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The Avista Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
577
Grants FY2025
401
Organizations funded FY2024
40%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$350,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 401
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Avista Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $573k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving444$2.2M34%
FY2024401$2.0M40%
FY2023380$2.3M44%
FY2022313$1.2M51%
FY2021290$1.9M100%
FY20201$2.5Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$3.0MPhilanthropy$1.1MArts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$878kHealth$800kYouth Development$586kFood & Nutrition$545kCommunity Improvement$404kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Avista Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Eastern Washington University Foundation$1,148,30055%
United Way of Spokane County$418,00656%
Corporation of Gonzaga University$277,37550%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc$236,00050%
Washington State University Foundation$198,10050%
Spokane Symphony Society$171,10551%
Second Harvest Inland Northwest$149,43150%
Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation$136,60051%
United Human Services of Se Alaska$125,000411%
Whitworth University$120,25050%
Inland Northwest Land Trust$113,99751%
Spokane Area Business Foundation$101,5001n/a
Friends of Ksps$99,76040%
The Salvation Army$64,5442n/a
Upper Columbia RC&D$60,0001n/a
Community Cancer Fund$55,0001n/a
Vanessa Behan$53,51150%
Young Womens Christian Association$53,03050%
United Way of Jackson County Inc$53,00051%
Family Promise of Spokane$51,10051%
Cheney Depot Society$50,600328%
University of Washington Foundation$47,25020%
United Way of North Idaho Inc$45,00052%
Northwest Harvest Emm$43,02050%
Asotin County Library Foundation$42,978553%
Spokane Parks Foundation$41,75051%
Spruce Root Inc$39,50040%
The Festival at Sandpoint Inc$38,00040%
Hip of Spokane County Dba Community Minded Enterprises$37,50050%
Maddie's Place$36,00021%
Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County$34,00032%
Partners Inland Northwest$33,20050%
Spokane Eastside Reunion Association$32,50052%
Northeast Youth Center$30,50041%
Asante Foundation$30,50040%
Inland Northwest Farmers Market Association$30,000523%
Twin County United Way Inc$30,00052%
Idaho Central Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center$30,00031%
Carl Maxey Center$30,00021%
Inland Northwest Community Gardens$28,8811n/a
Spokane Hoopfest Association$28,20032%
Lewis-Clark State College Foundation Inc$27,80050%
Idaho Foodbank Warehouse$27,20050%
Terrain Programs$27,00041%
CDAIDE Inc$26,50056%
Women Helping Women Fund$26,00051%
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners$25,35030%
Mid-City Concerns Inc$25,13551%
Career Path Services Employment and Training$25,00010%
501 Commons$25,0001n/a
Foundation for the Rex Theater Corp$25,0001n/a
Family Promise of Juneau$25,00037%
Priest Community Forest Connection$23,5001n/a
Invested$23,35042%
The Big Table$23,03050%
Women & Children's Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen$23,00040%
Tri-State Hospital Foundation Dba Tristate Health Foundation$22,50031%
Spark Central$22,40052%
United Way of Whitman County$22,00055%
Kaniksu Land Trust Inc$21,70041%
Spokane Public Radio$20,60041%
Communities in Schools of Spokane County$20,49030%
Cancer Can'T$20,35020%
Southern Oregon Historical Society Inc$20,00012%
United Ways of the Pacific Northwest$20,00021%
Generation Alive$19,82551%
United Way of Moscow Latah County Inc$19,60859%
Josephine Community Library Foundation$19,00031%
College Success Foundation$18,23330%
The Way to Justice$18,00040%
Pioneer Human Services Inc$17,50030%
Embrace Washington$16,55053%
Idaho STEM Action Center Foundation Incorporated$16,50032%
Western Camas Prairie Association Corporation$16,3803n/a
Transitions$15,96050%
Sugar Bowl Rodeo Association$15,385111%
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint$15,00031%
