Actuate Boise Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Boise, ID EIN: 46-4479930

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Actuate Boise Inc at a glance

In short: Actuate Boise Inc gave $104K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $52K), mostly in Idaho. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$104,000
+407.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
Average grant
$52,000
Median grant
$52,000
Total assets
$53,003
-42.7% vs 2024
Primary geography
Idaho (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Actuate Boise Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Qtex Ai Inc: $54KQtex Ai Inc$54KMama's Beef Jerky: $50KMama's Beef Jerky$50K

The largest 2025 recipient was Qtex Ai Inc ($54K). Together the top 2 received $104K.

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K5$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 5 grants of 6 (83%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

BoiseMeridianNampa

How Actuate Boise Inc gives

  • Giving grew 108% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K0 grants2019 Total only2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 3 grants2023 Total only2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2020) to $110K (2023). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $104K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Qtex Ai Inc Boise, ID1ST Place at BEW Pitch Competition$54,000
Mama's Beef Jerky Nampa, ID1ST Place at BEW Trailmix$50,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$53,003$685,412$813,003$104,0002$3,740
2024$92,439$603,874$720,645$20,500Total only—
2023$198,385$851,105$741,030$110,0003$1,453
2022$95,551$893,819$896,316$50,0001$8
2021$180,543$610,999$638,770——$12
2020$160,052$538,769$576,532$2,750Total only$18
2019$140,540$820,309$830,900——$59

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Actuate Boise Inc

Based on IRS filings

Actuate Boise Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Boise, ID. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $53K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $104K. Net investment income was $4K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Actuate Boise Inc is led by Tiam Rastegar, Former CEO & Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 2 of 12 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Tiam Rastegar

    Former CEO & Executive Director

    Executive Director → CEO & Executive Director, 2023

    CEO & Executive Director → Former CEO & Executive Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $125K (2019) → $148K (2025)

  • Jacob Grinwis

    Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $82K (2025)

  • Melanie Rubocki

    Chair

    Secretary → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Scoggin

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eileen Barber Langen

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ian Harris

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelsey Barclay

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sean Keithley

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amit Jain

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Crawforth

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristi Saucerman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Schlange

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Bob Dean (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Faisal Shah (2019–2023) — Chairman
  • Former: Joel Poppen (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Mike Sadler (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Gordon Jones (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: John Hale (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Nic Miller (2019) — Chairman of the Board-

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Tiam Rastegar — Former CEO and Ed: $148KTiam RastegarFormer CEO and Ed$148KJacob Grinwis — Executive Director: $82KJacob GrinwisExecutive Director$82K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $148K, to Tiam Rastegar (Former CEO and Ed). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Actuate Boise Inc

How much does Actuate Boise Inc give each year?

Actuate Boise Inc gave $104K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $21K in grants paid.

How large is Actuate Boise Inc?

Actuate Boise Inc reported $53K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $685K.

What is Actuate Boise Inc?

Actuate Boise Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Boise, ID. It holds $53K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Actuate Boise Inc operate?

Actuate Boise Inc has awarded grants in Idaho.

What is Actuate Boise Inc's EIN?

Actuate Boise Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-4479930. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 2, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 13, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 14, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 11, 2025)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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