Funding search · EIN 812200028 · Twin Falls, ID

The Bews Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

130
grants reported
$4.3M
total given
2021–2025
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarshipeducationadvisedcampaigncapitalchildrenemergenciesessentials

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Top recipients

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  • Friends of Zoo Boise3 grants · $650,000
  • Boise State University Foundation6 grants · $575,000
  • Fidelity Inv Charitable Gift Fund5 grants · $475,000
  • College of Idaho5 grants · $375,000
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada County2 grants · $300,000
  • Treasure Valley Ymca3 grants · $175,000
  • The Idaho Foodbank6 grants · $145,000
  • Women'S & Children'S Alliance6 grants · $140,000
  • West Ada Schools Education Found2 grants · $102,500
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$676,500
2021
$865,000
2022
$944,500
2023
$883,500
2024
$947,500
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 130 grants.

  • $500,000

    Friends of Zoo Boise · Boise, ID · 2022

    Education center

  • $200,000

    Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2025

    Stadium expansion

  • $200,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada County · Garden City, ID · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $175,000

    Fidelity Inv Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

    Donor advised fund

  • $150,000

    Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $125,000

    College of Idaho · Caldwell, ID · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $100,000

    Friends of Zoo Boise · Boise, ID · 2025

    Education center

  • $100,000

    Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2024

    Stadium expansion

  • $100,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada County · Garden City, ID · 2023

    Capital campaign

  • $100,000

    Treasure Valley Ymca · Boise, ID · 2023

    Boise capital campaign

  • $100,000

    West Ada Schools Education Found · Meridian, ID · 2023

    Capital campaign

  • $100,000

    Fidelity Inv Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Donor advised fund

  • $100,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County · Garden City, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Fidelity Inv Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    Donor advised fund

  • $90,000

    Fidelity Inv Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Donor advised fund

  • $75,000

    College of Idaho · Caldwell, ID · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $75,000

    College of Idaho · Caldwell, ID · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $50,000

    Friends of Zoo Boise · Boise, ID · 2024

    Education center

  • $50,000

    Idaho Botanical Gardens · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Treasure Valley Ymca · Boise, ID · 2024

    Caldwell ymca

  • $50,000

    Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $50,000

    College of Idaho · Caldwell, ID · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $50,000

    Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2021

    Scholarship

  • $50,000

    Bronco Athletic Association · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $50,000

    College of Idaho · Caldwell, ID · 2021

    Scholarship

  • $50,000

    Saint Alphonsus Foundation · Boise, ID · 2021

    General purpose

  • $40,000

    Women'S & Children'S Alliance · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $35,000

    The Idaho Foodbank · Boise, ID · 2025

    School pantry program

  • $35,000

    The Idaho Foodbank · Boise, ID · 2023

    School pantry program

  • $35,000

    Trica · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    College of Western Idaho · Nampa, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Women'S & Children'S Alliance · Boise, ID · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Women'S & Children'S Alliance · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Children'S Museum of Idaho · Meridian, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Meridian Food Bank · Meridian, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Treasure Valley Ymca · Boise, ID · 2025

    Caldwell ymca

  • $25,000

    Children'S Home Society of Idaho · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Northwest Nazarene University · Nampa, ID · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $25,000

    The Idaho Foodbank · Boise, ID · 2024

    School pantry program

  • $25,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sw Id · Boise, ID · 2023

    Youth mentoring

  • $25,000

    Children'S Museum of Idaho · Meridian, ID · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Jesse Tree · Boise, ID · 2023

    Emergency rental assistance

  • $25,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sw Id · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2021

    Scholarship

  • $25,000

    Family Advocate Program · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Tv · Ontario, OR · 2025

    Capital campaign

  • $20,000

    Jesse Tree · Boise, ID · 2025

    Emergency rental assistance

  • $20,000

    Boise Public Schools Foundation · Boise, ID · 2024

    Student aid fund for emergencies

  • $20,000

    St Alphonsus Rmc Auxiliary · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Family Justice Center · Nampa, ID · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Women'S & Children'S Alliance · Boise, ID · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,000

    The Idaho Foodbank · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $17,000

    Corpus Christi House · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sw Id · Boise, ID · 2025

    Youth mentoring

  • $15,000

    Boise Philharmonic · Boise, ID · 2025

    K-12 music education program

  • $15,000

    Ride for Joy · Caldwell, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $15,000

    St Johns Food Bank · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Assistance League of Boise · Caldwell, ID · 2024

    Children's essentials

  • $15,000

    Boise Bicycle Project · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Boise Contemporary Theater · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Boise Philharmonic · Boise, ID · 2024

    K-12 music education program

  • $15,000

    Jesse Tree · Boise, ID · 2024

    Emergency rental assistance

  • $15,000

    Life'S Kitchens · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Assistance League of Boise · Caldwell, ID · 2023

    Children's essentials

  • $15,000

    Dry Creek Historical Society · Boise, ID · 2023

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Life'S Kitchens · Boise, ID · 2023

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Wyakin Foundation · Boise, ID · 2023

    Veterans support programs

  • $15,000

    Assistance League of Boise · Caldwell, ID · 2022

    Children's essentials

  • $15,000

    The Idaho Foodbank · Boise, ID · 2022

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Wyakin Foundation · Boise, ID · 2022

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Life'S Kitchen · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $15,000

    The Idaho Foodbank · Boise, ID · 2021

    General operations

  • $12,000

    Assistance League of Boise · Caldwell, ID · 2021

    Children's essentials

  • $10,000

    Boise Public Schools Foundation · Boise, ID · 2025

    Student aid fund for emergencies

  • $10,000

    Discovery Center of Idaho · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Faces of Hope · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Family Advocate Program · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Family Justice Center · Nampa, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Genesis Community Health · Garden City, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Good Samaritan League · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Idaho Botanical Gardens · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Learning Lab · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    St Alphonsus Rmc Auxiliary · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Treasure Valley Habitat for Humanit · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Women'S & Children'S Alliance · Boise, ID · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Boise Rescue Mission Ministries · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Children'S Museum of Idaho · Meridian, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Corpus Christi House · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Discovery Center of Idaho · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Idaho Public Television · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Meridian Food Bank · Meridian, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Salvation Army · Boise, ID · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Boise Philharmonic · Boise, ID · 2023

    K-12 music education program

  • $10,000

    Boise Public Schools Foundation · Boise, ID · 2023

    Student aid fund for emergencies

  • $10,000

    Boise Rescue Mission Ministries · Boise, ID · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council · Boise, ID · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    Iscpa Scholarships · Boise, ID · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $10,000

    Boise Public Schools Foundation · Boise, ID · 2022

    Student aid fund for emergencies

  • $10,000

    Boise Rescue Mission Ministries · Boise, ID · 2022

    General operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.