Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Meridian, Idaho

29
foundations with a Meridian address
$11.2M
grants paid, FY2021–FY2025
6
say they accept unsolicited
$7,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 29 foundations that gave a Meridian, Idaho address on their tax filing — 28 private foundations and 1 grantmaking charity — from filings for FY2021–FY2025. Together they paid out $11.2 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 6 of them (21%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is a Meridian foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.

Top 25 of 29 foundations

Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first, then the ones whose filing doesn’t say.

Foundations in Meridian, Idaho
Arvy Foundation IncAccepts$10,000$966,500$3,000–$500,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Elton Family FoundationAccepts$500,000$500,000—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Chaime FoundationAccepts$10,000$87,366$5,000–$29,366FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Buuck Foundation IncAccepts$16,250$32,500$10,000–$22,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hemmert Lemhi County Youth SportsAccepts$7,000$12,845$2,845–$10,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Meridian Dairy & Stock Shows IncAccepts$150$10,742$75–$2,625FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Scentsy Family Foundation IncPublic foundationNot stated$7,500Over $5k only$186,207$5,124–$25,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation forInvitation only$1,000$4.1M$250–$300,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Vande Steeg Foundation IncInvitation only$5,000$1.7M$100–$1.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Gibney Family Foundation IncInvitation only$11,550$1.3M$100–$103,269FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Martin and Shirley BurnsInvitation only$25,000$545,000$5,000–$80,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Power Foundation IncInvitation only$5,000$303,770$500–$119,170FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Klein and Cole Family FoundationInvitation only$92,500$210,000$80,000–$130,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bonnie and John Jackson FoundationInvitation only$2,926$182,948$502–$70,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Jerry & Muriel Caven FoundationInvitation only$14,700$161,236$1,000–$54,621FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Rural Idaho & Mountain West Primary CareInvitation only$12,500$152,500$2,500–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Yal FoundationInvitation only$151,102$151,102—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sally E Anderson Family FoundationInvitation only$1,000$124,510$50–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
1212 Gives IncInvitation only$20,000$105,725$5,400–$80,325FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Shawshank FoundationInvitation only$100,000$100,000—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Barlow A Elton FoundationInvitation only$96,000$96,000—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Esi Cares IncInvitation only$2,500$91,011$200–$30,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The International Humanitarian Fund inInvitation only$2,873$62,000$1,000–$20,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Walter M Lewis Family FoundationInvitation only$5,500$23,200$2,200–$12,200FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Foundational Truth IncInvitation only$6,000$12,000One amountFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2021–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.