Idaho · Nonprofit
Boise State University Foundation Inc
Boise State University Foundation Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 137 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,650,037 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,006,811). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $84M
- Funders on record
- 137
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $297M
What Boise State University Foundation Inc does
Mission
To raise funds and support for Boise State University's programs, prudently manage all private funds donated to the University, and act as an envoy and link between the University and its constituencies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Foundation provides general support for Boise State University through both endowment and current use funds. Some highlights for the fiscal year end June 30, 2025 include the continued support for all academic colleges, computer science and engineering, STEM, health sciences, research in public policy, education, arts and sciences, True Blue scholarships, endowed positions, athletics, and other various support programs at Boise State University. Effective July 1, 2024, the Boise State University division of University Advancement was merged into the Foundation, forming one unified philanthropic organization. (Continued on Schedule O)The expanded organization now is responsible for fundraising, engagement, information, and technology services, financial operations, and investment management to support activities under the Foundation's, mission to inspire, manage, and distribute private support for the benefit of the University.
$29,086,736 spentof which $28,699,454 as grants$11,070,669 earned by the program69% of program spendingThe Foundation administers over 1,000 different academic scholarships for Boise State University. Applicants may be required to write an essay, provide transcripts, and if applying for scholarships requiring financial need applicants must include the Free Application for Federal Student Aid report (FAFSA). Other requirements may be included, depending on the scholarship. During fiscal year end June 30, 2025, the Foundation distributed over 2,500 scholarship awards to 1,560 recipients.
$7,092,411 spentof which $7,092,411 as grants17% of program spendingThe Foundation provides support services for both the Bronco Athletic Association and the Boise State University Alumni Association. This includes, but is not limited to, member lists, data entry and updates, financial support through donation receipts, reporting, and other ad hoc services as they are needed such as managing registration for events.
$5,956,768 spentof which $5,956,768 as grants14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,135,915.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $262M to $313M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
71% of Boise State University Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $750k → $2.2M.
28 of 137 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.5M from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Seattle Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Boise State University Foundation Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Boise State University Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 137 funders by total. 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 State University Foundation Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Boise State University Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 16% · 2019 46% · 2020 13% · 2021 17% · 2022 13% · 2023 19% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
36% of Boise State University Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of Boise State University Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 State University Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Boise State University Foundation Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- The Edmund E & Alice R Palmatier Charitable Trust · exempt
- The Frances J Woods Charitable Trust · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (4) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Boise State University Foundation Inc?
- Boise State University Foundation Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 137 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,650,037 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,006,811). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Boise State University Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 137 organizations giving $15,650,037 in grants to Boise State University Foundation Inc, 74 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Boise State University Foundation Inc?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,006,811 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Boise State University Foundation Inc 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 137 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing