Grant requests sought in southeast Idaho by Ifft Foundation Fund

Feb. 22, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 Grant requests sought in southeast Idaho by Ifft Foundation Fund POCATELLO The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation is seeking grant requests for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho. Grant requests will only be considered from Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power counties. Eligible applicants include: Tax-exempt organizations with current 501 (c) not-for-profit status under IRS Code Section 170 Governmental agencies or departments Organizations that do not have current federal tax exempt status, but do have a federally qualified tax-exempt federal sponsor To apply, go to the Idaho Community Foundation homepage at www.idcomfdn.org and look under Upcoming Deadlines for the guidelines and application. Deadline for submittals is March 15. For more information, email the Idaho Community Foundation at info@idcomfdn.org, or call (208) 342-3535 or (800) 657-5357. The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho forever. A gift of any size to ICF can support a fund that will provide for a favorite charity or cause forever. Starting a fund of $25,000 or more allows donors to individually select the recipients. For more information: www.idcomfdn.org. ###

April 21, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org Bistline Foundation will distribute more than $80,000 in southeast Idaho through ICF IDAHO FALLS The F.M. and Anne G. and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation is becoming a fund in the Idaho Community Foundation (ICF) and could provide more than $80,000 every year to arts-focused nonprofits in southeastern Idaho. Nonprofits in Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power counties will be able to apply for grants twice yearly in May and November. The first of these grant cycles will open in November 2011. This is the second large fund in ICF that will benefit southeastern Idaho. The Ifft Foundation became an ICF fund in 2001 and since then has distributed more than $1 million. Bruce Bistline, a cousin of Beverly Bistline and chairman of the Bistline Foundation, said she had a passion for arts of all kinds. Beverly was an attorney who graduated with a theater arts degree from the University of Idaho and lived in San Francisco during the late 1960s, where she was active in the city s art and music scene. "She believed that art and music were crucial to a functioning society," Bistline said of Beverly. "In her view, If there weren t good art and music opportunities in a society then it probably wasn t very creative in other ways either." The Bistline Foundation was founded by Beverly in 1999 and gave grants in southeast Idaho totaling about $25,000 per year. Recipients have included the Gateway Foundation for Theatre and Dance, Musicians West, the Idaho State University Music Department and Theater Department, and many others. When Beverly passed away in October 2010 she left the majority of her sizeable estate to the foundation, which meant more grant money was available. The increased endowment looked like it was going to become a lot of work and responsibility that we weren t ready for, Bistline said of the decision to turn the foundation into an ICF fund. ICF will invest the fund, gather the grant applications, verify the nonprofit status of applicants and other administrative tasks. Bistline, who is an attorney with Gordon Law Offices in Boise; Alan Van Orden, a Pocatello CPA; and Jesse Robision, a consultant in Pocatello who has been active with several southeast Idaho nonprofit groups, are fund advisors. They will review the grant applications and make recommendations to the ICF Board about how to distribute the money. Van Orden is treasurer of ICF and serves on its board of directors. The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho

forever. ICF has more than 425 funds and provides grants to every county in Idaho. More than $4.8 million was distributed in 2010. For more information: www.idcomfdn.org. ###

April 25, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org ICF announces Ifft Foundation Fund grant recipients BOISE The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation (ICF) will provide $70,320 in grants to 11 projects in southeast Idaho. Recipients are: City of Franklin $10,000 to install a wheelchair accessible ramp and concrete boardwalk in the ball diamond grandstand, and purchase trees, boulders and playground equipment. Pocatello Zoo $10,000 to help pay for the purchase of the landscaping, irrigation equipment and materials for the new Grizzly Bear Exhibit. Friends of the Marshall Public Library (Pocatello) $5,585 to landscape the back of library with drought resistant plants and create a separate children s teaching garden. Grace Joint School District #148 $10,000 to buy trees, flower beds, bushes, permanent concrete tables, sod and pavers for the development of an outdoor student common area that will facilitate student learning opportunities and promote student health. Health West, Inc. (American Falls) $2,500 to redesign the American Falls Clinic landscape to create a more appealing and welcoming environment for the community. National Oregon Trail Center (Montpelier) $5,000 to landscape the center s exterior with native trees and plants that would have been found on the trail. Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. $4,650 to purchase a 7-foot by 18-foot enclosed trailer to house a mobile tool lending library. Rotary Club of Montpelier $7,500 to complete necessary upgrades to the baseball diamonds at Adams Street Park and refurbish cement benches along Washington Street. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Fort Hall) $2,500 to purchase trees and shrubs to plant around the Fort Hall Reservation as part of an overall beautification project. Three Rivers Resource Conservation & Development Council (Pocatello) $9,965 to complete Phase 1 of the South Arthur Oxbow enhancement project which includes the creation of swales and berms, a gravel pathway, a gravel base for a future sidewalk and seeding.

