY
Over more than a decade, the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund has helped support:
- 40 nonprofit organizations
- 95 local scholarship recipients
- Nearly $2.4 million invested in the greater Truckee community
This year, we are working toward a $100,000 fundraising goal. Tahoe Donner members have already contributed approximately $40,000. Help us raise the remaining $60,000 by Dec. 31 and expand the support we can provide to local nonprofits and students.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Every gift—whether one-time or monthly—becomes part of a larger investment in the community we all share. Make a gift today and help continue more than a decade of local impact.
The Tahoe Donner Giving Fund was created in 2014 by the Tahoe Donner Association Board of Directors with the mission to inspire generosity and charitable giving among Tahoe Donner members in order to support deserving programs and youth in the greater Truckee community.
Thanks to the generosity of Tahoe Donner members, Tahoe Donner Giving Fund grants and scholarships are made through the Giving Fund Committee’s participation in the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s annual review process, which awards scholarships in the spring and nonprofit grants in the fall. Member contributions to the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund help those in need, support our youth, protect special places, and make our community a better place for all of us.
The Tahoe Donner Giving Fund Committee is chartered by the Tahoe Donner Board of Directors to carry out the mission of the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund: to inspire generosity and charitable giving among Tahoe Donner members in order to support deserving programs and youth in the greater Truckee Community.
The Tahoe Donner Giving Fund is administered as an affiliate fund of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, EIN 68-0416404. All contributions are voluntary, irrevocable, and are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Tahoe Donner Giving Fund grants and scholarships are made through the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s annual review process.
We are very grateful to Jaime Waltman Legare of Elements Mountain Co. for her support from the inception of the Giving Fund. As our Founding Partner, Elements donates $1 for each of their snow removal clients, totaling over $4,000 annually, to cover all our operating expenses thus making 100% of your contributions available for grants and scholarships.
The Tahoe Donner Giving Fund Committee also thanks the anonymous Tahoe Donner member who has generously funded the IMPACT Scholarships each year since 2019. ❤️