Empire Health Community Advocacy Fund

Through the Community story Fund, the organization engages a diverse set of Community partners, from across its region, in a story-telling project. Specifically, the organization resources communities to tell a specific story about their identity, strengths, needs, and/or vision. Past, present, or future, these stories provide critical information about where the organization and others might build deeper and authentic relationship with communities, invest in community-defined capacity, or more effectively support an Advocacy agenda driven by Community vision. Grant funds received orginally in 2020, with renewed funding in 2021 to continue the work in 2022 and beyond. Eleven grants were given in the current year to organizations to support general operation.

Enhancing Health care and related public policy discourse on a state and local level, with a lens of Health equity. One grant to a political action committee in recognition of the pac commitment to addressing systemic inequities and injustice impacting underrepresented communities in the inland northwest

Capital leverage Fund will be used to assist charitable organizations with accessing and/or leveraging american rescue plan act (arpa) funding for acquisition or construction of real property and/or capital assets. Funding from the organization may be in the form of direct grants or in the form of grantwriting or technical assistance. Funding was received in both 2021 and 2022 for work to be performed in 2023 and later. This effort may leverage the learnings and connections made from the Community story Fund work reported above. Four grants were given in the current year. Two grants to support remodel of building. One grant is a conditional grant for capital campaign (requires 70% of project funding by 12/31/2024). One grant special to support purchase the building in spokane

Other general charitable work: any work that generally satisfies the nonprofit mission of the organization. Ten grants to nine organizations to support general operating expenses, eight sponsorships to support Community events.