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…
22 Local Organizations, Including 5 New Organizations, Receive Funding to Increase Access to Sports and Recreation
Solomon Fund Helps to Create an Inclusive Community Park City Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2023 Solomon Fund Grantees. Over $200,000 in grants will go to 22 local…
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…
President Biden’s Proposed Budget Calls For An Additional $14.9 Billion Investment In Universal Preschool And Affordable Childcare
President Biden’s proposed budget includes almost $15 billion in additional funding for early care and education. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Justification of…
Childcare Stabilization Grant Tapering Will Be Severe
With the ARPA stabilization grants ending in September of 2023, the state of Utah has said that it would invest some of its ARPA discretionary funds as a means to…
Park City Cares About Kids
The Early Childhood Alliance advocates treating early care and education as the public good that it is. (As a refresher, please visit prior blogs on this topic here, here, here,…
Get To Know Your Local Nonprofits, Sign Up for Grantee Site Visits!
The best way to see the impact of your dollars in the community is by attending our annual Community Fund site visits from Feb. 7 to April 27. Last year, Park City…
Early Childhood Care and Education Is Essential to the Functioning of Our Community
Did you know that 77% of Utah residents live in a childcare desert, where access to affordable childcare is limited or nonexistent? And when childcare programs are available, the average…
Aspen Kids First Program Helps Families That Don’t Qualify For Other Subsidies
KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher interviewed Aspen’s Kids First program co-manager Nancy Nichols this morning. You can listen to the full interview here. Over thirty years ago, the voters in Aspen added…
2022 Kindergarten Entry Scores Still Show Disparity In School Readiness
Improving school readiness and closing the opportunity gap are two of the critical priorities of the Early Childhood Alliance. In reviewing the Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (KEEP) results for…
2023 Legislative Priorities And Child Care Advocacy Day On The Hill
As the Utah state legislature prepares to convene next Tuesday, the Early Childhood Alliance has been working alongside other early childhood advocates to promote the needs of our youngest Utahns…
Women’s Giving Fund Membership Rises to 2,022 in 2022
Park City Community Foundation adds 338 new members and $338,000 to the fund to better support local women and children.