Spokane Symphony and Fox Theater Endowment Fund

Spokane Symphony Associates

Spokane, WA

The Spokane Symphony Associates organization (SSA) believes that having a symphony orchestra in Spokane enhances the quality of life in the community. We also believe that a volunteer organization is necessary to ensure the growth and vitality of a symphony orchestra. To this end, SSA exists to provide, through its own activities, financial and volunteer support for the Spokane Symphony. In addition, the organization provides educational and involvement opportunities for the community. SSA is unique in these services.

Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation

Spokane, WA

The Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation mainly funds capital projects in civic, arts, cultural, and educational areas, with occasional general support. Its 2024 grants ranged from $25,000 to $250,000, with a median of $75,000, for projects within The Spokesman-Review’s circulation area. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Welty Foundation Inc

Spokane, WA

The Selinger-Shone Foundation

Spokane, WA

The Selinger-Shone Foundation supports health care, hunger relief, education, public media, and the arts, with nearly all recent grant dollars going to Washington organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $71,000, with a median of $1,000. It accepts written requests that explain the intended use of funds and include proof of exempt status; no deadline is stated.

The George F Jewett Foundation

St. Paul, MN

The George F Jewett Foundation supports arts, education, community, food assistance, and conservation organizations; its 2024 grants ranged from $10,000 to $100,000, with a median of $25,000. Most 2024 funding went to organizations in Washington and California, with smaller amounts in Virginia and Oregon. It accepts no unsolicited requests and funds only preselected organizations.

IBM International Foundation

Armonk, NY

The IBM International Foundation funds education and workforce programs that build 21st-century and technology job skills, including initiatives for underserved students and job seekers. Its 2024 grants ranged from $10,000 to $8.48 million, with a median of $100,000, and went to organizations across several U.S. states, especially Delaware and Massachusetts. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Bergquist Foundation

Spokane, WA

The Bergquist Foundation supports charitable organizations in human services, homelessness, child and family support, parks, and arts and culture, primarily in Washington, with some grants in Idaho. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,500 to $40,000, with a median of $7,500. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Spokane Teachers Credit Union

Liberty Lake, WA

STCU’s Here for Good Foundation supports eligible nonprofits and public schools in Eastern and Central Washington, the Tri-Cities, North Idaho, and Eastern Oregon, focusing on education, arts and culture, and economic development. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,020 to $1,010,000, with a median of $15,000. It accepts applications from eligible organizations through its online process.

Hagan Foundation

Newman Lake, WA

The Hagan Foundation funds K–20 educational programs for children, including projects in career and technical education, arts, math, and technology, in Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman counties in Eastern Washington. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $40,718, with a median of $10,000. It accepts applications through a formal grant process; the 2025 window is closed and is expected to reopen in 2026.

Synchrony Foundation

Stamford, CT

In 2024, Synchrony Foundation supported charitable organizations across workforce development, education, financial assistance, and giving, with grants ranging from $150 to $2.6 million and a median of $10,000. Its largest shares of grant funding went to Connecticut, New York, and South Carolina, followed by the District of Columbia and New Jersey; it does not accept unsolicited requests and funds preselected organizations only.

Innovia Foundation

Spokane, WA

Innovia Foundation funds nonprofits and community projects focused on health and wellbeing, education and youth, economic opportunity, quality of life, and arts and culture, primarily in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Its 2026 Community Grant awards were capped at $15,000, with most expected to be about $7,500; the application cycle has closed. It accepts applications through its grant programs, but the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Avista Foundation

Spokane, WA

The Avista Foundation supports 501(c)(3) nonprofits working in education, basic needs and poverty, and economic and cultural vitality. Its 2025 grants had a median of $1,000, though awards ranged from $20 to $350,000, and it serves communities in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, parts of southern Oregon, Sanders County, Montana, and Juneau, Alaska.