FOURTEEN YEARS OF GIVING. OVER $270,000 GRANTED
Adventure Learning - a Circle grantee - introduces young people to incredible places and to resources within themselves
2020:: $21,880 (Focus: Championing Women and Girls)
*Welcome Table: $1,500 to fund one monthly meal prepared by a female chef with participation from local women's groups.
*Backyard Harvest: $2,000 to recruit more women to participate in gleaning and gardening activities on the Palouse.
*Food Not Bombs of the Palouse: $5,000 increase capacity to address food insecurity during the pandemic.
*Latah County Historical Society: $2,000 for women's suffrage event series.
*Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre: $2,500 for a "Directed by Women" film series.
*Moscow's Distinguished Young Women: $500 to match fundraising by participants.
*Moscow Affordable Housing Trust: $1,000 to expand funding for local affordable housing projects.
*Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute: $1,500 to continue STEM day-camp programming for girls.
*Scouts BSA Troop #333: $1,500 to fund gear, camp fees, and leadership training.
*University of Idaho Women's Center: $3,000 to provide menstrual hygiene and sexual health products to students at no cost.
*Idaho Firewise: $1,380 to establish a experiential learning program for middle school-aged girls.
2019:: $20,000 (Focus: Building Circles of Well-Being)
*Backyard Harvest :: $1,400 to expand
*Disability Action Center :: $2,500 to purchase additional temporary ramp structures to assist those with mobility challenges
*Friends of Phillips Farm :: $3,000 to bring on an activities and event coordinator
*Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre :: $2,000 for accessibility and lighting improvements in the theatre
*Latah Recovery Center :: $1,200 to stock healthy, shelf stable food for those in need at the center
*Palouse Land Trust :: $2,000 for an accessible entrance platform and ramp at Idler's Rest Nature Preserve
*Palouse Pathways :: $1,000 to support training of student mentors
*Palouse Prairie Charter School :: $1,000 towards the 2020 build of a canoe for the River Warriors Society
*PCEI :: $1,400 to assist with tuition, supply and staffing needs for the summer STREAM camp for young ladies
*Pritchard Art Gallery :: $1,000 to support the installation and showing of the Zimoun art exhibit
*Scouts BSA Troop #333 :: $1,000 to support gear needs of Moscow's first all-female scout troop
*St. Vincent De Paul :: $2,500 for emergency housing and rent support for those in need in the community
2018:: $22,000 (Focus: Inclusivity: Expanding our Circles)
*artAbility :: $2,000 to host professionally-led arts workshops for adults with disabilities
*Families Together :: $1,700 to host summer camp for kids with disabilities and their peers
*Friendly Neighbors :: $350 for postage and materials for an outreach campaign to connect with seniors in need
*KRFP Radio Free Moscow :: $2,000 to replace aging equipment
*Moscow Central Lions Club :: $429 to replace an accessible swing in Lions Park
*Palouse Bicycle Collective :: $1,950 to build a secure storage and workspace shed
*Backyard Harvest :: $3,700 to support the Fresh Bucks program and the Moscow Farmers Market and for production of outreach materials to connect with more families in need in our community
*Humane Society of the Palouse :: $2,550 to support the SNAP (Spay and Neuter Assistance Program) that empowers low-income residents to be responsible pet owners
*UI Library & College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences:: $2,600 toward the digital archive of the Statewide LGBTQ Oral History Project
*Moscow Charter School Marimba Club:: $1,450 to host community workshops and concerts to share the aarts and culture of Zimbabwe
*Friends of Philips Farm:: $3,000 to provide scholarships to summer science camp
2017 :: $27,043 (Focus: Capacity Building)
*Alternative Giving Market of the Palouse :: $1,580 to provide a dedicated laptop for the market, improve the website, and create a more robust and usable database.
*Heart of the Arts (Moscow Nonprofit Roundtable) :: $5,000 to bring professional fundraisier and nonprofit developer Susan Howlett to Moscow for board and NPO staff development training.
