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:
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 * Chris Quinn * Peggy Schnell
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 2023, WGA awarded three $25,000 Grants along with 2 Finalist Awards of $5,000 each. Individually Designated Gifts in 2023 were $19,750 for a total of $104,750 in grant gifting in 2023.
Nonprofits selected by our members for their Individually Designated Gifts
2023
$19,750
​
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