The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation is a philanthropic nonprofit organization that assists community members interested in donating to charitable groups in the North Lake Tahoe region. It is separate from, but closely associated with, the Parasol Community Collaboration. The Foundation supports the PCC by managing the D.W. Reynolds Community Non-profit Center, issuing grants to PCC member agencies, providing fiscal management and other support services.

The Parasol Community Collaboration

The PCC is a network of over 50 non-profit and public service agencies working together to protect the natural environment and enhance the quality of life for those who live and work in the Incline Village-Crystal Bay, Nevada

Incline Village-Crystal Bay, Nevada

-Education:Incline Village is served by three main school systems, Sierra Nevada College , Incline Elementary, Middle, and High School , and The . Incline High School "We The People" team was recently awarded the "Western Region Award" at the annual 'We the People: The Citizen and the...

 and Kings Beach, California

Kings Beach, California

Kings Beach is a census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,796 at the 2010 census, down from 4,037 at the 2000 census.The...

 areas. Many of these agencies also service other communities in the Lake Tahoe

Tahoe

Tahoe, or Lake Tahoe, is a large freshwater lake on the California–Nevada border.Tahoe may also refer to:* Tahoe, California* Chevrolet Tahoe, a sport utility vehicle...

 and Truckee

Truckee

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 region. The PCC was established in the belief that community needs are met more effectively through coordinated collaboration by agencies rather than by individuals and groups acting independently.

History

Due to its rural nature, the North Lake Tahoe region, especially Incline Village and Crystal bay, does not receive basic services that county agencies might normally provide. Non-profit organizations thus found it necessary to take responsibility to make sure that the community's essential needs were met. The Parasol Foundation was created in 1996 to ensure that such efforts would be successful by allowing the individual agencies and charities to work together- allowing them to combine resources and avoid working to cross-purposes. In 1999, the foundation received a construction grant from the Donald W. Reynolds foundation to build a non-profit foundation center. This building was completed and dedicated in 2002, and the PCC and PCF have since relocated to it, along with seven of its partner agencies.

PCC Agencies

Education and Youth Development

• American Association of University Women
• Cymbal Foundation
• Destination Imagination
• The Diamond Peak Ski Education Foundation
• Incline Boosters Club
• Incline Elementary School
• Incline Middle School
• Incline High School
• Incline Star Follies
• Lake Tahoe School
• P.E.O. Chapter AC
• Sierra Nevada College
• Space Science for Schools
• Tahoe Education Center, Truckee Meadows Community College
• Tahoe Kid's Adventure Museum

Environment

• Great Basin Institute
• Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition
• League to Save Lake Tahoe
• The North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden
• Tahoe-Baikal Institute
• Tahoe Rim Trail
• UNR Cooperative Extension
• Waste Not

Social Services

• Alzheimer's Association Family Support Group
• American Cancer Society
  American Cancer Society
  The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...
  
  
• The Children's Cabinet at Incline Village
• The Diamond Peak National Volunteer Ski Patrol
• Girl Scouts of America - Sierra Tahoe
• Incline Village General Improvement District
• The Incliners
• La Comunidad Unida
• Lake Tahoe Women's Connection
• Mothers Offering Mothers Support (M.O.M.S.)
• North Lake Tahoe Community Health Care Auxiliary
• North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District
• Partners In Service Volunteer Center
• Project MANA
• The Pet Network of North Lake Tahoe
• Rotary Club of Incline Village
• SCORE
• Tahoe Adaptive Ski School
• Tahoe Children's Foundation, Inc.
• Tahoe Incline Rotary
• Tahoe Women's Services
• Wylie Animal Rescue Foundation
• Washoe County Justice Court
• Washoe County Sheriff
• Washoe County Social Services
• The Women's Club of North Tahoe
• Young Life

Arts and Culture

• Incline Chamber Music Society
• Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
  Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
  The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival brings the bard to life on the shores of Lake Tahoe.Performing a series of Shakespeare classics and introducing more contemporary works, audience members take their seats on the beach overlooking the lake to enjoy a picnic dinner before the start of the show.-...
  
  
• Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival

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