Innovia Foundation awards $1 million to regional organizational partners

Innovia Foundation has awarded $1,011,665 in grants to 124 organizations in Eastern Washington and North Idaho through the Community Grant Program. In Eastern Washington, 36 of 63 (57%) grant awards were presented to organizations in Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens and Whitman counties with the remainder of grant dollars going to recipients in Spokane County. As for North Idaho, 32 of 61 (52%) grant award were presented to organizations in Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone counties with the remainder of funding to recipients in Kootenai County.

The grant program has now distributed $4,517,817 in the last five years in the 10 counties in both Eastern Washington and North Idaho that the foundation serves. The Community Grant Program at Innovia Foundation supports innovative programs addressing specific challenges and opportunities throughout the region to improve access to education, promote health and wellbeing, support arts and culture, create economic opportunity and enhance the quality of life. A complete list of recipients and amounts awarded is listed below.

Washington State Grants by County

Partners for Rural Washington | $20,000 – A Regionwide Initiative: The PRWA Rural Advancement Project

Adams and Lincoln Counties

Almira School District | $6,000 – Lincoln County: After School Programs; Columbia Basin Allied Arts | $4,500 – Grant County (serving Adams and Lincoln Counties): In-School Performing Arts Outreach; Harrington Area Chamber of Commerce | $6,200 – Lincoln County: Second Phase of Town Square Beautification; Ralston Grange #943 | $15,000 – Adams County: Ralston Grange Well Project; Reardan Community Hall Association | $8,100 – Lincoln County: Energy Improvement Plan; Ritzville Downtown Development | $5,000 – Adams County: Capacity Building/Executive Director.

Asotin, Columbia and Garfield Counties

Asotin County Library Foundation | $7,000 – Asotin County: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten; Blue Mountain Artisan Guild | $10,000 – Garfield County: Building Improvements; Columbia County Community Network | $15,000 – Columbia County: Community Assessment Grant; First Christian Church in Clarkston | $10,000 – Asotin County: Red Door Kitchen Free Meals Support; Interlink, Inc. | $10,000 – Asotin County: Safety Program Support; Project Timothy | $5,000 – Columbia County: General Fund; Touchet Valley Golf and Recreation | $10,000 – Columbia County: Irrigation Project; Tri-State Memorial Hospital | $7,912 – Asotin County: Post COVID-19 Care Program; Valley Community Center | $4,000 – Asotin County: Support the Senior Meal Program.

Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties

Chewelah Chamber of Commerce | $8,100 – Stevens County: Arts & Culture; Chewelah Faith Resources Group | $6,000 – Stevens County: TASTY Kids’ Summer Food Program; Chewelah Performing and Cultural Arts Center | $9,000 – Stevens County: Exterior Renovation; Colville Community Senior Center | $4,050 – Stevens County: Meal Operating and Social Networking; Friends of the Pend Oreille County Library | $4,050 – Pend Oreille County: Build a Community Garden Behind County Library; Friends of Stonerose Fossils | $10,000 – Ferry County: Science Education Through Fossil Exploration; Hearts and Horses | $2,040 – Stevens County: Empowering low income and abused girls; NEW Family Life Services | | $2,025 – Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties: Online Parenting Classes for Pregnant Women; Northeast Washington Community Radio Guild | $9,000 – Stevens County: General Operating Support; Pawsitive Outreach | $13,000 – Pend Oreille County: Community Spay & Neuter; Pend Oreille County Fair and Rodeo Association | $6,480 – Pend Oreille County: Sound System for Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds; Providence Northeast Washington Hunger Coalition | $6,075 – Stevens County: Farm to Food Pantry Equipment; Stevens County Library District | $10,000 – Stevens County: Loon Lake Library Construction; Tri-County Community Health Fund | $8,100 – Stevens County: Hope Street Update.

