Our Community

Powered by an Ecosystem of Generosity

The Wood River Valley is blessed with majestic landscapes and a vibrant and close-knit community. Residents and visitors alike benefit from services and amenities that far exceed what a small rural community like ours might expect to have. It's all possible because the people who love this place invest in its future with their time and resources. Dozens of nonprofit organizations do more than just enhance daily life, they serve as the very heartbeat of our collective spirit.

Photo courtesy of Carol Waller

Generosity benefits people everyday

  • The Nature Conservancy - Stalker Creek Restoration

  • Sun Valley Museum of Art

  • Blaine County Recreation District - Summer Camp

  • Wood River Trails Coalition

  • Living with Wolves

  • Syringa Mountain School

  • The Spot

  • Higher Ground

  • Trailing of the Sheep Festival / Photo by Carol Waller

  • Wood River YMCA - Summer Bridge Program

  • Camp Rainbow Gold

  • The Senior Connection

  • The Sage School

  • Mountain Humane

  • Sun Valley Music Festival - Summer Performance

  • Project Big Wood

  • Sun Valley Opera and Broadway

  • Wood River Land Trust

  • The Advocates - Every Teen Counts

  • Pioneer Montessori

  • Sun Valley Institute for Resilience

  • The Community Library - 2023 Winter Read

  • Laughing Stock Theater - Shakespeare in the Park

  • Rotarun - Night Skiing

  • The Space - Tutoring

  • Young woman smiling with student who is laughing

    Lee Pesky Learning Center: Literacy Pods

Generosity gets us through crises

  • The Hunger Coalition - Healthy Food Pantry

  • ARCH Housing

  • Blaine County Recreation District - HUB After-School Program

  • The Alliance - Immigration Services

  • Blaine County Charitable Fund/ Hunger Coalition/ St. Luke's Center for Community Health - Emergency Housing

  • Limelight Condominium Fire / Photo Credit: KMVT

  • The Senior Connection

  • The Advocates

  • Wood River YMCA - Educational Support

Generosity helps people overcome major life challenges

Free, in-home nursing for people with terminal or chronic health conditions

-Hospice


Shelter and a path forward for people escaping domestic violence

-The Advocates

Legal assistance with immigration status

-The Alliance of Idaho

A supportive living situation while recovering from addiction

-Men’s Second Chance Living

Areas of greatest need

Spur monitors the community’s greatest vulnerabilities and opportunities so we can educate people about where support is most needed. Current top issues include:

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Access to childcare 

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Early childhood learning

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Elder care

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Impacts of population growth

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Mental health

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Workforce housing

Contact us to learn about programs and initiatives in our community that address these topics.

Local nonprofit sector snapshot

Spur defines the local nonprofit sector as the 501(c)(3) charitable organizations that provide programs and services that are broadly relevant and beneficial to the local community.

Since the founding in 1957 of the valley’s first and longest existing nonprofit, the Community Library, the nonprofit sector has grown steadily to support residents and enhance life in the valley

Nonprofits are a vital industry in our community

Sector size by mission category

Based on 2021 990 Filings

Contributed Income

Expenses

The economic impact of the nonprofit sector is large

10%+

of the Blaine County workforce consistently employed in the nonprofit sector

8-11%

of the annual total revenue in Blaine County comes from nonprofits

$30M

paid in salaries and wages to local-nonprofit workers

Explore Spur’s nonprofit directory