Avista Contribution to Significantly Boost Avista Foundation Endowment
Donation helps sustain support for communities served by Avista Utilities. Combined giving since January 2005 totals over $2 million.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Feb. 8, 2006, 3:00 p.m. PST:  Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA) has announced its contribution of $750,000 to the endowment of the Avista Foundation, the charitable giving vehicle for Avista Utilities. The contribution increases the value of the Avista Foundation endowment by more than 25 percent to approximately $3.2 million. Earnings from the endowment are awarded to non-profit organizations for the benefit of citizens in communities served by Avista Utilities.

In making the announcement, Scott Morris, president of Avista Utilities, said the contribution to the Foundation will benefit communities in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and southern Oregon not just for today, but for the future as well.

“Supporting our communities in meaningful ways has been a core value for our company throughout its 117-year history. We believe that careful, purposeful philanthropy is smart business. When a community’s people thrive, the businesses that serve them also thrive,” said Morris. “By building the endowment, we strengthen the grant-making capacity of the Avista Foundation and sustain the company’s legacy of supporting the communities we serve.”

In 2005, the combined charitable giving by Avista Utilities and the Avista Foundation totaled nearly $1.3 million with about 70 percent of the total directed to health and human service organizations serving the most vulnerable citizens in the three-state service area of Avista Utilities. Part of the 2005 giving included $565,000 to Project Share, an emergency energy assistance fund managed by community action agencies throughout the region that provides assistance to pay for any type of heating fuel, including electric, coal, wood, propane and natural gas.

Morris said Avista funds its charitable contributions from shareholder earnings, which does not impact customer rates.

Avista’s legacy of community support also extends to its employees who donated approximately 163,000 hours of community service over the past three years. Employees volunteered in a variety of ways including as reading mentors to at-risk students; working in the company’s community garden; serving as coaches, scouting leaders, classroom volunteers; and delivering meals to home-bound individuals.

About the Avista Foundation:

Since its founding in 2002, the Avista Foundation, the charitable giving vehicle for Avista Corp., has awarded 344 grants totaling almost $295,000 to non-profit organizations in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, southern Oregon and Sanders County, Mont. The Foundation focuses its giving in the areas of:

• education – K-12 education particularly in the fields of science, math and technology; and higher education including scholarships
• vulnerable and limited income populations – providing assistance to those on limited incomes and support for initiatives to reduce poverty
• economic and cultural vitality – supporting projects that help communities and citizens to grow and prosper.

Included in the Avista Foundation is a matching gifts program for the employees of Avista Corp. launched in January 2005.

Information on the Avista Foundation is available at www.avistafoundation.org

About Avista:

Avista Corp. is an energy company involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses. Avista Utilities is a company operating division that provides service to 330,000 electric and 285,000 natural gas customers in three western states. Avista’s non-regulated subsidiaries include Avista Advantage (www.avistaadvantage.com) and Avista Energy (www.avistaenergy.com) . Avista Corp.’s stock is traded under the ticker symbol “AVA.”  For more information about Avista, please visit www.avistacorp.com.

Avista Foundation Awards Fourth Quarter Grants
Foundation awards more than $115,000 in 2005

SPOKANE, Wash. – Dec. 9, 2005:  The Avista Foundation announces the awarding of fourth quarter 2005 grants totaling $31,440 to 52 non-profit organizations, 45 of which are regional food banks.

“Many families in our region are facing additional financial challenges this winter with extremely cold temperatures and rising energy costs,” said Anne Marie Axworthy, president and chairman of the board of the Avista Foundation. “Our regional food banks provide vital services for families who find themselves needing an extra hand. The Avista Foundation wanted to do what it could to help by contributing over $17,000 in the fourth quarter to our area food banks.” 

