1. Community Impact Report to Board of Directors
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

2. Community Investments
Values
Review of Grantmaking Practices
Investment Process:
What we learned
What we achieved
Community Impact Committee:
Initial recommendation – May 2017
Final recommendation – funding increases – June 2017
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3. Community Investments
Characteristics/Values behind our grantmaking practices to-date:
Long-term – sustainability
2-year formal commitments
Alignment with SCUW vision = continued funding
Agencies as partners:
Raising $ - Assist with annual United Way campaign
Achieving results – work with UW in community collaborations
Invest in programs with focus on results
Grant amounts based on history, not zero-based
Flexible dollars
Investment process as volunteer engagement strategy with donors
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4. GrantMaking Practices
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5. Investment Process: What we Learned
Prevalence of trauma in clients/consumers life experiences
Clients more diverse than Spokane County as a whole
Strength of partnerships:
Embedded in schools:
MLK & Grant Elementary
FBH & East Valley School District
Communities in Schools with multiple school districts
Multi-agency:
YWCA and Lutheran Community Services
Girl Scouts and West Central Community Ctr
Camp Fire and MLK Center
With community partners:
Daybreak Youth Services and local business mentors
Second Harvest and agriculture partners
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6. Investment Process: Program Changes
No longer funding:
Project Hope – did not apply
MLK Family Relationships – not financially viable
Changed focus of United Way funds:
YWCA - From total domestic violence program to counseling for victims and their children
Frontier Behavioral Health – From youth counseling as a whole to mental health access at East Valley School District
Programs evolving to meet needs:
Next Generation Zone – adding health care access to trauma focus
Community-Minded Enterprises – expanding in Browne’s Addition from early learning to out-of-school-time program as well
SNAP – improved internal collaboration – creating pathways between programs
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7. Investment Process: What we Achieved
“Pit Stop: “In motorsports, a pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, new tyres, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, etc.”
Boy Scouts – questions on program model and capacity
Odyssey Youth Movement – monitor during another leadership change
Hospice of Spokane – insignificant grant amount
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8. Investment Process: What we Achieved
Car Pool Lane:
Hillyard Youth Collaborative:
Shaw & Garry Middle Schools
Gonzaga University (School of Education & Center for Community Action and Service Learning)
Communities in Schools
Boys & Girls Clubs
Grantmaking Practices:
Coalition
Achieving significant system change and results
Interconnected issues
Collaboration with “Co-Funders for Middle School Success”
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9. Investment Process: What we Achieved
Car Pool Lane:
YouthReach: At-risk and homeless youth ages
YFA Connections
VOA Crosswalk
TeamChild
Excelsior Youth Center (new partner)
VISTA Project (new resource)
Grantmaking Practices:
Coalition
Potential for system changes and long-term results
Interconnected issues
Collaboration with other funders:
Premera grant application
City of Spokane
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10. Investment Process: What we Achieved
Focus on Results:
Improving competencies in Results Based Accountability
Community volunteers as consultants
Clarification on outcomes/results
To be reported to SCUW
Identification of “headline measures”
Set ourselves up for Results Scorecard portal:
Indicators
Some shared measures
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11. GrantMaking Practices
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12. Investment Process: What we Achieved
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13. Spokane Gives
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14. Spokane Gives
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