{"id":922756,"date":"2025-12-29T12:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/avista-foundation-awards-76-grants-supporting-environmental-efforts-arts-and-culture-across-the-northwest\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:03:06","slug":"avista-foundation-awards-76-grants-supporting-environmental-efforts-arts-and-culture-across-the-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/avista-foundation-awards-76-grants-supporting-environmental-efforts-arts-and-culture-across-the-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Avista Foundation awards 76 grants supporting environmental efforts, arts and culture across the Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\nSo far this year, the Avista Foundation has awarded more than $832,350 in grants<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>SPOKANE, Wash., Dec.  29, 2025  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; In its third and fourth quarters of 2025, the Avista Foundation awarded a combined $336,150 in grants to 76 nonprofit organizations across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, and Montana. These grants support a diverse range of environmental, arts and culture initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunity is built every day by those who give their time, energy, and care to others. Their service is a testament to the resilience and generosity that define our region, and the Avista Foundation is grateful for the chance to support this important work,\u201d said Kristine Meyer, Avista Foundation Executive Director.<\/p>\n<p>A few highlights from these grant cycles include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">\n          <strong>Washington:<\/strong> In Spokane, <strong>Friends of KSPS<\/strong> received support to expand arts and culture education. The grant awarded to <strong>Spokane Word<\/strong> will help amplify the voices and perspectives of immigrant and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) youth.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">\n          <strong>Idaho:<\/strong> The <strong>Festival at Sandpoint<\/strong> will use its funding to make the arts more accessible through its Community Night. The <strong>Idaho Trails Association<\/strong> is engaging youth in outdoor stewardship and trail programs with support from the Avista Foundation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">\n          <strong>Oregon:<\/strong><br \/>\n          <strong>Ross Ragland Theater &amp; Cultural Center <\/strong>will use its award to keep inspiring young minds with a science camp, and <strong>Klamath KID Center<\/strong> is providing safe, enriching spaces for children thanks to Avista Foundation support.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">\n          <strong>Alaska:<\/strong> With its grant, the <strong>Alaska Development Corporation<\/strong> will continue its work to create affordable housing through a community land trust in Juneau, and <strong>Perseverance Theatre<\/strong> will continue bringing youth voices to the stage.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">\n          <strong>Montana:<\/strong><br \/>\n          <strong>Friends of Whitepine Grange<\/strong> will use its grant to continue enhancing rural community life with its picnic pavilion. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full list of <strong>third-quarter awards<\/strong> includes the following:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width:60%;width:60%;min-width:60%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Name<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:20%;width:20%;min-width:20%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>State<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"max-width:20%;width:20%;min-width:20%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Award<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington State Opportunity Scholarship<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$12,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Alaska Development Corporation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Alaska<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Anna Schindler Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Appaloosa Museum and Heritage Center Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Big Table<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Colville Rotary Charitable Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Clearwater Community Complex<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Friends of Lake Spokane Parks<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$7,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Friends of Parks and Recreation in Asotin County<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Friends of Phillips Farm<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Friends of Whitepine Grange<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Montana<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Gina Quesenberry Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Community-Minded Enterprises<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Nuestras Ra\u00edces Centro Comunitario<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$15,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Helping Hands Healing Hearts<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Hills and Rivers Housing Trust<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Kaniksu Land Trust<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">KTOO<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Alaska<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Klamath Kid Center<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Oregon<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Launchpad Inland Northwest Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Lewiston-Clarkton Partners Habitat for Humanity<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Libraries of Stevens County Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Morning Star Boys Ranch<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Moscow Contemporary<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Next Generation Hair Academy<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$7,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Operation Healthy Family<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Our Place Community Outreach<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Re*Imagine Medical Lake<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$4,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Public Library Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Public Radio<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">SpokAnimal C.A.R.E.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Business Impact NW<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Southeast Alaska Independent Living<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Alaska<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Humane Society<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Our Kids Our Business (OKOB)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$12,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Pride<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Zero Waste<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$6,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Teen and Kid Closet<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$4,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">The Literacy Project of North Idaho<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Thrive International<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$3,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">WA-ID Volunteer Center<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Whitman County Historical Society<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">YMCA of the Inland Northwest &#8211;<br \/>Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Third Quarter Total:<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong><br \/>\n            <strong>199,900<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n        <br \/>The full list of <strong>fourth-quarter awards<\/strong> includes the following:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width:60%;width:60%;min-width:60%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Name<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:20%;width:20%;min-width:20%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>State<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"max-width:20%;width:20%;min-width:20%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Award<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Educate, Entertain &amp; Get Stuff Done (EEG)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Asians for Collective Liberation of Spokane<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">APOD Productions<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Art Salvage<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Camas Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Columbia Basin Allied Arts<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Festival at Sandpoint<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Friends of KSPS<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$20,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (FSPW)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Global Neighborhood<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Golden House Theater<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Holocaust Center for Humanity<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho Trails Association<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$3,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Library Foundation of Spokane County<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Manzanita House<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$7,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Palouse Choral Society<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Perseverance Theatre<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Alaska<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Providence Northeast Washington Hunger Coalition<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural Center<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Oregon<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Idaho<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Smith Barbieri Progressive Fund<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spark Central<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spectrum<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Arts Fund<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Children&#8217;s Theatre<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Colleges Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Folklore Society<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Public Schools Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Spokane Word<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">St. Vincent de Paul<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$7,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Terrain<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Terry Buffington Foundation<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">Washington<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">$3,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Fourth Quarter Total:<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>$<\/strong><br \/>\n            <strong>136,250<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>Organizations can check their eligibility and apply for funding at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avistafoundation.com\/home\/Pages\/default.aspx.html\" 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These grants support a diverse range of environmental, arts and culture initiatives. \u201cCommunity is built every day by those who give their time, energy, and care to others. Their service is a testament to the resilience and generosity that define our region, and the Avista Foundation is grateful for the chance to support this important work,\u201d said Kristine Meyer, Avista Foundation Executive Director. 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