Foundation donates $250,000 to COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund

SPOKANE -- The Gates Foundation announced today a donation of $250,000 to the Eastern Washington COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund to deploy resources to community-based organizations.

This commitment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation brings the Eastern Washington Response and Recovery Fund to $631,500, with donations from businesses, philanthropic organizations and individual donors.

The fund is hosted at Innovia Foundation.

“This generous donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides a message of hope for local communities that are disproportionately impacted...