Press Release

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 […]

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

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