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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation lays out plans for $30M campaign

by Justin Scacco

Published in Sierra Sun on October 8, 2021

The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation this week provided a pair of updates on its summer efforts through the wildfire season, while also laying out plans moving ahead. Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation CEO Stacy Caldwell provided further details on the nonprofit’s recently announced three-year, $30 million Forest Futures Campaign, which aims to help prevent catastrophic forest fires in the region.

Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation announces launch of Forest Futures

by Staff reports

Published in Sierra Sun on September 17, 2021

The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation announced it has raised more than $1 million for the launch of Forest Futures, a multi-year campaign to stimulate the region’s economy, ensure a safer and more secure future for the Tahoe area, and create an actionable path forward to healthy forests everywhere.

Housing takes center stage at Good Morning Truckee

by Justin Scacco

Published in Sierra Sun on August 13, 2021

Finding housing in the Truckee-Tahoe area has been a longstanding issue, but a number of local organizations are working to ease the burden of finding an affordable place to live in the region. Tuesday’s Good Morning Truckee session featured four speakers from various organizations. They discussed what they’re doing to help find and create affordable housing for the area’s workforce.

Lake Tahoe’s Housing and Real Estate Crisis

by KCBS Radio

Published in KCBS Radio on July 26, 2021

The Lake Tahoe region has reached a housing and real estate crisis, as more and more workers are having to leave the tourist spot, unable to afford to live there. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Dan Mitchinson and Holly Quan spoke with Stacy Caldwell, who is CEO of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation.

Lake Tahoe’s new crisis: Families displaced, long commutes and a missing middle class

by Molly Sullivan and Philip Reese

Published in The Sacramento Bee on July 25, 2021

The Lake Tahoe region is in crisis. Historic real estate prices and a lack of housing options are forcing local sheriff’s deputies and firefighters to commute an hour or more into the basin, threatening response times to emergencies. Restaurants and resorts that drive the region’s economy have had to scale back services. The hospitality industry, which lost droves of workers during the pandemic, is struggling to find workers who can afford to live there. Most businesses along Tahoe City’s main thoroughfare, North Lake Boulevard, have “Help Wanted” signs hanging in windows, some promising season ski passes to prospective employees.

Climate Connections: Collective impact can save our forests

by Caroline Craffey

Published in Sierra Sun on July 23, 2021

What does it take to keep our forests healthy? After a century of fire suppression, Tahoe forests are immensely overgrown. The 800,000 piles of biomass (dead trees and dry brush) on the forest floor surrounding our community are a growing problem, but restoration projects are costly and the Forest Service only has so much bandwidth to execute. Last year was the worst fire season on record and, unfortunately, we are in worse shape this year with our fire season beginning 60 days earlier due to drought conditions. However, with increased awareness, new commitments and greater funding from the federal and state level to protect our forests, there is momentum for positive change.

As tech transforms Tahoe towns, study finds thousands of locals in need of housing

by Julie Brown

Published in SFGATE on July 13, 2021

There are two narratives unfolding in Tahoe’s real estate and housing arena. On one hand, the real estate market continues to boom as a new wave of people settle in Lake Tahoe. In the past year, median home prices in Truckee have risen almost 30% to scratch just below the million dollar mark, according to Redfin, and real estate sales continue to be competitive.

Tahoe Locals and Visitors: Getting Past Us Versus Them

by Tim Hauserman

Published in Sierra Nevada Ally on June 17, 2021

Take a look at any issue facing Lake Tahoe communities from lack of affordable housing to parking nightmares, from crowded trailheads to an increase in litter, and you will find angry locals responding to the problem by lambasting out-of-towners suggesting they pack it up and go back to where they came from.

