Four J Foundation
Boise, ID · EIN 84-1404673. Reported 226 grants totalling $1,735,500 to 77 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Four J Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $80,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Lab | Garden City, ID | $335,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Idaho Foodbank | Boise, ID | $115,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Faces of Hope | Boise, ID | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services | Boise, ID | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Women's and Children's Alliance | Boise, ID | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Alphonsus Foundation | Boise, ID | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Idaho Foundation | Moscow, ID | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Idaho College of Education Health and Human Sciences | Moscow, ID | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Luke's Health Foundation | Boise, ID | $51,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Assistance League of Boise | Boise, ID | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boise Rescue Mission Ministries | Boise, ID | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Boise, ID | $47,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jesse Tree | Boise, ID | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Terry Reilly Health Services | Nampa, ID | $37,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Childrens School | Boise, ID | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St John's Cathedral | Boise, ID | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Lukes Health Foundation - Mountain States Tumor Inst | Boise, ID | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bishop Kelly Foundation | Boise, ID | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club - Garden City | Garden City, ID | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Metro Meals on Wheels Treasure Valley | Boise, ID | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Faces of Hope Victim Center | Boise, ID | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise | Boise, ID | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Ignatious Catholic School Foundation | Meridian, ID | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wassmuth Center for Human Rights | Boise, ID | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boise State University Foundation College of Education | Boise, ID | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boise State University Foundation for the Bsu School of Nursing | Boise, ID | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Idaho Public Television | Boise, ID | $16,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Speedy Foundation | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Lukes Childrens Hospital - Boise | Boise, ID | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Tee of Idaho | Meridian, ID | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Idaho - Bill Goss Scholarship | Moscow, ID | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Foundation for Idaho History | Boise, ID | $13,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Idaho Elite Basketball | Meridian, ID | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Judes Garden Valley Catholic Church | Garden Valley, ID | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boise YMCA | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bsu College of Education | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bsu Department of Nursing | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifes Kitchen | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Lukes Cancer Institute | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Lukes Health Foundation | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Children's School | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boise Philharmonic | Boise, ID | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Garden City Library Foundation - Bells for Books | Garden City, ID | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Idaho Black History Museum | Boise, ID | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kbsu Public Radio | Boise, ID | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Idaho | Boise, ID | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kappa House | Coeur D Alene, ID | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boise Zoo (aka Friends of Zoo Boise) | Boise, ID | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boise Art Museum | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boise Public Library Administration | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Garden City, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Good | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feed the Gap | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Boise Zoo | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Zoo Boise | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idaho Community Foundation | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels Boise | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Ignatius Catholic School Foundation | Meridian, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joseph's School Foundation | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Luke's Cancer Institute | Boise, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Cascade Food Pantry | Cascade, ID | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Idaho College of Education | Moscow, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pga Hope Program of Pga Reach - Rocky Mountain Section | Star, ID | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Katharine Drexel Catholic Church | Cascade, ID | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Garden Valley Food Bank | Garden Valley, ID | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Madd Idaho | Boise, ID | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Warm Springs Counseling Center | Boise, ID | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bridges to Change | Portland, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boise Contempary Theatre | Boise, ID | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boise Urban Garden School | Boise, ID | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| College of Western Idaho | Nampa, ID | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kkg - Kappa Foundation | Coeur D Alene, ID | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Opera Idaho | Boise, ID | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Marks Catholic Church | Boise, ID | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Treasure Valley Nurses Honor Guard | Boise, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YMCA | Boise, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
48 of 77 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 91%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Learning Lab
THIS GIFT IS UNRESTRICTED AND MAY BE USED WHEREVER NEEDED. - St Luke's Health Foundation
THIS GIFT IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PARK CENTER CHILDRENS BEHAVIORAL CENTERI AND N THE AREA OF GREATEST NEED FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE. - University of Idaho Foundation
THIS GIFT IS INTENDED TO BE USED TO HONOR THE FOUR SLAIN STUDENTS. - Faces of Hope Victim Center
UNRESTRICTED FOR CHARITABLE USES - Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE IN NEED - Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise
FOR THE GREATEST NEED IN THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH AS DETERMINED BY BISHOP PETER CHRISTIANSON
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 62 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $335,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 44 | $350,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $301,000 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $349,000 | $4,000 |
| 2025 | 50 | $400,500 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Idaho. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Idaho.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Four J Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 4810 W Roberts Rd, Boise, ID, 83702. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 84-1404673 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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