Press Release

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 […]

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.

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

SPOKANE, WA, June 24, 2020 — A retired teacher, who wishes to remain anonymous, is donating $110,000 with a challenge to the community to match this gift to support Rogers High School students in pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. Every dollar donated will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to

Innovia Foundation today announced 165 grants totaling $746,012 from the COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Funds for Eastern Washington and North Idaho. This is the second round of grants from the Response and Recovery Funds and is directed to nonprofit and grassroots organizations, as well as tribal entities, schools and other government agencies, that are

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos commits $25 million to statewide matching gift challenge Eastern Washington funders seed local COVID-19 fund with $275,000: Avista Corporation, Washington Trust Bank, Numerica Credit Union and Cowles Company Today, Innovia Foundation and Eastern Washington funding partners join in the launch of the statewide coordinated effort, All In WA, a movement for

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos commits $25 million to statewide matching gift challenge Eastern Washington funders seed local COVID-19 fund with $275,000: Avista Corporation, Washington Trust Bank, Numerica Credit Union and Cowles Company SPOKANE, WA, May 2020; Today, Innovia Foundation and Eastern Washington funding partners join in the launch of the statewide coordinated effort, All In

SPOKANE, WA, May 2020 — Innovia Foundation today announced the second round of grant funding available to community-based organizations engaged in COVID-19 response and recovery efforts in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Applications for funding are being accepted through May 26, and grant recipients will be announced by June 12. Approximately $800,000 will be awarded

SPOKANE, WA, April 2, 2020; Today, the Innovia Foundation Board adopted an antihate policy that ensures no funding will be directed to organizations that engage in hateful speech or activities. This policy applies to all Foundation grantmaking including donor-advised grant recommendations. This policy is the culmination of more than two years of organizational change that

SPOKANE, WA, April 10, 2020; Innovia Foundation today announced 80 grants totaling $514,500 from the COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund for Eastern Washington. This is the first round of grants from the Eastern Washington Fund and are directed to nonprofit and grassroots organizations, as well as schools and other government agencies, that are on