Summit County Clubhouse awarded $90,000 Women’s Giving Fund grant

The Park City Community Foundation’s Women’s Giving Fund awarded $150,000 to three local nonprofits, including a $90,000 high-impact grant to Summit County Clubhouse. Photo: Katie Lasak

PARK CITY, Utah — Summit County Clubhouse has received a $90,000 grant to expand services for local women experiencing mental health challenges, substance use disorders, and housing instability.

Members of the Park City Community Foundation’s Women’s Giving Fund selected the Clubhouse as the fund’s 2026 high-impact grantee during an annual celebration Wednesday at Legacy Lodge.

The grant will allow Summit County Clubhouse to serve more women through its daily programming, provide additional emergency housing assistance, and help women find transitional housing after leaving inpatient care, treatment programs or homelessness, according to the Community Foundation.

Summit County Clubhouse is a community-based nonprofit that helps people living with mental health and substance use challenges build stability, relationships and meaningful daily routines.

Two other finalists, PC READS and St. Mary’s Catholic Church Charitable Assistance Program, each received $30,000. The Community Foundation awarded $150,000 in total after receiving 22 grant applications.

“The needs in our community are real, and we see that very clearly going through grant applications each year,” Ketzel Morales, a Park City Community Foundation board member and Women’s Giving Fund Steering Committee member, said in a statement. “These high-impact grants make a big difference for local nonprofits.”

The Women’s Giving Fund includes more than 2,400 members who pool their donations to support organizations serving women and children in Summit County. Members collectively vote to select the annual high-impact grant recipient.

Since its creation in 2015, the fund has awarded $808,000 to local organizations, including Wasatch Immigration Project, People’s Health Clinic, PC Tots, Peace House, Holy Cross Ministries and Jewish Family Service.

Members join the fund for life by contributing $1,000 or arranging monthly donations. The money is held in an endowment managed by the Community Foundation, allowing grants to be distributed from the fund’s earnings over time.

“There’s nothing like watching 2,400 women turn their collective generosity into real support for the organizations doing essential work in our community,” Rebecca Blanchette, development manager at Park City Community Foundation, said.