SPOKANE, WA, December 1, 2020: Innovia Foundation is excited to announce the launch of “A Pine Creek Christmas: Celebrating Malden and Pine City” to provide a brighter Christmas for the families of Malden and Pine City displaced by the destructive September wildfires. Innovia Foundation is partnering with generous individuals, families and businesses to facilitate bringing […]
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SPOKANE, WA, September 24, 2020 — Innovia Foundation has been awarded $65,000 from United Philanthropy Forum’s Momentum Fund to support the capacity of the COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Funds for Eastern Washington and North Idaho in assisting communities of color, low-income populations and other underresourced groups disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Launched in May
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SPOKANE, WA, September 18, 2020; Innovia Foundation has established the Wildfire Emergency Response Fund – Eastern Washington to provide emergency relief to nonprofit organizations and businesses supporting communities, individuals and families adversely impacted by the 2020 wildfire season. The fund is seeded with a generous $150,000 gift from an anonymous corporation and a $10,000 contribution
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SPOKANE, WA, August 2020 — Innovia Foundation recently awarded 119 scholarships totaling $250,259 to students throughout Eastern Washington and North Idaho for the 2020-2021 school year. Innovia manages over 30 scholarship programs on behalf of donors who are invested in the educational success of students in our region. See the complete list of scholarship recipients.
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Quality service is service with a smile. This foundational principle of the restaurant and hospitality industry has become increasingly difficult to uphold for the thousands of workers facing COVID-fueled job cuts and health worries. As a former chef in the restaurant industry and the current Spokane director for Big Table, Chris Dietz knows the pressure workers face all too well: “If that smile goes away, so does the money. It’s
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SPOKANE, WA, July 22, 2020 — Innovia Foundation is pleased to announce four new directors to its board: Marcelo Morales, Founder, A4Ventures Rick Rasmussen, CEO, Northwest Specialty Hospital Bonnie St. Goddard, Indian Education Coordinator, Spokane Public Schools Gary Stokes, General Manager, KSPS Public Television The following board members have been elected as officers: President, Robert
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Diane J. Kiepe, Principal Douglas Eden For Diane Kiepe, generosity has always been a deep commitment. Raised in a working class family as the daughter of a career naval officer, Diane witnessed firsthand her families’ commitment to generosity. “Sharing was always an expectation—a joyful expectation- not something we did begrudgingly.” Diane has lived out that
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The Ray & Joan Kroc Center in Coeur d’Alene adheres to the mission of founder Joan Kroc. She entrusted The Salvation Army with $90 million to build the first Kroc Center in San Diego in 2002, and there are now 26 centers across the country built on her eventual $1.5 billion investment. Joan envisioned that
The Zone Project is an initiative focused on safe and nurtured kids, thriving families, and connected schools and neighborhoods in northeast Spokane. In partnership with The Zone Project, Innovia Foundation received a three-year investment from the Ballmer Group to support expanded learning opportunities in northeast Spokane. The goal of The Zone Project Expanded Learning Program
The Wallace District Mining Museum is vital to the local history of North Idaho. Since 1956, the museum has told the story of the Coeur d’Alene Mining District and Silver Valley. The museum educates and entertains visitors with exhibits, documents and dedicated staff who explain the area’s unique heritage and history of mining. The museum
