BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
PMI shifted momentum when we stopped talking about the workforce problem and decided to do something about it.
With your support, we'll continue to accelerate our ability to prepare workforce-ready candidates and improve talent.
Your Invitation
Be a part of the movement that's changing the face of Workforce Development! We're growing talent from the ground up, preparing youth to be workforce-ready graduates.
THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS
Build The Pipeline
John Cvitanich of Parker-Hannifan mentors students at Cheney High School PMI about best practices and career opportunities in manufacturing.
JJo
REAL EXPERIENCE, REAL RESULTS
Our program is like no other. PMI graduates gain technical abilities, but they excel in employability skills like communication, teamwork, and problem solving.
SPONSORSHIP
What Does It Mean to Sponsor?
EVERYTHING!
PMI relies on private donations from businesses, foundations, associations, and individuals.
Donations allow us to expose students to real work, real employers, and real experience.
Without it, we can't make this happen.
- Meet our Sponsors -
PREMIER SPONSORS
Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace works side-by-side with customers and partners to dream, design and deliver solutions that redefine the future of the industry. By reaching across the markets and drawing on a vast portfolio of expertise, Collins makes the most powerful concepts in aerospace a reality every day. Collins is a great supporter of aerospace and manufacturing in the community.
Kaiser Aluminum
At Kaiser, “Best in Class” has been our way of doing business for the past 20 years. It’s a promise to our customers—and to ourselves. We create superior aluminum mill products for the most technically demanding applications for transportation, food and beverage packaging, and industrial markets and deliver them to our customers anywhere in the world - on time, or even a day early. We do all we can to improve how we do business today—then do it even better tomorrow.
MANUFACTURING FIREPITS
Meet Nick, Zach, and Wilson as they measure and mark steel before cutting with the plasma cutter. They will be designing, manufacturing, and selling 5 firepits for the Institute.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Sponsoring the Institute creates real experiences that expose participants to real-world opportunities. We place them in a situation where they learn about the manufacturing world and work as a team to design, manufacture, and sell products during an immersive program.
Quick Links
Thanks for stopping by and for your interest in supporting the Institute! Additional information is included below. If you just need a quick link, try one of these:
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DIRECT DONATION LINK If you want to donate directly through the Workforce Council, please click the link.
Please be sure to indicate it is for the Manufacturing Institute or PMI. (Thanks!)
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QUESTIONS ABOUT DONATIONS If you want to ask Wade Larson a question about how to help, click here.
This will email Wade directly for questions.
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CONTACT WORKFORCE COUNCIL If you want to contact the WFC to arrange your donation, click here.
This will email Jeanette Facer at Spokane WFC to make arrangements.
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DOWNLOAD PROGRAM GUIDE Click here to download a copy of the 2025 Program Guide.
Your Investment
Where does the money go?
We know we ask for a lot. It's a lot of money to invest in a program. We get it.
We offer immersive exposure to the manufacturing industry.
High school kids can see if this pathway is right for them, and then show them what's next if they want more.
We know schools can only do so much, so we put kids in a setting that does more than talk about it.
They touch it, live it, feel it, and DO IT.
Here's where the money goes...
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REWARDS... Participants earn points through their work and performance that they can use toward valuable rewards such as career-related or personal tools, equipment, gift cards, and more!
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MATERIALS: Wood, metal, and consumables.
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PROGRAM ITEMS: T-shirts, manuals, and materials.
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FOOD: We keep them fed and hydrated.
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"STUFF": Mileage, supplies, etc., to keep it going.
Many contributors make it work. School partners contribute to teachers, buses, and facilities. Businesses contribute materials, mentors, and resources.
Your Investment helps us maintain and grow the program!
MAJOR SPONSORS
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce
The Valley Chamber is the catalyst for building relationships, driving collaboration, and championing opportunity for the Greater Spokane Valley. The Chamber has been a supporter of the Institute from Day 1. They promote the Institute among their members and provide scholarships to eligible youth who live in the Valley to attend a trades-related program of their choice. Institute Graduates can apply for a program and receive funding for potentially the cost fo their entire program tuition or fees.
Krumble
Foundation
The Krumble Foundation
The Krumble Foundation is a private philanthropic operation dedicated to (among other things) the development of tomorrow's workforce. Investing in programs such as the Institute and Spokane Community College's machining programs, the Foundation makes a difference at the front line by impacting individuals by facilitating their ability to remove barriers and enter the workforce.
Parker-Hannifin Foundation
Parker is the global leader in motion and control technologies, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. Parker can be found on and around everything that moves. With more than a century of experience, we are often called to the table for collaborations that help to solve the most complex engineering challenges. Breakthroughs that make the world cleaner, smarter and safer would not be possible without Parker technologies.
Hotstart
Hotstart designs and manufactures thermal management solutions to optimize energy generation, storage, and delivery. Our focus on performance-improving cooling and heating technologies for industrial applications addresses sustainability and efficiency initiatives of OEMs and end users. Targeted, liquid-based thermal management for battery energy storage, standby generators, heavy duty equipment, and other powered systems provides better reliability and startability than alternative solutions.
IT BEGINS HERE
We know we need to do something...
Manufacturing is in desperate need of future workers.
Unfortunately, students are not exposed to careers in the industry. With so many pathways, countless opportunities await.
We only need to open the doorway...
The Institute Provides That Option!
Join other businesses as we drive the agenda by placing young adults in a live setting. We assign them to production teams, set quotas, give them challenges to overcome, expose them to feedback, and so much more!
Join us as we shape the future.
It takes you to help us achieve the vision of
building tomorrow's professional and technical workforce!
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
NW I-90 Manufacturing Alliance
NIMA is a collaboration of manufacturers and industry stakeholders working to promote and grow the supply chain across Central and Eastern Washington, North Idaho, and Montana. Key Industries Served: Aerospace, Space, Medical (devices/delivery systems), Energy, and Precision Industrial Equipment.
Associated Builders and Contractors
Inland Northwest
ABC provides the best training, government and legal representation, and programs to ensure members a competitive advantage. They promote workplace safety and enhance the lives of the industry's employees. They support PMI to promote free enterprise in the construction industry and help participants understand that success can come from hard work and merit.
tAX fRIENDLY dONATIONS
We Partner with
Spokane Workforce Council
The Manufacturing Institute aligns with the mission of the Spokane Workforce Council's objective to build tomorrow's talent. We accept donations and manage stipends through their non-profit structure to keep the money focused on the program.
Your Program Donation Dollars
Keeping it Tax Friendly...
Check with your accountant for sure,
but your donation through Spokane Workforce Council allows contributions through the non-profit to optimize benefits for both of us.
Your Investment allows more kids to gain exposure to a new world of possibilities!
bridging students & work
Our Education Partners are Awesome
We count on our education partners to make the Institute a success. We appreciate their support through teachers, facilities, machines, supplies, transportation, food, and so much more.
Direct Impact
These programs create a direct application of learning.
Students get to learn, apply, and expand their understanding of career opportunities through this.
Special thanks to all our educators and supporters for making this work!
EDUCATION PARTNERS
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