Innovia Foundation’s Community Grant Program (Washington and Idaho)

The Community Grant Program is comprised of more than 90 funds established by donors who have given Innovia Foundation the flexibility to make funding decisions that accommodate changing needs and capitalize on timely and compelling opportunities in the 20-county region.

Donor Name: Innovia Foundation

States: Washington, Idaho

Counties: Selected Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/11/2022

Size of the Grant: $20,000

Grant Duration: 1 year

Details:

Innovia Foundation works closely with nonprofit organizations and others throughout the region to identify and respond to a wide range of community issues and opportunities. This might be as complex as collaborating with community leaders on a long-range plan for neighborhood preservation, or as basic as funding a program to provide shoes for children from low-income families. In all cases, Innovia Foundation looks to fund solutions that will create measurable, positive change in our region. Awards from Innovia Foundation’s competitive grant programs are determined in partnership with local volunteers from throughout the foundation’s service area. This locally based advisory process ensures that grant opportunities address the changing needs of our communities.

Program Areas

Guided by local input from regional advisory groups, Innovia Foundation will invest in organizations that deliver programs and services within one or more of these Impact Areas:

• Health and Wellbeing:
  • Meeting basic human needs, including food, shelter and access to health care.
• Education and Youth Development:
  • Ensuring access to remote learning, safe social spaces and quality childcare.
• Economic Opportunity:
  • Reducing barriers to economic opportunity, security, and/or mobility for low-income individuals and families, and supporting community economic development activities.
• Quality of Life:
  • Increasing access to opportunities for safe public gathering spaces, social-emotional supports, and connection to animals and to nature.
• Arts and Culture:
  • support the arts as economic drivers, educational assets, civic catalysts and bridges between cultures.

Grant Types

Organizations may request a Community Grant for any of the following project types. Requests should align with one of these four impact areas as stated above: Health and Wellbeing, Education and Youth Development, Economic Opportunity or Quality of Life.

• General operating support –
  • unrestricted funding to support an organization in carrying out its mission
• Project/Program support –
  • to adapt/expand an existing program or develop new programming in response to a current challenge or opportunity.
• Capital projects/equipment
  • This could include, but is not limited to, technology, furnishings, equipment, vehicles or building construction or renovation.
• Capacity building
  • To help strengthen and stabilize an organization’s governance or operations
    such as: Bonner County
  • Strengthening governance, leadership or staff expertise
  • Restructuring business models and accounting practices to improve organizational stability
  • Building and diversifying revenue streams
  • Developing and implementing long-term strategic plans
  • Refining communications, marketing and outreach
  • Improving volunteer recruitment, training and engagement
  • Acquiring or improving impact measurement tools and program evaluation capacity

Funding Information

• The maximum award amount is $20,000, with most grants in the range of $2,500 – $15,000.
• Grant awards are for a one-year period from April 15 to 2022 – April 15, 2023.

Note: Early Bird Incentive! Organizations that submit their application by January 5 will be automatically entered into a drawing to receive a $1,000 grant for general operating support.

Eligibility Requirements

• In order to be eligible, applicants must be a public charity with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; a federally recognized tribe; or a public entity such as a school district, municipality, or unincorporated group or association. In certain cases, grants can be awarded to non-501(c)(3) organizations for charitable purposes.
• In all cases, the applicant organization/program must have a clear charitable purpose.
• Applicants cannot have any delinquent reports for previous grants awarded through all Innovia Foundation’s grant programs.
• Some grant programs have specific restrictions. Be sure to read grant guidelines carefully to see if any restrictions apply.
• Innovia Foundation competitive grants are awarded to organizations providing services within the 20-county region served by the Foundation. (Eastern Washington Counties: Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin. North Idaho Counties: Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Bonner County (ID), Latah, Nez Perce, Lewis, Clearwater, Shoshone and Idaho.)

Please note that Innovia Foundation has multiple grant programs. Applying to/receiving grant funding from one Innovia Foundation grant program does not preclude your organization from to applying to any other Innovia Foundation grant program.

For more information, visit Community Grant Program.