Below are the 2010 1% for the Tetons Grant Finalists. Collectively, they requested $300,000 in grant money from 1% for the Tetons. Traditionally, grants have been funded solely by 1% for the Tetons Members, but in 2010, everyone had an opportunity to help these organizations reach their goals.

During the Sustainability Grants Conference at Spring Creek Ranch on Saturday, May 8, 2010, each of the following 19 organizations made 5 − minute presentations supporting their project. You can learn more about these projects by clicking through to their project page to read the brief description, watch the video (please allow a few seconds for the video to load for the best viewing experience), and review their grant application (available as PDF download).

In the end, we were able to raise $122,402 to fully fund 10 of these projects, and an additional $9,806 went to the 9 projects that we were not able to fully fund. To see how all funds were allocated, please view the list of 201 Grant Awards.

Note that the final amounts in each project's fundraising thermometer below reflects only those funds donated by non-1% members.

Center of Wonder
Core Experiences

It is essential to the long-term sustainability of our ecosystem, that chil...

22% funded

Goal Amount: $12,000

Conservation Research Center of Teton Science Schools
American Pika Distribution

Pikas, charismatic denizens of alpine ecosystems, are indicators of changin...

2% funded

Goal Amount: $16,000

Craighead Beringia South
Removing Lead from our Wildlife and Wildlands

Building upon our 2009 pilot project, we are proposing to significantly exp...

7% funded

Goal Amount: $30,000

Craighead Beringia South
TreeFight

Treefight is an initiative to aid the whitebark pines of the Greater Yellow...

1% funded

Goal Amount: $30,000

Friends of the Teton River
Teton Valley WaterSmart Schools

WaterSmart Schools will provide water onservation education for Teton Valle...

3% funded

Goal Amount: $12,000

Grand Teton NP Foundation
GTNP reusable water bottle program

Grand Teton National Park will retrofit existing water fountains to include...

1% funded

Goal Amount: $10,000

Grand Teton NP Foundation
Restoring GTNP whitebark pine

Whitebark pine have experienced considerable mortality as a result of a rec...

1% funded

Goal Amount: $5,000

Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
Wildlife-Friendly Highway Alternatives

The Wildlife-Friendly Highway Alternatives Project will ensure that the bes...

14% funded

Goal Amount: $6,700

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
SummerQuest: Hands-on Environmental Education

This pilot summer school enrichment project brings ecology and biological s...

0% funded

Goal Amount: $3,960

Murie Center
Soundscapes of the Tetons

2 parts: One, a base-line recorded sample of biophonies (natural soundscape...

5% funded

Goal Amount: $32,337

Slow Food in the Tetons
Vertical Harvest of Jackson Hole

The Vertical Harvest project is a comprehensive community collaboration tha...

42% funded

Goal Amount: $20,000

Snake River Fund
River Ambassador Program

A River Ambassador for the Wilson - to - South Park section of the Snake Ri...

2% funded

Goal Amount: $11,000

Teton Boulder Project
Teton Boulder Project

The Teton Boulder Project is a grass-roots Partnership seeking to celebrate...

62% funded

Goal Amount: $25,000

Teton Freedom Riders
The Candyland Trail

Construction of 7,000 linear feet of trail beginning at the Jimmy's Mom Tra...

4% funded

Goal Amount: $8,500

Teton Raptor Center
Port-O-Potty Owl project

The PoO-PoO Project will mitigate small owl mortality due to entrapment in ...

15% funded

Goal Amount: $6,396

Trout Unlimited
Spread Creek Reconnect Project

The project will reconnect approximately 40-60 miles of native trout habita...

0% funded

Goal Amount: $25,000

Valley Advocates for Responsible Development
Reshaping Development Patterns

Working in partnership with the Sonoran Institute - Lincoln Institute of La...

4% funded

Goal Amount: $10,000

Winter Wildlands Alliance
Winter Wilderness Stewardship

The Winter Wilderness Stewardship Project (WWSP) is an innovative community...

0% funded

Goal Amount: $30,000

Wyoming Wilderness Assoc.
Living in Wild Country

The outcome from this project is a user-friendly, inspirational Guide. Livi...

26% funded

Goal Amount: $5,000