Posted on April 14, 2020
Innovia Foundation today announced 138 grants totaling $779,000 from the COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Funds for Eastern Washington and North Idaho.
This is the first 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 on the front lines of the COVID-19 response.
“While our healthcare systems, public health professionals, and local government agencies are doing everything in their power to support our community, we know that gaps remain. Thanks to the generosity of our funding partners, we can step in to address some of those gaps through grants to organizations serving our most vulnerable populations,” said Innovia Foundation CEO Shelly O’Quinn. “We are pleased to support the incredible work our community partners are doing to ensure the wellbeing of our region.”
The COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funds are hosted at Innovia Foundation in partnership with Empire Health Foundation and Spokane County United Way in Eastern Washington, and Equinox Foundation, Avista Foundation and Idaho Community Foundation in North Idaho.
“United Way is proud to be part of this collaborative outreach,” said Spokane County United Way President and CEO Tim Henkel. “The partners and funders involved recognize that we can have greater impact by working together and are committed to assisting the most marginalized and low-income members of our community who are adversely affected by this outbreak.”
“This crisis has further exposed and deepened the health inequities in our region, particularly among communities of color. Our funding partners recognize this reality and have prioritized many of these funds to support smaller and faith-based organizations that are trusted in the communities they serve,” said Empire Health Foundation Interim President Jeffrey Bell. “These resources will be directed to the people who need it most. The level of cooperation and communication among the funders is truly remarkable and Empire Health Foundation is humbled to be part of this effort.”
Businesses, individuals and organizations can donate and find additional information about the COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Funds for Eastern Washington and North Idaho at innovia.org/COVID19.
COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding partners: Innovia Foundation, Empire Health Foundation, Spokane County United Way, Avista Foundation, BECU, Better Health Together, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Burlington Northern, Community Building Foundation, Delta Dental of Washington, Equinox Foundation, Health Sciences & Services Authority of Spokane County, Itron, Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation, MultiCare Health System, M.J. Murdock Charitable Foundation, Perigee Fund, Premera Blue Cross, Providence Health Care, Umpqua Bank, Wells Fargo and Women Helping Women Fund.
Leadership Council Region | State | County | Organization | Grant Amount | Grant Purpose |
1 | WA | Ferry | Ferry County Search and Rescue Partners | $2,000 | Volunteers providing help with triage trailer for COVID-19 testing in Ferry County. |
1 | WA | Ferry | Orient Food Pantry | $1,000 | Provides food distribution to people in the Orient community and surrounding areas. |
1 | WA | Ferry | People’s Pantry of Ferry County | $5,000 | Provides nutritious food and additional resources to the residents of Ferry County. |
1 | WA | Pend Oreille | Camas Path Emergency Services Fund | $6,000 | Providing help with food, utilities, rent, doctor appointments, medical emergencies and gas cards. |
1 | WA | Pend Oreille | Cusick Community Development Association | $2,500 | Provides non-perishable food items, fresh produce and protein items to Cusick and Usk communities. |
1 | WA | Pend Oreille | Ione Food Pantry | $500 | Provides non-perishable food items and produce to elderly and low income families to residents of North Pend Oreille County. |
1 | WA | Pend Oreille | Kalispel Cupboard | $1,000 | Providing food distribution to Kalispel Tribal members. |
1 | WA | Pend Oreille | Newport Food Pantry | $2,000 | Providing food distribution to people in the Newport community. |
1 | WA | Pend Oreille | Youth Emergency Services | $5,000 | Funding to provide emergency relief assistance, including rental/utility assistance, food and hygiene products, and purchase tablets with hotspots for homeless and at-risk youth. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Addy Rescue Mission | $500 | Provides food, clothing, personal care items, household items and other miscellaneous items to Arden, South & Middle Basin, Blue Creek, Gifford, Swiss Valley, Addy, Dry Creek, Summit Valley, and Marble Valley communities. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Colville Community Church | $1,500 | Assisting with food distribution throughout Colville community. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Colville Community Senior Center | $6,000 | Providing and delivering hot meals to seniors in the Colville community. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Colville Food Pantry (Volunteer Food and Resource Center) | $5,000 | Provides immediate hunger relief through food assistance and related resources. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Colville School District | $10,000 | Funding to support online and remote learning opportunities. |