Westside Players (Pocatello) $2,620 to upgrade the aging sound system with new speakers and cabling. Nick Ifft was the publisher of the Idaho State Journal newspaper in Pocatello from 1966 until 1984. He and his wife Sara Ifft established a family foundation in 1984 to provide grants to benefit projects in southeastern Idaho and the greater Pocatello area. The Ifft Foundation was moved to the Idaho Community Foundation in 2001. Nick Ifft died in 2003. The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho forever. ICF has more than 425 funds and provides grants to every county in Idaho. More than $4.8 million was distributed in 2010. ###

April 27, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org American Red Cross Chairman to speak at ICF luncheon BOISE More than 300 seats have been sold for the 22 nd Annual Idaho Community Foundation Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, the first woman chairman of the American Red Cross. The luncheon is Tuesday, May 10 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Boise Centre and seats are still available. Tickets are $60 each for patron seating near the front of the room and $50 each for reserved seating. Patron tables of 10 are $580 and reserved tables of 10 are $480. McElveen-Hunter is a long-time philanthropist and charitable-cause activist. She was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Finland from 2001-2003. She was appointed by President George W. Bush as National Chairman of the Board of the American Red Cross in 2005, and in 2007 the Board voted unanimously to appoint her as Chairman for a second term. Boiseans Irv and Trudy Littman will be honored as ICF s 2011 Friends of Foundation during the luncheon. This recognition is given to those who have exceptionally contributed to and supported the Idaho Community Foundation. The Littmans have been ICF members since 2002, and have an ICF fund. Irv has served in many leadership roles on the Board of Directors and is the chairman of the Investment Committee. The Idaho Chapter of the American Red Cross will be the Featured Nonprofit. The luncheon is sponsored by the Idaho Statesman. For more information or to reserve a seat or table, email info@idcomfdn.org, call (208)342-3535 or go to www.idcomfdn.org. Seats and tables must be paid for when reservations are made. The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho forever. A gift of any size to ICF can support a fund that will provide for a favorite charity or cause forever. For more information: www.idcomfdn.org. ###

May 2, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org ICF southwest Idaho grant cycle opens; deadline July 1 BOISE The Idaho Community Foundation (ICF) grant cycle for southwest Idaho, which includes Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington counties, opened May 1. Deadline for applying is July 1. In 2010, ICF awarded $162,710 to 99 nonprofit organizations in southwest Idaho. Organizations may apply for up to $5,000. Individuals are not eligible for the regional grant program. Grant areas include, but are not limited to: Arts and Culture Education Emergency Services Libraries Conservation/Environment Health Recreation Social Services Public Projects In general, ICF favors activities that: Reach a broad segment of the community, especially those citizens whose needs are not being met by existing services that are normally expected to be provided by private rather than government sources Request seed money to realize unusual opportunities to meet urgent needs in the community Stimulate and encourage additional funding Promote cooperation and avoid duplication of effort Help make a charitable organization more effective and efficient and better able to sustain itself over the long term. Grant awards will be decided by the ICF Regional Grants Panel, which is composed of community volunteers from counties in the southwest region. Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in December. For more information and to apply online, visit www.idcomfdn.org and click on Grants & Distributions, or email grants@idcomfdn.org, or call (208) 342-3535 or (800) 657-5357. The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho forever. A gift of any size to ICF can support a fund that will provide for a favorite charity or cause forever. For more information: www.idcomfdn.org. ###

EDITORS: For more information about the projects in your community that will be funded by the ICF grants, please call or email Jennifer Oxley. May 17, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org ICF grants nearly $87,000 in north Idaho COEUR D ALENE The Idaho Community Foundation s Northern Regional Grants Panel has selected 58 north Idaho nonprofit organizations to receive nearly $87,000 through its competitive grant cycle. Grant recipients are from each of the counties represented in ICF s north Idaho region: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone. Money for the grants comes from ICF s Greatest Need fund for North Idaho, which includes funding from the Archie Teater Fund for Children with Disabilities, Children s Charities of Idaho, Frank and Dorothy Peavey Memorial Fund, Herbert D. McAvoy Fund, Idaho Community Foundation Youth Trust Fund, Idaho Community Foundation Anti- Poverty Endowment Fund, Jane Sandy Fund and the Steele-Reese Foundation Special Project Fund. Nonprofit organizations can apply for grants of up to $5,000 through the competitive grant cycle. The Northern Regional Grants Panel, which includes representatives from each north Idaho county, meets every April to review the applications and make recommendations. The ICF Board of Directors makes the final decision about the grants. This year there were 128 applications requesting more than $510,000. Grants are awarded in the areas of arts & culture, education, emergency services, health, libraries, conservation/environment, public projects, recreation and social services. This year s grant recipients are: Benewah County Benewah Community Hospital $1,855 to purchase an Infant Multipurpose Patient Care and CPR simulator for training clinical staff on intubation of newborns, and to purchase obstetric teaching DVDs for parent education East Benewah Council for Aging, Inc. $1,000 to complete a stainless steel countertop project at the Senior Meal Site in St. Maries St. Maries Volunteer Community Clinic, Inc. $2,000 to help operate the free and reduced-cost volunteer clinic and to provide patients with diagnostic test vouchers for lab tests and x-rays, and for prescription medication vouchers

