A s federal money is withheld or canceled, driving up competition for state and local funding, and tariffs start impacting the price families pay for everything from groceries to car parts, Inland Northwest nonprofits and the everyday folks they turn to for monetary support may feel like they're walking a financial tightrope. But in Give Guide, the Inlander's annual philanthropy issue, along with sharing an overview of the nonprofit sector in all its many forms, we get to highlight some threads of the incredible safety nets that are there to catch people when they fall and help them get to the other side of the challenges life puts in front of them.

Some of the most vulnerable kids in our community can lean on a furry friend like Skipper or Tori, courthouse facility dogs who help the

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