Spokane Civic Theatre Inc$15,00011%
Deary Recreation Foundation Inc$15,0003n/a
Hipeexnu Kii U Nuun Wisiix$15,00016%
Upper Clearwater Community Foundation$15,000131%
Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels$14,62030%
Hills and Rivers Housing Trust$14,50044%
Feast Collective$14,32031%
Global Neighborhood$13,50020%
North Idaho College Foundation Inc$13,50050%
By the Well Foundation$13,20040%
Odyssey Youth Center$13,00032%
Historic Flight Foundation$12,50011%
Friends of Lake Spokane Parks$12,5002n/a
Chief Joseph Foundation$12,50024%
Southeast Alaska Independent Living$12,50020%
Southeast Alaska Food Bank$12,40051%
Columbia Basin Foundation$12,00020%
Treehouse$11,50030%
Spokane Public Schools Foundation$11,25055%
Spokane Public Library Foundation$11,20044%
Operation Healthy Family$11,00031%
Lewiston Independent Foundation for Education Inc$11,00022%
The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc$11,00030%
Cup of Grace Inc$11,00028%
Wa-Id Volunteer Center Inc$10,75051%
Project Ascent$10,500218%
Manzanita House$10,50020%
Southern Oregon University Foundation$10,30050%
Parasport Spokane$10,20032%
Washington First Robotics$10,20031%
Spokane Valley Hub$10,10020%
Grangeville Arts Inc$10,0001n/a
University District Development Associat$10,00021%
Clearwater Community Complex Inc$10,00025%
Leadership Spokane$10,00031%
Museum of North Idaho Inc$10,00011%
Kxly Community Partners Foundation Extreme Team-Coats 4 Kids-Christmas Wish$10,00042%
Oregon Center for Creative Learning Dba Kid Time$10,00010%
Kettle Falls Friends of the Parks & Pool$10,00013%
Libraries of Stevens County Foundation$10,000114%
Northwest Childrens Home$10,00030%
Lewiston-Clarkston Partners Habitat$10,00011%
Second Chance Ranch$9,75023%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$9,60040%
Junior Livestock Show of Spokane$9,59740%
Create Your Statement$9,50042%
Boys & Girls Club of the Rogue Valley$9,50040%
Chase Youth Foundation$9,35053%
Bartlett Regional Hospital$9,00032%
Spokane Arts Fund$9,00020%
Arts Alliance Inc$9,00045%
Friends of the Centennial Trail$8,70052%
Post Falls Food Bank$8,29050%
Wow China Inc$8,00022%
Cda Backpack Program Inc$8,00017%
Food for Our Children Inc$8,00051%
Gizmo-Cda Inc$8,00022%
Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural C$8,00040%
Chewelah Faith Resources Group$8,0005n/a
United Way of Southeast Alaska$8,00042%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County$7,90010%
Valley Community Center$7,75035%
Sandpoint Area Seniors Inc$7,75051%
Spokane Interstate Livestock Boosters$7,69422%
National Forest Foundation$7,50010%
Friends of Whitepine Grange$7,5001n/a
Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation$7,50011%
Next Generation Hair Academy$7,5001n/a
Eastern Oregon University Foundation$7,50050%
Greater Douglas United Way$7,50050%
Spectrum$7,50030%
Slingshot$7,50015%
Shba Training Trust White$7,50013%
Latah Recovery Community Center Inc$7,30041%
Camp Fire Inland Northwest$7,10040%
Apic Spokane Asians for Collective Liberation in Spokane$7,0002n/a
Idaho Trails Association$7,00041%
Interlink Inc$7,00021%
Palouse Habitat for Humanity$6,85030%
Inland Northwest Opera Inc$6,75021%
Cup of Cool Water$6,50031%
Council on Aging & Human Services$6,50050%
Apod Productions Inc$6,50033%
Lc Valley Youth Resource Center Inc$6,50032%
Lilac Services for the Blind$6,50021%
Sandpoint Youth Center Inc$6,50054%
Martin Luther King Jr Family Outre$6,40020%
Spokanimal Care$6,12540%
Juneau Jazz & Classics$6,00031%
Eaglecrest Foundation$6,00032%
Project Id$6,00021%
Spokane Alliance United$6,000210%
Specialized Needs Recreation Inc$6,00021%
Reimagine Medical Lake$6,00021%
Spokane Zero Waste$6,00014%
Douglas County Children's Center Inc$6,00020%
Morning Star Boys Ranch$6,00020%
Stage Left Theater Association$6,00022%
Whitman County Historical Society$6,00021%
Naomi Community Foundation$5,80043%
Dishman Hills Conservancy$5,69042%
Compassionate Addiction Treatment$5,60021%
Teen Closet$5,53030%
Library Foundation of Spokane County$5,50013%
