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The College of Idaho Inc

The College of Idaho Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,838,597 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($12,775,500). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$78M
Funders on record
97
Grants received
$30M
Net assets
$162M
54/97 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What The College of Idaho Inc does

Mission

The College of Idaho, a private, residential liberal arts college, prepares students to lead productive and fulfilling lives. We are committed to an innovative, individualized curriculum in liberal arts and professional studies, to building community, and to exercising stewardship.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Higher Education - Instructional: Provided instruction to undergraduate and graduate students (1,085 Students).

    $41,452,580 spentof which $29,150,750 as grants$40,003,923 earned by the program
    66% of program spending
  2. Student Services: Student support services including but not limited to athletics, dean of students, admissions, financial aid services, and residence life.

    $11,369,974 spent$1,262,107 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Higher Education - Auxiliary: Provided room and board for residential students and only board for nonresidential students.

    $6,261,126 spent$8,731,766 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  4. Higher Education - Academic Support: Academic support for students including but not limited to library, art gallery, museum, academic dean, and institutional research.

    $3,495,920 spent$111,730 earned by the program
    6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $62,579,600.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($47M) Expenses 100 ($47M) Net assets 100 ($144M)2018 Revenue 94 ($44M) Expenses 105 ($50M) Net assets 98 ($140M)2019 Revenue 103 ($48M) Expenses 111 ($53M) Net assets 95 ($136M)2020 Revenue 115 ($54M) Expenses 123 ($59M) Net assets 92 ($132M)2021 Revenue 158 ($74M) Expenses 120 ($57M) Net assets 106 ($152M)2022 Revenue 126 ($59M) Expenses 139 ($66M) Net assets 101 ($145M)2023 Revenue 161 ($75M) Expenses 140 ($67M) Net assets 107 ($154M)2024 Revenue 155 ($73M) Expenses 146 ($69M) Net assets 109 ($157M)2025 Revenue 166 ($78M) Expenses 150 ($71M) Net assets 113 ($162M)
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Revenue (166)Expenses (150)Net assets (113)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $163M to $182M (+11%).

$174M
$172M
$167M
$163M
$182M
$172M
$179M
$189M
$193M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

20% of The College of Idaho Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,254 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$532k
’17
−$5.6M
’18
−$4.5M
’19
−$4.5M
’20
$17M
’21
−$7.1M
’22
$8.7M
’23
$3.1M
’24
$6.9M
’25
0.6
months of
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

Douglas Brigham

CEO

Board chair

Jen Sampson

Trustee Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed414943383940444244
Joined·+15+7+5+7+5+9+4+7
No longer listed·7131064565
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $5.5M.

22 of 97 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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: $12M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest College of Idaho 2nd Century Fund Trust B). These are real filings, and they are not money The College of Idaho Inc raised.

From the IRS filings of The College of Idaho Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 97 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

The College of Idaho Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

60% 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 The College of Idaho Inc.

43%
largest funder
59%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 82% · 2019 78% · 2020 27% · 2021 74% · 2022 64% · 2023 45% — 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

43% of The College of Idaho Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

58% of The College of Idaho 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 $13M that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Idaho funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Idaho out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The College of Idaho Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding The College of Idaho Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.9M on record — $5.9M federal, $18k state.

Federal$5.9M
grants $5.9Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Education$4.2M
  • National Science Foundation$1.3M
  • Department of Health and Human Services$321k
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration$79k
  • Department of Agriculture$45k
  • National Endowment for the Humanities$25k
State$18k
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Top programs
  • DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$18k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like The College of Idaho 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 11%Fundraising 1%

Governance

30
board members
90%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • College of Idaho 2nd Century Trust Fund A · exempt
  • College of Idaho 2nd Century Trust Fund B · exempt
  • EA Paddock Scholarship Trust · exempt
  • Charitable Remainder Trust (1) · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds The College of Idaho Inc?
The College of Idaho Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,838,597 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($12,775,500). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does The College of Idaho Inc have?
IRS filings report 97 organizations giving $29,838,597 in grants to The College of Idaho Inc, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The College of Idaho Inc?
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,775,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The College of Idaho 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 97 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