Idaho Womens Charitable Foundation
Boise, ID · EIN 82-0527986. Reported 76 grants totalling $1,841,963 to 47 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Idaho Womens Charitable Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T30).
- How spread out its giving is. 47 distinct organizations, with 11% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 40% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,500 and $19,500; the smallest was $7,000 and the largest $206,428. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Less Than 5001 Dollars Individual Designated Grants | Various, ID | $206,428 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grants Less Than 5001 and Individual Designated Grants | Various, ID | $171,978 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grants Less Than 5001 Dollars and Individual Designated Grants | Boise, ID | $138,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grants 5000 Or Less and Individually Directed Grants | Various, ID | $127,201 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grants of 5000 Or Less | $114,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| The Jesse Tree of Idaho | Boise, ID | $73,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boise Vertical Farm Inc | Boise, ID | $55,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Health Services Corporation | Twin Falls, ID | $50,721 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cascade Medical Center | Cascade, ID | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lutheran Community Services Northwest | Tacoma, WA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children | Boise, ID | $34,654 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mccall Public Library | Mccall, ID | $30,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boise Contemporary Theater Inc | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Basin School District 72 | Idaho City, ID | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Lounge Incorporated | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Idaho Humane Society Inc | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Living Independence Network Corp | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rock on Wheels Inc | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shepherds Home Inc | Mccall, ID | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul South West Idaho District Council Inc | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Building Hope Today Inc | Boise, ID | $29,834 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Council of Idaho Inc | Caldwell, ID | $28,470 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Weiser River Trail Inc | Boise, ID | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, DC | $27,960 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Idaho STEM Action Center Foundation | Boise, ID | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana & Ky Inc | Seattle, WA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weiser Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | Weiser, ID | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Boise, ID | $23,354 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Walter Knox Memorial Hospital Dba Valor Health | Emmett, ID | $21,013 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kessler-Keener Lectures Inc | Boise, ID | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (valley Swcd) | Cascade, ID | $20,795 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idaho Trails Association | Boise, ID | $20,305 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County | Garden City, ID | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Breaking Chains Academy of Development Inc | Nampa, ID | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Snake River Waterkeeper Inc | Boise, ID | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mccall Music Society Inc | Mccall, ID | $19,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ada County Soil & Conservation District | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boise Public Schools Education Foundation Inc | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rolling Tomato Inc | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boise Bicycle Project Inc | Boise, ID | $13,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ARTISANS4HOPE | Boise, ID | $13,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leap Charities | Boise, ID | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| NAMI Idaho Inc | Boise, ID | $11,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caldwell School District 132 | Caldwell, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lifes Kitchen Inc | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Idaho Botanical Gardens Inc | Boise, ID | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
22 of 47 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Grants Less Than 5001 Dollars Individual Designated Grants
$5,000 to Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, 82-0490848; $5,000 to Boise Art Museum, 82-0256187; $5,000 to Cascade Cultural Arts, 27-0683766; $5,000 to Land Trust of the Treasure Valley, 84-1380693; $5,000 to Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc., 82-0425400; $5,000 to The Phoenix, 20-4648043; and individually directed grants totaling $176,428 were distributed to other 501(c)(3) qualifying organizations in $250 and $500 increments. - Grants Less Than 5001 and Individual Designated Grants
$5,000 to Ada County Soil & Conservation District 82-0263828, $1,000 to Boise Urban Garden School, 75-3139866; $1,000 to Treasure Valley Children's Theatre, 46-3700015; $1,000 to City of Cascade, 82-6000173; and individually directed grants totaling $163,978 were distributed to other 501(c)(3) qualifying organizations in $250 and $500 increments. - Grants Less Than 5001 Dollars and Individual Designated Grants
$1000 to Camp Rainbow Gold's Hidden Paradise 90-0961926, $1000 to Lauren Edson Dance, Inc. 47-2513772, $1000 Gem Soil and Water Conservation District 82-0294708, $1000 to Squaw Creek Soil Conservation District 82-0347808 and individually directed donations totaling $134350 were distributed to other 501(c)(3) qualifying organizations in $250 and $500 increments. - Grants 5000 Or Less and Individually Directed Grants
GRANTS OF $1000 WERE GIVEN TO NONPROFIT FINALISTS WHO WERE NOT CHOSEN INCLUDING LAUREN EDSON DANCE, INC., DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO, GEM COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT, AND CASCADE PUBLIC LIBRARY. ADDITIONALLY $120,250 WAS DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER 501C3 ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNATED GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $250 OR $500. - Grants of 5000 Or Less
GRANTS OF $2,500 EACH WERE PAID TO GRANT APPLICANTS WHO WERE NOT SELECTED FOR LARGER POOLED GRANTS INCLUDING GEM COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT, LAUREN EDSON DANCE INC., AND LOVE, INC. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS DESIGNATED $106,500 TO OTHER 501C3 ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIVIDUALLY-DESIGNATED GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $250 OR $500. - Basin School District 72
Build a large yurt in the middle of the school's 86 acres of forest to provide a STEM lab for their outdoor education program.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 32 of 47 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | $382,928 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 16 | $426,454 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $355,354 | $14,235 |
| 2023 | 14 | $301,593 | $14,107 |
| 2024 | 18 | $375,634 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
94% of its giving went to organizations in Idaho. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Idaho.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Idaho Womens Charitable Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 17 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3050 N Lakeharbor Lane Ste 112, Boise, ID, 83703.
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