Idaho · Private foundation
Jr Simplot Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $288M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Jr Simplot Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $4.6M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.6M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $400k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $400k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $650k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $400k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho State University | $2,300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballet Idaho Inc | $610,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Opera Idaho Inc | $610,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Boise Philharmonic Association Inc | $610,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy | $425,000 | 6 | 20% |
| Idaho Zoological Society Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boise Saddle and Jump Club | $54,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada Co Id | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Women's and Children's Alliance | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho State University | $2,300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballet Idaho Inc | $610,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Opera Idaho Inc | $610,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Boise Philharmonic Association Inc | $610,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy | $425,000 | 6 | 20% |
| Idaho Zoological Society Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boise Saddle and Jump Club | $54,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada Co Id | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Women's and Children's Alliance | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boise Art Museum Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Idaho Botanical Garden Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boise Contemporary Theater Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boise Rescue Mission | $11,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Boise Music Week Association Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 36% |
| Idaho Youth Ranch Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Holiday Parade Association Inc | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Boise Choristers | $750 | 3 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jr Simplot Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · The Julius C Jeker Foundation Inc · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · Harad Family Foundation · Allen-Heath Memorial Foundation · Percival Stern Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Jr Simplot Foundation Inc
- How much does Jr Simplot Foundation Inc give?
- Jr Simplot Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $4,602,227 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Jr Simplot Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Arts & Culture (30%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Jr Simplot Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Idaho State University ($2.3M), Ballet Idaho Inc ($610k), Opera Idaho Inc ($610k).
- Does Jr Simplot Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jr Simplot Foundation Inc 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 Jr Simplot Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Idaho Community Foundation Inc, Idaho Power Foundation Inc, Simplot Company Foundation Inc.
- Where is Jr Simplot Foundation Inc based?
- Jr Simplot Foundation Inc is based in ID.
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