University of Idaho Sigma Tau Delta First Book $1,000 to cover the cost of purchasing books from the First Book Market Place, transporting books to the out-of-town groups and fundraising expenses Upriver Community United, Inc. $1,000 to complete the establishment of a food bank providing emergency aid to families and the elderly Bonner County Arts Alliance, Inc. $1,000 to provide affordable arts opportunities for rural students in grades K-12 Blanchard Area Seniors, Incorporated $1,000 to complete the pantry with locking cabinets, electrical room and upper kitchen cabinets at the Blanchard Senior/ Community Center Bonner Community Food Center $1,500 to buy food to fill weekend backpacks with food for children who rely on free or reduced price meals during the school week Clark Fork Hope Area Senior Services Inc. $1,000 to replace an outdated, nonserviceable 30+-year-old commercial kitchen fire suppression system Community Cancer Services $2,000 to provide financial assistance to help clients in Bonner and Boundary counties afford the added cost of basic needs during cancer care Kinderhaven, Inc. $1,000 to provide help with homework and tutoring after school Lifeline Resources, Inc. $1,000 to provide an after-school program in collaboration with the Teen Center to address early teen risk behavior NAMI Far North, Inc. $1,000 to offer educational and support programs to the families and friends of people living with mental illness and continue providing existing support and education services Pend Oreille Arts Council, Inc. $1,000 to increase student learning among Bonner County s K-12 grade students by developing skills in the fundamentals of performing arts, including music, theatre and dance Priest River Ministries Inc. $1,000 to enhance and expand current services West Bonner County Food Bank, Inc. $2,000 to install a new propane furnace and a new roof Boundary County Boundary County Historical Society, Inc. $1,000 to buy folding tables, chairs, and chair storage carts for the museum conference and program event center South Boundary Fire Protection District $1,695 to purchase an automatic external defibrillator

Clearwater County Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics, Inc. $2,000 to provide and encourage women s cancer screening exams Idaho County Idaho County Food Bank $1,000 to help keep the food bank operating Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc. $1,000 to help support the Mobile Pantry program operating in 11 communities of north central Idaho Kids Klub, Inc. $1,000 to sponsor Missoula Children s Theater to come to Grangeville and provide students a unique opportunity to participate in performing arts Mountain View School District #244 $600 to commission a composer to write a piece for the high school band commemorating the Centennial of Grangeville s Border Days 4th of July Celebration Riggins Ambulance $1,000 to purchase a power cot for the ambulance St. Mary s Hospital $2,000 to provide tele-psychiatry services Kootenai County Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County Idaho Inc. $4,500 to provide Nutrition Mission nutrition education along with healthy afterschool snacks for 150 kids each day Coeur d Alene Homes, Inc. $1,000 to acquire specialized sensory materials, table and chairs to safely engage Memory Care residents in therapeutic sensory activities First Book-Kootenai County $5,000 to increase the number of new books provided to children with socioeconomic risks Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho $1,000 to buy start-up supplies for A Brush With Kindness, an exterior home repair program for low income families Hospice of North Idaho, Inc. $1,000 to furnish the Activity Room for youth at Hospice House, the first inpatient hospice facility in the state of Idaho Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc. $821 to provide 35 teens at Anchor House in Coeur d Alene with individual copies of the Kids Journal System as part of their substance abuse treatment program Invent Now, Inc. $2,000 to provide up to 25 partial or full scholarships for underserved children in grades 1-6 to attend the Camp Invention program in summer 2011 Junior Achievement of the Inland Northwest $5,000 to support the continuation of the Junior Achievement programs at Post Falls Middle School and River City Middle School

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Coeur d'alene $5,000 to offer mental health educational programs to the mentally ill, their families, the community, and to continue providing existing support and outreach services to families affected by mental illness Regence Caring Foundation for Children, Inc. $1,000 to provide free dental care to eligible low-income, uninsured children living in northern Idaho Spokane Symphony Society $5,000 to provide three free, professional concerts for elementary students St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau $1,000 to support ICARE s program costs, including expenses for home visits, a variety of parenting classes and the Stewards of Children child sexual abuse prevention training Trinity Group Homes, Inc. $1,000 to strengthen the Life Skills Program by replacing old appliances and purchasing food and housekeeping supplies for training residents to live independently Latah County Adventure Learning Camps Inc. $1,000 to provide free trips and afterschool programs to youth that include a connection to nature Auditorium Chamber Music Series, University of Idaho $1,000 to provide an authentic concert experience for Latah and Nez Perce county fifth-graders City of Troy Summer Program $1,000 to buy supplies and snacks for the program, and assist with funding for field trips throughout the summer Festival Dance and Performing Arts Association, Inc. $1,000 to provide four free outreach educational programs by professional touring dance companies for 4,000 area youth, and 20 dance master classes for five area schools Heart of the Arts, Inc. $1,000 to replace obsolete kitchen appliances with new energyefficient commercial appliances that will increase the capacity to meet expanding community needs Inland Northwest Watercolor Society, Inc. $677 to purchase art supplies to use in classes for senior residents at Clark House in Moscow J-K Good Samaritan Food Bank $1,000 to provide food for those in need Kendrick Junior-Senior High School $1,000 to buy new materials and supplies to continue to do individual projects as well as several more murals and large mosaic installations Latah Soil & Water Conservation District $500 to deliver an enriched conservation education to youth in Latah County, thereby promoting personal responsibility, principles of sustainability, and appreciation for the importance of natural resources Lewis County

