Idaho · Private foundation
Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $546k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $25k | 40% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $19k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $18k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $16k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise State University Foundation Inc | $61,725 | 5 | 0% |
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc | $4,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Women's and Children's Alliance | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Idaho Foodbank Warehouse | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Idaho Humane Society Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada Co Id | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of Canyon County Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Rainbow Gold Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise State University Foundation Inc | $61,725 | 5 | 0% |
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc | $4,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Women's and Children's Alliance | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Idaho Foodbank Warehouse | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Idaho Humane Society Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada Co Id | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of Canyon County Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Rainbow Gold Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Idaho Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Of Idaho Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sun Valley Culinary Institute Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Catch Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Sigma Delta Tau Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Speedy Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| National Alopecia Areata Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Learning Lab Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Boise Art Museum Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · Percival Stern Foundation · The Julius C Jeker Foundation Inc · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Four J Foundation · St Luke's Health System Ltd · Langan Barber Foundation
How this is measured
About Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation
- How much does Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation give?
- Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $24,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (59%), Arts & Culture (11%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Boise State University Foundation Inc ($62k), Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc ($9k), Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services Inc ($5k).
- Does Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Idaho Community Foundation Inc, Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc, Simplot Company Foundation Inc.
- Where is Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation based?
- Joy & Thomas Kealey Foundation is based in ID.
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