Organizations and/or programs selected for funding in the fourth quarter by the Avista Foundation’s board of directors are:

• Greater St. Joe Development Foundation/Timber Plus, St. Maries, Idaho  - $2,000 for updating a business and community profile brochure for the St. Joe, Idaho area.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest, Spokane, Wash. - $6,000 in support of their regional food services.
• Snake River Community Clinic, Lewiston, Idaho - $7,500 for medical supplies and pharmaceuticals for low-income, uninsured and medically needy patients served by the Clinic.
• Spokane Art School, Spokane, Wash. - $1,500 for materials for BLING, a training program in jewelry making and skill building for juvenile justice youth.
• VOICES, Spokane, Wash. - $3,000 for upgraded office computer technology for the organization, which educates low-income citizens about issues that impact them and empowers them to educate others.

Grants of $260 were awarded to the following organizations for seasonal support of food banks:

Idaho:

• ABC Community Food Bank, Athol
• Bonner County Food Bank, Sandpoint
• Community Action Partnership - Bonners Ferry, Coeur d’Alene, Grangeville, Kamiah, Kellogg, Lewiston, Moscow, Orofino and St. Maries
• Post Falls Food Bank, Post Falls
• Priest River Food Bank, Priest River
• Rathdrum Community Food Bank, Rathdrum
• Spirit Lake Food Bank, Spirit Lake
• Sojourner’s Alliance, Moscow
• West Bonner County Food Bank, Priest River

Oregon:

• ACCESS Food Share, Medford
• FISH of Roseburg, Roseburg
• Josephine County Food Bank, Grants Pass
• Klamath Lake County Food Bank, Klamath Falls

Washington:

• Addy Rescue Mission, Addy
• Asotin County Food Bank Association, Clarkston
• Bingen Food Bank, White Salmon
• Care and Share, Davenport
• Cheney Food Bank, Cheney
• Chewelah Food Bank, Chewelah
• Colville Food and Resource Center, Colville
• Community Action Center, Colfax and Pullman
• Connell Food Bank, Connell
• Kettle Falls Community Chest, Kettle Falls
• Loon Lake Food Bank and Resource Center, Loon Lake
• Northport Food Bank, Northport
• Odessa Food Bank, Odessa
• Othello Food Bank, Othello
• Our Place Community Ministries, Spokane
• Peaceful Valley Community Center, Spokane
• Ritzville Food Pantry, Ritzville
• Sprague Food Bank, Sprague
• St. Vincent DePaul, Spokane
• Valley Food Bank, Spokane
• Valley Food Pantry, Valley
• Warden Food Pantry, Warden

The awarding of fourth quarter grants brings the total amount awarded by the Avista Foundation in 2005 to $115,096, including over $16,000 to regional non-profit organizations as part of the foundation’s matching gifts program for the employees of Avista Corp.  Since its founding in 2002, the Avista Foundation has awarded almost $295,000 to non-profit organizations in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, southern Oregon and Sanders County, Mont. The Foundation focuses its giving in the areas of:

• education – K-12 education particularly in the fields of science, math and technology; and higher education including scholarships
• vulnerable and limited income populations – providing assistance to those on limited incomes and support for initiatives to reduce poverty
• economic and cultural vitality – supporting projects that help communities and citizens to grow and prosper.

Information on the Avista Foundation is available at www.avistafoundation.org

Avista Foundation Awards Third Quarter Grants
Non-profits in Spokane area, Moscow, Sandpoint and St. Maries to receive funding.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Oct.  10, 2005:  Grants totaling $35,000 were awarded by the Avista Foundation to ten non-profit organizations in Washington and Idaho during the third quarter 2005. Organizations and/or programs selected for funding are:

• American Red Cross Inland Northwest Chapter, Spokane, Wash. - $2,500 to assist the agency in providing on-going services to the citizens of 11 counties in eastern Washington and northern Idaho.

• Bonner Partners in Care Clinic, Sandpoint, Idaho - $1,000 to assist in providing basic medical, dental and pharmaceutical care and referral to the uninsured and underinsured residents of Bonner County.

• Cancer Patient Care, Spokane, Wash. - $3,000 to assist the agency in providing social service support to cancer patients and their families who have limited financial resources.

• Community-Minded Enterprises, Spokane, Wash. - $5,000 towards Health for All, an initiative to assist uninsured and underinsured individuals in 11 eastern Washington counties to access health insurance coverage and to receive preventive/primary care.