Kamiah Joint School District #304 $1,200 to purchase three Lego Mindstream Robotic kits, two laptops for programming software and registration fees for the Lego Robotics competition Kamiah Senior Citizen's Society, Inc. $1,000 to purchase building materials, equipment and supplies for the completion of a 400 sq. ft. addition to the existing Senior Center building Nez Perce County Community Action Partnership $2,000 to empower and engage individuals as cofacilitators of the Getting Ahead Course, and to develop and offer quality child development at the weekly meetings First Book Lewis-Clark State College $1,000 to provide grants to local literacy programs serving children from low-income families New Bridges Community Church $1,000 to purchase food, clothing, diapers, gas vouchers, vehicle parts, school supplies, backpacks, shoes and coats for the children and families at the Adams Lane Apartment Complex in Lewiston Northwest Children s Home $1,000 to expand and improve the independent living skills program for residents Snake River Community Clinic, Inc. $2,000 to purchase chronic illness medical supplies and help pay for drug testing for Mental Health Court collaboration YWCA of Lewiston, ID - Clarkston, WA $1,000 to support the YWCA Summer Fun reading program for K-6 students by hiring qualified program staff and purchasing program materials Shoshone County Shoshone County Community Concert Association $500 to provide high-quality musical performances to the community Shoshone County Community Health Clinic $2,000 to provide medications and dental care for patients Shoshone County Women's Resource Center $1,050 to buy multimedia and audio visual aids to conduct needed domestic violence and sexual assault education and outreach ###

June 1, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org Idaho Community Foundation hosts 2 nd North Idaho Luncheon COEUR D ALENE Idaho Community Foundation will host its 2 nd Annual North Idaho Luncheon on June 14 at the Coeur d Alene Resort from 11:30-1:30 p.m. The keynote speaker is Hattie Kauffman, a correspondent on The Early Show on CBS. Kauffman is an Idaho native and a member of the Nez Perce Tribe. She started her television career in the Pacific Northwest at KING 5 News in Seattle and is the first and only Native American to report for a national network. An Emmy Award winner, Kauffman has been a national correspondent for CBS News The Early Show since November 1999. Prior to The Early Show, she served as a senior consumer correspondent for This Morning and has also contributed reports to CBS s Sunday Morning, 48 Hours, the CBS Evening News and CBS Radio News. Seats and tables at the luncheon are still available. Reserved seats are $40 each; Reserved tables for 8 people are $300 and Sponsorship Table for 8 are $400. Last year was the first year ICF hosted this event in Coeur d Alene and more than 250 people attended. Attendees include ICF members, donors, fund creators and others who are active in philanthropy and in their communities. We draw people from throughout the Panhandle to this event, said ICF President and CEO Bob Hoover. The luncheon is not a fundraiser for ICF, but is our way of thanking our supporters and reinforcing our mission to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho and demonstrate our commitment to Idaho philanthropy. Earlier this month, ICF distributed nearly $87,000 to nonprofit organizations in north Idaho, through its Regional Competitive Grant Cycle. For more information, visit www.idcomfdn.org. ###

EDITORS: For more information about the projects in your community that will be funded by the ICF grants, please call or email Jennifer Oxley. Aug. 22, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org ICF grants more than $84,000 in east and southeast Idaho IDAHO FALLS The Idaho Community Foundation s Eastern Regional Grants Panel has selected 55 east and southeast Idaho nonprofits, educational organizations and governmental entities to receive more than $84,000 through its competitive grant cycle. Grant recipients are from the following counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton. This year there were 106 applications requesting more than $422,000. Grants are awarded in the areas of arts & culture, education, emergency services, health, libraries, conservation/environment, public projects, recreation, and social services. Money for the grants comes from ICF s Eastern Region Greatest Need Fund, which receives money from numerous ICF funds designated to benefit east and southeast Idaho. To donate to the Eastern Region Greatest Need Fund, go to www.idcomfdn.org, click on Donate Now, click on Donate to a Fund of Your Choice, and select Eastern Region Greatest Need Fund from the dropdown menu. This year s grant recipients are: Bannock County Idaho Shakespeare Festival $2,000 to support the eastern Idaho portion of the Festival's educational outreach tours to elementary and secondary schools for the 2011-2012 academic year. Idaho State University Foundation - Boise Extension $1,000 to provide critical concussion awareness educational outreach materials to youth athletes, their coaches, parents and schools throughout southeastern Idaho. Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association $2,000 to provide live Children s Symphony Concerts for over 2,600 upper elementary students.

