Open Foundations · Idaho

Bews Foundation

Twin Falls, Idaho · EIN 812200028. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $948K across 34 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each.

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$948K
paid in 2025
34
grants paid
$10K
median grant
16%
to first-time recipients
$22.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
DEREK PICA
Address
1140 S ALLANTE AVE, BOISE, ID, 83709
Phone
2083364144
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE WEBSITE AT WWW.BEWSFOUNDATION.ORG
Submission deadline
SEE WEBSITE AT WWW.BEWSFOUNDATION.ORG
Restrictions on awards
SEE WEBSITE AT WWW.BEWSFOUNDATION.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202611359349103486. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 34 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Boise State University FoundationID$200,000STADIUM EXPANSION
2Fidelity Inv Charitable Gift FundOH$175,000DONOR ADVISED FUND
3Friends of Zoo BoiseID$100,000EDUCATION CENTER
4College of IdahoID$75,000SCHOLARSHIP
5The Idaho FoodbankID$35,000SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAM
6College of Western IdahoID$30,000GENERAL OPERATIONS
7Children's Museum of IdahoID$25,000GENERAL OPERATIONS
8Meridian Food BankID$25,000GENERAL OPERATIONS
9Treasure Valley YmcaID$25,000CALDWELL YMCA
10Boys and Girls Clubs of Western TvOR$20,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
11Jesse TreeID$20,000EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
12Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sw IdID$15,000YOUTH MENTORING
13Boise PhilharmonicID$15,000K-12 MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
14Ride for JoyID$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONS
15St Johns Food BankID$15,000GENERAL OPERATIONS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202021$842K
202123$676K
202218$865K
202322$944K
202433$884K
2025 (partial year)34$948K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Idaho94%
Ohio3%
Oregon3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Derek PicaDIRECTOR · 2025
John BergDIRECTOR · 2025
Larry D BragaDIRECTOR · 2025
Lois K FletcherDIRECTOR · 2025
Michael W SullivanDIRECTOR · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; 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 collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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