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· Public charity

Idaho Humanities Council Inc

The purpose of the council is to empower individuals and groups to improve their communities through active engagement in the humanities.

$148k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$632kEducation$205kPublic Benefit$97kCivil Rights$90kEnvironment$29kCommunity Improvement$24kSocial Science$15kRecreation & Sports$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $35,486, the rows itemized in this filing. The $147,792 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $112,306 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TREEFORT FOR GOOD$7,500
GLOBAL LOUNGE$7,500
ALTURAS INSTITUTE$7,500
KENWORTHY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$7,500
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO$5,486
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HORIZONS LIFESTYLE AND EDUCATION TEAM: $10k → 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.
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$642k · 25 repeat orgs$516k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
50

Total granted

$642k
$488k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

76%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BM
    BASQUE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $48k · revenue +32%
  • CC
    CITY CLUB OF BOISE INC 03-07-95
    3× · 2020–2024 · $42k · revenue +35%
  • BA
    BOISE ART MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $36k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • BS
    Boise State University Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $53k · revenue +182%
  • FO
    Friends of Idaho Public Television Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $29k · revenue +10%
  • IC
    IDAHO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $28k
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
The Melaleuca Museum Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology

The Idaho Museum of Mining & Geology exists to educate children and adults on Idaho's geologic and mining history.

Community Improvement
3
Rainier Oregon Historical Museum

Preserving the past via a local museum.

Arts & Culture
4
Cascadia Art Museum

Cascadia Art Museum is an educational nonprofit 501(c)3 organization celebrating the rich tradition of the visual arts in the Northwest region, as shaped by the Cascade Mountains. The museum provides enriching experiences for community and…

Human Services
5
East Idaho Aquarium Corporation
Animals
6
Bonner County Historical Society Inc

Historic Preservation & Education

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7
Chelan County Historical Society

Developed by, for, and in conjunction with the community, the cashmere museum and pioneer village seeks to engage, educate, and entertain visitors both local and international. hundreds of volunteers have worked thousands of hours to make…

Arts & Culture
8
Idaho Military Historical Society Inc

Preservation, display, and restoration of Idaho military artifacts, photos, and publications.

Arts & Culture
9
Issaquah History Museums

To discover, preserve, and share history and heritiage of Issaquah and the surrounding area.

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10
The Shoshone Museum Association

To preserve, interpret, and display local and natural history for education purposes.

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11
Ilwaco Heritage Foundation Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum

The collection, preservation, interpretation and display of artifacts native to the area for the benefit and enrichment of the local residents and visitors to the area. Yearly visitation is approximately ten thousand.

Arts & Culture
12
Idaho Black History Museum Inc

Tell the lesser know history of Black in Idaho and the uncelebrated exceptionalism Idaho afforded by means of an opportunity.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for Idaho History; the most unlike its peers is Horizons Lifestyle and Education Team. 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

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 79 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/51
Grantees still filing
33/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSEUM OF IDAHO: $50,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF IDAHOREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $46,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHOIDAHO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $28,000 · OtherIDAHO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCBoise State University: $25,850 · OtherBoise State UniversitySUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 · OtherSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCIdaho Public Television: $22,500 · OtherIdaho City Historical Foundation: $15,500 · OtherCITY OF REXBURG: $15,250 · OtherCity of Salmon: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY LIBRARY NETWORK: $15,000 · Other+29 more: $178,179 · Other+29 moreBASQUE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER INC: $47,500 · Arts & CultureBASQUE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER INCCITY CLUB OF BOISE INC 03-07-95: $41,774 · Arts & CultureCITY CLUB OF BOISE INC 03-07-95BOISE ART MUSEUM INC: $35,720 · Arts & CultureBOISE ART MUSEUM INCFriends of Idaho Public Television Inc: $29,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Idaho Public Television …FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC: $28,580 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INCLOG CABIN LITERARY CENTER INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLOG CABIN LITERARY CENTER INCART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO: $17,400 · Arts & CultureAPPALOOSA MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION: $16,880 · Arts & CultureIDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON TRAIL CENTER INC: $14,546 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $91,800 · Arts & Culture+13 moreBoise State University Foundation Inc: $53,450 · EducationBoise State University…The Alturas Institute Inc: $40,860 · EducationThe Alturas Institute …VALLEY OF THE TETONS LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS INCORPORATED: $32,000 · EducationVALLEY OF THE TETONS L…The Community Library Association Inc: $27,500 · EducationThe Community Library …Idaho Mythweaver Inc: $23,000 · EducationIdaho Mythweaver IncMERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $20,526 · EducationMERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTR…Idaho State University Foundation Inc: $14,500 · EducationIdaho State University…COEUR DALENE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $6,000 · EducationWASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HOME OF THE ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL: $27,500 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsTHE WALLACE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $24,495 · Community ImprovementWIS TEQ NEEMIT: $21,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF SCOTCHMAN PEAKS WILDERNESS INC: $15,978 · EnvironmentDry Creek Historical Society Inc: $6,500 · EnvironmentTerragraphics International Foundation Inc: $6,000 · EnvironmentHORIZONS LIFESTYLE AND EDUCATION TEAM: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$436,279Arts & Culture$358,200Education$227,836Civil Rights$52,500Community Improvement$45,495Environment$28,478Human Services$10,000

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 budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $53,450 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF IDAHO: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBASQUE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER INC: $47,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetCITY CLUB OF BOISE INC 03-07-95: $41,774 over 3y, 19% of budgetThe Alturas Institute Inc: $40,860 over 3y, 16% of budgetBOISE ART MUSEUM INC: $35,720 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetVALLEY OF THE TETONS LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS INCORPORATED: $32,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetFriends of Idaho Public Television Inc: $29,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC: $28,580 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetThe Community Library Association Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HOME OF THE ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL: $27,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WALLACE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $24,495 over 1y, 34% of budgetIdaho Mythweaver Inc: $23,000 over 2y, 68% of budgetWIS TEQ NEEMIT: $21,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetMERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $20,526 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetLOG CABIN LITERARY CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO: $17,400 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetAPPALOOSA MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION: $16,880 over 2y, 28% of budgetFRIENDS OF SCOTCHMAN PEAKS WILDERNESS INC: $15,978 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetIDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON TRAIL CENTER INC: $14,546 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetIdaho State University Foundation Inc: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOEUR DALENE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR IDAHO HISTORY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNORTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetTHE TRAILING OF THE SHEEP CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHORIZONS LIFESTYLE AND EDUCATION TEAM: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetIDAHO HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COUNCIL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 52% of budgetGLOBAL LOUNGE INCORPORATED: $7,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTREEFORT COMMUNITY FUND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThe Blaine County Historical Museum Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetWARHAWK AIR MUSEUM INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,800 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetDry Creek Historical Society Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetThe College of Idaho Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWALLACE DISTRICT MINING MUSEUM INC: $6,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTerragraphics International Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetLEMHI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMCCALL ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetBOUNDARY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetSawtooth Interpretive and Historical Association: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF NORTH IDAHO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEART OF THE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 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.

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…Claude R & Ethel B Wh…St Luke's Health Syst…Idaho Power Foundatio…Blue Cross of Idaho F…M J Murdock Charitabl…The Avista FoundationSimplot Company Found…Innovia FoundationThe Tfdixon Family Fo…Harad Family Foundati…
Idaho Community Foundation IncID54× affinity27 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 · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · St Luke's Health System Ltd · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Avista Foundation · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · Innovia Foundation · The Tfdixon Family Foundation Inc · Harad Family 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 Idaho Humanities Council Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Idaho Humanities Council Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    9report 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.

    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 79 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 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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