Idaho · Nonprofit
SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC
SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC (Idaho) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $571,056 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($154,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $571k
- Net assets
- $399k
What Sun Valley Policy Forum Inc does
Mission
The sun valley policy forum, founded in march of 2022, is an organization whose purpose is to educate our citizenry on local, state, and national issues to provide opportunities to discuss public policy, and to encourage dynamic participation in our republic.as a non-profit organization sun valley policy forum serves to educate and grow citizen awareness of policy leaders who are furthering free-market ideas and serving on the front lines to advance america's founding ideals and institutions, in doing so, we will inspire citizens with the knowledge and language to carry the message into our communities through civic engagement so that together we preserve individual liberties and keep our nation strong.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During the 2024 program year, the sun valley policy forum hosted five education events, reaching and engaging over 350 regular attendees. These events explored critical issues central to american constitutional order and global affairs. The first event focused on the importance of government transparency for accountability and citizen awareness. The second event hosted two legal experts who focused on the importance of constitutional powers, federalism, free speech, and the preservation of a robust legal system in the united states. The third event brought in a host of well-known speakers and examined the founding principles of the united states, the challenges the next generation of americans will face, the electoral process, and economic forecasting, and economic security. The fourth event featured a well-regarded former federal government official and legal expert on deregulation and the administrative state. The fifth event addressed u.s. China relations and the challenges and opportunities facing the united states on the global stage along with freedom of the press. Through these programs, the organization advanced its mission to educate the public and foster informed civic…
$581,952 spent$78,262 earned by the program100% of program spendingN/a
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The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $581,952.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $81k to $399k (+390%).
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.
92% of SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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.
Chief executive
Christina Culver
Treasurer/exec director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $67k → $72k.
10 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC’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
SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
71% 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 SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 99% · 2023 35% — 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.
Where its funders are
71% of SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $166k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $405k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC?
- SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC (Idaho) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $571,056 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($154,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $571,056 in grants to SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $154,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 17 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