Town Scenario 1 would put $1.46M into outside nonprofits—up $216,791

The Town of Jackson’s “Scenario 1” budget worksheet lays out what “full funding of all requests” would look like for its outside-agency/nonprofit allocations: $1,464,581 spread across 18 organizations. The document also flags a $216,791 difference in the scenario’s totals — the kind of number that ends up mattering when elected officials decide whether to raise revenue, cut elsewhere, or dip into reserves. See: TOJ Scenario 1 Full Funding Financial Data.

The sheet breaks the spending into priority buckets and compares it to allocation targets: Priority 1 totals $749,719 (44.59%) versus a 60% target; Priority 2 totals $645,319 (38.38%) versus a 25% target; and Priority 3 totals $140,324 (8.35%) against a 5% (with 10% discretionary noted) target. In plain English, even under “full funding,” the town’s portfolio would tilt heavier toward Priority 2 than the stated target, which is a policy choice that should be explained in public.

A few of the larger single-line items in the table include Youth & Family Services ($433,806), One22 Resource Center ($180,000), Mental Health & Recovery Services of Jackson Hole ($185,000), and Children’s Learning Center ($151,291). If the town is going to write checks at this scale, residents deserve more than a priority label — they deserve clear, comparable performance measures showing what outcomes each dollar is buying (and what gets cut if the money isn’t there).