Funding search · EIN 820456812 · Ketchum, ID

Christensen Family Foundation

Name: Christensen Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

41
grants reported: $70,410
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

preservation outreach wildlife idaho land conservation educational community

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Light On the Mountain3 grants · $24,000
Advocates for the West1 grant · $7,000
Marcia Mode-Stavros1 grant · $6,200
Sun Valley Writers Conference1 grant · $6,000
Smith College1 grant · $5,000
Sun Valley Institute1 grant · $5,000
Sierra Club1 grant · $5,000
Idaho Rivers United1 grant · $1,000
St Lukes Wood River Foundation1 grant · $1,000
Hunger Coalition1 grant · $1,000

Giving over time

$48,210

2022

$8,000

2023

$14,200

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$8,000
Light On the Mountain · Sun Valley, ID · 2024
Daily operations
$8,000
Light On the Mountain · Sun Valley, ID · 2023
Daily operations
$8,000
Light On the Mountain · Sun Valley, ID · 2022
Daily operations
$7,000
Advocates for the West · Boise, ID · 2022
Protect public lands
$6,200
Marcia Mode-Stavros · Sun Valley, ID · 2024
To bring leading writers and thinker
$6,000
Sun Valley Writers Conference · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2022
Fund fo idaho
$5,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022
The smith fund
$5,000
Sun Valley Institute · Hailey, ID · 2022
Impact idaho fund
$1,000
Arch Community Housing Trust · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Support community housing
$1,000
Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2022
Intermountain bird observatory proj
$1,000
Environmental Resource Center · Ketchum, ID · 2022
2021 membership campagin
$1,000
Hunger Coalition · Bellevue, ID · 2022
Community food center
$1,000
I Have a Dream Foundation Idaho · Hailey, ID · 2022
Provide support for dream scholars
$1,000
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2022
Idaho land preservation
$1,000
Idaho Rivers United · Boise, ID · 2022
Idaho river conservation
$1,000
St Lukes Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Community health programs
$500
Beyond Pesticides · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Organic eye support
$500
Boulder White Cloud Council · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Wildlife preservation
$500
Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Library support
$500
Western Watersheds Project · Hailey, ID · 2022
Wildlife & watershed projection
$500
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Land conservation
$200
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Educational outreach
$100
Hightower Lowdown · Langhorn, PA · 2022
Operations support
$100
Living With Wolves · Sun Valley, ID · 2022
Educational outreach
$100
N American Burretfly Association · Morristown, NJ · 2022
Wildlife preservation
$100
Nw for Alternatives To Pesticides · Eugene, OR · 2022
Educational outreach
$100
Planned Parenthood of Idaho · New York, NY · 2022
Idaho operations
$100
Reef Environmental Education · Key Largo, FL · 2022
Marine conservation programs
$100
Resource Renewal Institute · Farifax, CA · 2022
Wildlife conservation
$100
Sawtooth Botanical Garden · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Environmental outreach
$100
Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical · Stanley, ID · 2022
Land preservation & ed outreach
$100
Southern Utah Wilderness · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Land preservation
$100
Vote Smart · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Voting awareness
$100
Xerces Society · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Wildlife preservation
$75
Nation Fund for Independent · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$60
Cornell Lab of Orinthology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Wildlife preservation
$50
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Scholarships for native students
$50
Green America · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Environment support & outreach
$50
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2022
Wildlife & land preservation
$25
Waterkeeper Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Clean water educational outreach

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