Local projects.
Shared purpose.
Connecting people, resources, and practical support for community-led work across northeastern Washington.
OUR WORK
Different projects.
One commitment to place.
From outdoor learning and local food to river stewardship, our role adapts to what each partnership needs.
PEOPLE & PLACE
Connected To Place
Helping young people connect with local history, ecology, and the places they call home through place-based learning.
Our role: Developing the program with Spokane Storytime, with an initial pilot planned at The Quarry.
LOCAL FOOD & COMMUNITY
Scale House Market
A gathering place for local food and community, operated by Four Roots on Spokane Conservation District property.
Our role: Bringing funding partners together and administering project funds.
LAND & WATER
Spokane River Fund
Long-term support for the Spokane River through a permanent endowment held at Innovia Foundation.
Our role: Helping connect partners and resources around shared river stewardship priorities.
MORE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSMany ways to move our region forward.
Vets on the Farm
An independent nonprofit supporting veterans through agriculture, with UCRCD serving as a sponsor and partner as needed.
The Quarry Campus
Spokane Conservation District’s evolving campus for conservation and community learning, with UCRCD helping connect project support.
BEHIND THE WORKThe support that helps ideas take root.
We provide a nonprofit home for community-led projects that align with our mission but do not have their own legal entity. Through fiscal sponsorship, UCRCD supports financial administration, grant compliance, and project recordkeeping, helping community groups carry out their work with the administrative support and accountability funders require.
Fiscal sponsorship
We help partners develop grant applications and manage the responsibilities that come with an award. This includes writing and submitting proposals, administering federal, state, and private grants, and preparing required reports. We help partners navigate funding requirements from the initial application through project reporting and closeout.
Grant development
Convening and facilitation
We bring people and organizations together around a shared community need, helping partners identify common goals and the roles each can play. Our support continues beyond the first meeting, with facilitation that helps coalitions stay organized, work through challenges, and keep their shared projects moving forward.
We support the financial work that keeps community projects accountable, including bookkeeping, reimbursement reporting, and the records funders require. By maintaining organized documentation and supporting audit readiness, UCRCD helps project partners track how funds are used and meet the reporting responsibilities that accompany grants and other project support.
Financial management
We help turn a community idea into a practical plan with a defined scope, budget, and timeline. Working with partners, we clarify what the project will accomplish and what it will take to carry it out, creating a foundation that both the project team and potential funders can evaluate.
Project planning
Long-term fund stewardship
Some community priorities need support that extends beyond a single project or grant cycle. UCRCD helps partners establish and support endowments and permanent funds that sustain that work over time. This connects today’s fundraising efforts with long-term community goals and helps preserve continuity as people and leadership change.
SIX COUNTIES. SHARED POSSIBILITY.Ferry • Lincoln • Pend Oreille • Spokane • Stevens • Whitman
INVEST IN A PLACE WE CALL HOME.Help make the next project possible.
Support community-led work across Eastern Washington.