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The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation has opened the large Impact Grant Season. Large Impact Grants are intended for requests of $25,000 to $100,000. The large Impact Grant application is available on the Foundation’s website at lewisclarkhealth.org and are due by July 31.

Priority for these grants are given to nonprofit or government agency 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 or 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, 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.

For more information on the Foundation or the grant process, visit the Foundation’s website or contact Idaho Trust Bank at 208-664-6448.