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Current Funds
Community Impact Fund
The most versatile fund for ensuring your generosity flows to the greatest needs in our community. Grants go to compelling opportunities selected and prioritized by Spur based on our knowledge of the nonprofit landscape and on applications submitted twice per year by local nonprofit organizations.
Area of Interest Funds
Animal Welfare
Donations benefit programs and services relating to all local wildlife and the population of domesticated animals.
Arts & Culture
Donations benefit programs and services relating to any form of the arts (Literary, Performing, Visual, etc.) and cultural activities, events, and traditions.
Education
Donations benefit local youth from early childhood to post-secondary education. Priority is given depending on equity of access and student potential.
Environment
Donations support the conservation and preservation of local landscapes, habitat and natural resources and amenities.
Health & Human Services
Donations support programs and services relating to human health, well-being, and quality-of-life.
Housing
Donations benefit programs and organizations focused on increasing or maintaining housing units that are affordable to local workers.
Nonprofit Leadership & Effectiveness
Donations foster excellence in the local nonprofit sector by supporting Spur's nonprofit programs through advisory services and professional development.
Sports & Recreation
Donations support local sports programs and recreational opportunities for all ages. Priority given to programs that promote equitable access.
Spur’s General Operations
If you like what Spur is doing for the community and want to support us doing it, we welcome your donations to this fund.
Special Purpose Funds
Funds in this category are established for community projects or opportunities with a short-term duration as opposed to an ongoing need.
Greenhorn Fire Station Housing Fund
This fund supports the creation of 8 units of single-family housing for emergency responders at the Greenhorn Fire Station located mid-valley. The North Blaine County Fire District in partnership with the City of Sun Valley has undertaken this project to attract and retain fire fighters and paramedics and to ensure rapid response times that will save lives and homes. To learn more about the project, contact:
Rich Bauer, Assistant Fire Chief
(208) 622-8234 | rbauer@sunvalleyidaho.gov
or
Jed Gray, Chairman of the North Blaine County Fire District
(208) 720-0575 | jed@svassociates.com
Pass Through Fund
Spur also maintains a fund that accepts donations restricted for immediate distribution to specific local programs and organizations.
The donors who utilize this fund typically want Spur’s ideas and administrative support, do not need to park philanthropic capital for any length of time, and prefer a degree of anonymity or a buffer between them and the grant recipients. Contact us to learn more about this option
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Spur maintains a selection of Funds that cover the main categories of nonprofit missions and areas of donor interest and are responsive to community needs and opportunities as they arise.
Donors to these funds enjoy the benefit of having their money pooled with others to achieve something bigger than they might accomplish on their own. Spur makes grants from these funds to vetted opportunities received through a formal application process. Donors can rely on Spur’s expertise to ensure their generosity flows where it is needed most and can have the greatest impact. They become stakeholders in a portfolio of grants that stretches across the community into programs and organizations that might not have known to consider otherwise.
Whether you want to expand how support the community or are just getting started, you can spare yourself the challenge of choosing where and when to give by entrusting Spur make impactful grants on your behalf. All grants have trackable goals enabling Spur to report back to you on what you have helped achieve for the community.Description text goes here