Investing in Idaho’s Future: Our 2025 Year in Giving Article
Investing in Idaho’s Future: Our 2025 Year in Giving
In 2025, we continued to focus on what we believe matters most: investing in people who are building a stronger Idaho.
Across education, recreation, and support for veterans and military spouses, our work is rooted in a simple conviction. When we invest time, energy, and resources into the right leaders and organizations, opportunity expands. Students gain access to innovative learning environments. Families find stronger pathways to care and connection. Veterans and military spouses build meaningful careers and community. Adaptive athletes experience Idaho’s outdoors in new and lasting ways.
This year, we committed $37.8 million to partners who are advancing this work and producing results.
Together, we strengthened public school choice, supported collaboration to address behavioral health needs, expanded access to world-class recreation, and created spaces like the Idaho Outdoor Fieldhouse where preparation meets possibility.
We do not do this work alone. Our role is to listen, to support, and to stay engaged so that innovative leaders and strong organizations can deliver results that shape Idaho’s future. We are encouraged by the momentum we see across the state and grateful for the partners who make it possible.
To see the full scope of this year’s impact and the stories behind the work, we invite you to explore our 2025 Year in Giving Review.
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