Pocatello School District #25 $1,200 to purchase the 2012 Kit of Parts, acquire tools, purchase team t-shirts or buy additional supplies needed for robot construction for 2012 FRC competition. Sixth Judicial District CASA Program $1,500 to train new volunteers and purchase necessary supplies so they can perform their duties. United Way of Southeastern Idaho $3,000 to build the first fully-inclusive playground for children of all abilities in the Pocatello-Chubbuck area. Westside Players $1,000 to upgrade the aging lighting system with more energy-efficient modern lighting. Bear Lake Bear Lake County Ambulance Service $2,500 to purchase four intraosseous infusion systems to provide rapid vascular access to critically ill patients in the pre-hospital setting. Bear Lake Senior Citizens $3,000 to buy a vehicle to deliver hot meals to home bound citizens. Bear Lake Valley Health Care Foundation $2,000 to purchase a computer network switch for the health education center and a computer and volunteer management software for the hospital s director of volunteer services. Bingham Bingham Crisis Center for Women $1,000 to purchase four crisis line cell phones, office supplies, postage and shelving units. Blackfoot Community Center $1,000 to allow children of financially challenged families to attend early childhood programs. Blackfoot Performing Arts Center $2,000 to contribute toward the purchase a new and improved sound system for the auditorium. Lillian Vallely School $1,200 to purchase the Accelerated Reading program, including the initial set-up fee and a two-year online subscription. Bonneville Bonneville County Historical Society $2,000 to fund development and display of the exhibition A Grateful Nation: a Look Back at WWII and associated educational and outreach programs.

Camp Magical Moments Cancer Camp for Kids $2,000 to help fund the summer cancer camp program. First Book $1,000 to provide grants to nonprofit agencies that serve low-income families so that they may purchase high quality, low cost books for children to develop home libraries. Greater Yellowstone Regional Transportation Cooperative $1,000 to help leverage a $25,000 USDA-RD grant for strategic marketing of the new Linx public transportation network serving riders in all of Eastern Idaho and adjacent states. Idaho Falls Arts Council $1,500 to provide art supplies and teaching artists for the free art activity tents that will serve approximately 20,000 youth and their families at the Snake River Roaring Youth Jam in Idaho Falls. Idaho Falls Opera Theatre $500 to support IFOT s March 2012 production of the opera Hansel and Gretel, specifically the purchase of the music and score. Idaho Falls Symphony Society $2,000 to sponsor the Idaho Falls Symphony s Ambassador Program s 30 complimentary in-school educational programs presented by string, brass, and woodwind ensembles. Idaho Meth Project $1,000 to support the Idaho Meth Project s eastern Idaho billboard campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use by teens and young adults. Judicial District VII CASA Program $1,500 to assist with the program's fundamental operating expenses. Regence Caring Foundation for Children $1,000 to provide free dental care to eligible lowincome, uninsured children living in eastern Idaho. Shepherd's Inn Corporation $1,000 to continue providing up to 12 free comprehensive services for teens and young women experiencing a crisis pregnancy. Butte Lost Rivers Senior Citizens $1,000 to replace the water cooler. Caribou North Gem Education Foundation $2,000 to purchase math text books for the elementary grades 1-4 and world history text books for ninth grade social studies. Clark

Clark County School District #161 $600 to buy additional supplies needed to make Christmas portfolios, poetry books and personalized books. Custer Challis Arts Council $1,000 to repair the outside west wall of the gallery building with new wood and metal siding and replace concrete guard blocks with metal sculpture by local artist Tab Stuart. Idaho Natural Resource Foundation $1,000 to support an Idaho youth environmental stewardship project on the Middle Fork. Mackay Elementary School $1,000 to supply classrooms with much needed science supplies and purchase 3 Lego Mindstorm kits. Franklin Franklin County Reading Association $1,000 to buy reduced-price books to give to approximately 270 special needs students in both school districts or those who are in developmental preschools, Head Start, and/or English as a Second Language programs, a book each month to keep in their home. Franklin County Theatre-Arts Council $1,500 to install new seats for the theater. Preston Community Food Pantry $1,500 to contribute to the construction of a building to house food storage and sorting capabilities with perishable and frozen food storage facilities. West Side School District #202 $1,500 to purchase loud speakers and woofers to upgrade the sound system in the new, state-of-the-art, 780-seat auditorium. Fremont County $3,000 to purchase a 32-foot movie screen to increase monthly revenue so more opportunities can be provided for teen jobs, art appreciation and community activities. Jefferson Mud Lake City $500 to purchase and install barbecue grills in the city park. Mud Lake Historical Society and Museum $2,500 to complete the remodeling of a donated building that will become the Mud Lake Historical Society Museum. Rigby City Library $2,000 to purchase two educational junior desktop stations. Lemhi