Spokane County

At the Core | $9,000 – Spokane County: Bite2Go Rural Initiative; Carl Maxey Center | $12,500 – Spokane County: General Operating Support; Eastern Washington University | $20,000 – Spokane County: Postsecondary Access and Success Program; Family Orientation Center/Centro | $11,250 – Spokane County: Serving Hispanic Immigrant Families: Family Promise of Spokane | $9,000 – Spokane County: Equipping Families to end Homelessness Cycle; Feast Collective | $15,000 – Spokane County: Catering Operations Expansion; Generation Alive | $7,000 – Spokane County: Youth Action Teams; Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels | $11,250 – Spokane County: Meals for Homebound Seniors in Rural Spokane; Inland Northwest AGC Apprenticeships | $15,000 – Spokane County: Head Start to the Construction Trades Program Support; Maddie’s Place | $12,500 – Spokane County: Phase 1 Remodel at 1004 E. 8^th Ave.; MiA – Mujeres in Action | $12,500 – Spokane County: General Operating Support; NAMI Spokane | $4,500 – Spokane County: Community Outreach and Marketing/Mental Health Services; Northwest Winterfest | $5,000 – Spokane County: Lantern Festival and Celebration of Cultural Traditions; Partners with Families & Children | $15,000 – Spokane County: Turning Hurt Into Hope; Salish School of Spokane | $15,000 – Spokane County: kwu sn-iwlx- Native Youth Cultural Support & Education Program; Spokane Area Jewish Family Services | $2,500 – Spokane County: Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival 2023; Spokane Eastside Reunion Association | $10,000 – Spokane County: General Operating Support; Spokane Humane Society | $8,000 – Spokane County: Veterinary Medical Assistance Program; Spokane Riverkeeper | $11,250 – Spokane County: Innovia Foundation Community Grant; Spokane Valley Partners | $9,000 – Spokane County: Critical Needs Programs; SpokAnimal | $8,000 – Spokane County: Equitable Access to Pet Care Initiative; Terrain Programs | $10,000 – Spokane County: The Future is Fertile; The City Gate | $4,500 – Spokane County: General Operating Support; The Gathering House | $3,250 – Spokane County: Gospel Concert Series; The Spokesman-Review | $15,000 – Spokane County: Report for America Funding; The Way to Justice | $10,000 – Spokane County: General Operating Support; Transitions | $10,000 – Spokane County: New Leaf Café at the Downtown Spokane Public Library.

Whitman County

Artisans Center at the Dahmen Barn | $5,859 – Whitman County: Equipment for Ceramic Program; Circles of Caring Adult Day Health Foundation | $5,000 – Whitman County: Improving Quality of Life and Maintaining Health and Wellbeing; Council On Aging & Human Services | $10,000 – Whitman County: Health and Wellness Related Transportation Services; Friends of Whitman County Library | $6,781 – Whitman County: STREAM to Go for Young Minds; LaCrosse Community Pride | $10,000 – Whitman County: LaCrosse Rocks! A Heritage Center and Ice Age Floods Museum; Tough As Nails | $5,000 – Whitman County: Activity and Craft Kits for Hospitalized Children;.

Idaho State Grants by County

Idaho Trails Association | $4,800 — A Regionwide Initiative: For 17-area Projects Between April and September; Imagine Idaho | $20,000 – A Regionwide Initiative: Broadband Planning and Support to Connect Rural North Idaho Communities.

Benewah, Latah and Shoshone Counties

Benewah County Humane Society | $13,000 – Benewah County: Salary Support; City of Tensed | $20,000 – Benewah County: A New Tractor for General Maintenance and Snow Removal; Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association Inc. | $3,000 – Latah County: Youthreach Dance Education for Rural Youth; Friends of Wallace City Pool, Inc. | $10,000 – Shoshone County: General Operating Support; Historic Wallace Chamber of Commerce | $1,500 – Shoshone County: National Buffalo Soldiers Gathering and Monument Dedication; Lumberjack Booster Club | $20,000 – Benewah County: Phase Two of St. Maries’ Baseball, Soccer & Softball Complex; Lutherhaven Ministries | $12,000 – Shoshone County: Bethany Community Center for Service and Leadership; Northern Pacific Depot Foundation | $5,000 – Shoshone County: General Operating Support; Palouse Land Trust | $7,500 – Latah County: Neuman Conservation Forest Environmental Learning Pavilion; Shoshone County Crisis and Resource Center | $5,284 – Shoshone County: Crisis and Resource Sustainability Project; Shoshone County Mining & Smelting Museum | $7,200 – Shoshone County: Replace north wall window on second floor; Viola Community Club | $5,105 – Latah County: Community Center Upgrade.

