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.
If you have any questions please reach out to our Community Impact Team at phyllis@ttcf.net or dana@ttcf.net.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
- 2025 Community Grants Notification: Week of September 29, 2025
- 2025 Truckee Core Values Fund: October 15 – November 14
- 2025 Give Back Tahoe: December 2 – December 31
- Forest Futures: Ongoing, Invitation-only
Community Grant Cycle
OUR PROCESS
For 2025, TTCF has reimagined how we fund local nonprofits to better meet today’s challenges. Our approach to working alongside our nonprofits is rooted in trust-based relationships that reduce barriers for nonprofits, foster equity, and build long-term resilience.
This year, we are eliminating competition in our community grantmaking and delivering unrestricted, mission-driven grants. No grant application, lower administrative burden, more impact.
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.
Learn more about our grants process.
Learn more.Areas of Interest
Areas of Interest
The Foundation is broad based in its 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
2025 Community Grants Methodology
2025 Grant Methodology
The grant selection process underwent the same level of due diligence and intention as always, taking into account qualitative and quantitative data. The methodology included:
- Data analytics from the last 5 years of grant funding;
- Data analytics from the last 3 years of Give Back Tahoe;
- Real-time insights from our nonprofits in focus groups, one-on-one conversations, leadership development programs, collaborative mechanisms, and technical assistance; and
- Community priorities that have bubbled up through our initiative work.
TTCF staff identified eligible nonprofits from these sources, obtained board approval, met with co-funders, and processed unrestricted grants. This methodology provided an equitable review of past grantees and ensured we weighed our resources based on a historical track record with the nonprofits.
Limitations on Grantmaking
Geographic limitations: Grants are awarded to organizations located in or directly serving the geographic areas of Donner Summit, Truckee, Olympic Valley, and the west and north shores of Lake Tahoe (generally mirroring TTUSD boundaries), sometimes including 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.
TTCF 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, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.
Usually TTCF does not fund:
- Field trips and participation in activities by parental choice
- Capital Campaigns
- Activities that have already occurred
- School based activities, unless they impact students district wide or impact the broader community
- Organizations more than one time in a calendar year
- Indirect costs/administration costs/fiscal sponsorship fees of more than 5-10% of a total grant award to be paid to out of region organizations/fiscal sponsors unless otherwise negotiated.