2024 Community Grant Recipients
Total awarded: $1.2 Million
Youth Development
Adventure Risk Challenge
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra
Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe
Cast Hope
Girls on the Run - Sierras
KidZone Museum
Little Gems of the Sierra Preschool
SOS Outreach
Tahoe Truckee School of Music
Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus
Truckee Community Theater
Truckee Tahoe Soaring Association
Education
Aim High
Fox Cultural Hall
Friends of the Truckee Library Inc.
Gateway Mountain Center
Glenshire Special Friends
Headwaters Science Institute/TTUSD
La Fuerza Latina
Positively Rolling
Sagehen Outdoor Education Program
Sierra Avalanche Center
Soroptomist International of Truckee Donner
Tahoe Expedition Academy
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
Truckee Roundhouse
Tahoe Environmental Research Center
UC Davis Environmental Research Center
Human Services
Elevation Truckee
High Fives
HomeMore Project
Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe Inc.
North Tahoe Truckee Homeless Services
Send It Foundation
Shane McConkey Foundation
Sierra Community House
Tahoe Ability Program
Tahoe Food Hub
Tahoe Forest Health System Foundation
Truckee Community Cares
Wampler Foundation
Recreation
Achieve Tahoe
Biking for a Better World
Clean Up the Lake
Rocker Memorial Skatepark
TDRPD Pickleball
Tahoe Cross-Country Ski Education Association
Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue
Tahoe Rim Trail Association
Trails & Vistas
Truckee Trails Foundation
Community GrantsMCF Community Grants are evaluated based on their alignment with the mission of the MCF and awarded annually by November 1st. Grants are awarded in four focus areas: Education, Youth Development, Human Services, Recreation and Environment. In 2024, more than 50 local organizations (pictured above on the MCF Day of Giving) received a total of $1.2 million in MCF community grants.
Applications for the 2025 cycle are due by 5:00 p.m. by Monday, September 1st, 2025. Applications may be emailed to mcf@martiscamp.org.
Focus Areas
Grants are awarded to programs that have a significant impact on the greater Truckee community in four focus areas:
Education
The MCF supports educational institutions that promote learning and intellectual development, and that make education more accessible and effective for all students.
Youth Development
Organizations providing services and opportunities that enable young people to develop to their full potential are supported by the MCF.
Human Services
Providing direct services to our neighbors in need is an important goal of the MCF. We support organizations that help people lead safe, healthy and productive lives.
Recreation
The MCF recognizes that recreational opportunities are important to all and supports organizations that improve the number and quality of recreational options in the area.
New! Environment
New in 2025, the MCF supports organizations working in the area to protect and restore our mountain environment.
2025 Application Requirements
- A link to the 2025 application is posted above
- Applications must be submitted electronically in PDF format.
- Complete submissions must include the application, a formal letter of request (no more than three pages), and supplemental documents. Detailed instructions are included in the application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- Applications are due by Monday, September 1st, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
- Email your completed application to mcf@martiscamp.org.
A member of the MCF Grant Committee may reach out to the primary contact on the application if further information is needed for review.
The grant period is 12 months from the grant approval date. A brief summary report is due 30 days after the end of the grant period or by September 1st, whichever is soonest. Details for the summary report are included in the grant agreement (at the time of the grant disbursement).
MCF 2022 Community Grant for $70,000 awarded to KidZone Museum