Park City Community Foundation’s Climate Fund Focuses on Waste Diversion and Reduction to Have the Greatest Local Impact on Slowing Climate Change
In partnership with community leaders, the Climate Fund aims to eliminate food waste in the Summit County landfill by 2030. Park City, UT – April 24, 2023 – Park City…
Chasing Water: A Community Climate Conversation with Pete McBride
Please join Park City Community Foundation for an inspiring and educational event about climate change, water, nature, and activism with Pete McBride, the acclaimed National Geographic photographer and filmmaker who…
3 Springs Land & Livestock on Mission to Foster Community Through Regenerative Agriculture
Park City Climate Fund grant helps move recipients in the right direction. “Community has propelled us into what we have become.” Mitch Dumke, co-founder of 3 Springs Land & Livestock,…
Park City Community Foundation Announces Latest Climate Fund Grantees
Park City Climate Fund provides a critical piece of the puzzle by ensuring we have the resources in place to implement climate solutions. Specifically, these solutions include: reducing emissions, supporting…
High-Impact Grantmaking Helps Recycle Utah Accelerate and Meet Demands
Recycle Utah, a two-time Park City Climate Fund grant recipient and an annual Community Fund grant recipient saw a massive influx in recycling drop-offs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Climate Fund Grantee – Recycle Utah
Recycle Utah is a Park City Climate Fund 2019 grantee and received $75,000. Recycle Utah designed a two-year plan to set the foundation to work towards a goal of…
Climate Fund Grantee – Wild Utah Project + Swaner Eco Preserve
2020 grantee ($48,000) partnership between Wild Utah Project and Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter aims to increase carbon sequestration in Park City’s open spaces by restoring wetlands. Their project involves the installation of…
Climate Fund Grantee – Sorenson Impact Center
2020 Grantee ($15,000) to the Sorenson Impact Center to better position a coalition of stakeholders currently lobbying for the passage of a state-chartered, nonprofit financial institution that utilizes its…
Climate Fund Grantee – Planned Parenthood Association of Utah
2020 Grantee ($18,000) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) to created an Environmental Justice Fellow position that will design a framework for a regional Youth Environmental Justice Coalition. The Fellow selection…
Climate Fund Grantee – EATS Park City
2020 grantee ($14,000) to EATS Park City implemented and measured outcomes of a One Meal A Day Challenge where participants committed to making just one plant-based meal a day….
Climate Fund Grantee – Ecology Bridge
2020 Grantee ($15,000) Ecology Bridge set out to gain more traction with a unique, community-wide competition to remove large areas of Garlic Mustard weed, a noxious weed that renders…
Climate Fund Grantee – Summit Land Conservancy
2020 grantee ($25,000) Summit Land Conservancy launched a 3-year carbon sequestration pilot project via regenerative agriculture techniques identified by Project Drawdown. The pilot site is located on McPolin Farms –…