Elevating Generosity

Our Impact

As the area’s oldest and largest community foundation, we envision a thriving community created through meaningful philanthropy, thoughtful communication, and the willingness to explore possibilities together. We are dedicated to fulfilling this vision though the cultivation of community philanthropy that enhances and preserves the quality of life at Tahoe.

Our Impact

Our Impact in 2025

Our impact is measured by our support to nonprofit organizations strengthening our region and beyond. Through strategic grantmaking and long-term stewardship, we invest in organizations and initiatives that address the greatest needs of our region, strengthening our community today and for generations to come.

Our impact in numbers:

2205 Total Grantmaking: $27.7 Million

Total Grantmaking since inception: $165 Million

2025 Grantee Organizations


grants awarded from all funds

Achieve Tahoe
ACLU Foundation
Adventure Risk Challenge
Advisory Board for Booker T Washington High
  School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Advocates to End Domestic Violence
Agricultural Institute of Marin
Aim High
Alameda County Community Food Bank
Alameda Education Foundation
Always Strive and Prosper Foundation, Inc
Alzheimer & Parkinson Association of Indian
  River County, Inc.
Alzheimer's Association
American Association of University
  Women-North Tahoe
American Association of University Women-Tahoe Nevada Branch
American Diabetes Association
American Federation For Children Growth Fund Inc.
American Heart Association
American Kidney Fund, Inc.
American Parkinson Disease Association
American Red Cross
American Red Cross - Los Angeles Region
American Red Cross of Northern Nevada
American Society for the Prevention of
  Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Anchorage PTA
Angels in the Outfield
Ann and Nate Levine Academy
Arizona State University Foundation
Aspen Valley Land Trust
Austin's House
Awaken INC
Babson College
Backline Care, Inc
Baja Animal Sanctuary
Barton Health Foundation
BeLoved Asheville
Bentley School
Best Friends Animal Society
Bible Project
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County, Inc.
Blue Bear School of Music
Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe
Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe
Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows
Brave Like Gabe Foundation
Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF)
Bret Harte High School FFA Booster's Club
BrightFocus Foundation
Buck Institute for Research & Aging
Building Homes for Heroes
Butler University
C4 Foundation
Calaveras Community Foundation
CAL FIRE Benevolent Foundation
California Community Foundation
California State Parks Foundation
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation
CancerCare Copay Assistance Foundation
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara
Carbondale Community Nonprofit Center
Carmel Ideas Foundation
Carmel of Reno
Carnation Farms
Carson Valley Health Foundation
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada
Catholic Relief Services
Center For Biological Diversity, Inc.
Chabad at Lake Tahoe
Chabad of Northern Nevada
Charity Navigator
Chicana Latina Foundation
Children's Center
Children's Day School
Chi Omega Foundation
Christ the King Lutheran Church
Classical Tahoe
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Colorado Rocky Mountain School
Community Care of North Carolina
Compassion First
Congregation Olam Tikvah
Congregation Shearith Israel Dallas
Consumer Reports Foundation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
Cornerstone Community Church
Coronado Tee-Birds Booster Club
Could You?
Council on Foundations
Courage Worldwide
Cristo Rey High School Sacramento
Crocker Art Museum
Crossline Community Church
Cure Alzheimer's Fund
CURE Epilepsy
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- Arizona Chapter
Denver Art Museum
Desert Community Foundation
Disabled American Veterans
  Charitable Service Trust
Doctors Without Borders
Do No Harm
Doug Coombs Foundation
Douglas County Sheriff's Advisory Council
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Doula Co-op of Nevada
Drake University
Ducks Unlimited
Eastern Sierra Land Trust
Eisenhower Health Foundation
El Dorado Community Foundation
Encompass Youth
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Family House, Inc.
Farm Sanctuary Inc.
Far West Skiing
Feeding America
First Graduate
First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach
Fisher House Foundation, Inc.
Fix'n Fidos
Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA
Folded Flag Foundation
Folds of Honor Foundation
Food Bank of Northern Nevada
Foundation 36, Inc.
Foundation for the Carson City Parks & Recreation
Franklin Elementary PTA
Franklin News Foundation
Friends in Service Helping - Emergency
  Referral Service
Friends of Boulder County Sheriff K9 Association
Friends of Danberg Home Ranch, Inc.
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
Friends of United Hatzalah
Gateway Mountain Center
Glenbrook Historical Society
Glenbrook Underground, Inc.
Global Provision Project, Inc.
Graland Country Day School
Granite Bay Rotary Foundation
Grit and Grace Girls Inc
Groton School
Habitat for Humanity International, INC.
Haleakala Waldorf School Maui
Harper's Magazine Foundation
HealthRIGHT 360
Hearts for Paws Rescue
HIAS
High Fives Non-Profit Foundation
Highlander Pride
Hoover Institution
Hope Community Church
Horicon High School
Hospice Giving Foundation
Hospital de la Familia Foundation
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe
Humane World for Animals
Incline Boosters Club
Incline Education Fund
Incline Elementary School
Incline Fireworks, Inc.
Incline High School
Incline Middle School
Incline Middle School Jr. Boosters
Incline Star Follies, Inc.
Incline-Tahoe Foundation
Incline Village Community Hospital Foundation
Incline Village General Improvement District
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Israeli Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Inc.
IVC Education Foundation
Jelly's Place
Jewish National Fund - USA
John's Island Community Service League
John's Island Foundation
Joni and Friends
K2 Adventures Foundation
Kagondo St. Joseph Hospital Foundation
Keep Memory Alive
Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church
Kinesthetic Intelligence Plus, Inc.
Knockout ALD
KNPB Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
KPBS
KQED, Inc.
KUNR
La Jolla Playhouse
Lake Tahoe Chapter, National Society
  Daughters of the American Revolution
Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation
