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:
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Half are pooled and distributed through a grant solicitation and selection process.
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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
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 North Idaho.
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 2022, WGA awarded three $25,000 Grants along with 2 Finalist Awards of $5,000 each. Individually Designated Gifts in 2022 were $19,500 for a total of $104,500 in grant gifting in 2022.
 Music Conservatory$25,000 Pooled Fund Grant Award given in 2021 |  CDAIDE$25,000 Pooled Fund Grant Award given in 2021 |  Office Moms-Dads$25,000 Pooled Fund Grant Award given in 2021 |
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 Birds of Prey NW$5,000 Finalist Award given in 2021 |  On Site for Seniors$5,000 Finalist Award given in 2021 |  Cup of Grace$25,000 Pooled Fund Grant Award given in 2020 |
 Children's Village$25,000 Pooled Fund Grant Award given in 2020 |  First Judicial CASA$25,000 Pooled Fund Grant Award given in 2020 |  Emerge CDA$5,000 Finalist Award given in 2020 |
 Growing the Stem$5,000 Finalist Award given in 2020 |  Rathdrum Senior$5,000 Finalist Award given in 2020 |  Kaleidoscope$5,000 Finalist Award given in 2020 |
 Museum of NI$5,000 Finalist Award given in 2020 |
Nonprofits selected by our members for their Individually Designated Gifts
2022
$19,500
Alternative Pet Rescue
Birds of Prey Northwest
Books for Tots
Boys & Girls Club of North Idaho
Camp Fire USA Northwest Council Sweyolakan
CASA
CDAIDE
Celebrate Inc., dba Out of the Shadows Theater
Children’s Village
Companions Animal Center (formerly Kootenai Humane Society)
DS Connections NW
Family Promise of North Idaho
Georgia Health Sciences Foundation
Hayden Senior Center
Hope Reins Foundation
Hospice of North Idaho
Human Rights Education Institute
​Inland Northwest Opera
International Eye Institute
Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center
KEA Water Keeper Program Expansion and Outreach
Lewis-Clark State College Foundation, Gene and Virginia Leach Scholarship Fund
Literacy Project of North Idaho
Love Inc. Of Kootenai County
Matt's Place Foundation
Museum of North Idaho
Newby-ginnings of North Idaho Inc.
North Idaho College Foundation, Adult Ed Center
On Site for Seniors
Open Arms Real Choices Clinic
Orchard Ridge
Planned Parenthood of Greater Wash. and North Idaho
Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest
Post Falls Food Bank
Rathdrum Lions Club Foundation
S H E Style Her Empowered
Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center
Safety net
Salvation Army Kroc Center (The Well)
Salvation Army Kroc Coeur d'Alene
Second Chance Pet Rescue
The Village at Orchard Ridge
Together Women Rise - Hayden Idaho chapter
UGM Center for Women and Children