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Innovia Foundation announces the Sandy Williams Fund for the Carl Maxey Center

On Sunday, September 4, 2022, the tragic loss of Sandy Williams, a distinguished civil rights activist, journalist and community leader, left a tremendous void in our community. Her visionary leadership and tenacious pursuit of equity and justice impacted countless lives. With reverence to her indelible legacy, Innovia is honored to announce that it has established and seeded a new $10,000 endowment, the Sandy Williams Fund for the Carl Maxey Center.

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Innovia Foundation awards Spokane Workforce Council $125K for aspiring underserved college students

With the stresses that often come from social media and the myriad of other obstacles encountered on the path to high school graduation, the journey becomes even more daunting for a teenage parent. It’s a large part of what motivated Lumen High School Executive Director Shauna Edwards to establish the school for teen parents.

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No-Li Brewery contributes $20K to Favored Few Fund for service personnel

Favored Few Support Crew Fund member Charlie Duranona already had an intended target to receive some of the $20,000 from the owner of No-Li Brewery before the money could even be deposited. “The food pantry,” Charlie declared excitedly. A food pantry recently was established at Fairchild Air Force Base (FAFB) in the effort to assist

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Touchmark residents told appreciated assets will more quickly build Waterford Residents Legacy Fund

As people live longer and the cost of living continues to rise, today’s retirees increasingly face the prospect of outliving their income. That was the key message Aaron McMurray, Chief Strategy Officer of Innovia Foundation, delivered at Touchmark on South Hill retirement community on June 27. Roughly 60 residents gathered for the presentation as part

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Confluence Community Endowment Fund starts flowing through LC Valley

Now 71 years old, Dr. John Rusche described his career arch as follows: physician, healthcare administrator, politician and now philanthropist. According to him, it is the role of philanthropist that is born out of thanks for the opportunities the first three professions provided. See more about the Confluence Community Endowment Fund Dr. Rusche is a

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Give to Help Buffalo and Uvalde

Give to Help Buffalo and Uvalde In the wake of senseless mass murder tragedies in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, Innovia Foundation has identified community-based funds providing direct assistance to victims and survivors as these communities grieve and heal.  The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has established The Uvalde Strong Fund as a relief fund

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Major announcement, big names headline Innovia Foundation Leadership Summit, Annual Reception

A return to in-person gathering and an energized two-day crowd helped spearhead Innovia Foundation’s annual Leadership Summit and Annual Reception on May 16 and 17 in downtown Spokane. The summit was held at the Davenport Grand Hotel on Monday and Tuesday with the Annual Reception at the Spokane Convention Center Monday evening. At the reception,

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