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University of Idaho Foundation Inc

University of Idaho Foundation Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 132 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,931,870 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,129,158). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$61M
Funders on record
132
Grants received
$25M
Net assets
$537M
81/132 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What University of Idaho Foundation Inc does

Mission

The mission of the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. is to inspire, manage, and distribute private support to enhance the excellence of the University of Idaho.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

During the year, the Foundation began reporting its Alumni Support program as part of its programs to foster alumni engagement. On July 1, 2024, University Advancement merged into the Foundation, forming one unified philanthropic organization. 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.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. University Support: Accept, manage, invest, and distribute gifts and contributions from the general public for educational purposes and award such funds to the University of Idaho, including scholarships, student focused programs, faculty, research, and other support.Number of non-endowment donors: 6107Number of endowment donors: 1204Number of endowments: 1943

    $45,169,960 spentof which $45,169,960 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. Alumni Support: The Foundation supports Alumni Programs through its Office of Alumni Relations, which are designed to build and sustain meaningful relationships between the University and its alumni. These programs foster engagement through events, outreach, and volunteer opportunities that strengthen alumni connections to the University and its mission. During the year the Office of Alumni Relations sponsored 144 events, supported by approximately 89 volunteers, to provide engagement and connections with over 8,193 alumni and donors. Through these efforts, the Foundation builds alumni connections, develops volunteer leadership and promotes philanthropic support aligned with institutional priorities.

    $206,004 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $45,375,964.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($57M) Expenses 100 ($25M) Net assets 100 ($429M)2022 Revenue 147 ($84M) Expenses 145 ($37M) Net assets 97 ($415M)2023 Revenue 69 ($40M) Expenses 119 ($30M) Net assets 102 ($440M)2024 Revenue 90 ($51M) Expenses 131 ($33M) Net assets 112 ($481M)2025 Revenue 107 ($61M) Expenses 192 ($49M) Net assets 125 ($537M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (107)Expenses (192)Net assets (125)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 2024 to 2025, from $509M to $565M (+11%).

$461M
$439M
$465M
$509M
$565M
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

61% of University of Idaho Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$32M
’21
$47M
’22
$9.4M
’23
$18M
’24
$12M
’25
12
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

Benjamin McLuen

Chief Executive Officer

Board chair

Clint Marshall

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

20212022202320242025
Listed2827242835
Joined·+4+5+7+13
No longer listed·5836
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 55 funders, grant income rose $551k → $4.4M.

30 of 132 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 University of Idaho Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 132 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

University of Idaho Foundation Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% 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

59% 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 University of Idaho Foundation Inc.

13%
largest funder
31%
top three
~19
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 15% · 2019 20% · 2020 14% · 2021 33% · 2022 11% · 2023 23% — 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.

How long its funders stay

45% of University of Idaho Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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

57% of University of Idaho Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Idaho funders.

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PA
NJ
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CO
MO
VA
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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. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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

University of Idaho Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve12.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

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

Organizations like University of Idaho 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 6%Fundraising 1%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WA

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Vandal Properties LLC · disregarded
  • University of Idaho Strategic Initiatives Fund Inc · exempt
  • Charitable Remainder Unitrust (18) · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds University of Idaho Foundation Inc?
University of Idaho Foundation Inc (Idaho) receives grants from 132 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,931,870 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,129,158). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does University of Idaho Foundation Inc have?
IRS filings report 132 organizations giving $24,931,870 in grants to University of Idaho Foundation Inc, 81 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of University of Idaho Foundation Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,129,158 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like University of Idaho 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 132 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