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC - GRANTS PASS co EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$5,50020%
Northeast Washington Education Council$5,500112%
Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho$5,50020%
Helping Hands Healing Hearts Inc$5,50023%
Golden House Theater$5,4502n/a
Spokane Lilac Festival Association Inc$5,30031%
Unique Center For Athletes of All Needs Inc$5,25022%
Our Place Community Outreach$5,25050%
Canopy Village Inc$5,20020%
Spokane Youth Symphony Inc$5,20021%
The Anna Schindler Foundation Inc$5,20011%
Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable Foundation$5,17020%
Animal Rescue Foundation Inc$5,00024%
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc$5,00010%
Panida Theater Committee Inc$5,00012%
Lind Senior Center$5,0001n/a
Greater Spokane Low Income Housing$5,0001n/a
Launchpad Inland Northwest Foundation$5,0001n/a
Perseverance Theatre Incorporated$5,00010%
If You Could Save Just One$5,00012%
Family Promise of the Palouse Inc$5,00011%
Women's Center Inc$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of the Umpqua Valley Inc$5,00010%
Providence Health Care Foundation$5,0001n/a
A Womans Worth$5,0001n/a
Alaska Development Corporation$5,00011%
Jess Roskelley Foundation$5,000134%
Friends of Fords Pond$5,00013%
Grande Ronde Association for Youth$5,000142%
Heart of the Arts Inc$5,00011%
Lc Valley Pickleball Clb Inc$5,0001n/a
Thrive Learning Center$5,00021%
Klamath Watershed Partnership Bill Lehman$5,00010%
Valley Historical Society$5,0001n/a
Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster$5,00016%
Friends of Parks and Recreation Asotin County$5,0001n/a
The Literacy Project of North Idaho$5,000115%
New Hope Resource Center$5,00012%
Independent Colleges of Washington$5,00010%
Family Guide$5,00011%
Rebuilding Together Rogue Valley$5,00021%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service$5,00010%
New Health Programs Association$5,0001n/a
Opportunities for Housing Resources And$5,00010%
National Indian Education Assn$5,0001n/a
Wis Teq Neemit$5,00012%
Klamath Kid Center Inc$5,00011%
Music Conservatory of Coeur D Alene Inc$5,00013%
Thrive International$5,00020%
Confluences Inc Confluence Project$5,00011%
John R Rogers High School Walk of Fame$5,0001n/a
Camas Foundation$5,00012%
Northeast Community Center Association$4,95040%
Millwood Impact$4,95022%
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Inc$4,90041%
Growing the STEM$4,50021%
Women's Healing and Empowerment Network (When)$4,50053%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$4,50010%
Idaho Disaster Dogs Inc$4,5001n/a
Jacksons Pay It Forward Foundation Inc$4,50040%
Homeshare Kootenai County Inc$4,5002n/a
Palouse Cares$4,5003n/a
Spokane Humane Society$4,36050%
Wishing Star Foundation$4,31920%
Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane$4,2992n/a
Reimagining Charity Inc$4,20021%
Sanders Co Council on Aging$4,20020%
Stevens County Cattlemens Association$4,16520%
Columbia Basin Allied Arts$4,10031%
Tesh Inc$4,10030%
Bonner Community Food Center Inc$4,00050%
Active4youth$4,00013%
Spokane Childrens Theatre Inc$4,00021%
South Asia Cultural Association$4,0003n/a
Silver Valley Seniors Inc$4,00031%
Reclaiming Lives$4,00020%
Peak 7 Adventures$4,00021%
Cascade Community Pool Corporation$4,00012%
Friends of Phillips Farm Inc$3,8003n/a
Spokane Jazz Society$3,75023%
Gina Quesenberry Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$3,75021%
The Arc of Spokane$3,71020%
Camp Stix Diabetes Programs$3,70021%
Lumen Public School$3,68030%
River City Youth$3,60012%
Cancer Network of Sanders County$3,60041%
The Family Nurturing Center Rogue Valley Children's Relief Nursery$3,50020%
Family Promise of North Idaho Inc$3,50020%
Latah County Historical Society$3,50013%
Rayce Rudeen Foundation$3,50010%
Walking Tall Southern Oregon$3,50021%
The Mockingbird Society$3,5001n/a
Rivers Wish Animal Sanctuary$3,40031%
Willow Center Inc$3,25041%
Rise Network Inc$3,000112%
Art Salvage$3,00011%
Friends of the Children - Eastern Washington$3,00010%
Holocaust Center For Humanity$3,00020%
