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Chc Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$834k
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MRecreation & Sports$672kHuman Services$571kEducation$498kAnimals$373kReligion$303kHealth$243kFood & Nutrition$238kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $372k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $383k
$11,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO$150,000
EASTERN IDAHO COMMUNITY ACTION PART$110,000
FRIENDS OF THE MENAN ANNIS GRANT LI$72,800
SALMON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$50,000
RIRIE SENIOR CITIZENS$32,340
BINGHAM COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN CENTE$32,000
CLAYTON AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$30,000
Individual grant recipient$29,249
TETON VALLEY YOUTH LACROSSE ASSOCIA$20,000
SALMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION$20,000
IDAHO FALLS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATIO$18,000
Individual grant recipient$15,520
TETON VALLEY HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$15,000
CUSTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION$15,000
CUSTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RIRIE SENIOR CITIZENS: $32k → 11%RIRIE SENIOR CITIZENS: $12k → 11%SHELLEY AREA SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER OF TETON VALLEY: $8k → 7%WHITEWATER THERAPEUTIC AND RECREATIONAL RIDING ASSOCIATION: $7k → 14%CHALLIS SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $3k → 13%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER OF TETON: $3k → 7%WHITEWATER THERAPEUTIC & RECREATIONAL RIDING ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%PROMISE RIDGE: $7k → 11%PROMISE RIDGE HOMELESS SHELTER: $5k → 11%DOMESTIC VIOLENCESEXUAL ASSAULT: $5k → 11%PROMISE RIDGE: $1k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 48 repeat orgs$4.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
303

Total granted

$1.0M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+15%

Still filing today

46%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $663k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BH
    BONNEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $35k · revenue +20%
  • CO
    COLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +23%
  • SV
    SALMON VALLEY STEWARDSHIP INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $28k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TP
    Tautphaus Park Zoological SocietyInc
    one grant, 2022 · $155k · revenue -37%
  • IF
    IDAHO FALLS AUDITORIUM DISTRICT
    one grant, 2022 · $125k
  • SR
    SP21-6 REGIONAL CO CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership
Environment
2
Indigenous Idaho Alliance Inc
Civil Rights
3
Rural Idaho & Mountain West Primary Care
Health
4
Idaho Wildlife Federation

The Idaho Wildlife Federation (IWF) promotes the conservation of Idaho's wildlife heritage and legacy of sporting opportunities for the current and future generations.

Animals
5
Tamarack Enviromental Protection Association

To promote envirnoment of valley county idaho

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6
Brave Hearts Idaho
Arts & Culture
7
East Idaho Aquarium Corporation
Animals
8
Boundary County Historical Society Inc

Museum

Arts & Culture
9
Idaho Elks Rehab Hospital Inc
Health
10
Valley County Economic Develop Dba West Central Mtn Eco Develo

Economic development for the west central mountain idaho region

Community Improvement
11
Southern Idaho Tourism & Recreation Association Inc

Implement an integrated marketing program to inspire, inform, educate, and facilitate the decision making process of visitors to the area.

Community Improvement
12
Scenic Montana Trails
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salmon Valley Stewardship Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sugar City Soccer League. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 375 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
28/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO: $149,900 · Other+176 more: $3,915,617 · Other+176 moreART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO: $150,000 · Arts & CultureIDAHO FALLS ARTS COUNCIL: $60,484 · Arts & CultureBLACKFOOT COMMUNITY PLAYERS INC: $16,266 · Arts & CultureIDAHO FALLS SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $12,171 · Arts & CultureTautphaus Park Zoological SocietyInc: $155,000 · AnimalsBONNEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $35,000 · AnimalsSNAKE RIVER ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $30,000 · AnimalsPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $15,000 · AnimalsSALMON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsTETON VALLEY YOUTH LACROSSE ASSOCIA: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsTETON VALLEY AQUATICS LTD: $8,409 · Recreation & SportsMountain Bike the Tetons Inc: $7,530 · Recreation & SportsRIRIE SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $44,502 · Human ServicesPROMISE RIDGE INC: $13,026 · Human ServicesWHITEWATER THERAPEUTIC & RECREATIONAL RIDING ASSOCIATION: $12,300 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER OF TETON VALLEY: $10,516 · Human ServicesCHAMPS HEART INC: $20,000 · HealthTeton Valley Health Care: $17,431 · HealthCLUB INC: $16,780 · HealthTeton Valley Health Care Foundation: $15,000 · HealthHOSPICE OF EASTERN IDAHO INC: $10,000 · HealthSALMON VALLEY STEWARDSHIP INC: $27,500 · EnvironmentTETON VALLEY TRAILS & PATHWAYS INCORPORATED: $14,000 · Environment
Other$4,065,517Arts & Culture$238,921Animals$235,000Recreation & Sports$85,939Human Services$80,344Health$79,211Environment$41,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTautphaus Park Zoological SocietyInc: $155,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO: $150,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMUSEUM OF IDAHO: $79,673 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetIDAHO FALLS ARTS COUNCIL: $60,484 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetRIRIE SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $44,502 over 2y, 10% of budgetBINGHAM CRISIS CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetBONNEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetSNAKE RIVER ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCOLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetActors Repertory Theatre of Idaho: $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetIDAHO FALLS RESCUE MISSION INC: $27,507 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSALMON VALLEY STEWARDSHIP INC: $27,500 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCHAMPS HEART INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSALMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTeton Valley Health Care: $17,431 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLUB INC: $16,780 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBLACKFOOT COMMUNITY PLAYERS INC: $16,266 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE GIVING CUPBOARD: $16,145 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetTeton Valley Health Care Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM INC: $14,488 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTETON VALLEY TRAILS & PATHWAYS INCORPORATED: $14,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPROMISE RIDGE INC: $13,026 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetLEMHI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $13,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetWHITEWATER THERAPEUTIC & RECREATIONAL RIDING ASSOCIATION: $12,300 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetIDAHO FALLS SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $12,171 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER OF TETON VALLEY: $10,516 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC: $10,021 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF EASTERN IDAHO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTETON VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetChallis Arts Council Inc: $9,100 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetTETON VALLEY AQUATICS LTD: $8,409 over 1y, 11% of budgetMountain Bike the Tetons Inc: $7,530 over 2y, 0.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Tautphaus Park Zoological SocietyInc ↗
  • Who funds ART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF IDAHO ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO FALLS ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds SALMON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RIRIE SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds BINGHAM CRISIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BONNEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Idaho Community Found…Community Foundation …The Teton Springs Fou…Battelle Memorial Ins…The Steele-Reese Foun…Cross Charitable Foun…Laura Moore Cunningha…The William J & Shirl…The Willard Charitabl…Anne Staton Voilleque…Faraway FoundationIdaho Power Foundatio…
Idaho Community Foundation IncID53.3× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · The Teton Springs Foundation Inc 01 · Battelle Memorial Institute · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · The William J & Shirley a Maeck Family Foundation · The Willard Charitable Foundation Inc · Anne Staton Voilleque Charitable Foundation · Faraway Foundation · Idaho Power Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Chc Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chc Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Chc Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chc Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 375 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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