• Friends of Seven, Spokane, Wash. - $3,000 towards technology upgrades to increase efficiency of web-based donor program.

• Northeast Community Center, Spokane, Wash. - $7,500 to support the expansion of medical services for low-income residents of northeast Spokane and to support the consolidation of youth programs offered by the Center.

• Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, Wash. - $3,500 towards educational programming and exhibit underwriting for the Museum’s Drawn to Yellowstone exhibition.

• Sojourners’ Alliance, Moscow, Idaho, - $3,000 to support the organization’s Good Tenant Program which helps homeless clients become better tenants once they leave the shelter, thereby decreasing the possibility of additional instances of homelessness in the future.

• Spokane Valley Meals on Wheels, Spokane Valley, Wash. - $1,500 to assist the organization in providing nutritious meals to elderly and disabled persons living independently in the Spokane Valley.

• St. Maries Volunteer Community Clinic, St. Maries, Idaho - $5,000 to support the Clinic in providing basic medical needs assistance to limited income residents within the St. Maries, Idaho, area.

The awarding of third quarter grants brings the total 2005 funds awarded by the Avista Foundation to $81,376, including the foundation’s matching gifts program for the employees of Avista Corp.  Since its founding in 2002, the Avista Foundation has awarded almost $261,000 to non-profit organizations in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, southern Oregon and Sanders County, Mont. The Foundation focuses its giving in the areas of:

• education – K-12 education particularly in the fields of science, math and technology; and higher education including scholarships
• vulnerable and limited income populations – providing assistance to those on limited incomes and support for initiatives to reduce poverty
• economic and cultural vitality – supporting projects that help communities and citizens to grow and prosper.

Information on the Avista Foundation is available at www.avistafoundation.org

Avista Foundation Awards First Quarter Grants
Grants include new matching gifts program for employees of Avista Corp.

SPOKANE, Wash. – April 22, 2005:  Nine non-profit organizations in the Inland Northwest were recipients of first quarter 2005 grants from the Avista Foundation. In addition, 20 non-profit organizations received the first grants from the Foundation’s new matching gifts program for the employees of Avista Corp. In total, the Avista Foundation awarded almost $26,000 during the first quarter 2005.

Anne Marie Axworthy, president and chair of the board of the Avista Foundation, said the matching gifts program, which was effective January 1, 2005, is a way for the Avista Foundation to support and recognize Avista employees who financially support qualifying non-profit organizations in their communities.

“The initial success of the matching gifts program demonstrates once again the commitment of Avista’s employees to helping others. Our employees are very generous in giving of their time and treasures to support organizations serving others,” Axworthy said.

Organizations and/or programs selected for funding in the first quarter are:

• Community Connections of Northeast Oregon, Inc., Medford, Oregon - $2,000 towards the purchase of a new energy efficient dishwasher for the Meals on Wheels program serving elderly and persons with disabilities in Union County, Oregon.

• Mid-City Concerns, Spokane, Wash. - $1,000 for software training to leverage limited staff and to improve and expand the Meals on Wheels program.

• Northeast Washington Education Council, Spokane, Wash. - $2,500 in support of the Spokane Service Team, the AmeriCorps national service program for ESD 101, to build low-income housing and capital improvement projects for agencies serving disadvantaged people in the Greater Spokane community, while providing construction and life skills training for young adults.

• SPOC of Spokane, Spokane, Wash. - $2,000 to provide educational classes and support groups for low-income parents in efforts to help them become self-sufficient and provide better lives for their children.

• Spokane Area Children’s Chorus, Spokane, Wash. - $2,000 towards a narrative planning study to aid in the development of a strategic plan for the organization.

• Spokane Valley Foundation, Spokane, Wash. - $2,500 towards expanding transportation services to cancer treatments for low-income seniors and those with disabilities living in the Spokane Valley.

• Transitions, Spokane, Wash. - $2,500 towards implementing a tutorial program in keyboarding, Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point to educate and promote growth and increased self-sufficiency to limited income and vulnerable Spokane-area women.

• Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash. - $5,000 in support of the development of a poverty initiative, which will respond to the region’s poverty issues with a comprehensive collaborative program that addresses the systemic issues of poverty.

• YWCA of Spokane, Spokane, Wash. - $2,500 in support of the Women’s Resources/Our Sister’s Closets which provides free professional clothing to low-income women who are transitioning from corrections or substance abuse treatment, homelessness, and/or unemployed or otherwise financially disadvantaged.

Information on the Avista Foundation is available at www.avistafoundation.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Avista Foundation Awards Fourth Quarter Grants
Foundation awarded more than $100,000 in 2004

Spokane, Wash.: The Avista Foundation announces the awarding of its fourth quarter 2004 grants totaling almost $46,000 to 53 non-profit organizations, 42 of which are regional food banks.

"There are so many organizations that are making a meaningful difference in the lives of the people in our region," said Anne Marie Axworthy, president and chairman of the board of the Avista Foundation, in announcing the grants. "It is rewarding to know that the Avista Foundation has been able to support these organizations in serving their clients."

Organizations and/or programs selected for funding in the fourth quarter by the Avista Foundation's board of directors are:

• Adams County Historical Society, Lind, Wash. - $1,975 towards the restoration of the Van Marter Building which serves as a museum for the collections of the Adams County Historical Society.
• Association for Sacred Encounters, Inc, Cataldo, Idaho - $5,000 for the installation of "Sacred Encounters: Father De Smet and the Indians of the Rocky Mountain West" exhibition in the new visitor center at the Coeur d'Alene Old Mission State Park.
• Boys & Girls Club of Spokane, Spokane, Wash. - $3,500 for the POWER Hour program which provides homework help, tutoring and literacy support for primarily low-income, at-risk youth from the Nevada/Lidgerwood, Hillyard/Whitman and Logan neighborhoods.
• Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation, Spokane, Wash. - $3,000 for the Washington Regional Science Olympiad, an affiliate of the National Science Olympiad which ensures future innovations in science and technology by improving science education and increasing student interest in science.
• Community Health Center, Medford, Oregon - $1,000 to the Healthy Children Initiative which provides physical examinations for uninsured children.
• Families in Partnership, Inc., Libby, Mont. - $2,500 in support of the Family Resource Center in Noxon, Mont., to provide outreach, support and educational services to parents with children prenatal to age three.
• Kids Unlimited of Oregon, Medford, Ore. - $3,500 for the Out of School Time program which provides after school, evening, weekend and summer programming for students at high-poverty elementary schools.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities, Spokane, Wash. - $3,258 to provide 181 nights of temporary lodging at the Ronald McDonald House for low-income families with critically ill or injured children receiving medial treatment at area hospitals.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest, Spokane, Wash. - $3,000 for seasonal food support.
• Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Spokane, Wash. - $2,500 for The Nurturing Program, an education program for families experiencing some level of crisis that poses a threat to the well-being of the children between the ages of birth and five years.
• VOICES, Spokane, Wash. - $500 in support of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Conference organized by VOICES to educate the community on issues important to low-income citizens.
• Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash. - $5,000 towards the Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Business Plan Competition, a collaborative effort between Gonzaga University Hogan Program, Eastern Washington University Center for Entrepreneurial Activities, and Whitworth College School of Global Commerce and Management to generate marketable and/or potentially fundable new ventures developed by students.
• Women's & Children's Free Restaurant, Spokane, Wash. - $3,000 towards providing meals two days a week to low-income women and children in Spokane and prepared meals one day a week for entire low-income households.

• Community Action Partners; Coeur d'Alene and Kellogg, Idaho
• Community Action Partnership; Orofino, Lewiston, Moscow, Grangeville and Kamiah, Idaho
• Post Falls Food Bank, Post Falls, Idaho
• Sandpoint Food Bank, Sandpoint, Idaho
• Sojourner's Alliance, Moscow, Idaho
• West Bonner County Food Bank, Priest River, Idaho

• ACCESS Food Share, Medford, Ore.
• Christmas Cheer, South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
• FISH of Roseburg, Roseburg, Ore.
• Josephine County Food Bank, Grants Pass, Ore.
• Klamath Lake County Food Bank, Klamath Falls, Ore.
• Salvation Army, LaGrande, Ore.

