Funding search · EIN 753003371 · Spokane, WA

The Avista Foundation

Name: The Avista Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,096
grants reported: $7.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Ewu Foundation12 grants · $413,000
Eastern Washington University2 grants · $350,200
Eastern Washington University Foundation1 grant · $350,000
Gonzaga University15 grants · $266,175
Innovia Foundation17 grants · $208,000
United Way of Spokane County4 grants · $205,226
University of Idaho Foundation19 grants · $182,000
Washington State University Foundation15 grants · $151,350
Second Harvest Inland Northwest31 grants · $124,339
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy16 grants · $113,147

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$2.4M

2023

$2.0M

2024

$2.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,096 grants.

$350,000
Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2025
Catalyst Building
$350,000
Eastern Washington University · Cheney, WA · 2024
Catalyst Building 5 of 10
$350,000
Ewu Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2023
EWU Catalyst Building
$98,000
United Way of Spokane County · Spokane, WA · 2023
Annual Support
$98,000
United Way Spokane County · Spokane, WA · 2022
Annual Support
$97,000
United Way of Spokane County · Spokane, WA · 2024
Annual Support
$72,000
Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2024
8 EA Terminals for EE Power Lab
$60,000
Upper Columbia Resource Conservation and Development District · Spokane Valley, WA · 2025
cooling island at Scale House Market
$55,000
Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2025
IIAT Units Energy Meter for Generative AI Usage Project
$55,000
Spokane Symphony · Spokane, WA · 2025
General Operating Support
$50,000
Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2025
Behavioral Health Patient Space in the ER
$50,000
Spokane Area Business Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2025
Support the Safe & Healthy Spokane Taskforce
$50,000
Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance · Hayden, ID · 2024
Miracles on Britton
$50,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Nw · Spokane, WA · 2024
Capital Pledge
$50,000
Volunteers of America · Spokane, WA · 2023
Crosswalk Youth Shelter
$50,000
Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2022
Homelessness R&R & Diversion Fund 3 of 4
$50,000
Juneau Arts and Culture Center · Juneau, AK · 2022
The New JACC 5 of 5
$41,666
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy · Spokane, WA · 2025
Glen Tana
$41,666
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy · Spokane, WA · 2024
Glen Tana Property
$40,000
Friends of Ksps · Spokane, WA · 2025
Community Impact Pillars Sponsor
$40,000
American Red Cross Inland Nw Chapter · Spokane, WA · 2023
Support for shelter operations and disaster response
$31,250
United Human Services of Ak · Juneau, AK · 2025
Teal Street Center
$31,250
United Human Services of Ak · Juneau, AK · 2024
Teal Street Center
$31,250
United Human Services of Ak · Juneau, AK · 2023
Teal Street Center
$31,250
United Human Services of Se Alaska · Juneau, AK · 2022
Teal Street Center
$30,000
Community Cancer Fund · Spokane, WA · 2025
2025 Boulevard Race
$30,000
Friends of Ksps · Spokane, WA · 2024
Community Impact Pillars Support
$30,000
Inland Nw Museum of Arts and Culture · Spokane, WA · 2024
Harold Balaz
$30,000
Spokane Symphony Society · Spokane, WA · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Maddie'S Place · Spokane, WA · 2023
Phase 2 Operations
$30,000
Spokane Symphony Society · Spokane, WA · 2023
General Operating Support
$30,000
Spokane Symphony Society · Spokane, WA · 2022
Annual Support
$27,150
Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2025
Power Systems Engineering Program & 4H Science Day Kits & Rural Clubs Support
$25,000
Community Cancer Fund · Spokane, WA · 2025
2024 Boulevard Race
$25,000
Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2025
General Operating Support
$25,000
Providence Inw Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2025
Medical Supplies & Heart Institute Campaign
$25,000
Awb Institute · Olympia, WA · 2024
Remote Worker Training Program
$25,000
Career Path Services · Spokane, WA · 2024
Dignified Workday
$25,000
Providence Inw Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2024
Heart Institute
$25,000
Spokane Guilds School · Spokane, WA · 2024
New Childrens Center
$25,000
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners Snap · Spokane, WA · 2024
Homeless Services Centralized Diversion Fund
$25,000
Tristate Health Foundation · Clarkston, WA · 2024
Surgery Center Capital Campaign
$25,000
Volunteers of America of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho · Spokane, WA · 2024
Crosswalk Youth Shelter 2.0
$25,000
Awb Institute · Olympia, WA · 2023
Remote Worker Certification program
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lewis Clark Valley · Clarkston, WA · 2023
Renovation of Normal Hill Campus
$25,000
Boys Girls Club of Spokane County · Spokane, WA · 2023
Northtown Campus Replacement
$25,000
Cheney Depot Society · Cheney, WA · 2023
Cheney Depot Rehabilitation Project - Phase 3