Lemhi County 4H Program $1,000 to fund support staff to coordinate volunteers, oversee and facilitate the project and to provide meals, supply costs and enrollment fees for low-income youth for Fabulous 4H Fridays Salmon Public School Foundation $2,000 to purchase and install playground/fitness equipment on school grounds appropriate for middle school students. Salmon Valley Civic Arts Council $1,500 to bring the Missoula Children's Theatre residency program to the Salmon schools. Williams Lake Volunteer Fire Department $2,067 to replace the roof on the fire house/community meeting center Madison Idaho International Dance and Music Festival $500 to purchase a podium and microphone that would be used in the Festival/Chamber Conference Room and off-site locations during events Madison School District #321 $3,000 to buy and install an equal-access playground that would benefit children with special needs in Madison County and in several surrounding counties Oneida Malad Elementary School $400 to purchase two Accelerated Math scanners to individualize math instruction and testing for use in grades 3-5 at Malad Elementary School. Malad Elementary School $900 to purchase library books to upgrade the elementary school library collection and to replace popular books that are worn out. Malad Valley Theater Guild $1,000 to purchase wireless microphones for actors on stage and a new sound board to control sound during productions. Oneida County Hospital $1,500 to purchase a new anesthesia cart and gynecological instruments for the operating room of Oneida County Hospital. Oneida Crisis Center $2,000 to provide weekly group counseling sessions and psychosocial rehabilitation for children and women who are victims of family and sexual violence; provide curriculum, supplies and fund operational expenses for program services and the emergency shelter facility. Samaria Community Foundation $2,000 to replace the steps, expand the porch area, and build a handicapped accessible ramp for the Blue Goose, the community-owned historic general store in Samaria.

Power American Falls Education Foundation $2,000 to provide musical experiences for the community while assisting in foundation activities for the youth and citizens of the community. American Falls Intermediate School $1,000 to purchase a program called Reading Assistant by Scientific Learning. Teton Teton County $2,000 to provide needed equipment for the classroom. Teton Valley Health Care Foundation $3,000 to purchase a Steris System One E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System.

Oct. 14, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org ICF announces Ifft Foundation Fund grant recipients BOISE The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation (ICF) will provide $ 62,448 in grants to 12 projects in southeast Idaho. Recipients are: Bingham County/Blackfoot Senior Citizens $2,500 to improve and beautify the landscaping around the Blackfoot Senior Citizen Center Bingham Crisis Center for Women, Inc., (Blackfoot) $2,000 to buy plants for beautification and outdoor carpeting for handicapped ramp, and repair sidewalk for safety City of American Falls $4,807 to purchase benches as part of a birding trail system at Willow Bay Marina City of Pocatello $10,000 to fund the materials and installation for the perimeter fence around the new Grizzly Bear Exhibit Family Services Alliance of Southeast Idaho (Pocatello) $1,000 to improve the outside appearance of Family Services Alliance and help the beautification process of the downtown area of Pocatello (Old Town Pocatello) Friends of the Soda Springs Public Library $5,000 to work with community volunteers to develop an already existing grassy natural amphitheater area in the city park to be used by both library programs and public activities in the park Health West, Inc. (American Falls) $3,000 to complete phase two of redesigning the American Falls Clinic landscape to further beautify the entrance for patients and the community Idaho State University Foundation $10,000 to purchase sod, trees, shrubs and flowers to beautify a berm behind the new Idaho State University Miller Ranch Stadium softball field Portneuf Greenway Foundation, Inc. (Pocatello) $9,826.38 to purchase a small tractor for the purpose of maintaining and cleaning existing and future trails Sixth Judicial District CASA Program, Inc. (Pocatello) $1,115 to purchase a large rock with the CASA name and address United Way of Southeastern Idaho, Inc. $10,000 to design a beautiful entrance and perimeter for Brooklyn's Playground

Wyeth Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (McCammon) $3,200 to purchase a granite marker that identifies the distance from the marker's location on the campus of Idaho State University to the route of the historic Oregon-California Trail utilized by early pioneers Ifft Foundation Fund grants are given twice each year to fund projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and/or public recreation in Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power counties. Deadlines for applications are March 15 and August 15. The Ifft Foundation started as a family foundation in 1984 and became an ICF donor advised fund in 2001. Nick Ifft was the publisher of the Idaho State Journal newspaper in Pocatello from 1966 until 1984. He and his wife Sara Ifft established the foundation to provide grants to benefit projects in southeastern Idaho and the greater Pocatello area. Nick Ifft died in 2003. The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho forever. ICF has more than 425 funds and provides grants to every county in Idaho. More than $4.8 million was distributed in 2010. ###

