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Through the generosity of our donors, we host a competitive annual Community Grants Program to benefit organizations with program focuses on health and wellbeing, education and youth development, economic opportunity, quality of life and arts and culture. This year, Innovia Foundation received $5 million in grant requests from nonprofit organizations across our region. Determined in partnership with local volunteers from throughout the our service area, the Foundation has $1 million to award this spring.

Innovia Foundation is currently accepting applications through its Community Grants Program. This grant program is open from December 6, 2021, through January 11, 2022 (by midnight PST). The Early Bird deadline is January 5, 2022 (by midnight PST). The Community Grants Program is comprised of more than 90 funds established by donors whose generosity has

With a vision of ensuring every refugee in the Spokane community experiences welcome and inclusion, Feast World Kitchen supports local refugee chefs to cultivate the cooking and entrepreneurial skills they need to create long-term financial independence. Seeking to deconstruct barriers of fear, racism, and suspicion that refugees often meet upon entering a new community, Feast World’s mission centralizes on the universal language of food to

Lifelong Ritzville farmers Willard and Patricia Hennings understood the power of generosity. Already the founders of funds supporting the beautification of Ritzville and the advancement of graduate medical education in rural neighborhoods, the couple established a scholarship fund in memory of their late daughter for the benefit of Adams County students. The Hennings had a vision for providing the next

The people in Bonner and Boundary Counties are working to ensure every person has the opportunity to thrive, particularly in the special needs community. In Sandpoint, Idaho, the nonprofit UCAN empowers children and adults with special needs to discover their strength through fitness opportunities. Inspired by this mission, Innovia Foundation’s longtime philanthropic partner, Equinox Foundation,

Community Foundation Week, created in 1989 by former President George H.W. Bush, recognizes the important work of community foundations like Innovia Foundation throughout America and their collaborative and innovative approach to working with the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Community Foundation Week is November 12 –18, 2021.  Community foundations are grantmaking public charities dedicated to improving the lives of people in a defined

In 2011, there was not a dry eye among Spokane Indians baseball fans when Sergeant Chris Welchman stepped out of the dugout on game night to surprise his wife and three children by returning from Afghanistan after a five-month tour of duty.  That night, the seed was planted for a fund that could support local nonprofits and

Innovia Foundation is pleased to welcome 16 new volunteers to our Regional Advisory Grant Committees. Regional Grants Advisory Committees are made up of business and community leaders from across Innovia’s service region, who advance the mission and vision of the community foundation. Members help guide and support the competitive grantmaking process by reviewing applications from