• Addy Rescue Mission, Addy, Wash
• Asotin County Food Bank Association, Clarkston, Wash.
• Bingen Food Bank, White Salmon, Wash.
• Care and Share, Davenport, Wash.
• Cheney Food Bank, Cheney, Wash.
• Chewelah Food Bank, Chewelah, Wash.
• Colville Food and Resource Center, Colville, Wash.
• Community Action Center; Colfax and Pullman, Wash.
• Connell Food Bank, Connell, Wash.
• Goldendale Food Bank, Goldendale, Wash.
• Kettle Falls Community Chest, Kettle Falls, Wash.
• Lincoln County Care and Share Center, Davenport, Wash.
• Loon Lake Food Bank & Resource Center, Loon Lake, Wash.
• Northport Food Bank, Northport, Wash.
• Odessa Food Bank, Odessa, Wash.
• Othello Food Bank, Othello, Wash.
• Our Place Community Ministries, Spokane, Wash.
• Ritzville Food Pantry, Ritzville, Wash.
• Sprague Food Bank, Sprague, Wash.
• St. Vincent DePaul, Spokane, Wash.
• Valley Food Bank, Spokane, Wash.
• Valley Food Pantry, Valley, Wash.
• Warden Food Pantry, Warden, Wash.

• education - K-12 education particularly in the fields of science, math and technology; and higher education including scholarships
• vulnerable and limited income populations - providing assistance to those on limited incomes and support for initiatives to reduce poverty
• economic and cultural vitality - supporting projects that help communities and citizens to grow and prosper.

Information on the Avista Foundation is available at www.avistafoundation.org


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 25, 2004

Avista Foundation Awards Second Quarter Grants
Nine non-profit organizations to receive funding

Spokane, Wash.: The Avista Foundation has announced the awarding of its second quarter 2004 grants totaling over $28,000 to nine non-profit organizations in several communities in the Inland Northwest served by Avista Utilities.

"The non-profit organizations in our region are doing an outstanding job of addressing the needs of our citizens, as well as working to make this area an attractive place to live and do business," said Anne Marie Axworthy, president and chairman of the board of the Avista Foundation. "The Avista Foundation is pleased to be able to support these organizations in their work."

Organizations and/or programs selected for funding in the second quarter by the Avista Foundation's board of directors were:

• Allegro Baroque & Beyond, Spokane - $2,500 for the Royal Fireworks Concert, a free professional period-music concert and related arts events for the people of the Inland Northwest and beyond.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest, Spokane - $3,600 for its school-based mentoring program which is a preventative program for at-risk children that works to address increased self-confidence, improved school performance, encouragement to stay in school, a better understanding of the connection between work and school and a better chance of becoming a productive member of society.
• Fairfield Skate Park, Fairfield , Wash. - $2,000 toward developing a free public skate park for the youth of Fairfield and the surrounding communities.
• Friends of the Empire Association , Tekoa, Wash. - $5,000 toward renovation of the Empire Theater to provide economic development, heritage tourism and cultural opportunities for the residents of Whitman County and surrounding areas.
• Idaho Community Action Network , Boise, Idaho - $2,000 for the Local Food Programs in the communities of Orofino, Nezperce, Weippe and Kooskia to expand their gleaning capacities and train members to work together to solve the problems of food insecurity in the region.
• Southern Oregon Historical Society, Medford, Ore. - $3,500 for rejuvenating existing exhibits at the Jacksonville Children's Museum with the replacement of lost props and improving signage.
• Spokane Neighborhood Action Program, Spokane - $3,000 for The Clemente Course in the Humanities which provides an opportunity for low-income citizens to explore their potential and ability for higher education as a means out of poverty.
• St. Joseph Family Center , Spokane - $1,500 toward the Special Grants Fund which provides non-resident counseling services to low-income clients.
• Whitworth College, Spokane - $5,000 toward the Whitworth College Street Kids Project which provides college students as mentors to homeless individuals between the ages of 12 and 22 and provides meals to street teens.

