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Langan Barber Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$498k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$853kEducation$360kHuman Services$295kHealth$283kHousing & Shelter$181kCommunity Improvement$131kCivil Rights$115kAnimals$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $168k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $330k
$26,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TREASURE VALLEY YMCA$100,000
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY$70,000
LED$60,000
WASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$50,000
THE CABIN$50,000
PONDEROSA CENTER$42,000
JANNUS INC$26,000
HOME PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION$25,000
ST LUKE'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
GLOBAL LOUNGE INC$20,000
TRICA$10,000
IDAHO VOICES FOR CHILDREN$10,000
BALLET IDAHO$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JANNUS INC: $26k → 8%WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $13k → 8%JANNUS INC: $12k → 8%JANNUS INC: $9k → 8%JANNUS INC: $9k → 8%WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $3k → 8%JANNUS INC: $3k → 8%WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $1k → 8%WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $1k → 8%JANNUS INC: $26k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 33 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
14

Total granted

$2.2M
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+34%

Still filing today

76%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • IS
    IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $340k · revenue +31%
  • BS
    Boise State University Foundation Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $300k · revenue +191%
  • TI
    TRICA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $210k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • FI
    FUNDSY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -90%
  • BP
    BOISE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ED FOUND
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IC
    IDAHO CENTER FOR FISCAL POLICY
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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 Technology Council Inc

To help technology companies in Idaho start, grow, and thrive.

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2
Idaho Health Data Exchange Inc

IHDE exists to create and maintain a collaborative statewide effort to improve the coordination and quality of healthcare through the use of a health information exchange and health information technology.

Health
3
Idaho Law Foundation Inc

The Idaho Law Foundation maintains a continuing legal education program and administers grants to 1) educate the public, 2) provide legal services to the state's indigent, 3) develop programs to improve the administration of justice and…

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4
Children's Museum of Idaho Inc

Inspire and nurture future explorers, innovators, and critical thinkers through interactive play in a safe, engaging environment with hands-on exhibits and programs designed specifically for children ages two to eight years old.

Arts & Culture
5
Icon Credit Union

Our promise is to deliver an experience of financial success, with unique style, at every stage of your life.

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6
Idaho Arts Charter School Inc

Public Education.

Education
7
Idaho Technology Council Foundation

The corporation advances charitable and educational initiatives as an affiliate of the Idaho Technology Council. It promotes digiatl literacy technology education and workforce readiness across Idaho by funding and delivering…

Science & Tech
8
Idaho Community Foundation Inc

The idaho community foundation strengthens communities through philanthropy, elevating nonprofit impact, and connecting idahoans to create a place where everyone can contribute to thriving communities.

Philanthropy
9
Idaho Science & Technology Charter

Public Education.

Education
10
Opera Idaho Inc

The primary mission of Opera Idaho is to fund and produce opera of the highest possible professional standard, in Boise and throughout the State of Idaho, and to foster wider acceptance, appreciation and enjoyment of opera and related art…

Arts & Culture
11
Idaho Legal Aid Services Inc Idaho Legal Aid Services Inc

Idaho legal aid services inc is a statewide nonprofit law firm dedicated to providing equal access for low-income people through quality advocacy and education

Crime & Legal
12
Idaho Nonprofit Center Inc

To educate, advocate and collaborate in support of stronger nonprofits

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Discovery Center of Idaho Inc; the most unlike its peers is Global Lounge Incorporated. 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

30 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. 30 of the 47 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $339,710 · Arts & CultureIDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INCTRICA INC: $210,000 · Arts & CultureTRICA INCPONDEROSA CENTER: $200,000 · Arts & CulturePONDEROSA CENTERGLOBAL LOUNGE INCORPORATED: $66,425 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL LOUNGE INCORPORATED+3 more: $17,500 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $178,600 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETYTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO: $172,000 · OtherTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION…THE CABIN: $120,500 · OtherTHE CABINLED: $102,000 · OtherLEDTRAILHEAD: $40,000 · OtherTRAILHEAD+21 more: $117,850 · Other+21 moreBoise State University Foundation Inc: $299,740 · EducationBoise State Univ…BOISE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Education+4 more: $16,250 · EducationSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $100,000 · Health+2 more: $3,000 · HealthJANNUS INC: $84,000 · Human ServicesWomen's and Children's Alliance: $17,500 · Human ServicesWASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HOME OF THE ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL: $100,000 · Civil RightsIdaho Housing Foundation: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterINTERFAITH SANCTUARY HOUSING SERVICES INC: $3,000 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$833,635Other$730,950Education$327,990Health$103,000Human Services$101,500Civil Rights$100,000Housing & Shelter$78,000

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 budgetIDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $339,710 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $299,740 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTRICA INC: $210,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetPONDEROSA CENTER: $200,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO: $172,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HOME OF THE ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL: $100,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJANNUS INC: $84,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIdaho Housing Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetGLOBAL LOUNGE INCORPORATED: $66,425 over 7y, 13% of budgetWomen's and Children's Alliance: $17,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIDAHO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $14,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOISE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBALLET IDAHO INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFUNDSY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLEARNING LAB INC: $7,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOISE BICYCLE PROJECT INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINTERFAITH SANCTUARY HOUSING SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFES KITCHEN INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIdaho Humane Society Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Of Idaho Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREN EDSON DANCE INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJayden DeLuca Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO SMART GROWTH: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Boise State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PONDEROSA CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO ↗
  • Who funds WASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HOME OF THE ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL ↗
  • Who funds St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd ↗
  • Who funds JANNUS INC ↗
  • Who funds Idaho Housing Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL LOUNGE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Women's and Children's Alliance ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOISE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALLET IDAHO INC ↗
  • Who funds FUNDSY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds LEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC ↗
  • Who funds BOISE BICYCLE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH SANCTUARY HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFES KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Idaho Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities Of Idaho Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAUREN EDSON DANCE INCORPORATED ↗

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 Power Foundation IncID45.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · St Luke's Health System Ltd · The Julius C Jeker Foundation Inc · Harad Family Foundation · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Bews Foundation · Idaho Womens Charitable 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 Langan Barber Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Langan Barber 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report 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.

    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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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