The Sally Fund – Housing Security in North Tahoe-Truckee
October 21, 2025 | Member Submitted
THE SALLY FUND helps our neighbors stay securely housed in the North Tahoe region: Incline Village, Kings Beach, Tahoe City, Truckee, and all unincorporated areas. Launched by St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Incline Village, this community fund is a model of the collaboration needed to address our local housing crisis.
PLEASE ADD YOUR SUPPORT!
Why is The Sally Fund needed? We see the housing crisis escalating in our region: not only in the headlines, but in the stories of friends and neighbors who’ve been priced out or pushed out of their homes, jobs, schools, and communities by rising financial pressure. A bad weather season; a serious illness; a sudden jump in rent can upend lives and livelihoods. Without well-timed and well-targeted support, your neighbors may risk homelessness. The Sally Fund is a coordinated way you can help.
What does The Sally Fund do? Our two outstanding partners—Sierra Community House and Tahoe Family Solutions—both serve our community members struggling to enter housing or to stay housed. Their programs criss-cross city, county, and state lines because our workers and residents do the same. We have a regional housing problem.
By funding each agency equally, The Sally Fund is a two-way solution for housing assistance (financial aid to help individuals or families pay their housing costs, housing cost arrears, or utility bills so they can secure and maintain stable housing) and rapid re-housing (tenant-based rental assistance, security deposit, and services for 1–6 months, to help people obtain housing quickly, increase self-sufficiency, and stay housed). Our partners assess and assist clients; our donors fuel their work.
Who is Sally? Sally Jane Hammel, a beloved Tahoe neighbor for over 30 years, was well known as a bright, exuberant personality; an accomplished singer, artist, and thespian; and a longtime local U.S. Postal Service worker who always greeted us with spirit and a smile. A devoted member of St. Patrick’s, Sally willed her Incline condo to her church family on her passing in 2020; a portion of this generous bequest is the seed money for this fund. Her gift of a home, where she shared warmth and hospitality, inspires us to do the same.
How can you help? Please uplift our community, as Sally did, by giving to the fund established in her name (your tax-deductible donation is payable through the QR code below or with a check to St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 341 Village Blvd., Incline Village, NV 89451, with The Sally Fund in the Memo Line). Ask your church, temple, organization, or business to become an official co-sponsor/funder by contacting St. Patrick’s at 775.831.1418. Come to the fund’s launch Nov. 17, followed by future fundraisers. And spread the word!
THANK YOU!
