The Idaho Community Foundation’s North Regional Council has selected 61 community organizations to receive more than $245,000 through its Forever Idaho grant cycle.
Grantees are from or will work in Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone counties.
To provide maximum flexibility, the grants can be used to meet the greatest needs of recipients, a change from previous years when grants were given for specific projects.
“We recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many of our nonprofit partners to change their plans,” said Cara Walker, ICF’s Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer. “We want to support the work of our trusted partners as they navigate these challenging times.”
Grants are categorized by the Idaho Community Foundation’s Areas of Impact – family homelessness and basic needs, mental health and health, educational opportunities and access to services. A “greatest need” category is for work that falls outside the Areas of Impact.
This year’s recipients of the Forever Idaho Grant Cycle are:
ADA COUNTY BarNone, Inc. – $3,500 to address family homelessness and basic needs in north Idaho
BENEWAH COUNTY BetterCare – $5,000 to address mental health and health
BetterCare – $2,200 to address family homelessness and basic needs
East Benewah Council for Aging, Inc. – $2,406 to address mental health and health
Hughes House Historical Society – $749 for educational opportunities
Snake River Community Clinic – $3,850 to address mental health and health
Upriver Community United, Inc. – $5,000 for greatest needs
Upriver Community United, Inc. – $4,815 to address family homelessness and basic needs
BONNER COUNTY Community Health Association of Spokane – $4,398 to address mental health and health
Food For Our Children, Inc. – $5,000 to address mental health and health
Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, Inc – $3,500 for educational opportunities
Panhandle Alliance for Education – $3,000 for educational opportunities
Priest River Ministries, Inc – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Sandpoint Youth Center Inc – $4,690 to address family homelessness and basic needs
The American Red Cross – $5,000 to provide access to services
West Bonner County School District 83 – $3,000 for educational opportunities
BOUNDARY COUNTY Boundary Community Hospital – $6,463 to provide access to services
Boundary County Bike and Pedestrian Trail Committee, Inc. – $6,463 for educational opportunities
CLEARWATER COUNTY City of Weippe – $1,500 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Orofino 4-H – $2,630 for educational opportunities
IDAHO COUNTY City of Kooskia – $3,212 for greatest needs
Grangeville High School – $4,575 for greatest needs
Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc. – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
The Kids Klub, Inc. – $5,000 for educational opportunities
KOOTENAI COUNTY Canvas Community Outreach – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Children's Village, Inc. – $5,000 to provide access to services
Consolidated Free Library District – $5,000 for educational opportunities
Family Promise of North Idaho – $3,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Gizmo-CdA, Inc – $5,000 for educational opportunities
Hospice of North Idaho – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Human Rights Education Institute – $5,000 for educational opportunities
Idaho Diaper Bank Inc – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc. – $3,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Kaleidoscope Community Services, Inc. – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Kaniksu Land Trust – $5,000 for educational opportunities
Lake Pend Oreille School District #084 – $5,000 for educational opportunities
North Idaho College Foundation, Inc. – $2,544 for educational opportunities
Northwest Infant Survival and SIDS Alliance – $3,600 for educational opportunities
Saint Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau – $3,570 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Second Harvest Inland Northwest – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
The Women's Center, Inc. – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
LATAH COUNTY Community Library Network – $3,204 to provide access to services
Families Together for People with Disabilities – $3,751 for greatest needs
Family Promise of the Palouse – $2,000 to provide access to services
Latah Recovery Community Center, Inc. – $2,400 to address mental health and health
St. Vincent de Paul Society, St Francis of Assisi Moscow Conference – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. – $5,000 for educational opportunities
LEWIS COUNTY Lewis County Extension – $2,000 for educational opportunities
NEZ PERCE COUNTY Boys & Girls Club of the Lewis Clark Valley, Inc. – $3,000 for educational opportunities
Community Cancer Services – $5,000 to address mental health and health
Interlink, Inc. – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Lewiston-Clarkston Partners Habitat for Humanity – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Northwest Idaho Children's Home, Inc. – $5,000 to address mental health and health
Opportunities Unlimited Inc. – $5,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
Southwick Community Center – $3,000 for greatest needs
Willow Center, Inc. – $3,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
SHOSHONE COUNTY Kellogg Public Library – $1,575 for educational opportunities
Shoshone County Women's Resource Center – $3,155 to address family homelessness and basic needs
St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau – $2,000 to address family homelessness and basic needs
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The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation has selected 10 grant requests totaling more than $77,000 for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho. Grant recipients are:
City of Aberdeen (Bingham County) – $5,000 to purchase two flagpoles, flowers and a bench, honoring veterans and other public servants from Aberdeen.
City of Malad (Oneida County) – $4,500 to remove the existing horseshoe pits in Malad City Park and build new, modern ones along with benches for observers and players at the horseshoe pits.
City of Pocatello (Bannock County) – $10,000 to enhance and light a pathway.
City of Pocatello - Parks and Recreation Department and Portneuf Valley Pride (Bannock County) – $20,000 to complete beautification of a traffic island at the intersection of Garret Way, North Main Extension and Hawthorne Road.
City of Soda Springs Public Library (Caribou County) – $10,000 to beautify the exterior of the library and replace a memorial bench.
Family Services Alliance of Southeast Idaho (Bannock County) – $10,000 to provide a trauma-informed and comfortable outdoor play therapy and counseling space for people who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking.
Health West, Inc. (Bannock County) – $10,000 to complete the landscape design for the exterior of the newly remodeled American Falls Clinic.
North Gem Education Foundation (Caribou County) – $2,858 to provide improvements inside and outside North Gem School that will support good mental health, pleasurable surroundings and provide a positive environment for students to gather outside of classes.
Pocatello Art Center (Bannock County) – $5,000 to create a lighted garden patio space to beautify the area behind the Art Center.
Nick Ifft was the publisher of the Idaho State Journal newspaper in Pocatello from 1966 until 1984. He and his wife Sara Ifft moved their family foundation to the Idaho Community Foundation in 2001 and since then it has funded more than $2 million in projects in southeast Idaho. Nick died in 2003 and Sara passed away in 2017.
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