Lake Tahoe Dance Collective
Lake Tahoe School
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
Lake Tahoe Waterman Foundation
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Inc.
League to Save Lake Tahoe
Learning Alliance Inc.
LifeChurch Nevada
Live Violence Free
Living Jazz
Looking Up Arts Foundation
Love Never Fails
Make-A-Wish Nevada
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.
Marin Academy
Marin Community Foundation
Marine Mammal Center
Marines' Memorial Foundation
Marin Humane
McCallum Theatre
Medora Christian Church
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mercy Beyond Borders
Mercy Chefs
Mercy Corps.
Mercy Ships
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Montana State University Alumni Foundation
Mountain Metro Church
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, Inc.
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation
NAMI Nevada
National Automobile Museum
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
National Forest Foundation
National Geographic Society
National Park Foundation
National Philanthropic Trust
Native American Health Center, Inc.
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature Conservancy Nevada
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Nevada County Arts Council
Nevada Humane Society
Nevada Military Support Alliance
Nevada Museum of Art
Nevada Nordic
Nevada Policy Research Institute
New York University School of Law
North Carolina Community Foundation
Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation
North Lake Tahoe Community Health
  Care Auxiliary
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District
Notre Dame High School
Oakland Lacrosse Club
Our Lady of Tahoe Catholic Church
Our Lady of the Snows
Palm Springs Opera Guild of the Desert
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Parkinson's Foundation Inc.
PETA
Pet Network Humane Society
Pioneers, Inc.
Prager University Foundation
Project HOPE
Prostate Cancer Foundation
PTSD Now
Rancho Coastal Humane Society
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Rancho Santa Fe Senior Center
Real Choices Women's Center
Red Door Urban Missions Inc
REMSA Health Philanthropy
RennerVation Foundation
Reno Bike Project, Inc.
Reno Christian Fellowship
Reno High School
Reno Jazz Orchestra
Reno Philharmonic
Reno Rodeo Foundation
Renown Health Foundation
Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School
Riffle Ranch Foundation
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
Rocky Mountain Institute
Rodeo Boosters
Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno
Rotary Club of Incline Village
Rotary Club of Minden
Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline
Rotary District 5190 Community Fund
Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera
Safe Harbor Homes & Services
Safe Talk for Teens
Sage Ridge School
Saint Joseph Community Land Trust
San Diego Humane Society
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Santa Catalina School
Santa's Posse
Scaredy Cats TNR
Send It Foundation
Senior Advocates of the Desert
Servants Church Calvary Fallbrook
Shriners Hospitals for Children -
  Northern California
Sierra Arts Foundation
Sierra Avalanche Center
Sierra Community House
Sierra Nevada Alliance
Sierra Nevada Donate Life
Sierra Senior Services
Sierra State Parks Foundation
Sierra Watch
Simmaron Research
Sky Tavern Junior Ski Program
Smile Train
Soho Playhouse, Inc
SOS Outreach
South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center
SPCA of Northern Nevada
Special Olympics Nevada
St. Ambrose University
Stephen J. Wampler Foundation
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
St. Francis Chapel, Fallen Leaf Lake
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Gall Catholic Church
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Mark's School of Texas
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Theresa Catholic Church
St. Vincent de Paul Society
St. Xavier High School
Sugar Pine Foundation
Tahoe Ability Program
Tahoe Alliance for Safe Kids
Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA)
Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless
Tahoe Crew
Tahoe Endurance
Tahoe Family Solutions
Tahoe Food Hub
Tahoe Forest Health System Foundation
Tahoe Fund
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science
Tahoe Magic
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team, Inc.
Tahoe Philharmonic
Tahoe Prosperity Center
Tahoe Resource Conservation District
Tahoe Rim Trail Association
Tahoe's Connection for Families
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
Tahoe Truckee School of Music
Tahoe Youth & Family Services
Tamalpais High School
Tazmanian Boxing Club
The ALS Association
The Battery Foundation
The Center for the Study of
  Technology and Society
The Children's Cabinet
The Church of St. Paul in the Desert
The Cure Starts Now Foundation
The Ehlers-Danos Society
The Global Mission
The Henry Ford
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Meadows School
The Old Globe
The Rock Church
The Salvation Army - Carson City Corps.
The Salvation Army - Reno
The Truckee Roundhouse
The Village Church
Thunderbird Lake Tahoe
Tipping Point Community
TOCCATA
Transgender Law Center
Truckee Community Cares, Inc.
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Truckee Meadows Firefighters Foundation Inc
Truckee Meadows Habitat for Humanity
Trustees of Tufts College
UC Berkeley Foundation
UC Davis Foundation
UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
UCLA Foundation
UC Law San Francisco
UC Regents of the University of California, Davis
UC San Diego Foundation
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation
UF Foundation
United Justice - Justicia Unida
University of California, Berkeley Regents
University of Florida Foundation
University of Illinois Foundation
University of Nevada, Reno Foundation
University of Notre Dame
University of San Francisco School of Law
University of Wisconsin Foundation
UNR Ski Team Boosters
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation
Village Pet Foundation
Washoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriff's Association, Inc.
Washoe County Library System
WaterHope
Well Constructed
WestCare Foundation
Western Nevada College Foundation
WildCare
Winners Foundation
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries
World Central Kitchen
World Cup Dreams Foundation
Wounded Warrior Project
Wylie Animal Rescue Foundation
YES! Youth for Environmental Sanity
Yosemite Conservancy
Young Life
Young Life Reno/Sparks
Young Life Tahoe Truckee