Press Release

SPOKANE, WA, February 10, 2021—Innovia Foundation recently received a $150,000 grant aimed at strengthening school-community partnerships and increasing postsecondary success for students in five rural Eastern Washington communities. This grant, from the College Spark Outcomes Acceleration fund launches a two-year pilot project as part of Innovia Foundation’s Say Yes to Education initiative. The first phase […]

SPOKANE, WA, January 26, 2021—Innovia Foundation announces a $25,000 grant to the Deer Park Chamber of Commerce to help support The Hotspot at Deer Park, a coworking space which opened in November 2020. This grant is made possible with funding from Washington Trust Bank to assist with COVID-19 business recovery efforts. The Chamber of Commerce

SPOKANE, WA, December 15, 2020 — Innovia Foundation is currently accepting applications through its Community Grants and Arts & Culture Grants programs to organizations impacted by COVID-19 and summer wildfires. These two grant programs are open through January 22. Grant recipients will be announced by March 17.  The Community Grants program will prioritize funding requests

SPOKANE, WA, 12/10/2020 – Innovia Foundation announced two initiatives to advance racial equity and dismantle systemic racism in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. A generous $50,000 matching gift challenge was issued through the Michael Conley Charitable Fund at Innovia Foundation to hire a race relations and racial equity reporter position.  The challenge was matched and

Western Anabaptist Mission Service Volunteers Commit Labor to Build Four Homes SPOKANE, WA, 12/10/2020 — Innovia Foundation, the community foundation for Eastern Washington and North Idaho, is announcing a campaign to raise $300,000 to rebuild four of the homes lost during the devastating September wildfires that destroyed the communities of Malden and Pine City. The

SPOKANE, WA, January 26, 2021—Innovia Foundation announces a $25,000 grant to the Deer Park Chamber of Commerce to help support The Hotspot at Deer Park, a coworking space which opened in November 2020. This grant is made possible with funding from Washington Trust Bank to assist with COVID-19 business recovery efforts. The Chamber of Commerce

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 bottom of the complete list

SPOKANE, WA, 10/20/2020 – Innovia Foundation and Premera Social Impact announce a $65,000 investment for capacity building in partnership with the national resource organization Network for Good to 13 regional nonprofit organizations. The Network for Good Jumpstart Program offers virtual coaching to create a financial resiliency strategy for nonprofits. This year’s cohort of participants was

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