What is a CoChallenger?

CoChal­lengers are a spe­cial group of indi­vid­u­als and busi­ness­es who col­lec­tive­ly con­tribute to the Old Bill’s match pool. CoChal­lengers do not des­ig­nate their gifts for spe­cif­ic non­prof­its, instead sup­port­ing the match­ing grants that all par­tic­i­pat­ing non­prof­its receive and inspir­ing com­mu­ni­ty-wide gen­eros­i­ty. Led by Mr. and Mrs. Old Bill, who donate $500,000 or more annu­al­ly, CoChal­lengers give at lev­els of $25,000, $35,000, $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, $150,000 and $250,000.

These dona­tions are key to Old Bil­l’s suc­cess by form­ing the match pool, which is divid­ed up to ampli­fy the funds that all par­tic­i­pat­ing non­prof­its raise, and encour­ag­ing orga­ni­za­tions and donors to come togeth­er in a a sin­gle, uni­fied fundrais­ing event. 

In 2024, non­prof­its were pro­vid­ed with a 66% match­ing grant on des­ig­nat­ed funds raised up to $30,000 — orga­ni­za­tions that raised $30,000 or more in des­ig­nat­ed gifts received a max­i­mum match­ing grant of $19,670 from the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion. The match pool, cre­at­ed with gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Old Bill, CoChal­lengers and Friends totaled $5,585,938. The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion fundrais­es the entire­ty of the match pool, which not only pro­vides the match­ing grants, but also sup­ports the Foundation’s Com­mu­ni­ty Grants pro­grams and cov­ers admin­is­tra­tion for the event, mak­ing Old Bill’s free for every­one to participate.

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Thank You to our 2025 CoChallengers

Chal­lenge — $1,000,000

Mr. & Mrs. Old Bill 

Corbet’s — $500,000

Anony­mous

Adri­enne & John Mars 

Dou­ble Black Dia­mond — $250,000

The Gara­man Foundation* 

Bill New­ton

Dia­mond — $100,000

Anony­mous (2)

Susan & Joe Davenport+ 

Lan­nie & Bill Hoglund 

Leslie & Chris Johnson 

Mar­sha & John Kleinheinz 

Thurston Fam­i­ly Foundation 

The Bill Wood Foundation* 

Plat­inum — $75,000

Deb­o­rah & Jon Dawson 

Eri­ka Pearsall & Ned Jannotta+

Kem­mer­er Fam­i­ly Foundation 

Cather­ine & David Loevner+ 

Sev­en Pines Foundation

Gold Busi­ness — $50,000

Gra­ham-Fau­pel-Menden­hall / Karen Ter­ra & Bob Gra­ham, Julie & Matt Fau­pel, Mack Mendenhall 

Huff / Vaughn / Sassi 

Pirate Ship

Gold — $50,000

Mar­cia Kun­stel & Joe Albright 

Lau­rie Andrews & Perk Perkins 

Christie & Jon Callaghan 

Lisa Car­lin

ET Con­rad Fund 

Susan Cross­er Estate Memo­r­i­al Fund+ 

FK Day 

Cathy & Jeff Dishner+ 

Sanae Ishikawa & Richard Georgi+ 

Paige & Ian MacLeod 

Mays Fam­i­ly Foundation 

Kath­leen McCarragher 

The Moor­head Family 

Stacey & Robert Morse 

The Seren­i­ty Fund 

Dorie & Randy Smith 

Ro & Sandy Thompson+ 

Karl & Tina Weber Char­i­ta­ble Fund 

Sil­ver Busi­ness — $35,000

Bank of Jack­son Hole 

Jack­son Hole Jew­el­ry Co. 

