How does Greater Boise Rotary Foundation accept applications?

The foundation runs two Ada County programs. Large Grants are competitive and require an invited Letter of Intent for a specific project or program. Small Grants are awarded after large grants are determined, and organizations may apply for smaller grants. Small Grants accept unsolicited applications.

What grant sizes are typical?

Among the recent grants provided, the p25 size is $8,800, the median is $10,100, and the p75 is $13,750. The record also includes a much larger $849,042 general-operations award, showing that its grantmaking can include both modest project grants and a major institutional grant.

What kinds of programs does the foundation support?

The foundation’s stated focus areas include education, youth development, arts and culture, healthcare and social services, outdoor and recreational improvements, and community stability or housing support. The active grant programs also emphasize promoting peace, fighting disease, clean water, sanitation and hygiene, saving mothers and children, and supporting education.

Does the foundation fund only one-time project grants or recurring support?

The recent record shows both. One grant was for general operations, while others were tied to specific purposes such as a delivery van, dental-care capacity building, confidence programs for girls, and support for refugee children through soccer.

Greater Boise Rotary Foundation

Name: Greater Boise Rotary Foundation — grants, 990 financials & funding data
Creator: Kindora

ActivePublic CharityMutual & Membership Benefit

BOISE, IDWebsite

About Greater Boise Rotary Foundation

To create, promote, maintain, and conduct a benevolent endowment for the advancement of educational, charitable, and scientific purposes that fill human needs.

Focus Areas

EducationYouth developmentArts and cultureHealthcare and social servicesOutdoor and recreational improvementsCommunity stability / housing support

Who They Fund

girls (adolescents/young girls)refugee childrendental care patients / underserved community membersyouth participants in sports programs

Funding Style

capacity building

About Greater Boise Rotary Foundation

The largest recent grant from Greater Boise Rotary Foundation was a $849,042 general-operations award to Idaho Community Foundation, alongside targeted support such as $25,000 to Life's Kitchen for a delivery van. That mix shows a funder that can make both large institutional grants and smaller project awards. Across the recent grants provided, the foundation supported Boise- and Ada County–area organizations working in education, youth development, healthcare, food access, and community services. The foundation’s stated purpose is to create, promote, maintain, and conduct a benevolent endowment for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes that fill human needs. Its recent awards reflect that mandate in practical terms: one grant helped fund delivery logistics, another supported dental-care capacity, and others backed youth programs for girls and refugee children. The pattern suggests a local funder that uses Rotary-aligned priorities to support direct service delivery, capacity building, and community-based programs in the Boise area.

What Greater Boise Rotary Foundation Funds

Education appears in both the foundation’s stated priorities and its grantmaking. The recent list includes $10,100 to Girls on the Run in Boise for confidence programs for girls, tying youth development to education-adjacent support. Health-related funding is also visible. In 2023, Greater Boise Rotary Foundation gave $17,400 to Genesis in Garden City for capacity building in dental care, linking the foundation’s healthcare and social-services interests to a specific community need. The foundation also backed practical service delivery. In 2025, it awarded $25,000 to Life's Kitchen in Boise toward purchase of a delivery van, a capital asset that can support food or service distribution. Another 2023 grant of $7,500 went to Nations United in Boise to remove barriers for refugee children through soccer, connecting youth programming with integration and access.

How Greater Boise Rotary Foundation Gives

Recent grants cluster around modest, project-level awards, with a p25 of $8,800, a median of $10,100, and a p75 of $13,750. The 2025 outlier was a much larger $849,042 general-operations grant, showing that the foundation can also make a major institutional award. The grant record includes both general support and designated project support, including capacity building and capital purchase. Small Grants in Ada County are available to nonprofits after large grants are determined, and those small grants accept unsolicited applications; Large Grants in Ada County require an invited Letter of Intent.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$874K

Total Assets

$27K

Total Revenue

$12K

Total Expenses

$898K

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $9K and $14K, with a median of $10K.

25th Percentile

$9K

Median

$10K

75th Percentile

$14K

Geographic Reach

Local1 state funded

Funding intensity

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	BOISE, ID	$849,042	2025	GENERAL OPERATIONS
LIFE'S KITCHEN	BOISE, ID	$25,000	2025	TOWARD PURCHASE OF A DELIVERY VAN.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ADA COUNTY	GARDEN CITY, ID	$25,000	2024	SUPPORT AFTER SCHOOL BUSSING
JESSE TREE	BOISE, ID	$25,000	2023	EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE FACING EVICTION
GENESIS	GARDEN CITY, ID	$17,400	2023	CAPACITY BUILDING - DENTAL CARE
GIRLS ON THE RUN	BOISE, ID	$10,100	2023	CONFIDENCE PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS
NATIONS UNITED	BOISE, ID	$7,500	2023	REMOVING BARRIERS FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN THROUGH SOCCER

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What grant sizes are typical?

What kinds of programs does the foundation support?

Does the foundation fund only one-time project grants or recurring support?

Open Grant Opportunities

Large Grants (Ada County)

Small Grants (Ada County)

Recent Grants