*Kenworthy Performing Arts Theatre :: $5,563 for purchase and installation of technology for closed captioning and audio devices for disabled guests.
*Latah County Historical Society :: $2,500 for a paid internship position for a college student interested in museum science.
*Palouse Land Trust :: $6,400 to support a joint management position to care for the Dave Skinner Ecological Preserve.
*St. Vincent DePaul :: $5,000 for heating assistance to low-income residents of Latah County.
*Weekend Food for Kids :: $1,000 to provide fresh food and fruit to children in need.
2016 :: $24,031 (Focus: social justice)
* CHAS Clinic :: $4,931 to support their prescription drug voucher program for one year
* Alliance House :: $2,330 to replace the aging electrical service group home that provides housing for up to 6 individuals living with mental illness
* Disability Action Center :: $3,000 to purchase 1-2 modular ramps available for loan
* Russell Elementary School STEAM Room :: $1,300 to purchase 2 ipads to support exploration and experimentation in STEAM-related fields.
* Palouse PAWS :: $2,470 to build capacity for additional human/animal comfort visits
* Palouse Pathways :: $1,000 to create college inspiration programs at each of the seven libraries in Latah County
* Backyard Harvest :: $4,000 to hire an Outreach and Partnerships Coordinator to increase donation and distribution of fresh produce to low income community members.
* Latah Trail Foundation :: $1,500 to make vault toilets along the Latah Trail ADA accessible
* PFLAG Moscow :: $2,000 to create "Rainbow Pages," a directory of local businesses that are safe and welcoming spaces
* Festival Dance :: $1,500 to provide a cultural Youthreach educational program to 600+ Latah County students for free
2015 :: $18,400 (Focus: collaborative efforts between multiple nonprofits)
- Moscow High School Special Ed: To purchase food supplies for the Special Ed cooking program.
- Family Promise + Habitat for Humanity: To offer financial literacy courses for low-income families
- PCEI + Good Sam + Adventure Club: To offer 20 four-hour programs engaging youth with elders in a natural outdoor setting.
- Palouse Land Trust: To ensure the long‐term stewardship of the largest and best remaining patches of Palouse Prairie in the region.
- Families Together + Idaho Self-Advocate Leadership Network: The 2016 Disability Film Festival
- Latah County Library: To purchase take-home Maker Kits and offer Make It @ Your Library programs
2014 :: $21,000 (Focus: Food insecurity)
- Family Promise: Salary for a case manager. Family Promise provides shelter, meals, and counseling/training for homeless families with children.
- Friendly Neighbors: To provide home delivered meals to seniors.
- Moscow High School + Moscow Middle School: Support for the Backpack weekend meals program that sends food home with students who are at risk of not having access to adequate food over the weekend.
- Backyard Harvest: “Shop the Market” program which allows the use of SNAP at area Farmers Markets.
- Palouse Cares: Funding to purchase high-protein food items and crock-pots for food pantries and educational/outreach items.
2013 :: $18,240
- Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse: To buy and implement evidence-based curriculum focused on healthy teen dating and relationships.
- Palouse Habitat for Humanity: To purchase a locking trailer to store and transport tools needed for a new program, repairing homes of low-income community members.
- Latah Trail Foundation: To support continued maintenance and promotion of the Latah Trail, including a new website with information to help community members and visitors enjoy the trail.
- Moscow High School Special Education: To rent the 1912 Center's kitchen twice a week to teach kitchen, cooking, and independent living skills to students with special needs.
- My Own Home: To expand membership and volunteer base in the organization, which provides services to help older community members remain safely in their own homes as they age.
- Rendezvous for Kids: To support scholarships, art supplies, and workshops for children as part of Moscow's summer music festival, Rendezvous in the Park.
- Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH): To reduce fees and enable Latah County children and adults with disabilities to benefit from therapeutic horseback riding.