Southern Oregon Child and Family Council Inc$3,00010%
Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic Association$3,0001n/a
EASTERN OREGON REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL dba ART CENTER EAST$3,00011%
Believe in Me$3,00011%
Asotin County Food Bank Association$3,00050%
Quality Behavioral Health$3,00010%
Spokane Area Jewish Family Services$2,85031%
Special Olympics Washington$2,75020%
Youth for Christ - Spokane$2,60010%
Washington Explosion Softball Assoc$2,60031%
Viking Booster Club$2,50012%
Shoshone County Food Bank Inc$2,5005n/a
Atwork$2,50010%
Reliance Ministries Inc$2,5001n/a
Saint George's School$2,50010%
The Friendly Kitchen$2,50020%
Lutherhaven Ministries Inc$2,50010%
Latinos En Spokane$2,50010%
Academics Are Cool$2,50031%
Christmas for All$2,50050%
CHAS Health Foundation$2,50010%
Juneau Cooperative Christian Ministry$2,5001n/a
Nami Spokane$2,50011%
Northwest Infant Survival Alliance Sids Foundation$2,50011%
Moscow Chamber Foundation$2,50024%
Juneau Housing First Collaborative$2,50010%
Crossing Bridges Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$2,50011%
Palouse Pathways Inc$2,5001n/a
Human Rights Spokane$2,5001n/a
Palouse Discovery Science Center Inc$2,50021%
Senior Citizens Dollar a Month Club$2,50011%
Onward Roseburg$2,50015%
North Monroe Business District$2,5001n/a
Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship$2,50010%
Odessa Historical Society$2,5001n/a
Friends of the Parks$2,5001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lewis Clark Valley Inc$2,50010%
Roseburg Senior Center$2,50011%
Ridgeline Band Boosters$2,5001n/a
Serve Spokane$2,50010%
Bonner County Historical Society Inc$2,35612%
Idaho Nonprofit Center Inc$2,25020%
Circles of Caring Adult Day Health Foundation Inc$2,25010%
North Idaho Community Services Corp Dba Panhandle Affordable Housing Allianc$2,20021%
Educate Entertain & Get Stuff Done - Eeg$2,200122%
Access$2,20050%
Matts Place Foundation Inc$2,20021%
Loon Lake Food Pantry & Resource Center Inc$2,15050%
Gritman Medical Center Foundation Inc$2,10020%
Childhood Cancer Coalition$2,10030%
Wallace Food Bank Inc$2,0502n/a
Soredi Foundation$2,04020%
Juneau Symphony Inc$2,00020%
Othello Food Bank$2,00051%
The Fish of Roseburg$2,00050%
Ritzville Ministerial Association$2,0005n/a
Family Impact Network$2,00010%
Inland Northwest Golf Foundation$2,00014%
Kettle Falls Community Chest$2,00050%
Community Band of the Palouse$2,0001n/a
Spokane Word$2,0001n/a
Nami Far North Idaho Inc$2,00020%
Addy Rescue Mission$2,0005n/a
Compass House Inc$2,0001n/a
Mt Ashland Association$2,00010%
Northport Food Bank$2,0005n/a
Sojourners' Alliance Inc$2,00050%
Chabad of Spokane County$2,0001n/a
Green House Community Center$2,00050%
Idahope Families Inc$2,00012%
Valley Food Pantry$2,0005n/a
Community Cancer Services Inc$2,00011%
Connell Food Bank$2,0005n/a
Community Action Partnership$2,00010%
Lincoln County Care & Share Center$2,0005n/a
Freedom Farms$2,00022%
Life Line Food Pantry Inc$2,0005n/a
Ilo-Vollmer Historical Society Inc$1,9654n/a
Museum of Winchester History Inc$1,9654n/a
Blessings Under the Bridge$1,92830%
Gonzaga Preparatory School Foundation of Spokane WA$1,90050%
Palouse Basin Water Summit Inc$1,9002n/a
Alaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc$1,75020%
Spokane Folklore Society$1,75022%
Spirit Lake Senior Citizens$1,7501n/a
Spokane Hearing Oral Program of Excellence Hope$1,70020%
Spokane Waldorf Education Association$1,60020%
Washington Gorge Action Programs$1,60040%
Community Connection of Ne Oregon Inc$1,60040%
Abc Food Bank$1,6004n/a
Ferry County Fair Association$1,5421n/a
Deer Park Fair Association$1,50710%
Golden Rule Reentry$1,50010%
Solar Washington Association$1,50012%
Heroes Homestead$1,5001n/a
Operation Homefront Inc$1,50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Kootenai County Idaho Inc$1,5001n/a
Jackson County Sart$1,50010%
Historic Jacksonville Inc$1,5001n/a
The Green Apple Project$1,50012%
Rogue World Music$1,50011%
OutSpokane$1,5001n/a
Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw$1,50010%
