Nonprofit Funding Opportunities
CURRENT & UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) administers many different grant funds throughout the year, each with different donor sources and distribution strategies.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
- 2026 Regional Community Grant Cycle: August 1 – August 31
- 2026 Give Back Tahoe Nonprofit Registration: Opens August 1
- 2026 Truckee Core Values Fund: TBD
- 2026 Give Back Tahoe Giving Season: December 1 – December 31
- Forest Futures: Ongoing, Invitation-only
If you have any questions please reach out to our Community Impact Team at phyllis@ttcf.net or dana@ttcf.net.
Regional Community Grant Cycle
OUR PROCESS
This Regional Community Grant Cycle utilizes a simplified and streamlined granting process. Nonprofits need only apply once to this annual process offering grant funds to support the next calendar year. These grants are made available by participating co-funders: the Martis Camp Foundation, the Martis Fund, the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund, and the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF). Grant committees from these entities use this common application to review proposals and direct them to aligned funding sources for further consideration.
ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
TTCF recognizes our unique role in the community as a grantmaker with different stakeholders engaged in the deployment of community resources. We adhere to a Code of Ethics across operations, program and governance structures of TTCF.
Areas of Interest
Areas of Interest
The co-funders for this regional process are broad based in their funding interests and applicants must show community benefit in their mission and programs.
- Animal Welfare
- Arts and Culture
- Community Improvement
- Education
- Environment, Conservation, Recreation
- Health and Human Services
- Youth Development
Limitations on Grantmaking
Geographic Focus and Limitations
Grants are awarded to organizations located in or directly serving the geographic areas generally mirroring TTUSD boundaries. This includes Truckee, Donner Summit, Olympic Valley, and the west and north shores of Lake Tahoe, Martis Valley or Eastern Placer County, and occasionally Incline Village when appropriate. While we may fund organizations out of this area, we primarily look for services utilized by the residents of our region.
This regional grant cycle does not make grants for the following:
- Direct religious activities
- Political activism, lobbying, legislative activities, or legal action
- Organizations that discriminate based on race, color, creed, age, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin
This regional grant cycle typically does not make grants for the following:
- Participation in activities by parental choice
- Capital campaigns
- Activities that have already occurred
- Regranting activities
- School-based activities such as requests for individual classrooms or field trips
- School-based activities impacting students district-wide or the broader community may be considered
- Indirect, administration costs or fiscal sponsorship fees of more than 5-10% of a total grant award to be paid to out-of-region organizations or fiscal sponsors unless otherwise negotiated