Idaho · Nonprofit
BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED
BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Idaho) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,271 to it, the largest being Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc ($17,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $177k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $204k
What Boise Jazz Society Incorporated does
Mission
The Boise Jazz Society Incorporated is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educative purposes. The Boise Jazz Society is a community-led non-profit arts organization supporting jazz performance, jazz education, and the promotion of jazz as a living American art form.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Signature Series Concerts The Boise Jazz Society Incorporated (BJS) brought six world class jazz groups to Boise for a total of twelve concerts (two concerts per artist) expanding cultural awareness and jazz appreciation in the Treasure Valley. BJS served 320 season subscribers and filled over 2000 seats. The BJS board, employees, contractors and volunteers schedule, coordinated and produced the concerts.
$143,209 spent84% of program spendingInformances The Boise Jazz Society Incorporated (BJS) provided six free educational opportunities for local audiences and music students at the high school and university levels, including listening sessions, question and answer sessions, and Masterclasses. Over 180 students participated.
$21,399 spent13% of program spendingScholarships BJS distributed four scholarships to Boise State University Music Department students.
$5,000 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $169,608.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Erin Westfall
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 67% · 2019 83% · 2020 64% · 2021 100% · 2023 78% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
89% of BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED's grant income comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Idaho
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Idaho) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,271 to it, the largest being Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc ($17,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $20,271 in grants to BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $17,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing