Funding search · EIN 452077236 · Spokane, WA

Melvin & Lois Hoiness Foundation

Name: Melvin & Lois Hoiness 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.

93
grants reported: $564,950
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

philanthropic

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch4 grants · $51,000
Christikon4 grants · $47,000
Spokane Hope4 grants · $42,700
American Lutheran Church4 grants · $42,000
Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $40,000
Billings Ymca4 grants · $40,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $40,000
Spokane Guild'S School & Neuromuscular Center4 grants · $35,000
St John'S Lutheran Ministries4 grants · $30,000
Teen Closet4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$137,000

2022

$133,000

2023

$126,750

2024

$168,200

2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$20,700
Spokane Hope · Spokane, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$20,000
Education Foundation for Billings Public School · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$15,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$15,000
Christikon · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$15,000
Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$12,000
Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$12,000
Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$12,000
American Lutheran Church · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$12,000
Christikon · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$12,000
Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
American Lutheran Church · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Billings Ymca · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House · Spokane, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
American Lutheran Church · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Billings Ymca · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Christikon · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House · Spokane, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Spokane Guild'S School & Neuromuscular Center · Spokane, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Spokane Hope · Spokane, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
American Lutheran Church · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Billings Ymca · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Christikon · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Spokane Guild'S School & Neuromuscular Center · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Spokane Hope · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Billings Ymca · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$10,000
Spokane Guild'S School & Neuromuscular Center · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$7,500
St John'S Lutheran Ministries · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$7,500
St John'S Lutheran Ministries · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$7,500
St John'S Lutheran Ministries · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$7,500
St John'S Lutheran Ministries · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Az Helping Hands · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Spokane Guild'S School & Neuromuscular Center · Spokane, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Susan G Komen · Dallas, TX · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Teen Closet · Spokane, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Az Helping Hands · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Teen Closet · Spokane, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Az Helping Hands · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Elevations · Spokane Valley, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Project Id · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Riverstone Health Foundation · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Teen Closet · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
2nd Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Az Helping Hands · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Riverstone Health Foundation · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Spokanimal · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
Teen Closet · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$5,000
United Way of Yellowstone County Endowment Fund · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$4,000
Billings Studio Theater · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
Riverstone Health Foundation · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
Susan G Komen · Dallas, TX · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
Billings Studio Theater · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
Susan G Komen · Dallas, TX · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$3,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$2,500
Chase Hawks Memorial Assn · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$2,500
United Way of Yellowstone County Endowment Fund · Billings, MT · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$2,500
Blessings and Beyond · Spokane Valley, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,500
United Way of Yellowstone County Endowment Fund · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,500
United Way of Yellowstone County Endowment Fund · Billings, MT · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$2,500
Alberta Bair Theater · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$2,500
Susan G Komen · Dallas, TX · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Blessings and Beyond · Spokane Valley, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Cancer Can'T · Four Lakes, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Hospice of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Itron Employee Emergency Foundation (Ieee) · Libery Lake, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Meals On Wheels · Spokane, WA · 2025
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Cancer Can'T · Four Lakes, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Chase Hawks Memorial Assn · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Elevations · Spokane Valley, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Hospice of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Itron Employee Emergency Foundation (Ieee) · Libery Lake, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Meals On Wheels · Spokane, WA · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Hospice of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Meals On Wheels · Spokane, WA · 2023
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Cancer Can'T · Four Lakes, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Elevations · Spokane Valley, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Hospice of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Meals On Wheels · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$2,000
Spokane Hope · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$1,500
Eagle Mount Billings · Billings, MT · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$1,250
Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County · Billings, MT · 2024
Philanthropic purposes
$1,000
Project Id · Spokane, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes
$1,000
Spokane Fantasy Flight · Veradale, WA · 2022
Philanthropic purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.