Open Foundations · Idaho

Idaho Power Foundation Inc

Boise, Idaho · EIN 820530529. 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 $629K across 105 grants in 2025, a median of $2K each.

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$629K
paid in 2025
105
grants paid
$2K
median grant
91%
to first-time recipients
$5.4M
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
MANDY KENDALL
Address
1221 W IDAHO STREET, BOISE, ID, 83702
Phone
2083882468
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS WILL BE FURNISHED UPON REQUEST
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
AWARDS ARE GRANTED TO HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, CULTURE & ARTS, AND CIVIC & COMMUNITY NEEDS IN SOUTHERN IDAHO, EASTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN NEVADA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202611339349101311. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

capital campaigncap campaigneventgala

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 105 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1The Salvation Army Boise CorpsID$100,000PROJECT SHARE
2Washington County Fair Educational FundOR$40,000BARN ADDITION
3Caldwell Western Heritage FoundationID$25,000CAP CAMPAIGN
4Boise State University Foundation IncID$20,000CAP CAMPAIGN
5College of Western Idaho Foundation IncID$20,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
6Friends of Idaho Public Television IncID$20,000FESTIVAL
7Idaho Governors Cup Scholarship Fund IncID$20,000GOLD SPONSORSHIP
8Treasure Valley Family YmcaID$20,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
9University of Idaho Foundation IncID$20,000CAP CAMPAIGN
10Ballet Idaho IncID$15,000CAP CAMPAIGN
11Log Cabin for Literacy Center IncID$12,500CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
12City of BoiseID$10,000SHIFT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
13Idaho Botanical Garden IncID$10,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
14Idaho Veterans Network CorporationID$10,000CAP CAMPAIGN
15Intermountain Bird ObservatoryID$10,000ONE TIME CONTRIBUION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202156$172K
202223$216K
202382$397K
202477$258K
2025 (partial year)105$629K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Idaho87%
Oregon11%
Texas1%
Virginia1%
New York1%

Who decides

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

Adam RichinsDIRECTOR · 2025
Brian R BuckhamPRESIDENT · 2025
Cheryl ThompsonSECRETARY · 2025
Eugene W MarchioroTREASURER · 2025
Lisa GrowDIRECTOR · 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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