Ja & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Inc
Boise, ID · EIN 82-6012000. Reported 92 grants totalling $64.0M to 49 organizations across tax years 2023-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ja & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $225,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $71,100 and $514,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $17.2M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Outdoor Fieldhouse | Boise, ID | $24.4M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bluum Inc | Boise, ID | $7,673,876 | 14 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teach for America | Meridian, ID | $4,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Summit Hyperbarics | Meridian, ID | $3,550,550 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | San Diego, CA | $3,525,077 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elevate Academy | Caldwell, ID | $3,037,500 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| MISSION43 | Boise, ID | $1,943,692 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Idaho Education News | Boise, ID | $1,556,015 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gem Innovation School | Deary, ID | $1,480,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Idaho Novus Classical | Eagle, ID | $1,362,788 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hire Heroes USA | Alpharetta, GA | $1,011,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Recidiviz | Oakland, CA | $1,000,432 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Sanctuary | Boise, ID | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College of Western Idaho | Nampa, ID | $920,735 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Charter Fund | Broomfield, CO | $900,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cardinal Academy | Boise, ID | $808,250 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grindline Inc | Seattle, WA | $692,108 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Headstrong Project | New York, NY | $540,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Idaho Youth Ranch | Boise, ID | $501,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anser Charter School | Garden City, ID | $453,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Napcs | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Imagine Idaho Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alturas Charter School | Idaho Falls, ID | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Suprememoms | Boise, ID | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Swimba | Boise, ID | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Meadows Skate Park Project | Mccall, ID | $249,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Idoc | Boise, ID | $240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Future Public School | Boise, ID | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children of Fallen Patriots Fdn | Reston, VA | $206,875 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Charter School Leader Annual Meeting | Ketchum, ID | $174,516 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Twin Falls School District Education Fdn | Twin Falls, ID | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Ada County | Garden City, ID | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mosaics Public School | Caldwell, ID | $88,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stronger Consulting | Boise, ID | $71,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Veteran Entrepreneur Alliance | Meridian, ID | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bellwether Education | Sudbury, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Idaho Highschool Rodeo Assoc | Melba, ID | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army Boise | Boise, ID | $39,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sidewayz | Boise, ID | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cwi Foundation | Nampa, ID | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lamar Companies | Atlanta, GA | $13,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Actuate Boise Inc | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eric Straubhar | Boise, ID | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Universal Media | Hber City, UT | $4,985 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Home Society | Boise, ID | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yesco Outdoor | Seattle, WA | $2,274 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jedsplit Design | Boise, ID | $1,733 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tam Cycling | Kentfield, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Run It Forward | Twin Falls, ID | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
22 of 49 (45%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Bluum Inc
BLUUM 20 IN 10 INITIATIVE - Interfaith Sanctuary
INTERFAITH PROPERTY PURCHASE - Recidiviz
PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATOR TOOL - Idaho Youth Ranch
CENTER FOR HEALING & RESILIENCE - Charter Fund
CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND - Alturas Charter School
ALTURAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 48 | $36.4M | $233,500 |
| 2024 | 44 | $27.6M | $222,867 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 87% of this one's giving went to organizations in Idaho. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $225,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Idaho.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ja & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 501 Baybrook Court, Boise, ID, 83706. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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