~ Donation Supports the Wassmuth Center’s Building Our Future Campaign to Construct a New Comprehensive Educational Facility ~ MERIDIAN, Idaho, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 – Today, Blue Cross of Idaho… Read more »
Stories of Impact
These Times Remind Funders and Grantmakers To Be Flexible With Grants
Very little about 2020 has been normal. The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way that most, if not all of us, work. Program Officers like myself who work in philanthropy… Read more »
Attorney General Donates Steps for Schools Earnings to Marsing Elementary
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has participated in the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Steps for Schools walking challenge for the past three years. He was one of… Read more »
City of Bonners Ferry, Community Partners Collaborate to Help Children Get Active, Access Healthy Foods
The High Five Community Transformation Grant helped fund community projects and programs to make Bonners Ferry a healthier community Bonners Ferry, Idaho – Three years of collaboration, learning and working… Read more »
City of Sandpoint, Community Partners Collaborate to Help Get Children Active, Access Healthy Foods
The High Five Community Transformation Grant helped fund community projects and programs to make Sandpoint a healthier community Sandpoint, Idaho – Three years of collaboration, learning and working yielded a… Read more »
Blue Cross of Idaho and Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Joint Statement Regarding Racial Injustice
Charlene Maher, President and CEO of Blue Cross of Idaho and Ralph Woodard, Chairman of the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health issued the following statement. “Our nation is… Read more »
Rolling Tomato: The Nonprofit Working Hard to Connect Excess Food to Those in Need
If there is one thing that depresses farmers and food producers, it is seeing the fruits of their labor wind up in a compost pile, or even worse, a… Read more »
COVID-19 Response Makes Statewide Impact
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health acted quickly when the COVID-19 pandemic reached our state. We initiated new investments and began working with other funders and organizations to… Read more »