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Beth Plavan, Park City Community Foundation Governance Chair, Awarded Outstanding Director of 2025

Beth Plavan, Park City Community Foundation Governance Chair, Awarded Outstanding Director of 2025

In April, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Utah and Utah Business announced five winners of the Outstanding Directors of 2025 award. Among the awardees was Park City Community Foundation’s…

Youth United & SOS Outreach: Experiencing the Thrill of What’s in Our Backyard

Youth United & SOS Outreach: Experiencing the Thrill of What’s in Our Backyard

  SOS Outreach is one of the 30+ partners Park City Community Foundation’s Youth United proudly works with. Youth United distributes grants to the partners and, in turn, they offer…

Slopeside Village partners with Elevation Lodges and Waste Less Solutions to offer Community Fridge, Furthering Zero Food Waste Efforts 

Slopeside Village partners with Elevation Lodges and Waste Less Solutions to offer Community Fridge, Furthering Zero Food Waste Efforts 

Slopeside Village, an apartment building at the base of Canyons Village at Park City Mountain, first joined the Zero Food Waste movement in December when they rolled out food waste…

Kim Abbett on Raising Volunteers and the Power of Education

Kim Abbett on Raising Volunteers and the Power of Education

  Kim Abbett is a mother of four, an engineer, a volunteer, and an active member in her community. Kim joined Park City Community Foundation’s Women’s Giving Fund in 2017,…

The 2025 Nonprofit CEO & ED Peer Forum Kicks Off with 12 Nonprofit Leaders

The 2025 Nonprofit CEO & ED Peer Forum Kicks Off with 12 Nonprofit Leaders

Park City Community Foundation’s CEO and Executive Director Peer Forum just held its first session with 13 new participants after a successful first year of the forum in 2024. The…

Bringing Food Rescue to Summit County

Bringing Food Rescue to Summit County

Waste Less Solutions (WLS) was started in Salt Lake City in 2018 and has “rescued” 1,276 tons and $4.6 million worth of food since its inception. When WLS says rescued,…

Park City Community Foundation Awards First Grant from Community Belonging Fund to Wasatch Immigration Project

Park City Community Foundation Awards First Grant from Community Belonging Fund to Wasatch Immigration Project

Park City Community Foundation is proud to announce the approval of the first grant from its Community Belonging Fund, which was established in January. A unanimous decision by the grants…

The Impact of the Needs Based Childcare Scholarship Program in Park City and Summit County, One Year In

The Impact of the Needs Based Childcare Scholarship Program in Park City and Summit County, One Year In

  The Needs-Based Child Care Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to families who live and work in Park City and Summit County. The program was started with a $1 million dollar…

Rebecca Blanchette: the Power of Collective Giving and Purpose-Driven Friendships

Rebecca Blanchette: the Power of Collective Giving and Purpose-Driven Friendships

  Rebecca Blanchette moved to Park City full-time after landing her position as Development Manager, with a focus on Women’s Giving Fund, at Park City Community Foundation in 2022. She…

Early Childhood Alliance Has Granted Over $1.7 Million Total

Early Childhood Alliance Has Granted Over $1.7 Million Total

Since 2018, Park City Community Foundation’s Early Childhood Alliance has granted nearly $1,719,000 to organizations working toward accessible early childhood education and supporting families with young children.   So far…

Time, Treasure, Talents: Ketzel Morales On Being an Advocate

Time, Treasure, Talents: Ketzel Morales On Being an Advocate

Ketzel Morales embodies everything it means to be an advocate. Through her job, community involvement, and day-to-day interactions, her actions have rippling effects across our community.   “I feel like every…

Our Community Diverted 19+ Tons of Pumpkins Away from the Landfill in 2024

Our Community Diverted 19+ Tons of Pumpkins Away from the Landfill in 2024

  This fall, Park City School District (PCSD), Spoil to Soil, Momentum Recycling, and Park City Community Foundation came together to offer Pumpkin Composting in an effort to divert organic…