Equinox Foundation announces grants

| July 25, 2018 1:00 AM

SANDPOINT — Twenty-five nonprofit organizations serving Bonner and Boundary counties of North Idaho have recently been awarded $255,020 in grants from the Equinox Foundation Fund at Innovia Foundation.

The Equinox Foundation is partnering with Innovia Foundation to provide a grant program for the benefit of communities in Bonner and Boundary counties. This family foundation was founded on the values of wisdom, integrity and environmental stewardship.

The organizations receiving grants include:

• 4-H Clubs & Affiliated 4-H Organizations: Explore 4-H Afterschool Fun, $6,000, 4-H Friday Friends;

- American Heritage Wildlife Foundation, $3,000, general operating support;

- Bonner Community Food Center, Inc., $10,000, hunger relief in North Idaho;

- Bonner County Homeless Task Force, $25,000, transitional housing case management;

- Bonner Soil and Water Conservation District, $2,000, 2019 Pend Oreille Water Festival;

- Community Cancer Services, $15,000, program services;

- Community Coalition for Families, $14,000, housing assistance;

- First Judicial District CASA Program, $10,000, Rural Advocate Training & Retention Project;

- Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, $3,000, FSPW Bonner County Trails, Stewardship, Education and Outreach Program;

- Friends of the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center, $11,420, avalanche safety education for youth;

- Gizmo-CDA, Inc., $15,000, bringing Innovation Coaching to the Boundary and Bonner School District;

- Idaho Trails Association, $10,600, North Idaho Trails;

- Inland Northwest Land Conservancy, $7,500, Lake Pend Oreille Conservation Initiative;

- North Idaho College Foundation, Inc., $4,050, Mapping Your Future – Higher Education Pathways for Boundary County Middle School Students;

- Panhandle Alliance for Education, $25,000, collaborative math classrooms for the Lake Pend Oreille School District;

- Panida Theater, $5,000, Panida Back Outer Wall Mural Project;

- Pend Oreille Arts Council, $7,450, Performing Arts Series and Ovations Educational Outreach Program;

- Priest Lake Nordic Club, Inc., $10,000, Grooming Equipment Upgrade Capital Campaign;

- Priest River Ministries, $6,000, mobile advocate;

- Sandpoint Area Seniors, Inc., $15,000, Let’s Eat!;

- Sandpoint High School Model United Nations, $5,000, SHS Model United Nations;

- Sandpoint Youth Center, $10,000, operating budget for 2018-19;

- Selkirk Conservation Alliance, $10,000, 2018 Priest Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program;

- Selkirk Outdoor Leadership & Education (SOLE), Inc., $10,000, SnowSchool: affordable access to intentional and transformational education experiences outdoors;

- Trinity Lutheran Church, $15,000, BOCO Backpack Program – weekend supplemental food for school-age children.