37 foundations in Idaho told the IRS on the latest Form 990-PF that giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, and each paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Together they paid $62.4M. The largest is J a & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Inc in Boise, which paid $27.4M across 42 grants in 2024. The ten biggest account for 81% of the state total. 16 of the 37 file a submission deadline. The rest leave that line blank or point to a website. At the median foundation, 15% of the year's grant dollars went to organizations it had not funded before.
Analysis by Matthew Hanauer, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at Civly, from IRS Form 990-PF filings · All states
Foundations are ranked by dollars paid in each one's latest filed year. Click a column heading to sort. Deadlines are shown as filed.
| # | Foundation | City | Latest year | Grants paid | Grants | Median grant | First-time recipients | Deadline as filed | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J a & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Inc | Boise | 2024 | $27.4M | 42 | $225K | 7% | Not stated | $600.2M |
| 2 | Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc | Mccall | 2024 | $4.9M | 85 | $15K | 27% | MARCH 31 | $43.5M |
| 3 | Angels Among Us Inc | Garden City | 2024 | $4.8M | 47 | $19K | 14% | NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES | $9.9M |
| 4 | Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital Inc | Boise | 2024 | $4.2M | 7 | $85K | 93% | CONTINUAL | $56.7M |
| 5 | Hansberger Foundation | Boise | 2024 | $1.9M | 24 | $50K | 20% | Not stated | $8.2M |
| 6 | John H and Orah I Brandt Foundation | Nampa | 2024 | $1.7M | 31 | $30K | 0% | Not stated | $34.3M |
| 7 | Harold E and Phyllis S Thomas Foundation | Boise | 2024 | $1.6M | 35 | $40K | 10% | APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ANYTIME; APPROVED QUARTERLY. | $10.4M |
| 8 | John F Nagel Foundation Inc | Eagle | 2024 | $1.4M | 20 | $60K | 2% | APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 10/31 | $21.4M |
| 9 | Eva Mathis Foundation | Coeur D Alene | 2025 | $1.3M | 9 | $100K | 27% | No deadline established. | $3.2M |
| 10 | Janice Seagraves Family Foundation Inc | Twin Falls | 2025 | $1.3M | 82 | $6K | 54% | SEE WEBSITE AT SEAGRAVESFAMILYFOUNDATION.ORG | $23.0M |
| 11 | Lewis-clark Valley Healthcare Foundation | Coeur Dalene | 2025 | $1.2M | 76 | $10K | 22% | Foundation has two deadlines based upon the grant request. | $22.5M |
| 12 | Arvy Foundation Inc | Meridian | 2024 | $966K | 26 | $10K | 0% | Not stated | $9.2M |
| 13 | Bews Foundation | Twin Falls | 2025 | $948K | 34 | $10K | 16% | SEE WEBSITE AT WWW.BEWSFOUNDATION.ORG | $22.4M |
| 14 | Chc Foundation | Idaho Falls | 2025 | $834K | 42 | $10K | 85% | TWO GRANTING PERIODS PER YEAR IN MARCH AND AUGUST | $14.1M |
| 15 | Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc | Boise | 2024 | $679K | 9 | $64K | 0% | JANUARY 1ST AND JULY 1ST | $12.2M |
| 16 | The Deatley Family Foundation | Lewiston | 2025 | $636K | 41 | $5K | 50% | Not stated | $13.8M |
| 17 | Idaho Power Foundation Inc | Boise | 2025 | $629K | 105 | $2K | 91% | Not stated | $5.4M |
| 18 | Schneidmiller Family Foundation | Post Falls | 2025 | $626K | 6 | $38K | 13% | Not stated | $818K |
| 19 | Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc | Boise | 2025 | $550K | 10 | $2K | 0% | Not stated | $11.3M |
| 20 | Pesky Family Foundation Inc | Ketchum | 2023 | $529K | 84 | $1K | 5% | Not stated | $7.1M |
| 21 | Camille Beckman Foundation Inc | Eagle | 2024 | $456K | 29 | $8K | 7% | Not stated | $8.9M |
| 22 | Four J Foundation | Boise | 2025 | $400K | 50 | $5K | 4% | Not stated | $3.7M |
| 23 | Hawkins Family Foundation | Boise | 2025 | $388K | 23 | $10K | 19% | Not stated | $8.2M |
| 24 | Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation | Caldwell | 2025 | $386K | 65 | $5K | 21% | AUGUST 15 OF EACH YEAR | $5.7M |
| 25 | Robert I Wishnick Foundation | Dalton Gdns | 2025 | $384K | 32 | $5K | 43% | Not stated | $7.9M |
| 26 | Joan Leidy Foundation Inc | Bellevue | 2024 | $370K | 21 | $15K | 15% | Not stated | $5.3M |
| 27 | Brien and Shelly Deatley Family Foundation Corporation | Lewiston | 2025 | $353K | 67 | $5K | 12% | Not stated | $8.4M |
| 28 | George and Audrey Gaukler Family Foundation | Idaho City | 2024 | $340K | 13 | $1K | 12% | NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES | $1.8M |
| 29 | Frank a Morbeck Community Foundation Inc | Wallace | 2025 | $204K | 40 | $2K | 9% | MARCH 1 | $3.1M |
| 30 | Michael S Engl Family Foundation Inc | Hailey | 2025 | $184K | 16 | $8K | 5% | Not stated | $545K |
| 31 | Merrill Schneider Foundation | Driggs | 2025 | $178K | 49 | $2K | 0% | Not stated | $2.1M |
| 32 | Obsidian Foundation Inc | Boise | 2025 | $151K | 18 | $5K | 12% | Not stated | $2.3M |
| 33 | Kampe Family Foundation | Sandpoint | 2024 | $138K | 31 | $4K | 53% | NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES. | $2.9M |
| 34 | Leonard H Mcintosh Foundation | Ketchum | 2025 | $128K | 14 | $5K | 41% | Not stated | $2.1M |
| 35 | Matts Place Foundation Inc | Coeur D Alene | 2024 | $124K | 17 | $8K | 97% | Not stated | $978K |
| 36 | David O Kingston Foundation Inc | Idaho Falls | 2024 | $108K | 9 | $11K | 52% | Not stated | $422K |
| 37 | First Federal Foundation Inc | Burley | 2024 | $105K | 34 | $3K | 88% | JUNE 16TH AND NOVEMBER 14TH | $2.0M |
25 of them, led by the largest by dollars paid, have their own page with the application terms as filed, every recipient, and the trustees. The rest are listed here in full. Where a cell says n/a the filing does not carry that figure: a first-time recipient share needs more than one year of grants on record, and the asset figure comes from the IRS business master file, which does not cover every foundation.
Each figure comes from each foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. A foundation is listed when its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. The newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants count once and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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