Wyoming Community Foundation

Programs: Wyoming wildlife-the foundation(wwtf): the wyoming community foundation acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of wyoming wildlife-the foundation on january 1, 2012. The wwtf exists to support a broad range of charitable programs and activities for the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat, in particular those programs and activities sponsored by the wyoming game and fish department. Its programs and activities have historically been suggested by other groups and it has served primarily in a fiduciary capacity. For example, the wwtf continues to serve as administrator for the wyoming governor's big game license coalition providing financial and grant administrative support. Through new fundraising initiatives, such as its annual old west invitational turkey shoot, the wwtf has started to take asset and program- develpoment initiatives in support of its mission.

wyoming after school alliance fund (wyaa): the wyaa has five primary objectives: (1) creating program standards and assessment tools based on proven models that are effective in increasing academic performance and decreasing negative behaviors, particularly in low-income youth; (2) promoting training and professional development opportunities for all program providers and afterschool workforce in the state of wyoming; (3) providing opportunities for all wyoming youth and their families to take advantage of low or no-cost afterschool programs that benefeit the child and family; (4) educating families, communities and organizations with respect to the necessity and value of after school programs in wyoming; and (5) working to create additional resources, sustainable funding, and policies that protect, strengthen and expand school-based and school-linked after school programs. To complement ongoing research and assessment processes, wyaa has successfully implemented the use of the afterschool program assessment tool (apas), which includes the survey of afterschool youth outcomes (sayo) and the assessing afterschool program practices tool (apt).

wyoming women's foundation fund (wywf): the wywf has granted dollars to non-profits in wyoming since 2000. Grants are made to organizations in the state that fit within the mission: "creating opportunities for economic self-sufficiency for women -primarily through education and training- and providing opportunities for girls. " wywf's granting partners are situated across the state of wyoming and represent the efforts being made to create diverse career options for women in a state where the job-market is dominated by male-trades. Wywf is responsive to the issues that affect all wyoming women in their ability to economically succeed through both granting (as mentioned above) and advocacy work. This is a large area including, but not limited to, health care, transportation, safety, housing and a job that pays a livable wage. This large body of work is encompassed by the wywf motto-"when women and girls prosper- communities thrive! " wywf launched wage training programs in 2008 and continues these today to help women recognize the wage gap given that wyoming has the largest one in the u. S. The objective of these programs is to help women learn to benchmark a wage or salary in a specific geographic location, to make a realistic budget and to negotiate for a competitive wage. Wywf also continued its leap into leadership program to encourage women to participate in civic and community leadership in the state.

the wyoming community foundation manages over 300 funds. By conducting three competitive grant cycles a year, wyoming community foundation gives to support charitable projects and initiatives throughout the state.