Rocky Mountain Power grants support western Wyoming arts and cultural organizations
Funding helps organizations deliver creative education and enrichment in the local community
by Rocky Mountain Power
March 16, 2023
Arts and cultural organizations play an essential role in maintaining healthy and resilient communities. To support their vital work, the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation is donating more than $246,000 in new grant funding across the three states it serves.
The grants will help fund projects ranging from traveling music and theater programming in schools to museum access for students, and from Asian and Native cultural events to free music events for communities.
"These groups foster creative expression, inspire young minds, nurture well-being, and help us look at the world in new ways," said Sharon Fain, Rocky Mountain Power vice president, Wyoming. "We’re honored to support the incredible work they are doing."
This recent round of grants focused on art and culture is one of the foundation's four annual grant cycles.
The following nine grants totaling $32,500 were given to local organizations supporting communities in western Wyoming:
Actors’ Mission for the renovation of the community theater building which provides free plays and meals for all community members.
Crossing the Threshold LLC to support the research and development phase of "Crossing the Threshold: A Hero’s Journey," a documentary film about returned war veterans and how we deal with trauma as a country.
Lander Children’s Museum to initiate a STEM-based story time program focusing on STEM content for children through age 5 that will use stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays to help promote early literacy, science and mathematical understanding.
Oyster Ridge Music Festival to benefit the two-day festival, provided free for the entire community.
Pinedale Fine Arts Council to help expand the Fringe Age Groups program that provides art activities, including a ukulele program, for seniors, dementia care patients and pre-kindergarten students.
Rotary Club of Kemmerer for a splash pad project at Diamondville Park that will include buddy benches to foster inclusion and will offer library boxes where visitors can borrow books.
Roundhouse Restoration Incorporated for the Music in the Air at Depot Square project that will bring a summer concert series to Evanston.
The SHACK for a performing arts initiative to bring musicians for a concert at this drop-in community youth center in Greybull.
Museum of the Mountain Man for the 2023 Living History Days event, which provides a three-day, hands-on living history experience for 1,000 fourth-grade students.
About the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation:
The Rocky Mountain Power Foundation is part of the PacifiCorp Foundation, one of the largest utility-endowed foundations in the United States. The foundation was created by PacifiCorp, an electric utility serving 2 million customers in six Western states as Rocky Mountain Power (Utah, Wyoming and Idaho) and Pacific Power (Oregon, Washington and California). The foundation’s mission, through charitable investments, is to support the growth and vitality of the communities served by Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power. Established in 1988, the PacifiCorp Foundation has awarded more than $60 million to nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.rockymountainpower.net/foundation.
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