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Nampa Schools Foundation Inc

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.

$49k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$19k
Largest
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.

Education$245kHealth$2k
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $19k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$672k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131$18,973
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$7,000
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$6,000
COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO$4,500
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO$2,000
POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$2,000
LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$1,000
GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY$1,000
WHITMAN COLLEGE$1,000
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY$1,000
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY - PROVO$1,000
OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$1,000
CORBAN UNIVERSITY$1,000
NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$1,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131: $28k → 11%LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE: $1k → 11%COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO: $2k → 11%IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: $8k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $6k → 16%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHO: $3k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA: $1k → 9%POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $2k → 14%GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $1k → 11%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY: $1k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $3k → 8%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $4k → 8%UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 12%SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1k → 12%WHITMAN COLLEGE: $1k → 13%OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 8%NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131: $28k → 11%IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $6k → 16%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHO: $2k → 22%UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 12%GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 12%BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 8%NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131: $19k → 11%IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $3k → 16%BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 8%NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131: $17k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $3k → 16%BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 8%NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131: $11k → 11%NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 11%NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO: $5k → 11%COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO: $3k → 11%COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO: $3k → 11%COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO: $2k → 11%COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO: $2k → 11%THE COLLEGE OF IDAHO: $2k → 11%THE COLLEGE OF IDAHO: $2k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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MI
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UT
MD
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$226k · 12 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
8

Total granted

$226k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+26%

Still filing today

17%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

  • NS
    NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131
    5× · 2020–2024 · $103k
  • BS
    BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $35k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $19k

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +12%
  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +139%
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.

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University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
6
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
7
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
10
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
11
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
12
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olivet Nazarene University; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

11 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. 11 of the 27 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131: $102,799 · OtherNAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $34,500 · OtherBOISE STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $19,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IDAHOCOLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO: $13,750 · OtherCOLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHOIDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · OtherIDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY+13 more: $35,000 · Other+13 moreNORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY INC: $14,500 · EducationNORTHWEST NAZ…The College of Idaho Inc: $5,000 · EducationThe College o…CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationCORPORATION O…POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationPOINT LOMA NA…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · Education
Other$218,049Education$28,500

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 budgetNORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe College of Idaho Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds The College of Idaho Inc ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CORBAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

El& Bg Lightfoot FoundationWI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Nampa Schools Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nampa Schools Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
  • Corban University: 4% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Nampa Schools Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Nampa Schools 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 27 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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