Nuestras Raíces
Nuestras Raíces serves the Hispanic community of the Inland Northwest. Their fund at Innovia, the Hispanic Business Professional Association Endowment, is about investing in the organization’s future.
Community Stories
Sparking Nonprofit Synergy in North Idaho
Last fall, a need surfaced among the nonprofits tirelessly serving Bonner and Boundary Counties. With common goals and challenges, many executive directors sought collaboration but lacked the bandwidth to create those connections.
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The Exchange Club of Spokane
When the Exchange Club of Spokane, a community service organization focused on supporting child abuse prevention agencies and improving the quality of life for children, youth and families in Spokane, received a large estate gift for its Foundation, it was a blessing with complications.
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VOA Crosswalk Shelter Serves Spokane’s Most Vulnerable Youth
Volunteers of America has been providing life-saving services by way of shelter and housing to Spokane’s most vulnerable for decades. Under CEO Fawn Schott’s leadership, VOA has innovated the way they approach helping people experiencing homelessness. Moving away from a solely case management-based model has allowed them to serve people more effectively. They have developed
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The Cheeley Family Fund
Chris and LeeAnn Cheeley of Post Falls, ID established a donor-advised fund (DAF) at Innovia Foundation in 2015 with a gift of real estate.
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Lighting Up Idaho with Broadband
Imagine Idaho was launched in 2020 as a nonprofit organization to “light up” rural Idaho by empowering local leaders to secure internet access and spur community and economic prosperity.
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Making Connections at Camp
Through the Equinox Foundation Grant Program at Innovia, the Coeur d’Alene-based Human Rights Education Institute (HREI) was awarded $15,000 to host a pilot for its “I AM Program” to support at-risk youth in Bonner County, Idaho.
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David L. and Francis G. Ray Scholarship Fund
Generosity has a ripple effect. For students growing up in the rolling hills and close-knit farming communities of Ralston and Rimrock, this has never been clearer. In 2002, Gerald Ray established the David L. and Francis G. Ray Scholarship Fund to honor the memory of his parents and benefit students from his hometown communities.
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Flexible community funds established to ignite generosity in Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties
Flexible community funds established to ignite generosity in Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties Spokane, Wash. (Dec. 21, 2022) — Innovia Foundation is pleased to announce two new community funds and the restructuring of a third to support the greatest needs and opportunities for three counties in Northeast Washington. Inspired by Innovia’s 5% Transfer of
Thomas J. and Gail D. Stevenson Fund
Tom and Gail Stevenson’s story is one of love for each other, their family and the Spokane community.
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