Assistance League of Klamath Basin$1,50011%
Colville Rotary Charitable Foundation$1,50012%
Calvary Baptist Church$1,5001n/a
Bonner County Skatepark Association$1,5001n/a
Pend Oreille Arts Council$1,50030%
Stevenson Carson Ed Foundation$1,5001n/a
Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame$1,40050%
Lake City Fastpitch Nc$1,40021%
Sravasti Abbey Corp$1,4004n/a
Spokane Youth Sports Association$1,40030%
Lake City Center Inc$1,40020%
Girls on the Run of Spokane County$1,34041%
Rogue Community College Foundation$1,30020%
Cheney Blackhawks Booster Club$1,20022%
Southwest Spokane Community Center$1,20030%
Ashland Emergency Food Bank$1,20030%
Friends of Manito$1,20020%
Juneau Dance Theatre Inc$1,20010%
Priest River Ministries Inc$1,1001n/a
March of Dimes Inc$1,06110%
Excel Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Appaloosa Museum and Heritage Center Foundation$1,0001n/a
Lewiston Civic Theatre$1,00010%
Palouse Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
Pacific Education Institute$1,00010%
Feed Spokane$1,00010%
Kamiah Senior Citizens Society Inc & Valley Sr Meal Site$1,00011%
Spokane Helpers Network$1,00011%
Joe's Place Ministries$1,00010%
Mead Panther Lacrosse$1,0003n/a
Panhandle Parks Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Fairfield Care$1,00010%
Rathdrum Senior Citizens Inc$1,00011%
Fairchild Operation Warm Heart$1,0001n/a
Spokane AIDS Network$1,00011%
Rogue Community Health$1,00010%
Scienceworks Hands-On Museum$1,0001n/a
East Valley Baptist Church$1,0004n/a
Community Health Alliance$1,00010%
Klamath Community College Foundation$1,00010%
Spokane Valley Summer Theatre$1,00010%
1st Phoenix Community Center$1,00011%
NAACP Spokane$1,0002n/a
Spokane Audubon Society$1,0001n/a
Klamath Falls Gospel Mission$1,00010%
Walla Walla Community College Foundation$1,00010%
Turkeys & More$1,00021%
Nimiipuu Community Development Fund$1,00010%
Northwest Sportsmans Club$1,00013%
Palouse Choral Society Inc$1,00011%
Post Falls Education Foundation Inc$1,00022%
Clark Fork Area Senior Services Inc$1,0001n/a
Spokane Edible Tree Project$1,00013%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$1,00010%
Casa of Douglas County Inc$1,00010%
Terry Buffington Foundation$1,00013%
Musicfest Northwest$1,00012%
Skyline Parent Teacher Association$86824%
Little League Baseball Inc$8501n/a
Children's Cancer Research Fund$81930%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Idaho$80040%
Pullman Child Welfare Association$80020%
First Christian Church$8002n/a
Potlatch Food Pantry$8002n/a
Medical Lake Food Bank Association$8002n/a
Emerge Cda Inc$80010%
Elijah Rain Ministries Inc$80030%
Washtucna Historical Museum and Community Center$8002n/a
East Benewah Council for Aging$80021%
Gonzaga University Alumni Association$80031%
Point Loma Nazarene University$80020%
Junior League of Spokane Inc$77541%
Community Services Fellowship Inc$7502n/a
Friends of Whitman County Library$75011%
Central Basin Community Concert Associat$7501n/a
Cancer Community Charities$75011%
TeamChild$75010%
H E Gritman Senior Citizens Center Inc$7501n/a
Barnard Stockbridge Wallace Extension Inc$7501n/a
We Ignite$7501n/a
Boundary Regional Health Center Inc$7501n/a
Coeur D'Alene Symphony Orchestra In$71540%
Stables of Courage Incorporated$7001n/a
Pbandjhaydeners$7001n/a
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance$70020%
Hamblen Elementary School Parent Teachers Group$70021%
Skyline Elementary PTO$7003n/a
Failsafe for Life$68020%
Arlington Elementary PTO$6752n/a
Sunrise Parent Teacher Org$65031%
Trail Life USA Inc$65020%
Redeemer Lutheran Church$6402n/a
Hydropower Foundation Inc$60030%
Spokane International Academy$60010%
Hillyard Fund Raisers$6002n/a
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc$6002n/a
Casey McKerns Pay It Forward$6003n/a
St Thomas More Parish$5751n/a
She Is Worthy Foundation$5405n/a
American Heart Association Inc$53440%
Adams County Public Hospital District 3$5202n/a
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre Inc$50010%
Colfax Downtown Association$5001n/a
Lacrosse Community Pride$50010%