Oct. 31, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org Shelton Fund in ICF provides more than $37,000 for Valley County projects BOISE Sixteen organizations will receive grants totaling $37,400 from the Perc H. Shelton and Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation Advised Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation for projects that benefit Valley County. The Shelton Fund was created in 2005 from a family foundation started by the Sheltons, who were long-time McCall residents. Distributions are made primarily to nonprofit charitable organizations and government entities, including schools. Organizations don t have to be based in Valley County, but projects must benefit Valley County. This year s recipients are: City of McCall $1,650 to buy Nordic ski boots for youth and three youth mountain bikes to be used in recreation programming Community Care Clinic, McCall $2,500 to buy a Vscan, a pocket-sized ultrasound device that enables rapid and more accurate diagnosis when used in addition to a physical exam at the clinic Donnelly Elementary School, Donnelly $1,500 to purchase supplies for the Boulder Creek study project Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs, Inc., Boise $250 to provide Valley County youth living with diabetes and their families with the opportunity to meet other local families with diabetes and learn about Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs' Hodia camps Idaho Public Television, Boise $3,000 to help support Idaho Public Television's services in Valley County Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc., Boise $1,500 to support the Idaho Shakespeare Festival educational outreach programs for K-12 youth in Valley County and the surrounding areas McCall Arts & Humanities Council, McCall $2,500 to implement a 10-week artist-inresidency program in third- and fifth-grade classrooms in McCall, Donnelly, New Meadows and Council to provide elementary students with focused instruction in the arts by local professional artists McCall Senior Center, McCall $2,500 to recruit drivers and provide funding to operate the vehicles, obtain trays for the meals and contribute to drivers who serve the Meals on Wheels

MCPAWS, Inc., McCall $4,000 to provide necessary veterinary care to homeless animals Payette Lakes Community Association, Inc., McCall $500 to provide scholarships to children and additional medical and educational training to instructors to enable them to safeguard kids and impart essential knowledge on drugs Payette Lakes Ski Club, McCall $4,000 to help implement an afterschool program that offers children 5 through 12 an affordable and fun afterschool experience while also providing high-quality ski training ROSE Advocates, Weiser $5,000 to provide a computer, supplies, mileage and phone service as well as leadership and collaboration with other agencies in the area Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc., McCall $3,000 to fund an intern program St. Luke's McCall Foundation, Inc., McCall $1,000 to provide free health screenings to the public for prostate cancer, diabetes, skin cancer and hypertension University of Idaho Foundation, Moscow $2,500 to underwrite program costs for outdoor science programs that serve McCall and Donnelly elementary schools, including outdoor science week, winter survival, and team building programs so schools can attend at affordable prices Valley County, McCall $2,000 to purchase composting equipment and provide youth stipends, program materials/tools and promotion Transferring a family foundation to an ICF fund is easy, free and allows fund advisors to decide which organizations should receive grants, while ICF handles administrative and investment tasks. The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho forever. Each named fund has a designated purpose and distributes grants or scholarships to support a charity or cause. A gift of any size to an ICF fund helps increase the size and number of grants and scholarships awarded to local nonprofits and students. For more information: www.idcomfdn.org. ###

EDITORS: For more information about the projects in your community that will be funded by the ICF grants, please call or email Jennifer Oxley. Nov. 22, 2011 Contact: Jennifer Oxley Communication Director Idaho Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (208) 342-3535 joxley@idcomfdn.org ICF grants nearly $134,000 in southwest and central Idaho BOISE The Idaho Community Foundation s Southwestern Regional Grants Panel has selected 95 southwestern Idaho nonprofits, educational organizations and governmental entities to receive more than $133,935 through its competitive grant cycle. Grant recipients are from the following counties: Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington. This year there were 205 applications requesting more than $860,687. Grants are awarded in the areas of arts & culture, education, emergency services, health, libraries, conservation/environment, public projects, recreation, and social services. Money for the grants comes from ICF s Greatest Need Endowment Fund for Southwestern Idaho, which receives money from numerous ICF funds designated to benefit southwest and central Idaho. To donate, go to www.idcomfdn.org, click on Donate Now, click on Donate to a Fund of Your Choice, and select Greatest Need Endowment Fund for Southwestern Idaho from the dropdown menu. This year s grant recipients are: Ada County Assistance League of Boise $1,500 to purchase new school clothes for disadvantaged children in public elementary and charter schools in Ada County Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Idaho $1,250 to match safe, compatible mentors with children highly at risk for dropping out of school Boise Rescue Mission $1,500 to support the cost of providing three balanced, nutritious meals as well as healthy snacks and beverages every day to children residing at the City Light Home for Women and Children