1 | WA | Stevens | First Congregational United Church of Christ | $1,000 | Assisting with food distribution throughout Colville community. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Hunters Food Bank | $1,000 | Providing help and distribution of food and non-food items for seniors. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Kettle Falls Community Chest | $2,500 | Provides food, dairy and hygiene products to members of the Kettle Falls and surrounding areas. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Loon Lake Food Bank and Resource Center | $1,500 | Feeding the hungry and providing food for persons in need to the residents of South Stevens County. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Northport Food Pantry | $1,000 | Provides non-perishable and nutritional produce to members of the Northport, Onion Creek, Flat Creek and Deep Lake communities. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Rural Resources | $15,000 | Funding for senior meal delivery and hygiene products for seniors and others who cannot leave their home due to illness. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Tum Tum Food Pantry | $2,000 | Provides food to members of the Lake Spokane and TumTum communities. |
1 | WA | Stevens | Wellpinit Food Pantry | $500 | Providing distribution of food and cleaning supplies to members of the Wellpinit community. |
2 | WA | Spokane | American Indian Community Center | $10,000 | Food and other emergency assistance. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Communities in Schools | $10,000 | Food and hygiene supplies for students. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels | $5,000 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home delivery expenses. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Hispanic Business Professionals Association | $15,000 | Coordinated food distribution among churches and community groups working with the Latinx community. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Outreach Center | $5,000 | Fresh fruits and vegetables for clients, and sanitation supplies. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Ministerial Alliance | $15,000 | Funding to alliance of 16 churches to meet basic needs for families in crisis. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Northeast Community Center | $5,000 | Supplies to meet emergency basic needs. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Our Place Community Ministries | $5,000 | Food and other immediate necessities for West Central Spokane community. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Refugee Connections | $1,000 | Funding to provide emergency relief services, including rental/utility assistance. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Rural Spokane County Food Banks | $12,000 | $500-$1,500 grants to rural Spokane County food banks to provide food and other emergency assistance to those in need. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Salish School of Spokane | $1,000 | Food and other emergency assistance for Salish School families. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Slavic Churches Network | $15,000 | Funding to support basic needs of individuals and families facing pandemic-related hardships in Slavic community. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Spokane AIDS Network | $2,500 | Purchasing healthy high-protein food to meet increased demand at food pantry. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Spokane Alliance | $25,000 | Monitoring of patients who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 by neighborhood response teams. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Spokane Domestic Violence Coalition | $5,000 | Child abuse and victim resource information to be distributed with school lunches across Spokane County. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Spokane Valley Partners | $15,000 | Meeting emergency basic needs for families and individuals impacted by pandemic. |
2 | WA | Spokane | University Food Banks | $10,000 | Mini grants to support local college and university food banks. |
2 | WA | Spokane | Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery | $25,000 | Emergency respite care for children |
2 | WA | Spokane | Women and Children’s Free Restaurant | $25,000 | Emergency response to feeding vulnerable populations. |
2 | WA | Spokane | World Relief | $25,000 | Translation of time sensitive materials to inform and educate refugee communities about pandemic issues and resources. |
2 | WA | Spokane | YWCA | $15,000 | Food, cleaning supplies, disinfectants, hotel nights, transportation costs, grocery store and restaurant gift cards. |
3 | WA | Adams | Adams County Development Council | $10,000 | Providing Emergency Business Assistance Grant to quickly provide critical support to the smallest (1 to 9 employees), independently owned businesses throughout Adams County. |
3 | WA | Adams | Agape Food Bank Ministries | $2,000 | Supporting Hispanic communities throughout Eastern Washington by providing food distribution services. |
3 | WA | Adams | New Hope Domestic Violence Support Services | $5,000 | Providing housing and assistance to domestic violence victims from all over Adams County. |
3 | WA | Adams | Othello Food Bank | $4,000 | Providing healthy and fresh food to over 1,000 families in the Othello community. |
3 | WA | Adams | Ritzville Food Bank | $3,000 | Assisting with food distribution throughout Ritzville community. |
