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Simplot Company Foundation Inc

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.

$3.8M
Granted FY2026still arriving
134
Grants FY2026still arriving
29
States reached
$495k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.

Education$5.9MPhilanthropy$3.4MHuman Services$2.6MYouth Development$1.8MArts & Culture$1.0MHealth$654kAnimals$630kCrime & Legal$611kOther$0
02FY2026 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k107 grants · $243k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $189k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $675k
  • $250k+9 grants · $2.6M
$2,000
Median grant
29
States reached
$148M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF TREASURE VALLEY$494,613
CAMP RAINBOW GOLD$400,000
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO FOUNDATION$250,000
COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO FOUNDATION$250,000
COLLEGE OF IDAHO$250,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ADA COUNTY$250,000
IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
TREASURE VALLEY FAMILY YMCA$250,000
CALDWELL NIGHT RODEO FOUNDATION$250,000
IDAHO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$200,000
THE ART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO$125,000
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION$100,000
FOUNDATION FOR IDAHO HISTORY$100,000
JESSE TREE$100,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVING IDAHO AND EAST OREGON$50,000
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 (FY21–26, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOUR RIVERS HEALTHY COMMUNITY: $10k → 20%WALLA WALLA SENIOR CITIZENS CE: $5k → 13%COLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA: $5k → 24%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - IDAHO: $5k → 13%NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES ALLIANCE OF SOUTH IDAHO: $1k → 14%GIRAFFE LAUGH EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $3k → 8%IDAHO YOUTH RANCH: $355k → 8%IDAHO YOUTH RANCH: $340k → 8%IDAHO YOUTH RANCH: $330k → 8%IDAHO DIAPER BANK: $2k → 8%IDAHO DIAPER BANK: $2k → 8%Idaho Diaper Bank Inc: $2k → 8%BIRDS OF PREY NCA PARTNERS: $5k → 8%BELONG COLLECTIVE INC: $3k → 8%American Red Cross: $50k → 8%Women's & Children's Alliance: $40k → 8%WOMENS & CHILDRENS ALLIANCE: $10k → 8%WOMENS & CHILDRENS ALLIANCE: $10k → 8%WINTER WILDLANDS ALLIANCE INC: $5k → 8%CORPUS CHRISTI HOUSE INC: $5k → 8%CATCH INC: $5k → 8%CATCH INC: $5k → 8%CATCH: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 150 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

150 repeat relationships: 73 still active in FY2026, 77 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

150
150

Total granted

$15M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

43%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $541k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF TREASURE VALLEY INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $2.7M · revenue +21%
  • UO
    University of Idaho Foundation Inc
    6× · 2021–2026 · $1.8M · revenue +7%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO
    6× · 2021–2026 · $1.6M · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Globalgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $511k · revenue +49%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES
    one grant, 2022 · $400k
  • BC
    BOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +23%
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
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
2
Independent Colleges of Washington

Independent colleges of washington is the leading advocate for not-for-profit, private campuses in washington state.

Education
3
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
4
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
5
State University of Iowa Foundation

The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…

Education
6
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
7
Iowa State University Foundation

Aligning donor passion and generosity to advance iowa state university's land grant ideals.

Education
8
State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

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9
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
10
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
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Upper Iowa University

Upper iowa university provides quality educational opportunities accessible through varied delivery methods to inspire success and empower lives.

Education
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Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
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 Farming for the Future Foundation. 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

158 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. 158 of the 360 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)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
154/158
Grantees still filing
92/158
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO: $1,550,000 · OtherTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOI…COLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO FOUNDATION INC: $1,005,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO FOUNDATION INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $400,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIESWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $260,000 · OtherCALDWELL NIGHT RODEO FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherBOISE STATE UNIVERSITY: $247,000 · OtherIDAHO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $618,800 · OtherIDAHO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FOUNDATION USA INC: $276,600 · OtherIDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $253,500 · Other+115 more: $2,221,715 · Other+115 moreUNITED WAY OF TREASURE VALLEY INC: $2,717,082 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TREASURE …IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $501,000 · PhilanthropyIDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDAT…College of Western Idaho Foundation Inc: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCollege of Western Idah…+4 more: $55,000 · PhilanthropyUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $1,805,000 · EducationUniversity of Idah…The College of Idaho Inc: $1,007,000 · EducationThe College of Ida…+18 more: $195,500 · Education+18 moreIDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC: $1,025,000 · Human ServicesIDAHO YOUTH…National Law Enforcement Foundation: $600,000 · Human ServicesNational La…+14 more: $210,000 · Human Services+14 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ADA CO ID: $545,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC: $428,000 · Youth DevelopmentIdaho FFA Foundation Inc: $100,000 · Youth Development+5 more: $56,500 · Youth DevelopmentART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO: $250,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET IDAHO INC: $182,000 · Arts & CultureBOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR IDAHO HISTORY: $105,000 · Arts & CultureBOISE ART MUSEUM INC: $87,000 · Arts & CultureBOISE PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $70,000 · Arts & CulturePONDEROSA CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA IDAHO INC: $49,200 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $74,300 · Arts & CultureRonald McDonald House Global: $510,875 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS INC: $80,000 · HealthSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $25,000 · Health+6 more: $48,000 · Health
Other$7,082,615Philanthropy$3,773,082Education$3,007,500Human Services$1,835,000Youth Development$1,129,500Arts & Culture$1,017,500Health$663,875

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF TREASURE VALLEY INC: $2,717,082 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $1,805,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO: $1,550,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetIDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC: $1,025,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe College of Idaho Inc: $1,007,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLEGE OF EASTERN IDAHO FOUNDATION INC: $1,005,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetIDAHO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $618,800 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetNational Law Enforcement Foundation: $600,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ADA CO ID: $545,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $510,875 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $501,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCollege of Western Idaho Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC: $428,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FOUNDATION USA INC: $276,600 over 2y, 84% of budgetIDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $253,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO: $250,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBALLET IDAHO INC: $182,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $169,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER INC: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIdaho Housing Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetIdaho FFA Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOISE ART MUSEUM INC: $87,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOISE PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $70,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetWomen's and Children's Alliance: $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetIDAHO DEFENSE ALLIANCE INC CO PULLIAM & ASSOCIATES: $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPONDEROSA CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetOPERA IDAHO INC: $49,200 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetFARMING FOR THE FUTURE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MAGIC VALLEY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO STEM ACTION CENTER FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $23,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Momentum Group Create Common Good: $20,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetIdaho State University Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IDAHO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS IDAHO INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLIFES KITCHEN INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKEN GARFF FOR GOOD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFARM RESCUE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIDAHO NONPROFIT CENTER INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCATCH INC: $11,000 over 3y, 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.

Laura Moore Cunningha…Idaho Power Foundatio…Idaho Community Found…Claude R & Ethel B Wh…St Luke's Health Syst…Blue Cross of Idaho F…The Julius C Jeker Fo…Lamb Weston Charitabl…M J Murdock Charitabl…First Interstate Banc…The Bews FoundationHarad Family Foundati…
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation IncID102× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · St Luke's Health System Ltd · Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc · The Julius C Jeker Foundation Inc · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Bews Foundation · Harad Family 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 Simplot Company Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Simplot Company Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
41report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Simplot Company Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Simplot Company 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 360 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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