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Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc at a glance

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Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$550k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$524k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$2.3MHousing & Shelter$655kPhilanthropy$30kHealth$27kRecreation & Sports$18kArts & Culture$18kEducation$12kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $26k
  • $250k+1 grant · $524k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$524,242
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho District$8,850
Salvation Army National Corp$5,350
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Idaho$5,000
Rocky Canyon Sail Toads Inc Co$3,000
Boise Public Schools Education Foundation Inc$1,000
Foundation for Idaho History$1,000
Sage International School of Boise$1,000
Friends of the Morrison Knudsen Nature Center Inc$500
St Luke's Health Foundation Inc$250
02The need
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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 (FY22–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%The Jesse Tree of Idaho Inc: $500 → 8%Women's and Children's Alliance: $500 → 8%Jannus Inc: $250 → 8%Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho District: $9k → 8%Society of Saint Vincent de Paul South West Idaho District: $6k → 8%Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho District: $6k → 8%Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho District: $6k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 13 repeat orgs$362k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$2.9M
$362k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+2%

Still filing today

69%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsRecreation & 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

  • SO
    SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SW ID SW ID DISTRICT
    4× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +74%
  • RC
    ROCKY CANYON SAIL TOADS INC CO
    4× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +176%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR IDAHO HISTORY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $303k
  • HW
    Harry W Morrison Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
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 Forest Restoration Partnership
Environment
2
Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands

To preserve and protect, for public benefit, open space lands and unique natural, scenic settings throughout the state of idaho utilizing various flexible conservation methods.

Environment
3
Idaho Technology Council Inc

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

—
4
Indigenous Idaho Alliance Inc
Civil Rights
5
Idaho State University Foundation Inc

The mission of the Foundation is to stimulate voluntary private support from alumni, parents, friends, corporations, foundations, and others for the benefit of the University and its students.

Education
6
Icon Credit Union

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

—
7
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…

—
8
Idaho Freedom Foundation Inc

To develop and advocate the principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, private property rights, economic freedom, and limited, transparent government

Community Improvement
9
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
10
Idaho Medical Association Foundation Inc
Health
11
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to protect, connect, and enhance wildlife habitat, working lands, and community spaces in southeast idaho, now and for future generations.

Environment
12
Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Protect And Sustain Idaho's Fishing, Hunting And Wildlife Heritage For Present And Future Generations.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Idaho; the most unlike its peers is Harry W Morrison Foundation 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

24 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. 24 of the 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $2,564,911 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $302,797 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $205,403 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+19 more: $90,750 · OtherSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SW ID SW ID DISTRICT: $25,350 · Human ServicesBACK ON MY FEET: $4,375 · Human Services+3 more: $1,250 · Human ServicesROCKY CANYON SAIL TOADS INC CO: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsFOUNDATION FOR IDAHO HISTORY: $17,500 · Arts & CultureSAGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BOISE: $5,000 · EducationBOISE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationST IGNATIUS SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationBoise State University Foundation Inc: $500 · EducationLEAP CHARITIES INC: $5,000 · InternationalSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $4,000 · Health
Other$3,163,861Human Services$30,975Recreation & Sports$18,000Arts & Culture$17,500Education$10,500International$5,000Health$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarry W Morrison Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SW ID SW ID DISTRICT: $25,350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY CANYON SAIL TOADS INC CO: $18,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR IDAHO HISTORY: $17,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IDAHO: $16,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BOISE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEAP CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBACK ON MY FEET: $4,375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOISE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Morrison Knudsen Nature Center: $1,900 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetST IGNATIUS SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HOME OF THE ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL: $950 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JESSE TREE OF IDAHO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's and Children's Alliance: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia High School Academic Boosters: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANNUS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAND TRUST OF THE TREASURE VALLEY: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAYETTE LAND TRUST INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 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.

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…Lamb Weston Charitabl…Idaho Power Foundatio…St Luke's Health Syst…First Interstate Banc…Blue Cross of Idaho F…Laura Moore Cunningha…Idaho Womens Charitab…M J Murdock Charitabl…Four J FoundationEl& Bg Lightfoot Foun…Angels Among US Inc
Idaho Community Foundation IncID29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · St Luke's Health System Ltd · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · Idaho Womens Charitable Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Four J Foundation · El& Bg Lightfoot Foundation · Angels Among US Inc

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 Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc. 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
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Morrison Knudsen Foundation Inc 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 35 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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