3 | WA | Adams | Washtucna Food Bank | $1,000 | Assisting with food distribution throughout Wastucna community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Davenport Lincoln County Care & Share Center | $2,000 | Assisting with food distribution throughout Davenport community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Feed Sprague | $1,000 | Providing food delivery services to seniors in the Sprague community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Harrington Food Bank (Harrington Nazarene Church?) | $1,000 | Providing food distribution to members of the Harrington community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Lincoln County Economic Development Council | $7,000 | Providing small grants to cover utilities, rent, etc. for small businesses throughout Lincoln County. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Lincoln County Prevention and Recovery | $1,000 | Distributing domestic violence resources to members of the community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Odessa Food Bank | $2,000 | Providing food distribution to members of the Odessa community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Reardan Food Pantry | $1,000 | Providing food distribution to members of the Reardon community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Rural Resources | $5,000 | Providing services for clients who can’t pay rent; providing hotel rooms for people who test positive for COVID-19; distributing cleaning supplies and masks to the public. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Sprague Food Pantry | $1,000 | Assisting with food distribution throughout Sprague community. |
3 | WA | Lincoln | Wilbur Food Pantry | $1,000 | Assisting with food distribution throughout Wilbur community. |
4 | ID | Latah | Alternatives to Violence on the Palouse | $3,000 | Hotel vouchers for domestic violence victims due to reduced shelter capacity. |
4 | ID | Latah | Family Promise of the Palouse | $2,000 | Childcare scholarships for low-income families impacted by pandemic. |
4 | ID | Latah | Food not Bombs | $4,000 | Food collection and rescue – transportation and delivery costs. |
4 | ID | Latah | Local grassroots food banks | $2,000 | Funding for small community pantries and food needs for Potlatch, Troy, Deary and Juliaetta/Kendrick. |
4 | ID | Latah | Palouse Habitat for Humanity | $1,500 | Emergency home repair to prevent dislocation. |
4 | ID | Latah | Vandal Food Pantry | $6,000 | Food distribution to community members (pre-packed meal bags). |
4 | WA | Whitman | Community Action Center | $15,000 | Perishable food (fresh foods and meats) supply. |
4 | WA | Whitman | Council on Aging and Human Services/COAST Transportation | $8,000 | Senior meal delivery and food distribution. |
4 | WA | Whitman | Local grassroots food banks | $3,000 | Funding for small community pantries and food needs for Colfax and Garfield, and outreach to Colton, Uniontown and Tekoa. |
5 | WA | Columbia | Plus Delta After School Studios (Called The Club-Dayton) | $12,500 | Childcare for emergency response personnel and healthcare workers. |
5 | WA | Columbia | Project Timothy | $20,000 | Increased capacity to provide funding assistance for families struggling with housing, food, utility payments and vouchers for transportation costs. |
5 | WA | Garfield | Pomeroy Assist | $11,000 | Expansion of the number of individuals served through bridge funding for rent and housing, gas money and utility payments. |
5 | WA | Garfield | Pomeroy Fire Dept. | $1,500 | Purchase personal protective equipment needed for first responders. |
5 | WA | Garfield | Pomeroy Food Bank | $1,000 | Purchase of cardboard boxes needed to provide food bank clients with COVID safe emergency response food rations from the food bank. |
5 | WA | Garfield | Pomeroy School District | $5,000 | Providing students with computing devices for distance learning. |
6 | WA | Asotin | Interlink | $7,000 | Personal shopper to homebound seniors (Neighbor-to-Neighbor delivery program). |
6 | WA | Asotin | Valley Community Center | $1,000 | Purchase food and sanitation supplies to support weekly meal delivery program to seniors in Asotin County. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | Boys & Girls Club of the Lewis Clark Valley | $3,500 | Provide childcare for first responders in Asotin and Nez Perce counties. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | Community Action Partnership | $10,000 | Food supplies for those in need. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | Nez Perce Tribe | $5,000 | Tribal government support for Emergency Operations Command and elder services. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | Nimiipuu Health | $5,000 | PPE, testing kits, UV devices and COVID-19 prevention and support material. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | Red Door – First Christian Church | $5,000 | Funding for packaging for takeout food delivery. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | Snake River Community Clinic | $5,000 | Purchase of personal protective equipment and staffing support for community clinic. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | Valley Meals on Wheels | $3,000 | Volunteer coordination and meal delivery for seniors in Asotin and Nez Perce counties. |
6 | ID | Nez Perce | YWCA | $3,500 | Lodging costs for additional families seeking services at domestic violence shelter. |
7 | ID | Clearwater | First Step 4 Life | $3,500 | Funding to meet increased demand for mental health and substance abuse services |
7 | ID | Clearwater | Hilltop Senior Meal Program | $4,500 | Funding to purchase packaging for meal distribution |
7 | ID | Clearwater | Orofino Senior Meals | $4,500 | Funding to purchase packaging for meal distribution |
7 | ID | Idaho | Camas Prairie Food Bank | $2,500 | Food, including perishables |
7 | ID | Idaho | Elk City Ambulance Service | $3,000 | Emergency equipment for patients to survive 1+ hour drive to nearest hospital |
7 | ID | Idaho | Prairie Mountain Nutrition, Inc (Cottonwood Senior Center) | $2,500 | Food, including perishables |
7 | ID | Idaho | Senior Citizen’s Dollar-a-Month Club Nutrition (Grangeville Senor Citizen’s Center) | $2,500 | Food, including perishables |
7 | ID | Idaho | VFW Ladies Auxillary Food Distribution | $2,500 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home deliveries for seniors, disabled, home-bound, and low-income citizens within a 100 mile radius of Elk City. |
