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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-5414973

Spark Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Driggs, ID. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $146,900 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $146,900

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,217,318
  • Tax year 2023

    $107,918

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,043,429
  • Tax year 2022

    $67,100

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,115,835
  • Tax year 2021

    $61,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,164,589
  • Tax year 2020

    $61,288

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,190,161
  • Tax year 2019

    $54,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,248,855
  • Tax year 2018

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,277,801

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of the Valley Tetons Library IncVictor, ID

    Operations

    $50,000
  2. Teton Valley Housing AuthorityDriggs, ID

    Operations

    $40,900
  3. Education Foundation of Teton ValleyDriggs, ID

    Operations

    $30,000
  4. Teton Valley Collaborative for Early LearningDriggs, ID

    Operations

    $20,000
  5. Community Foundation of Teton ValleyDriggs, ID

    Operations

    $6,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $50,00089% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $6,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Idaho5 grants $146,900

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Nancy PughBOARD CHAIR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Justin BowersockVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Peter BoogaardTREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Rose HendricksSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Susie WorkBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Zach SmithBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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