• Children's Museum of Spokane, Spokane - $5,000 towards the Zoom Zone exhibit that will provide an opportunity for children to experiment with hands-on science and math activities and will provide a satellite "zone" in the Sibling Space at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital.
• Spokane Symphony, Spokane - $5,000 in support of the Arts-in-Education program that augments in-school music lessons and the use of the Spokane Symphony as a resource to support in-school music curriculum in 40 school districts in eastern Washington and the five northern counties of Idaho.
• Spokane Tribe of Indians, Wellpinit, Wash. - $5,000 for the Spokane Tribal Language Program that teaches the tribal language and culture through Wellpinit schools in an effort to preserve the language.
• Uniontown Community Development Association, Uniontown, Wash.- $3,000 towards the renovation of the Dahmen Barn and wheel fence that will provide space for artisan workshops, retail sales, visitor center and displays of antique agricultural tools, equipment and machinery.
• Spokane Valley Meals on Wheels, Spokane - $3,000 for the home-delivered meal program that supports persons who are 60 years of age or older who are disabled and are essentially homebound and/or have difficulty preparing meals for themselves.
• YWCA Spokane, Spokane - $2,500 for Our Sister's Closest, a free professional clothing and personal care bank for low-income women actively seeking employment or who have recently returned to work and need appropriate clothing for their job.
• Salem Arms, Spokane - $2,000 for support of life skills development programs for residents of Salem Arms, a facility which provides permanent supportive housing for chronically mentally ill homeless individuals capable of semi-independent living.
• Sandpoint Area Senior, Inc., Sandpoint, Idaho - $2,000 towards purchase of a commercial walk-in refrigerator to assist in providing meals to low and moderate income seniors.
• Eastern Washington Family Child Care Association, Spokane - $1,200 for Read to Me!, literacy-based training sessions for licensed child care providers in eastern Washington.
• Spokane Art School, Spokane - $1,200 for the Spring Break Workshop program which provides the opportunity for students to work on short-term visual art projects during Spring Break 2004.

• education - K-12 education particularly in the fields of science, math and technology; and higher education including scholarships
• vulnerable and limited income populations - providing assistance to those on limited incomes and support for initiatives to reduce poverty
• economic and cultural vitality - supporting projects that help communities and citizens to grow and prosper.

• Tech Corps Washington, Spokane - $2,500 towards establishing a Student Tech Corps program at Horizon Middle School in the Central Valley School District. The program will provide technology training for students to establish a Student-Run Help Desk to support the school, will provide technology and general workplace skills to students and will provide students with a mentoring opportunity with local technology professionals.
• Spokane Children's Theatre, Spokane - $650 for the Children's Theatre Outreach program, which provides opportunities for homeless and disadvantaged children and their caregivers to attend a theatre production.
• Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Spokane - $2,500 for the Parent Education Program, a 12-week parenting class, which gives parents the support and skills needed in order to create a stable and nurturing home environment for their children.
• Connoisseur Concerts Association, Spokane - $1,500 for the educational support activities of the Northwest Bach Festival.
• Eastern Washington University Foundation, Cheney - $2,000 for the Jazz Dialogue Festival, which provides students at the middle school, high school and collegiate level with clinical and classroom learning led by professional guest performers.
• Interfaith Hospitality Network of Spokane, Spokane - $3,000 for the purchase of personal care items for homeless families and for emergency assistance to prevent former guests from becoming homeless again.
• Center Pointe, Spokane - $1,000 for a ceramics class for clients with disabilities to improve their self-confidence, self-esteem, independence, social skills, communication and participation in the world around them.
• Southern Oregon Goodwill, Medford, Ore. - $3,000 towards enhancing technology infrastructure that will improve the organization's efficiency and services offered to clients.
• Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum, Spokane - $4,920 in seed funding for updating informational materials on the Museum's capital campaign to construct a new facility to preserve the military history collection from the former Fairchild Heritage Museum.
• Sojourners' Alliance, Moscow, Idaho - $3,000 for support in providing housing, education and counseling to homeless men, women and children in the Moscow area.
• Second Harvest Food Bank, Spokane - $5,000 for general support.