Panhandle Alliance for Education$50010%
Rural Development Initiatives Inc$50010%
Lincoln Hospital Foundation$50010%
Free Rein Therapeutic Riding$50010%
Catholic Charities of Spokane$50020%
Reclaim Project Recovery$50010%
Jw Memorial Foundation$5001n/a
Christmas Angels Inc$50012%
Skils'Kin$50010%
North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation$50010%
Othello Sandhill Crane Festival$50011%
Carrousel Players of the Coeur D'Alene Summer Theatre Inc$50010%
Refugee and Immigrant Connections of Spokane$5001n/a
Civic Engagement Alliance$5001n/a
Pine Creek Community Restoration Long Term Recovery Organization$50014%
One Heart Spokane$50010%
Post Falls Historical Society Inc$5001n/a
Northwest Farms to Families$5001n/a
Lc Crew Inc$5001n/a
Moscow Contemporary Inc$5001n/a
All Heart Infusion$50010%
Freeman Combined Ptsg$5001n/a
Westview PTA$50011%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$48020%
The Lands Council$44020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$40030%
Friends of Lookout Pass Ski Patrol Inc$4002n/a
Partners Advancing Character Education$4002n/a
Living Water International$40010%
Holy Names Music Center$4002n/a
Pioneer School$40010%
Rise Softball Club$4001n/a
Joshua 1 Nine Ministries$40030%
Palouse Bicycle Racing Inc$4001n/a
Klamath Lake Counties Food Bank$40010%
Scraps Hope Foundation$40010%
Spokane Valley Assembly of God$4002n/a
Inland Northwest Youth Football & Cheer League$4001n/a
Turning Point Open Bible Church$4002n/a
Connection Point Church$4001n/a
Veterans Expeditions Inc$40010%
One For Israel$40020%
Genesis Preparatory Academy$38120%
Habitat for Humanity - Spokane$37510%
Project Beauty Share$35020%
Mead Community Services$3503n/a
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$35020%
Creole Resources$3501n/a
Kootenai Humane Society Inc$35030%
Cataldo Catholic School$3351n/a
Thin Air Community Radio$32220%
Silver Valley Fuller Center for Housing Inc$3201n/a
Christian Youth Theatre Spokane$30010%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$30030%
Jennis Rescue Ranch$30030%
Wilbur Cemetery Association$30021%
Shadle Park Booster Club$30010%
Multicare Foundations$30020%
Every Woman Can Inc$2752n/a
Lakeland Booster Club Inc$27520%
Spark Northwest$25010%
Women in Fire$25010%
Spokane Art School$2501n/a
Cheney Boys Basketball Association$2501n/a
Cloverleaf Education Services$2501n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25020%
Give Kids the World Inc$23610%
Kootenai County Police and Fire Memorial$2251n/a
Breakthrough T1d$20520%
Bullpup Legion Baseball Club$20010%
Foundationone$20010%
Compassion International Incorporated$2001n/a
Kellog Booster Club$2001n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul Distr Cncl of Spokan$20010%
National Ski Patrol System$20010%
Community of Montessori Parents$20013%
Teen Missions International Inc$20010%
Partners for Pets$20010%
The Juniper Fund$20010%
West Central Community Development Assoc$20010%
Spokane Region Long Term Recovery Group$20010%
Friends of Idaho Public Television Inc$20030%
Freeman Foundation$2001n/a
Spokane South Rotary Club Foundation$2002n/a
Valley Real Life$2001n/a
Spokane Athletic Co-Op$2001n/a
SPOKANE VALLEY JUNIOR SOCCER ASSOCIATION dba SPOKANE RAPIDS$20010%
90 Plus Project$20010%
Spokane Valley Christian School$20010%
Spokane Colleges Foundation$20010%
East Valley High School Booster Club$2001n/a
Summit School Participation and Activities$20020%
Chain Breaker Ministry Inc$2001n/a
A Moment of Magic Inc$20010%
Noxon Youth Baseball Association$2001n/a
Spokane Preservation Advocates$20010%
The Avalon Academy$20010%
North Idaho Bmx$2001n/a
Northwest Golfers for Warriors$20010%
Rescue 4 All Inc$2001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$20010%
Opportunity Christian Fellowship$2001n/a
Chester Elementary PTO$2002n/a
Oaks Education Association$2001n/a
Prager University Foundation$20010%
Clearwater Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club$2001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$20020%
Court Appointed Special Advocate Partners$20010%
