Open Foundations · Idaho

Harold E and Phyllis S Thomas Foundation

Boise, Idaho · EIN 820477243. 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 $1.6M across 35 grants in 2024, a median of $40K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2024
35
grants paid
$40K
median grant
10%
to first-time recipients
$10.4M
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
JUDITH BRILEY
Address
12549 W BOWMONT CT, BOISE, ID, 83713
Phone
2083773005
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING GRANTS SHOULD SUBMIT THE INFORMATION ON THE THOMAS FOUNDATION APPLICATION FORM AVAILABLE AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE.
Submission deadline
APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ANYTIME; APPROVED QUARTERLY.
Restrictions on awards
LIMITED TO NONDENOMINATIONAL EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, LARGELY RESTRICED TO THE STATE OF IDAHO AND GLOBALLY TO THOSE THIRD WORLD NATIONS CONSIDERED THE LEAST EVANGELIZED AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349103377. 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 words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

religious

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 35 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Boise Rescue MissionID$100,000TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
2Barefoot Media MinistryID$90,000FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
3Young Life-boiseID$90,000TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
4Moody AviationWA$88,040TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
5Fellowshp of Christian AthletesID$80,000YOUTH MINISTRY OUTREACH
6Mission Aviation FellowshipID$80,000FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
7Luis Palau AssocOR$75,000FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
8National Christian Collegiate AaSC$75,000TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
9Youth With a MissionCO$70,750TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
10Bibleway IncID$65,000TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
11You Gotta AskID$65,000CHARITABLE
12Heritage Bible ChurchID$60,700TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
13CruFL$60,000TO FUND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
14Prison Impact MinistriesMT$60,000MISSIONARY SUPPORT
15Joshua InstituteID$55,000TO FUND EDUCATION FOR THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202030$855K
202130$1.4M
202231$1.5M
202333$1.4M
202435$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Idaho77%
Washington3%
Oregon3%
South Carolina3%
Colorado3%

Who decides

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

Dave HillsTrustee · 2024
Don AndersonTrustee · 2024
James MitchellTrustee · 2024
Judith BrileyDirector · 2024
Rick ThomasTrustee · 2024
Robert RenfroTRUSTEE · 2024

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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