Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation Opens Large Impact Grant Season June 1st
“The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation will open its Large Impact Grant Season on June 1, 2023” announced Desiree Prohaska, Executive Vice President & Chief Wealth Management Officer of Idaho Trust Bank, Trustee of the Foundation.
Large Impact Grants are intended for requests of $25,000 to $100,000. The large Impact Grant application will be available on the Foundation’s website at lewisclarkhealth.org beginning June 1, 2023. Impact Grant applications are due by July 31, 2023.
“In 2022, the Foundation awarded 15 Large Impact Grants totaling over $815,000 to area nonprofit agencies and this year we are looking forward to continue to offer funding to initiatives that meet the Foundation charitable purpose,” said Desiree Prohaska.
Priority for these grants are given to applicants that demonstrate a commitment to long-term vision and projects that address the root causes that affect health, improve wellness, and help prevent disease. Grant applications can be for capital expenditures, operating expenses as well as for existing or new programs that are within the nine-county area.
The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation funds grants to promote the health, wellness, and disease prevention of persons in a three-state, nine-county area, as follows: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce in Idaho; Asotin, Garfield and Whitman in Washington; and Wallowa in Oregon.
The Foundation’s Impact Grants will not fund endowments, scholarships, or fundraising events, or to cover operation deficits or the retirement of debt. The grants also won’t fund ongoing expenses being a single grant award or redistribution of the Foundation’s funds through sub- grants. Multi-year grants also are excluded from eligibility.
Starting in August, a Board of Community Advisors to the Foundation will review the Impact Grant applications and make grant award recommendations to the Trustee. The Trustee will notify the organizations that are selected for funding prior to November 15, 2023.
“St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center was established and grew through the work of generations of hard working local citizens, doctors, administrators, nurses and staff. The Board of Community Advisors is honored to help carry on that tradition by funding grants to area non- profits to help improve the health of local residents,” stated Joe Travis, Chairman of the Board of Community Advisors.
The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation was established in 2017 by Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden as part of the sale of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center by Ascension Health to RCCH Healthcare Partners. Those eligible to apply for grants are nonprofit tax-exempt organizations with 501(c)(3) classification from the IRS, and governmental entities or government or public organizations described in I.R.C. § 170(c)(1) (political subdivisions of a state or federal government) or I.R.C. § 511(a)(2)(B) (state colleges and universities), even if it is not described in I.R.C. § 501(c)(3), provided that any grant to such governmental or public organization must be made exclusively for charitable purposes as described in I.R.C. § 170(c)(2)(B), subject to any additional limitations under 26 C.F.R. § 53.4945-5(a)(4), or corresponding provisions of any subsequent Federal tax laws. Applications must be for health, wellness, or disease prevention to qualify.
Idaho Trust Bank administers the Foundation as its Trustee.
For more information on the Foundation or the grant process, visit the Foundation’s website or contact Idaho Trust Bank at 208-664-6448.