Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation awards nearly $300,000 in grants to local nonprofits

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Thanks to the generosity of its donors, the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation has announced the recipients of almost $300,000 they granted to nonprofit organizations serving the Lake Tahoe basin through its Community Fund.

Each year, the Community Foundation offers competitive grants to nonprofit organizations. These grants allow those organizations to request the support they need to better serve the Tahoe Region and focus on the Community Foundation’s five focus areas: well-being, education, arts and culture, environment, and community engagement. Each year, the Community Impact Committee, which is comprised of volunteer members from the community, reviews each grant proposal and awards the most impactful opportunities.

In 2023, for the first time, Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation invited its Donor Advised Fund holders to co-invest in the Community Fund grants. Donors were provided brief summaries of each grant proposal and given the opportunity to make grant recommendations from their funds. “We are thrilled with the response from our Donor Advised Fund holders and are thankful for donors who were moved to give,” said Parasol’s Donor Services Director Mackenzie Little. “This co-investment in grantees expanded the collective support for nonprofits serving Lake Tahoe and increased the overall amount granted.”

This year, grants were awarded to programs offering hunger relief and family resources, providing equitable access to music education to local students, completing vital search and rescue operations, teaching STEM programs, supporting adaptive outdoor experiences, and much more. The 2023 Grant Recipients were:

Achieve Tahoe
Adventure Risk Challenge
Boys and Girls Club Lake Tahoe
Bread and Broth
El Dorado Search and Rescue
Gateway Mountain Center
Incline Education Fund
Lake Tahoe Dance Collective
League to Save Lake Tahoe
Live Violence Free
Professional Ski Instructors of America-West
Saint Joseph Community Land Trust
Sierra Community House
SOS Outreach
Tahoe Family Solutions
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue
Tahoe Truckee School of Music
Tahoe Youth and Family Services
Tahoe’s Connection for Families
Pet Network Humane Society

Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation has granted over $1 Million to community efforts through its annual grant cycle. The grant process continues to provide vital support to outstanding organizations that are making a difference in our community, providing equitable opportunities, and fundamental resources.

For more on Parasol Tahoe, visit https://parasol.org/.