7 | ID | Idaho | White Bird Mobile Food Bank | $2,500 | Food |
7 | ID | Lewis | Kamiah Food bank | $3,000 | Funding to meet influx of people needing food |
7 | ID | Lewis | Kamiah Senior Meals | $3,000 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home delivery expenses |
7 | ID | Lewis | Nezperce Senior Center | $2,500 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home delivery expenses |
7 | ID | Lewis | St. Mary’s Hospital (Kamiah Medical Clinic) | $3,000 | Healthcare equipment, as needed |
8 | ID | Benewah | Avery / Calder Food Bank | $1,000 | Food, including perishables |
8 | ID | Benewah | Coeur d’Alene Tribe | $6,000 | Funding to support Tribal eldercare, food needs, diapers and cleaning supplies for the Early Childcare Learning Center, and equipment at Marimn Healthcare center |
8 | ID | Benewah | East Benewah County Council on Aging | $4,000 | Funding to meet food needs of elders |
8 | ID | Benewah | Heritage Health in St. Maries | $1,000 | Funding to meet increased demand for mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence |
8 | ID | Benewah | St. Maries Joint School District 41 | $1,000 | Coolers and packaging supplies for meal deliveries via school buses and mail sites |
8 | ID | Shoshone | Kellogg Food Bank | $3,000 | |
8 | ID | Shoshone | Loving Care & More | $3,000 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home delivery expenses |
8 | ID | Shoshone | Moms Vintage Eatery | $2,000 | Food for kids |
8 | ID | Shoshone | Mullan / Wallace / Osburn Food Bank | $3,000 | Food, including perishables |
8 | ID | Shoshone | Shoshone County Crisis and Resource Center / SAVE Coalition | $3,500 | Funding to help locate housing and pay for rent for increased number of domestic violence victims |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Coeur d’Alene Tribe | $4,000 | Funding to support Tribal eldercare, food needs, diapers and cleaning supplies for the Early Childcare Learning Center, and equipment at Marimn Healthcare center |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Cup of Grace | $1,000 | Food, including perishables |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Hayden Senior Center | $2,000 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home delivery expenses |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Heritage Health | $2,000 | Funding for collaboration with other agencies to provide shelter and healthcare needs for homeless and healthcare and mental health services for low-income |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Idaho Youth Ranch | $2,000 | Funding to secure equipment and resources for mental telehealth services for youth |
9 | ID | Kootenai | KROC Center | $5,000 | Funding to provide emergency relief services, including grocery gift cards, food, and mental health referrals |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Lake City Senior Center | $2,000 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home delivery expenses |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Post Falls Food Bank | $1,000 | Food, including perishables |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Rathdrum Senior Center | $2,000 | Funding to meet increased need for food and home delivery expenses |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Relatives as Parents | $2,000 | Funding to provide chromebooks to school-aged students to continue online school who are being raised by grandparents |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Safe Passage | $3,000 | Funding to provide shelter for increased number of domestic violence victims |
9 | ID | Kootenai | Spirit Lake Food Bank | $1,000 | Food, including perishables |
9 | ID | Kootenai | St. Vincents | $25,000 | Funding to provide shelter, temporary housing, and food for homeless and ALICE populations |
10 | ID | Bonner | Bonner County Food Bank | $3,000 | Food security for vulnerable residents |
10 | ID | Bonner | Eureka Institute | $500 | Free meals through restaurant collaboration in Bonner County |
10 | ID | Bonner | Food for our Children | $2,000 | Food security for school-aged children |
10 | ID | Bonner | Helping Hands Healing Hearts | $3,000 | Housing, financial assistance and meeting basic needs through a network of churches in Bonner County |
10 | ID | Bonner | Priest River Ministries | $2,500 | Temporary shelter and food security for vulnerable families |
10 | ID | Bonner | Bonner Co. Economic Development Corp. | $10,000 | Assisting small business owners to access resources, and address most-critical needs |
10 | ID | Bonner | Clark Fork Food Bank | $500 | Food, including perishables |
10 | ID | Bonner | Priest River Food Bank | $2,000 | Food, including perishables |
10 | ID | Bonner | Sandpoint Community Resource Center | $1,500 | Launch a collaborative communications plan to connect vulnerable citizens with mental health services, food security, and other basic need services in the community |
10 | ID | Boundary | Boundary Coalition for Families | $2,000 | Housing and food security and immediate needs |
10 | ID | Boundary | Boundary County Food Bank (Community Action Center) | $2,500 | Food, including perishables |
10 | ID | Boundary | Kootenai Tribe | $5,000 | Food security, healthcare and basic needs for tribal members |
10 | ID | Boundary | Ministerial Assoc of Bonners Ferry | $2,000 | Housing and food security |
10 | ID | Boundary | Senior Hospitality Center | $2,500 | Eldercare and food security |
10 | ID | Boundary / Bonner | NAMI / Crisis Hotline | $1,500 | Increasing accessibility to mental health services |
11 | WA | Spokane Tribe | $45,000 | General COVID-19 Response and Family Preservation | |
11 | WA | Colville Tribe | $45,000 | General COVID-19 Response and Family Preservation | |
11 | WA | Kalispel Tribe | $20,000 | Family Preservation |