The Duane & Lisa Betts Family Foundation

Donations are received and administered by The Method Project, fiscal sponsor.

Protect and preserve our local culture

Fiscally sponsored by The Method Project

Every gift supports the work this foundation exists to do, here in this valley.

September 20, 2026Horseshoe on Paintbrush Trail · Jackson, Wyoming

To protect and preserve our local culture

Jackson, Wyoming

The foundation exists to put money and attention back into the people who make the culture here, so that they can afford to stay and flourish.

That means the artists, the makers and the gathering places that give this valley its character. A working musician, a craftsperson, a room where people come together: these are the things a place loses first and notices last.

On September 20 the foundation gathers at a private home on Paintbrush Trail for an evening of music, food and drink. The evening is one night, and the work is not. You can support it whether or not you are in the room.

A band performing on an outdoor stage, lit against the evening.
An open-sided tent set for serving food, with guests gathered under it.

Where a gift goes

  • 01

    The artists

    Musicians and performers who make this valley somewhere people want to be, and who increasingly cannot afford to live in it.

  • 02

    The makers

    The craftspeople and small producers whose work is the culture itself, not a souvenir of it.

  • 03

    The gathering places

    The rooms, stages and tables where a valley becomes a community rather than an address.

  • 04

    The community

    Initiatives like Horseshoe on Paintbrush Trail, where a valley invests in its own culture rather than waiting to be invested in.

A place can look prosperous and still be losing the thing that made it worth living in.
From the foundation’s invitation

Tax receipt

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