Elevate Big Sky is a community-led effort to identify and support sustainable solutions for the most pressing issues facing Big Sky today: livability, behavioral health and the environment.
This collaborative impact funding framework was created in response to the critical junction Big Sky faces as a community. We can either let outside pressures influence our future or we can steer the growth in a way that elevates the voices of our community members and works to meet their needs.
Big Sky is more than a resort - we are a community - and together we are actively shaping our future.
We propel community-driven initiatives and creative solutions that respond to Big Sky's complex social and environmental challenges.
To preserve the magic of Big Sky by creating a place where everyone feels at home, has the means to thrive, and plays an active role in cultivating its future.
Big Sky leaders and community members work together to propose initiatives and projects that best support community identified needs.
Two years after the original Our Big Sky Community Vision & Strategy was released to the public, this updated report adopted a few changes that help adapt the pre-COVID plan to meet current community needs.
Projects and initiatives are reviewed by the Elevate Big Sky Committee to strategize, mobilize, and make recommendations for implementation.
Big Sky leaders and community members work together to propose initiatives and projects that best support community identified needs. Learn more about our committee here.
By invitation, projects / initiatives are recommended to the independent funding partners to decide the resources they each will provide.
Data-driven project outcomes and successes are continuously tracked and reported back to donors and the community.
