2021 Grant Highlights
$47,500 IN GRANT AWARDS IN 20201.
THANK YOU, DONORS!
As you read about the grants awarded in November 2021, please think of the significant impact we can make together as we reach toward our ultimate goal of $100,000 in annual giving!
$5,000 – Aim High for High School. Supports a 25-day summer educational and enrichment program blending math, science and humanities coursework, social-emotional development, college & career awareness along with health & wellness issues, and environmental education for low-income middle school students.
$10,000 – Arts for the Schools. Provides performing arts (music, visual arts, and career training) classes and assemblies to bring cultural awareness through cultural performing arts. Meets key California career & arts content standards.
$5,000 – Boys and Girls Club of North Tahoe. Support for youth and their families at Kings Beach and Truckee Elementary school sites.
$5,000 – Emergency Warming Center/AMI Housing. Provides our under-sheltered neighbors a safe, warm, dry place to stay on the most severe winter weather nights as well as a daytime navigation center to help create longer-term support systems as they move toward greater stability.
$5,000 – Give Back Tahoe. An annual campaign of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation to support challenge grants and support services to local non-profits.
$5,000 – Sierra Senior Services. Funding for core operating support for the Meals on Wheels program. By providing this service to isolated seniors they receive nutrition, human interaction, and a wellness check.
$5,000 – Tahoe Food Hub. Funding to cover Giving Boxes of fresh, seasonal, sustainably grown food for community members facing food insecurity.
$5,000 – Tahoe Donner Land Trust. Funding to help secure the purchase of the 290 acre Canyon Springs parcel in East Truckee.
$2,500 – Truckee Trails Foundation. Funding for a new 7-mile trail within Waddle Ranch.