- Palouse Land Trust: To help bring the Executive Director from 50% to 75% of full-time to provide more time to meet with landowners and shepherd complex land transactions to completion
- Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary Learning: To support its farm-to-table lunch program and develop it into a model to be shared with other schools.
- Success by 6: To assist the free pre-school program, which provides educational, emotional and developmental support needed for school readiness.
2012 :: $25,000 (5th anniversary = Five $5,000 grants)
• Backyard Harvest: To support general operations of the organization (which provides access to fresh, healthy produce to lower income community members) during a transition year.
• Family Promise: To support the development of a chapter in our region coordinate local churches and services to provide transitional housing and services to homeless families. Our grant supports the development of a chapter in our region.
• My Own Home: To provide services to help our community’s older residents to stay in their homes independently. Our grant supports their first year of operations.
• Palouse Land Trust – preserves open space by working with landowners on conservation easements. Grant will help them grow their capacity for fundraising.
• Willow Center : To support the expansion bereavement support for children who have lost a loved one. We are supporting their expansion to Latah County.
• Family Promise: To support the development of a chapter in our region coordinate local churches and services to provide transitional housing and services to homeless families. Our grant supports the development of a chapter in our region.
• My Own Home: To provide services to help our community’s older residents to stay in their homes independently. Our grant supports their first year of operations.
• Palouse Land Trust – preserves open space by working with landowners on conservation easements. Grant will help them grow their capacity for fundraising.
• Willow Center : To support the expansion bereavement support for children who have lost a loved one. We are supporting their expansion to Latah County.
2011 :: $22,792
• Juliaetta Elementary School: To support a summer reading program
• Kenworthy Performing Arts Center: For kids' movie series
• Troy Elementary School: Science in Your Own Backyard program
• St. Vincent de Paul: To aid elderly individuals in need
• Project Access: To train professionals in mental health first aid
• Gritman Adult Day Health: Helping Hands fund
• Families Together: Educational programming for families with disabled children
• Pritchard Art Gallery: To renovate educational space in art gallery
• Kenworthy Performing Arts Center: For kids' movie series
• Troy Elementary School: Science in Your Own Backyard program
• St. Vincent de Paul: To aid elderly individuals in need
• Project Access: To train professionals in mental health first aid
• Gritman Adult Day Health: Helping Hands fund
• Families Together: Educational programming for families with disabled children
• Pritchard Art Gallery: To renovate educational space in art gallery
2010 :: $22,038
- St. Vincent de Paul: Emergency unemployment assistance
- Backyard Harvest: Harvest Share Market stand
- The Alliance House: Maintenance & repair of group home for mentally ill
- Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse: Peer support groups for survivors
- Moscow School District, Moscow Mentor/Bear Buddies Program: operational costs
- Adventure Learning Camps: Scholarship Fund
- Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship: Operating costs
- Palouse Land Trust: Hire P-T marketing & promotions staff member
- Palouse Prairie School: School-community greenhouse
- Success by 6 of the Palouse: Child passenger safety program
- McDonald Elementary School: Outdoor garden improvement
2009 :: $19,000
- Backyard Harvest
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Sojourners' Alliance
- Latah County 4-H
- Sigma Tau Delta/First Book
- Adventure Learning Camps
- Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship provides therapeutic alternatives for children and adults with various physical or mental challenges in our area
2008 :: $18,500
- St. Vincent de Paul (Moscow Conference): For emergency energy bill coverage
- Rendezvous in Moscow: To subsidize Rendezvous for Kids component
- UI Children’s Reading Program: Money for 20 kids, a years’ worth of tutorial services
- UI Sustainable Campus Move-Out Program: “Reuse Made Easy” to salvage waste from spring waste at UI, store and sell
- Troy Elementary School: Environmental science camp for 6th graders for 4 days
- Palouse Youth Hockey Association: Goalie gear for kids that is shared and scholarships
- West Park Elementary: To repair unsafe playground equipment