Bonner and Boundary Counties

Angels Over Sandpoint | $6,000 – Bonner County: Back to School Program; Better Together Animal Alliance | $13,000 – Bonner County: Care When They Need It Most; City of Bonners Ferry | $3,500 – Boundary County: Community Pool Upgrades and Support; Community Coalition for Families | $11,250 – Boundary County: Emergency Housing and Transportation Assistance; Food for Our Children | $3,200 – Bonner County: Weekend Food Program; Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness | $9,000 – Bonner County: Tracks for Teens; Fry Healthcare Foundation | $7,512 – Boundary County: Automated External Defibrillators for Underserved Residents; Gardeners for Regional Organic Wellbeing | $3,132 – Boundary County: Community Fruit Orchard Project; Kaniksu Land Trust | $8,000 – Bonner County: Rewild the Child; Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper | $5,000 – Bonner County: Lake Ecology Education Program Outside the Classroom; Pend Oreille Arts Council | $5,000 – Bonner County: Educational Outreach Programs; Pend Oreille Pedalers | $6,000 – Bonner County: Velo Trout Terrain Trail Center Buildout; Priest River Ministries | $8,000 – Bonner County: General Operating Support; Sandpoint Area Seniors, Inc. | $8,000 – Bonner County: Sandpoint Area Seniors, Inc. | $8,000 – Bonner County.

Clearwater, Idaho and Lewis Counties

Animal Rescue Foundation Inc. | $5,000 – Idaho County: General Operating Support; Clearwater County Senior Citizens Inc. | $4,000 – Clearwater County: Orofino Senior Meal Site Program; Kamiah Senior Citizens Society, Inc. | $4,000 – Lewis County: Assist Feeding the Elderly: Orofino Fire Department | $5,604 – Clearwater County: Radio Funding Request; REACH Club Inc. | $7,750 – Idaho County: Expanding the World for Youth in a High Poverty Community; Senior Citizens Dollar A Month Club | $4,000 – Idaho County: Meals Program; Sunnyside Rural Fire District | $5,434 – Clearwater County:

Kootenai County

CDAIDE | $6,000 – Kootenai County: Executive Director Salary Enhancement; CHS Viking Booster Club | $8,500 – Kootenai County: Bleacher Modifications for Jordan Court; Coeur d’Alene Backpack Program | $6,750 – Kootenai County: Program Food Bags; Consolidated Free Library | $7,965 – Kootenai County: Teen Wellness & Health Literacy; Children’s Village, Inc. | $5,000 – Kootenai County: General Operating Support; Family Promise of North Idaho | $4,000 – Kootenai County: Sheltering at our Best; First Judicial District CASA Program | $6,750 – Kootenai County: CASA’s Project Permanency; Gizmo-CDA, Inc. | $9,000 – Kootenai County: Capacity Building; Growing the STEM | $10,000 – Kootenai County: Operating Support; Heritage Health (Dirne Community Health) | $5,000 – Kootenai County: Street Medicine Outreach Program; Idaho Youth Ranch/Anchor House | $9,000 – Kootenai County: Anchor House Youth and Family Therapy; Museum of North Idaho | $9,000 – Kootenai County: A New State-of-the-Art Museum for the Coeur d’Alene region; NISSA | $12,500 – Kootenai County: Rural Education Outreach Program; North Idaho Pride Alliance | $8,000 – Kootenai County: Crisis Response, Advocacy, Education, and Networking; Safe Passage | $9,000 – Kootenai County: Mental Health Counseling for Children Experiencing Abuse; Salvation Army Kroc Center | $4,500 – Kootenai County: Third Grade Swim Childhood Drowning Prevention; Specialized Needs Recreation | $4,000 – Kootenai County: Scholarship Fund; St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho | $9,000 – Kootenai County: Help Center Restrooms Renovations; United Way of North Idaho | $9,000 – Kootenai County: Region 1 Early Childhood Scholarships.

Nez Perce County

Chief Joseph Foundation | $9,250 – Nez Perce County: Riders to Leaders After School and Summer Program for Young Native Girls and Women; Kiwanis of the LC Valley | $1,250 – Nez Perce County: Backpacks and School Supplies; Lewiston Independent School District | $3,258 – Nez Perce County: Summer Stretch extends STEM learning; Northwest Children’s Home, Inc. | $4,900 – Nez Perce County: Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families; Willow Center, Inc. | $5,000 – Nez Perce County: Mental Health Grief Peer Support Groups; YWCA of Lewiston-Clarkston | $8,000 – Nez Perce County: Flat Roof Replacement Project.

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Innovia Foundation ignites generosity that transforms lives and communities so that every person has the opportunity to thrive. As the community foundation for Eastern Washington and North Idaho, we partner with people who want to make our world better. We work together to address and solve our region’s problems, help those in need, identify and respond to our greatest opportunities and leave a lasting impact. Each year, Innovia Foundation invests nearly $10 million into our communities through grants and scholarships to nonprofit organizations and local students.