Children's Miracle Network$2001n/a
Informed Consent Action Network$20010%
Benedictine Society of St Bede$2001n/a
Mouseabout Foundation$2001n/a
Hospice of North Idaho Inc$20010%
Liberty Community Education Foundation$2001n/a
Wc Wildcat Booster Club$2001n/a
The ISAAC Foundation$2001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$18810%
Tiny Heartbeat Ministries$18010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$17520%
Lili Gc Foundation Corp$17010%
Gordon Elwood Foundation$16010%
Children International$15520%
Wilson School Parent Teacher Group$15011%
Coeur d Alene Area Swim Team$15010%
Spokane Riverkeeper$1501n/a
Friends of the Bluff$1401n/a
C895 Knhc Public Radio Association$12010%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$10410%
Salish School of Spokane$10010%
Chase Music Parents Association$1001n/a
Commission to Every Nation$1001n/a
Spokane Valley Kiwanis Foundation$1001n/a
Eastern Washington Surf SC$10010%
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary$1001n/a
Humane World for Animals Inc$10010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10010%
Pasadena Humane$1001n/a
Spokane Shadow Youth Soccer Club$1001n/a
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$10010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10010%
Assumption Church$1001n/a
American Warfighters$10010%
Catch Spokane$10010%
Vertical Raise Np Inc$1001n/a
Ferris Music Parents Association$10010%
St John Vianney Catholic Parish Spokane Valley$1001n/a
The Asher House$10010%
Inland Northwest Girls Hockey Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Mission Pre-Born Inc$1001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Ram Nation Boosters$1001n/a
Sunset Elementary PTO$1001n/a
Shoshone County Horsemens Association$901n/a
Airway Heights Foursquare Church$801n/a
Idaho Animal Rescue Network$601n/a
Holy Family Catholic School Foundation$552n/a
Epilepsy Foundation of America$5110%
Spokane Nordic Ski Association$5010%
Mercy Corps$5010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$5010%
Progress Elementary PTA$401n/a
Hayden Canyon Charter School Inc$4010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$3510%
Friends of Kexp$3010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$2610%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$2610%
Pounce Alliance$251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 279 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Avista Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $1,148,300 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetUnited Way of Spokane County: $418,006 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCorporation of Gonzaga University: $277,375 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $236,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWashington State University Foundation: $198,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSpokane Symphony Society: $171,105 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSecond Harvest Inland Northwest: $149,431 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPullman Regional Hospital Foundation: $136,600 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetUnited Human Services of Se Alaska: $125,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetWhitworth University: $120,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInland Northwest Land Trust: $113,997 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFriends of Ksps: $99,760 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVanessa Behan: $53,511 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association: $53,030 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Jackson County Inc: $53,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Promise of Spokane: $51,100 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCheney Depot Society: $50,600 over 3y, 28% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $47,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of North Idaho Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $43,020 