Boise Urban Garden School BUGS Inc. $1,000 to deliver the Digging In workshop series to 10 area classrooms, providing youth with the necessary skills to maintain a garden at home or school and the knowledge to make healthy food choices Boys and Girls Club of Ada County $1,500 to provide a free daily bus ride to the Boys & Girls Club in Garden City to low-income and at-risk children who lack transportation Children's Home Society of Idaho $1,000 to work with the Women s & Children s Alliance to offer local therapists a three-day training on domestic violence and assault which will help them provide therapeutic intervention to the 75 women and children on the WCA s monthly waiting list College of Western Idaho Foundation $1,500 to purchase picture and bilingual dictionaries for refugee students striving to become literate in English Culinary Skills Training Center, Inc. $1,000 to provide foodservice skills, life skills and employability training for one at-risk youth Discovery Center of Idaho, Inc. $1,000 for Title I schools, students and underserved families in Idaho and eastern Oregon to have the opportunity to experience the Discovery Center of Idaho for free Family Advocates, Inc. $1,000 to help expand the number of volunteers for the Families First early education/child abuse prevention program Garden City Library Foundation $500 to support Bells for Books, a mobile literacy program which brings library services to those who cannot come to the library and is supported entirely by the Foundation Genesis World Mission, Inc. $2,000 to provide uninsured residents with coordinated health care Global Lounge Group, Inc. $1,000 to pay for food and transportation so new Americans/refugees can participate in arts and cultural events at the Boise Downtown YMCA for one year Idaho Botanical Gardens, Inc. $1,000 to support the youth education programs at the Idaho Botanical Garden Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc. $1,000 to help support the Nutrition Services initiative Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc. $1,500 to support the Southwestern Idaho portion of the Festival s educational outreach tours to elementary and secondary schools for the 2011-2012 academic year

Idaho State University Foundation - Boise Extension $1,000 to provide critical scholarship funding and program support for Treasure Valley toddlers learning to use their cochlear implants or hearing aids in preparation for mainstream preschool Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc. $1,135 to expand the education program at Hays Shelter Home to improve educational outcomes for children during their stay and provide continuity of care after they return to their community Interfaith Sanctuary Housing Services, Inc. $1,500 to offer support to current and former residents and those in our community facing homelessness to secure and maintain permanent housing by providing case management, education, mentoring, affordable housing resources and financial assistance Junior Achievement of Idaho, Inc. $1,000 to provide 425 students in Middleton and Boise the JA curriculum to help create their own economic success Learning Lab, Inc. $2,000 to match funds from a private foundation to raise a combined total of $10,000 for Family and Adult Literacy Programs Organization Assisting The Homeless Student $1,000 to give 791 homeless students in Boise a better chance to enjoy, succeed and stay in school by providing them with what they need in the areas of academics, athletics, music and extracurricular activities Publishing Young Authors Foundation Inc. $700 for materials and teachers for Write On! writing club in two schools Salvation Army, Boise Chapter $1,000 to provide supportive services, such as case management, parenting classes and basic baby items to pregnant and parenting teens Senior Solutions, Inc. $1,000 to continue to provide services to the increasing number of elderly who must have assistance to remain living independently Sustainable Futures, Inc. $1,000 to pay for part of the set-up costs in our new facility, including plumbing, electrical work, mechanical work, data cabling, office remodeling and more Terry Reilly Health Services $2,500 to purchase high priority equipment for Terry Reilly s new medical clinic in Boise The Cabin $1,000 to provide funding for a teaching-writer in three classrooms as part of The Cabin s Writers in the Schools program The Jesse Tree of Idaho $2,000 to provide homeless prevention services to very low-tomoderate families facing eviction and at-risk of becoming homeless

Trey McIntyre Project $500 to engage with selected school groups in Boise and other cities via performances, conversations with dancers, open studio workshops, master classes, assemblies, SpUrbans, and other interactions with Trey McIntyre Project dancers Women s and Children s Alliance, Inc. $2,500 to support the program s direct victims services case management component Adams County New Meadows Senior Center $1,000 to buy 14 round tables, 40 chairs and new window coverings Blaine County Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Inc. $2,500 to support shelter services for abused women and their children Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc. $2,500 to provide children experiencing hunger and facing family crisis with direct access to wholesome food when outside the safety net provided by school meal programs Blaine County Recreation District $2,250 to continue to provide free public access to BCRD's gymnasium for adults, children and families who need year-round opportunities for healthy, active recreation Blaine County School District Education Foundation $2,000 to fund after school elementary programs for limited English proficiency students College of Southern Idaho $1,500 to increase literacy and civic participation among adult Latinos through the Mexican Consulate s Plazas Comunitaria project and through citizenship preparation classes Company of Fools, Inc. $1,264 to support Company of Fools general operating expenses for its 16th season, which includes six main stage shows and arts-in-education programs for children and adults Environmental Resource Center $1,000 to continue the successful Science After School! program, a free, weekly, project-based learning program in environmental education, natural science and sustainability for 4th and 5th graders Hailey Public Library $2,250 to purchase 10 new public computer workstations Sun Valley Adaptive Sports Program, Inc. $1,000 to offset the costs of PACK (Peak Adventure Camp for Kids)