Sil­ver — $35,000

Lau­ra Buhl 

Nan­cy & Dick Collister 

Mary Anne Cree, In Memo­ri­am

Peg­gy & Kirk Davenport 

Kel­ly & George Davis+

Mar­got Snow­don & Yves Desgouttes 

Lisa & Are Friesecke 

Jane & Tom Hill+ 

Marne & Ed Holstein 

Katharine Conover-Keller & Fred Keller 

Ann & Mor­ris Kinne* 

Glo­ria & Richard Kushel 

Janine & David Lloyd 

Julie & Hugh O’Halloran

Shirley & Paul Piper 

Car­o­line & Ken Taylor 

Janet & Bob Whitmire 

Lucy Wild & Jason Wolff

Bronze Busi­ness — $25,000

Crys­tal Creek Capital 

Osprey Bev­er­ages

Perse­phone and Pic­nic

PURE Insur­ance and HUB Insurance 

Snake Riv­er Roast­ing and Outpost 

Snow King Mountain 

Wells Far­go

Wil­low Street 

Bronze — $25,000

Val Beck, in lov­ing mem­o­ry of Dick Beck 

Sarah & Tim Belk 

Car­ol & Den­nis Berryman 

Erin & Bran­don Black 

Car­ly & Clay­ton Christopher 

Suzanne & Jeff Cohodes 

Leah Miss­bach Day

Bet­ti Deutsch 

Nisha & Steve DuBois 

Ali­son & Peter Engel* 

Nan­cy & Rolf Engh 

Jen­ny & Don Felsinger* 

Julia & Thomas Rit­son Ferguson 

Deirdre & Vance Griffith 

Judy Hof­flund & Tom Hansen 

Renee & Mark Havens

Tanya Heath­man

Vic­ki & Alan Henderson 

Ker­ri Rat­cliffe & Doug Henderson 

Mis­sy & David Hoster 

John Hur­ley

Jacque & John Jarve* 

Cindy & Evan Jones 

Rita Zetter­berg & Jim Kaplan 

Cathy Kehr & Remy Levy

Hon­o­ra Kerr & Jason Moment 

David Lan­des & Family 

Ran­di Levine & Jeff Trenton 

Tam­my & John MacWilliams 

Nin­er Family 

Live Oak Fund 

Marge Ord­way

Louise & Joe Parzick* 

Sta­cy & Jared Pobre 

Dakin Sloss

Pat­ti Stancarone 

Mae­gen Stires & Michael Wittmeyer* 

KK & Jamie Streator 

The Tri­fec­ta Fund 

Jay Var­ley

Kae & Ben Wallace 

Suzanne & John Willian

Nan­cy & Dan Yih* 

* indi­cates new, + indi­cates increased 

Con­firmed CoChal­lengers as of 09/04/25

CoChallengers

CoChallenger Close Up: Mercedes and Laurie Huff

Mer­cedes Huff and her daugh­ter, Lau­rie, have been involved in Old Bill’s in var­i­ous ways since the event’s incep­tion in 1997. Mer­cedes and her part­ners in the Sothe­by’s Real Estate firm Huff, Vaughn, Sas­si have sup­port­ed Old Bill’s as CoChal­lengers for over fif­teen years.

“The first Old Bill’s Fun Run took place when I was 9 or 10 years old,” Lau­rie remarked. ​“I can remem­ber it vivid­ly. I remem­ber par­tic­i­pat­ing on behalf of the Jack­son Hole Ski and Snow­board Club. I was rais­ing aware­ness for a non­prof­it that I was a part of.” When Lau­rie returned to Jack­son after col­lege, she decid­ed to join Mer­cedes by par­tic­i­pat­ing in Old Bill’s as a CoChallenger. 

Mer­cedes and Lau­rie rec­og­nize the impor­tance of the lega­cy they are cre­at­ing by sup­port­ing the community’s non­prof­its through Old Bill’s. ​“It’s impor­tant to lead by exam­ple,” Mer­cedes said. ​“When peo­ple see that we are par­tic­i­pat­ing in Old Bill’s, they might be inspired to get involved too. It’s an excel­lent way to learn what’s real­ly going on in the com­mu­ni­ty.” Giv­ing back to the Jack­son com­mu­ni­ty is a fam­i­ly val­ue that Lau­rie and her hus­band, Collin Vaughn, are hop­ing to instill in their daughters. 

“Our girls came to Old Bill’s in a stroller last year,” Lau­rie commented. ​“We hope they will con­tin­ue being involved and sup­port­ing this event for years to come.”

Total Funds Raised to Date

$280,060,501

Thanks to CoChallengers...

  • Non­prof­its receive 100% of des­ig­nat­ed con­tri­bu­tions and pay no admin­is­tra­tive fee to participate
  • Over 200 orga­ni­za­tions enthu­si­as­ti­cal­ly coop­er­ate in a uni­fied fundraiser
  • A por­tion of the match pool pro­vides addi­tion­al grant fund­ing for non­prof­its through­out the year via the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion’s Com­mu­ni­ty Grant pro­grams.
  • Old Bil­l’s con­tin­ues to grow, with 1 in 3 house­holds in Jack­son participating!