$25,000
Hbpa Dba Nuestras Raices · Spokane, WA · 2023
Small Business Start-Up Assistance Program
$25,000
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy · Spokane, WA · 2023
Glen Tana Property campaign
$25,000
Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2023
Homelessness R&R Diversion Fund
$25,000
Providence Inw Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2023
Heart Institute support
$25,000
Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2023
Family Medicine Physician Residency Program
$25,000
Ronald McDonald House · Spokane, WA · 2023
Operational Costs & Capital support
$25,000
Spokane Guilds School · Spokane, WA · 2023
Capital Campaign support
$25,000
Volunteers of America · Spokane, WA · 2023
Crosswalk Youth Shelter 2.0
$25,000
Cheney Depot Society · Cheney, WA · 2022
Cheney Depot Rehabilitation Pledge 2 of 2
$25,000
Spokane Guilds School · Spokane, WA · 2022
New Children's Center
$25,000
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2022
Whitworth Innovation Lab 2 of 2
$20,500
University of Idaho Foundation · Moscow, ID · 2025
Avista Scholars
$20,000
Cancer Cant · Spokane, WA · 2025
capital campaign
$20,000
Gonzaga University · Spokane, WA · 2025
Opportunity NE Resident Leadership & Workforce Development Program
$20,000
Mobius · Spokane, WA · 2025
BOGO Membership Support & Wattson Maintenance
$20,000
University of Idaho Foundation · Moscow, ID · 2025
2025 Jazz Festival
$20,000
Priest Community Forest Connection · Priest River, ID · 2024
Pend Orielle River Passage Trail
$20,000
University of Idaho Foundation · Moscow, ID · 2024
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
$20,000
Carl Maxey Center · Spokane, WA · 2023
Capital Campaign support
$20,000
Communities in Schools · Spokane, WA · 2023
Addressing Trauma in Students
$20,000
Ksps Public Television · Spokane, WA · 2023
Community Impact Pillars support
$20,000
La Clinica Del Valle · Medford, OR · 2023
Acute Care Clinic Expansion
$20,000
Mid-City Concerns · Spokane, WA · 2023
Kitchen expansion - new tilt skillet
$20,000
Second Harvest Inland Northwest · Spokane, WA · 2023
bulk food acquisition + transport
$20,000
Southern Oregon Historical Society · Medford, OR · 2023
Public Event Center support
$20,000
St Vincent De Paul of Juneau · Juneau, AK · 2022
Convert Boiler from Oil to Electric
$17,500
University of Idaho Foundation · Moscow, ID · 2023
2023 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival support
$17,500
University of Idaho Foundation · Moscow, ID · 2022
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
$16,250
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2025
Advancing Rural and Urban Health & Airlift Northwest
$15,490
Second Harvest Inland Northwest · Spokane, WA · 2025
Toms Turkey Drive
$15,385
Sugar Bowl Rodeo Association · Inchelium, WA · 2024
Sugar Bowl Rodeo Arena Racetrack Bleachers
$15,000
Hispanic Business Professional Association Dba Nuestras Raices · Spokane, WA · 2025
iSin Miedo al Exito! Success with Confidence
$15,000
Boy Scouts of America Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2024
Fire N Ice Gala
$15,000
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture · Spokane, WA · 2024
Annual Support
$15,000
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery · Spokane, WA · 2024
Emergency Respite Care
$15,000
Wsu Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2024
Power Engineering
$15,000
American Red Cross Inland Nw Chapter · Spokane, WA · 2023
Red Cross Preparedness Education and Outreach
$15,000
Clarkston Performing Arts Boosters · Clarkston, WA · 2023
Community Auditorium
$15,000
College Success Foundation-Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2023
College Access & Success Programs
$15,000
Josephine Community Library Foundation · Grants Pass, OR · 2023
New Grants Pass Library Property Purchase
$15,000
Northwest Museum of Arts Culture · Spokane, WA · 2023
Annual Support
$15,000
Spokane Civic Theatre · Spokane, WA · 2023
Replace Stage lighting and Sound Equipment
$15,000
Spokane Valley Partners · Spokane Valley, WA · 2023
Food for Thought - 500 weekend food packs per week of school
$15,000
Spruce Root · Juneau, AK · 2023
Start-up Business Training Programs
$15,000
St Maries Lumberjack Booster Club · Saint Maries, ID · 2023
Sports Complex
$15,000
Upper Clearwater Community Foundation · Kamiah, ID · 2023
Electronic Outdoor Community Bulletin Board for Kamiah re-issue from Sept
$15,000
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery · Spokane, WA · 2023
Emergency Respite Care
$15,000
Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2023
2023 Power Engineering Partner
$15,000
College Success Foundation-Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2022
College Access and Success Programs for Low-Income Students
$15,000
Hippeexnu Kii U Nuun Wisiix · Lapwai, ID · 2022
Protecting the Cultural Ways
$15,000
Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2022
Homeless Summit event sponsorship
$15,000
Museum of Arts and Culture · Spokane, WA · 2022
Annual Support
$15,000
Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2022
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