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAsotin County Library Foundation: $42,978 over 5y, 53% of budgetSpokane Parks Foundation: $41,750 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSpruce Root Inc: $39,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHip of Spokane County Dba Community Minded Enterprises: $37,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMaddie's Place: $36,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Spokane County: $34,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPartners Inland Northwest: $33,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSpokane Eastside Reunion Association: $32,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetNortheast Youth Center: $30,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAsante Foundation: $30,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInland Northwest Farmers Market Association: $30,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetTwin County United Way Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetIdaho Central Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCarl Maxey Center: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSpokane Hoopfest Association: $28,200 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLewis-Clark State College Foundation Inc: $27,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIdaho Foodbank Warehouse: $27,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTerrain Programs: $27,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCDAIDE Inc: $26,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetWomen Helping Women Fund: $26,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSpokane Neighborhood Action Partners: $25,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMid-City Concerns Inc: $25,135 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCareer Path Services Employment and Training: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Juneau: $25,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetInvested: $23,350 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetThe Big Table: $23,030 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWomen & Children's Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen: $23,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Innovia FoundationWA146.7× affinity270 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Innovia Foundation · Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable Foundation · Numerica Credit Union · Second Harvest Inland Northwest · Women Helping Women Fund · Project Beauty Share · Empire Health Foundation · United Way of Spokane County · Multicare Health System · Pierce Charitable Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Better Health Together · Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The Avista Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Avista Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Avista Foundation

How much does The Avista Foundation give?
The Avista Foundation reported 577 grants totaling $2,243,054 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 401 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Avista Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Philanthropy (9%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are The Avista Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Eastern Washington University Foundation ($1.1M), United Way of Spokane County ($418k), Corporation of Gonzaga University ($277k).
Does The Avista Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Avista Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Avista Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Innovia Foundation, Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable Foundation, Numerica Credit Union.
Where is The Avista Foundation based?
The Avista Foundation is based in WA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 940 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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