A Year of Crisis Forced Foundations to Change Bad Practices. They Should Never Revert to the Old Ways.

by Kris Putnam-Walkerly

Published in Chronicle of Philanthropy on April 26, 2021

Long before the pandemic hit, it was clear philanthropy needed an overhaul. But the health and economic crisis, combined with a national racial reckoning, forced grant makers’ hands. Foundations largely rose to the challenge by speeding up their grant making, increasing flexibility, and reducing funding restrictions. But now it appears those changes may be short lived. In the most recent of its Foundations Respond to Crisis reports, the Center for Effective Philanthropy found that “most foundations do not plan to undertake these new practices in the future to the degree they are doing so now.”

Placer County Grant Program Provides Pandemic Lifeline

by California State Association of Counties

Published in CSAC on February 10, 2021

With a willingness to make a difference, Placer County prioritized helping its small businesses and nonprofits make it through the pandemic. Through sharing emergency federal funding and partnering with nonprofit and private sectors, Placer was able to respond quickly to emerging needs.

High stress, high stakes: Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation estimates $7 million lost in fundraising for local nonprofits

by Justin Scacco

Published in Sierra Sun on January 17, 2021

The work this past year by the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation took center stage during this week’s Good Morning Truckee session. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 the foundation has overseen the distribution of roughly $5.6 million in funding during a record-breaking year, while also handing out more than 500,000 meals to those in need within the community.

Law Review: Give your charitable dollars locally — now

by Jim Porter

Published in Sierra Sun on December 24, 2020

“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill

That advice from Sir Winston really hits the mark. We work hard to be successful. Our careers become our focus, but one thing I have learned is that in the end what really matters is relationships and family. What you do for others. And health.

Businesses fight to endure COVID surge

by Rebecca O’Neil

Published in Sierra Sun on December 17, 2020

Today marks the start of the second of a three-week shelter-in-place order issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. North Lake Tahoe businesses — particularly restaurants, retail shops and gyms — must endure the financial fallout of COVID-19’s second surge. Kristin York, vice president of business innovation at the Sierra Small Business Development Center for the Sierra Business Council, said her organization helps federal, state and local governments administer small business loans and grants.

Puppy adoptions, Give Back Tahoe campaign highlight Giving Tuesday

by Justin Scacco

Published in Sierra Sun on December 3, 2020

From raising funds to adopting more than a dozen puppies, organizations and individuals were in the giving spirit on Tuesday, taking part in the global event geared toward generosity.

With Climate Impacts Hitting Home, a Tahoe-Area Community Foundation Backs Forest Health

by Michael Kavate

Published in Inside Philanthropy on October 28, 2020

Stacy Caldwell, CEO of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, only needs to look out her back window to see the ecological challenge she hopes her institution can help solve.

Tahoe nonprofit hopes to open performing arts center in coming years

by JVP Communications

Published in KOLO 8 on October 1, 2020

The nonprofit Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation has submitted an application to develop a 22-acre parcel of land near the entrance to Northstar California Resort as The Stages at Northstar, a world-class visual and performing arts center for the community. The Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation has already reached a sublease agreement with Vail Resorts for development and use of the property for up to 80 years. The North Tahoe-Truckee region is home to more than 15 educational institutions and 30 arts-based organizations that historically have not had access to a venue where the community and visitors can see the arts flourish.

Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation to distribute $225K in CARES Act funds

by Justin Scacco

Published in Sierra Sun on August 21, 2020

The Placer County Board of Supervisors recently approved $8 million in CARES Act relief funds to support local small businesses and nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The board of supervisors approached three local organizations — Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, Placer Community Foundation, and Sierra Business Council — to establish criteria to distribute funds into the communities throughout the region.

Turning the Tassels

by Moonshine Ink Special

Published in Moonshine Ink on August 14, 2020

It wasn’t long into 2020 that life changed irreversibly. While some coped with working from home, being out of work altogether, or finding themselves having to homeschool their kids, another group was also forced to weather this uncertain time in new way: the high school senior class of 2020. But in Tahoe Truckee Unified School District it was, unexpectedly, a piece of software that shed light at the end of the tunnel for seniors this year.