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Grant Fund Awards

The Women's Gift Alliance (WGA) is a nonprofit membership organization affiliated with the Idaho Community Foundation. WGA does not limit funding to women's causes but strives to address a broad range of community needs. Of the annual membership donations:

 

  • Half are pooled and distributed through a grant solicitation and selection process.

  • The remaining half is equally divided between Individually Designated Gifts and the WGA Endowment Fund.

 

The WGA awards annual grants through a collaborative selection process directed by its membership. The Grant Committee identifies and requests proposals from organizations that make a significant community impact and demonstrate one or more of the following criteria:

Calm Sea

FROM OUR RECIPIENTS

“Thank you so much for your wonderful donation. We couldn't do this without you!"

— Amy Privitt,

Executive Director, Cup of Grace

Recipient of $25,000 Pooled Fund Grant 2020

Grant CRITERIA

  • Address a community problem

  • Enrich the fabric of the community

  • Foster collaboration or partnerships

  • Create a bold new venture

Grant committee  Co-Chairs

Allie Lee and Chris Quinn

The Grant Committee, composed of generally 20 volunteers and 3 co-chairs, meets, reviews, and discusses each proposal. Financial statements of finalist organizations are reviewed, and WGA teams visit applicants on-site. 

Finalist proposals from local nonprofits are placed on a ballot and voted on by the entire membership. All Pooled Fund Grants are locally distributed within Kootenai County.

 

The award amount is dependent on the size of the Pooled Fund each year. The WGA's first grant, in the amount of $26,000, was awarded in July of 2005. In 202,4 WGA awarded three $30,000 Grants along with 2 Finalist Awards of $5,000 each. Individually Designated Gifts in 2024 were $20,000 for a total of $12,000 in grant gifting in 2024.

Lake Landscape
Individually Designated Gifts 2024

Nonprofits selected by our members for their Individually Designated Gifts.
$20,000 donated in 2024.

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Birds of Prey Northwest

Boys & Girls Club of North Idaho

Camp Fire USA Inland Northwest Council 

Candlelight Christian Fellowship

CDAIDE

Charity Reimagined

Children’s Village Foundation

Couer d'Alene Adventist Church

Couer d'Alene Public Library Foundation

Couer d'Alene Summer Theatre Endowment Fund

Couer d'Alene Symphony Orchestra, Inc.

Companions Animal Center (formerly Kootenai Humane Society)

DS Connections NW

Emerge CDA

Family Promise of North Idaho

First Judicial District CASA, Inc.

Fraser School

Gizmo-CDA, Inc.

Good Samaritan Rehabilitation, Inc.

Hospice of North Idaho

Human Rights Education Institute

Inland Northwest Land Conservancy

Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center

JW Memorial Foundation

Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations

Lake City Playhouse

Mckinney-Vento Program/CDA School District

National Alliance on Mental Illness Couer d'Alene

Newby-ginnings of North Idaho Inc.

North Idaho AIDs Coalition

Northern Idaho Crisis Center

On Site for Seniors

One More Time

Open Arms Real Choices Clinic

Orchard Ridge Senior Living

P.E.O. Chapter AG, Idaho Scholarship Fund

Planned Parenthood of Greater Wash. and North Idaho

Post Falls Senior Center

Safe Passage

Safety Net Inland Northwest

Salvation Army Kroc Center Coeur d'Alene

Schneidmiller House Hospice of North Idaho

St. Thomas The Apostle Food Kitchen

The Literacy Project of North Idaho

The Women's Center (Safe Passage)

Union Gospel Mission Center for Women and Children

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Women's Gift Alliance

PO Box 98

Hayden, ID  83835

info@womensgiftalliance.org

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The mission of WGA

is to pool the talents and resources of women

in Kootenai County to provide meaningful financial support to a broad range of

charitable, cultural and educational projects

within our community.

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