The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation is proud to honor the memory of Marcy Olson, who passed away suddenly last year and would have been 57 years old today. We are…

In the midst of a global pandemic, economic upheaval, and social unrest, a committed group of donors and volunteers worked tirelessly for the Community Scholarship Program. During endless Zoom meetings,…

It's scholarship season! In the last ten years, TTCF and our donors have awarded over $1 million to local graduating high school seniors as they pursue their dreams. A scholarship…

A Community Gives Back Spanning 7,670 acres, Tahoe Donner is a planned community in Truckee, CA. Tahoe Donner’s streets wind through forested hills with some of the town’s deepest snowpack,…

THANK YOU, SCHOLARSHIP DONORS! Last year, donors like you doubled our scholarship funds from $113,000 to offer $232,500 in scholarships to graduating high school seniors. In 2019, you did it…

Perhaps you remember this lovely picture of Yulisa Mendez, a 2016 Sierra High School graduate and recipient of several community scholarships.  It wasn’t that long ago! We caught up with…

TTCF is happy to celebrate with our donors and friends our most generous scholarship season to date!  Many of the scholarship recipients are the first students we have seen go…

Knowing it would mean missing her own high school graduation, Hailey finished school early so she could teach in a remote village in Nepal for four months before starting University.…

Application deadline: April 3, 2017 Apply Now (hint: hit "submit" early to make sure you qualify for all eligible scholarships) Thanks to the generosity of TTCF’s Board of Directors, aligned donors,…

TTCF is happy to announce that 17 graduating seniors received a cumulative of $104,000 in TTCF facilitated scholarships. This was the largest amount that we have ever been able to…

Mark and Carol Steingard have lived in the Reno - Tahoe region for over forty years and, like all of us, really love Tahoe. "We enjoy the lake, kayaking, boating,…

"I have a passion for solving problems and finding my way through complex issues," Lorenzo Vigano wrote in his 2014 Alpine Winter Foundation scholarship application essay. A former Dean's List…

Paying for college requires more than courage and hard work. When life circumstances don't provide for a young person, it requires economic support that has to be found in the…

The rippling impact of a community scholarship. A letter recently circulated its way around the offices of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF).  It was a letter of gratitude, grace, and…

Recently, a committee convened to award several community scholarships facilitated by Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF).  Volunteer committee members diligently reviewed their share of the ninety-nine anonymous applications competing for eleven…

We know that the second half of a high school senior’s graduating year produces spontaneous senioritis and we do understand your pain. However, it is not time to check out…

When establishing a memorial scholarship or one for personal legacy, TTCF donors often make two distinct decisions. The first is to create an opportunity for a young person that otherwise…

Every year, high school seniors prepare to embark upon the next chapters of their lives. For many, this means applying for scholarships, grants, and financial aid. TTCF, through the grace…