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El& Bg Lightfoot Foundation at a glance

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El& Bg Lightfoot Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
120
Grants FY2025still arriving
23
States reached
$382k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$8.5MHuman Services$2.0MHousing & Shelter$845kEnvironment$524kPublic Safety & Disaster$480kPhilanthropy$160kCrime & Legal$90kInternational$89kOther$0
02FY2025 · 120 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k92 grants · $321k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $420k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $593k
  • $250k+1 grant · $382k
$3,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$382,000
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$228,500
COLLEGE OF IDAHO$97,000
JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC$60,000
WOMENS CHILDRENS ALLIANCE$54,000
NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$53,500
THE SALVATION ARMY$50,000
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE$37,684
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHO$36,000
LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE$32,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$30,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$30,000
BOISE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$25,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY-NORTH IDAHO$25,000
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 (FY18–25, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LA POSADA INC: $15k → 11%FAM SERV ALLIANCE OF SE IDAHO INC: $25k → 14%OPERATION WARM INC: $20k → 10%LA POSADA: $15k → 11%LA POSADA INC: $15k → 11%LA POSADA: $12k → 11%LA POSADA INC: $10k → 11%LA POSADA: $10k → 11%LA POSADA: $10k → 11%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER FDN OF IDAHO: $20k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 8%JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $60k → 8%JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $60k → 8%JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $50k → 8%WOMENS AND CHILDRENS ALLIANCE INC: $50k → 8%ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $56k → 11%JESSE TREE OF IDAHO: $50k → 8%WOMAN'S CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $50k → 8%WOMENS AND CHILDRENS ALLIANCE: $47k → 8%ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $38k → 11%ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $20k → 11%JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $40k → 8%ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE I: $17k → 11%ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $16k → 11%CATCH INC: $35k → 8%ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE I: $10k → 11%CATCH INC: $30k → 8%CHARITABLE ASSIST TO COMM HOMELESS: $28k → 8%JANNUS INC: $25k → 8%CATCH INC: $25k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 8%JANNUS INC: $25k → 8%CHARITABLE ASSIST TO COMM HOMELESS: $25k → 8%JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $20k → 8%CHARITABLE ASSIST TO COMM HOMELESS: $20k → 8%JANNUS INC: $18k → 8%JANNUS INC: $15k → 8%JANNUS INC: $15k → 8%THE JESSE TREE OF IDAHO: $10k → 8%THE JESSE TREE OF IDAHO: $10k → 8%JANNUS INC: $10k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $90k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $30k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 8%SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $7k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
MS
GA
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 141 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

141 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 92 since wound down; 60 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

141
445

Total granted

$11M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

21%
4%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $239k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TC
    The College of Idaho Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $622k · revenue +76%
  • NN
    NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $426k · revenue +30%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    7× · 2018–2025 · $335k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • FF
    FUNDS FOR HURRICANE RELIEF
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • HC
    HAWAI'I COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MAUI
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY CAPIAL CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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 Conservation League Inc

Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.

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2
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
3
Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership
Environment
4
Independent Colleges of Washington

Independent colleges of washington is the leading advocate for not-for-profit, private campuses in washington state.

Education
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
Upper Iowa University

Upper iowa university provides quality educational opportunities accessible through varied delivery methods to inspire success and empower lives.

Education
7
Iowa State University Foundation

Aligning donor passion and generosity to advance iowa state university's land grant ideals.

Education
8
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
9
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

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10
University of Western States

The mission of the University of Western States is to advance the science and art of integrated health care through excellence in education and patient care.

Health
11
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
12
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jannus Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

57 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. 57 of the 648 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/57
Grantees still filing
33/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,844,125 · OtherBOISE STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $1,240,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IDAHOTHE SALVATION ARMY: $435,000 · OtherIDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: $320,500 · Other+157 more: $4,076,319 · Other+157 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $335,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nati…THE JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesTHE JESSE TRE…CATCH INC: $162,500 · Human ServicesCATCH INCADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $156,263 · Human ServicesADVOCATES AGA…Women's and Children's Alliance: $147,000 · Human ServicesWomen's and C…JANNUS INC: $107,500 · Human ServicesJANNUS INCLa Posada Inc: $92,050 · Human ServicesLa Posada Inc+6 more: $82,000 · Human Services+6 moreThe College of Idaho Inc: $622,000 · EducationThe College…NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY INC: $425,750 · EducationNORTHWEST N…+13 more: $168,000 · Education+13 moreIDAHO FOUNDATION FOR PARKS AND LANDS: $145,000 · EnvironmentECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · EnvironmentSnake River Waterkeeper Inc: $25,000 · EnvironmentKaniksu Land Trust Inc: $10,000 · Environment+3 more: $18,500 · EnvironmentLEAP CHARITIES INC: $90,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $14,000 · InternationalIdaho Trails Association: $42,000 · Recreation & SportsIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $40,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$8,915,944Human Services$1,382,313Education$1,215,750Environment$248,500International$104,000Recreation & Sports$42,000Food & Nutrition$40,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe College of Idaho Inc: $622,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY INC: $425,750 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $335,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $300,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetTREASURE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $190,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetCATCH INC: $162,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $161,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $156,263 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetWomen's and Children's Alliance: $147,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetIDAHO FOUNDATION FOR PARKS AND LANDS: $145,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetJANNUS INC: $107,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLa Posada Inc: $92,050 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetLEAP CHARITIES INC: $90,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetLEARNING LAB INC: $80,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetIdaho Trails Association: $42,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIDAHO FALLS RESCUE MISSION INC: $35,208 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetGrand Canyon University: $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetLIFES KITCHEN INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSnake River Waterkeeper Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTH IDAHO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION OF IDAHO INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $19,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Momentum Group Create Common Good: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetWYAKIN WARRIOR FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKaniksu Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSELWAY-BITTERROOT FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SW ID SW ID DISTRICT: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoise Urban Garden School: $6,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetDORDT UNIVERSITY: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARROLL COLLEGE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO STEM ACTION CENTER FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INC: $4,937 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAND TRUST OF THE TREASURE VALLEY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 The College of Idaho Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds THE JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC ↗
  • Who funds TREASURE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds Women's and Children's Alliance ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO FOUNDATION FOR PARKS AND LANDS ↗
  • Who funds JANNUS INC ↗
  • Who funds La Posada Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEAP CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗

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…Laura Moore Cunningha…Idaho Power Foundatio…Claude R & Ethel B Wh…Idaho Womens Charitab…Simplot Company Found…First Interstate Banc…St Luke's Health Syst…Lamb Weston Charitabl…United Way of Treasur…M J Murdock Charitabl…Idaho Housing Foundat…
Idaho Community Foundation IncID67.1× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · Idaho Womens Charitable Foundation · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · St Luke's Health System Ltd · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · United Way of Treasure Valley Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Idaho Housing Foundation

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 El& Bg Lightfoot Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from El& Bg Lightfoot Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Corban University: 3% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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How do I get to El& Bg Lightfoot Foundation?

Find your warmest path to El& Bg Lightfoot 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 648 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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