JACKSON, Wyo. — Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, announced last week that its Catalyst Grants program supported 27 local nonprofit organizations with over $1.1 million.

This grantmaking channel consists of four distinct programs:

  1. Behavioral Health Initiative Grants
  2. Education & Families Initiative Grants
  3. Housing Solutions Initiative Grants
  4. Opportunities Grants

While the four programs vary thematically, their unifying goal is to address complex community issues by funding innovative, systems-changing strategies and partnerships.

Complex challenges, such as affordable housing, behavioral health and educational disparities, often persist because of systemic constraints. These may include market forces, policies, incentives, societal norms and narratives, and knowledge gaps. Catalyst Grants support Teton County change-makers who innovatively address the conditions that perpetuate community problems to achieve systems change.

“These 27 organizations exemplify the collaborative, innovative spirit that defines our community,” said Foundation President Laurie Andrews. “By investing in solutions that tackle root causes—not just symptoms—we’re supporting the changemakers who are building a more resilient, inclusive Teton County.”

Grants were awarded based on systems change potential, community need, and organizational collaborations. Decisions were made by volunteer reviewer committees with diverse areas of expertise and lived experiences. Catalyst Grants are funded through the generosity of private donors who support systems change work in our community.

2025 Cat­a­lyst Grant Recipients

1. Behav­ioral Health Ini­tia­tive Grants 

  • Asto­ria Park Con­ser­van­cy – Enhanc­ing Com­mu­ni­ty Sup­port Through Behav­ioral Health Initiatives 
  • Becom­ing Jack­son Whole – The Rip­ple Effect of Well-Being With­in Local Human Ser­vices: Help­ing the Helpers 
  • Gen­der Diver­si­ty Wyoming, fis­cal­ly spon­sored by The Men­tal Well­ness Col­lab­o­ra­tive – Jack­son Hole Gen­der Diver­si­ty Project 
  • Men­tal Health & Recov­ery Ser­vices of Jack­son Hole—Enhanced Cri­sis Response 
  • St. John’s Health Foun­da­tion – Salary Sup­port for New Adult Psy­chi­a­trist at St. John’s Health 
  • Teton Coun­ty Health Depart­ment – Work­ing Minds: Empow­er­ing Teton’s Work­force Through Men­tal Health Skills and Support 
  • The Men­tal Well­ness Col­lab­o­ra­tive – Spring Col­lab­o­ra­tive Con­fer­ence: Advanc­ing Behav­ioral Health Through Con­nec­tion & CEUs 

2. Edu­ca­tion & Fam­i­lies Ini­tia­tive Grants 

  • Coombs Out­doors – Strength­en­ing the Sys­tem for Sum­mer Resources 
  • Ele­vate Math Wyoming – Equi­table Out-of-School Math Support 
  • Jack­son Hole Children’s Muse­um – Build­ing East­ern Shoshone and Shoshone-Ban­nock Life­ways into Ear­ly Child­hood Exhibits 
  • Teton Adap­tive – Sys­temic Change for Belong­ing: Sum­mer Camp Access for Kids with Disabilities 
  • Teton Lit­er­a­cy Cen­ter – SOAR­ing to Suc­cess: Accel­er­at­ing Learn­ing & Equi­ty for Teton Coun­ty Students 
  • Teton Sci­ence Schools – Week­ends in the Park 

3. Hous­ing Solu­tions Ini­tia­tive Grants

  • Grand Teton Asso­ci­a­tion – Strength­en­ing Employ­er Hous­ing Tools 
  • Habi­tat for Human­i­ty of the Greater Teton Area – A Brush with Kind­ness Pilot Program 
  • Jack­son Hole Com­mu­ni­ty Hous­ing Trust – Clean Water Design for Afford­able Homes at Horse Creek 
  • Jackson/Teton Coun­ty Afford­able Hous­ing Depart­ment – A Study: Impacts of Gen­tri­fi­ca­tion on Nat­u­ral­ly Occur­ring Afford­able Housing 
  • One22 Resource Cen­ter – Data-Informed Hous­ing Assistance 
  • Shel­ter Jack­son Hole, fis­cal­ly spon­sored by Jack­son Hole Unit­ed – Hous­ing Edu­ca­tion and Civic Engage­ment Project 

4. Oppor­tu­ni­ties Grants 

  • Cen­ter for the Arts – Sus­tain­ing Afford­able Arts Infra­struc­ture in Jack­son  
  • Com­mu­ni­ty Safe­ty Net­work – Ado­les­cent Sex­u­al Vio­lence Sys­tems Improve­ment Initiative 
  • Friends of Path­ways – Imple­ment­ing E-bike Safe­ty in our E-bike Crazy Community 
  • Friends of the Bridger-Teton – Pro­tect­ing Teton Coun­ty’s Trea­sured Pub­lic Lands: Ambas­sadors for Respon­si­ble Recreation 
  • Hole Food Res­cue – Shift­ing Pow­er: Build­ing Com­mu­ni­ty-Led Food Access Systems 
  • Jack­son Hole Con­ser­va­tion Alliance – Train­ing Con­ser­va­tion Lead­ers & Acti­vat­ing Civic Changemakers 
  • River­wind Foun­da­tion – Strate­gic Merg­er of River­wind Foun­da­tion and Jack­son Hole Cli­mate Action Collective 
  • Voic­es Jack­son Hole – Expand­ing Access and Impact