• Asotin County Food Bank Association, Clarkston, Wash.
• Community Action Center, Pullman, Wash.
• Community Action Partnership, Lewiston, Idaho
• Troy Food Bank, Moscow, Idaho

• Addy Rescue Mission, Addy, Wash.
• Bingen Food Bank, White Salmon, Wash.
• Bonner Community Food Center, Sandpoint, Idaho
• Chewelah Food Bank, Chewelah, Wash.
• Colville Food and Resource Center, Colville, Wash.
• Community Action Partners, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
• Community Action Partners, Kellogg, Idaho
• Connell Food Bank, Connell, Wash.
• Goldendale Food Bank, Goldendale, Wash.
• Kettle Falls Community Chest, Kettle Falls, Wash.
• Lincoln County Care and Share Center, Davenport, Wash.
• Northport Food Bank, Northport, Wash.
• Othello Food Bank, Othello, Wash.
• Post Falls Food Bank, Post Falls, Idaho
• Ritzville Food Pantry, Ritzville, Wash.
• Sprague Food Bank, Sprague, Wash.
• Warden Food Pantry, Warden, Wash.

• education - K-12 education particularly in the fields of science, math and technology; and higher education including scholarships
• vulnerable and limited income populations - providing assistance to those on limited incomes and support for initiatives to reduce poverty
• economic and cultural vitality - supporting projects that help communities and citizens to grow and prosper.

• Bonner Community Food Center, Sandpoint - $2,000 toward the purchase and installation of a walk-in freezer for the Center which provides food for qualifying families and individuals. This was the first organization to receive funding from the Avista Foundation.
• Community Action Partnership, Coeur d'Alene - $3,000 for the Financial Assistance for Basic Needs program which provides emergency assistance to help low-income families with basic needs such as rent, energy, transportation and employment readiness. The grant includes the four northern counties of Idaho.
• Goodwill Industries, Spokane - $3,000 towards the relocation and construction of a new playground at the ABC Discovery Child Care Center which provides high-quality childcare for Goodwill's low-income urban neighborhood, as well as for its employees.
• Nova Services, Spokane - $1,500 towards the installation of a networked computer system to benefit staff and clients of Nova Services which provides vocational and personal development to individuals with disabilities or other disadvantages such as autism, cerebral palsy or seizure disorders.
• RSVP of Spokane County, Spokane - $2,500 for Project Warm-Up which provides to deserving citizens of Spokane County hats, mittens and other items knitted or crocheted by volunteers. The items are distributed to curtail the risk of hypothermia and reduce weather risks.
• Single Parents Overcoming Challenges, Spokane - $3,000 for the organization's social service program that assists low-income families in the areas of housing, legal services, referrals, utilities, personal care, childcare and school supplies and shoes.
• Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, Spokane - $3,000 for The Clemente Course in the Humanities which provides an opportunity for low-income citizens to explore their potential and ability for higher education as a means out of poverty.
• Spokane Valley Community Center, Spokane - $3,000 for the Gateway to Work program which provides emergency assistance to low-income families and individuals in the areas of prescriptions, energy, rent, transportation, work-related needs and flu shots.
• Spokane Youth Sports Association, Spokane - $10,000 for the Andrew Rypien Field, a sports complex which provides opportunities for youth in the Hillyard area of Spokane.
• West Central Community Center, Spokane - $2,500 towards the expansion of the Center which will provide expanded affordable childcare and health and nutrition services to low- to middle-income families of the West Central, Emerson-Garfield and Audubon neighborhoods of Spokane.

• education - K-12 education particularly in the fields of science, math and technology; and higher education including scholarships
• vulnerable and limited income populations - providing assistance to those on limited incomes and support for initiatives to reduce poverty
• economic and cultural vitality - supporting projects that help communities and citizens to grow and prosper.