Community

Bearded man wearing sunglasses and a blue t-shirt, smiles in front of a Freedom Farms Gold Hill, Oregon sign at a farmers market vegetable table.

Freedom Farms also cultivates people

When recently incarcerated people work in the vegetable beds at Freedom Farms they reconnect better with the outside world.

Two women stand and watch a man talking to a classroom. The women are wearing blue t-shirts that say "Human Powered. Avista."

Avista Foundation’s Giving Provides Year-Round Community Support

The Avista Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps communities served by Avista Utilities. Funding comes from the company’s shareholders, not from customers.

Group photo of Dignified Workday staff and participants

Innovative Program Helps People Find Work and Stability

Two grants from Avista’s Named Communities Investment Fund will support efforts to help people experiencing homelessness in Spokane who are working to change their lives.

Child wearing a pink riding helmet gives a white horse a kiss on the cheek.

Horse therapy helps riders reach their full potential

The Crossing Bridges Therapeutic Riding Center in Grants Pass, Oregon, works with riders as young as three-years-old and it’s not only for disabled riders.

Woman smiles and pets a brown horse outdoors.

Second Chance Ranch Expands Services with Avista Foundation’s Support

An Avista Foundation grant is enabling southwest Spokane County nonprofit Second Chance Ranch to regularly offer a military support group and equine art class.

A girl in a vegetable garden holding a pea pod up to her mouth like it's a smile.

Avista Foundation grant helps grow Spokane Valley after-school program

Millwood Impact, an organization dedicated to serving youth in Millwood and West Valley, received support from the Avista Foundation for its youth gardening program.