Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Meridian, ID EIN: 82-0421800

To provide supplemental funding and support for educational programs and projects in classroom innovation for the benefit of students in the West Ada School District.

Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc at a glance

In short: Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc gave $1.8M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.8M), mostly in Idaho. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,791,659
-18.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,791,659
-18.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,791,659
Total assets
$2,089,107
-16.3% 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 Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Joint School District No 2 (various West Ada schools): $1.8MJoint School District No 2(various West Ada schools)$1.8M

The largest 2025 recipient was Joint School District No 2 (various West Ada schools) ($1.8M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K1$500K–1M3$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Meridian

How Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc gives

  • Giving grew 328% 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$1M$2M$3M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $419K (2022) to $2.2M (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.8M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Joint School District No 2 (various West Ada schools) Meridian, IDSupport programs and teachers of Joint School District No 2$1,791,659
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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$2,089,107$1,362,317$1,829,348$1,791,6591$4,077
2024$2,496,232$1,384,335$2,217,598$2,186,1511$7,806
2023$3,383,362$1,677,362$1,305,692$1,280,4791$1,810
2022$3,761,875$1,377,847$454,832$418,9461$1,424
2021$2,506,760$1,499,562$642,483$616,8431$1,783
2020$1,663,860$981,476$858,930$826,5371$3,869
2019$1,413,356$1,290,641$568,618$534,2531$2,680

About Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc

Based on IRS filings

Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc is a public charity, based in Meridian, ID. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.8M. Net investment income was $4K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc is led by Jamie Burton, Executive Director on the 2025 filing; 1 of 17 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jamie Burton

    Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $25K (2025)

  • William Westfall

    Board President

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Fletcher

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cara Hinkson

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lucas Baclyon

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marc Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Meg Anderson

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Cleverly

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trevor Chadwick

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chelse Didriksen

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Wardle

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lance Heindel

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Travis Hawkes

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katie Scott

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jace Perry

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Parker Harger

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patricia Vandenberg

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (29)
  • Former: Jason VanWinkle (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Mark Wynn (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Keri Davidson (2020–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Andy Pfost (2022–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Brian Luekenga (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Camille Cooper (2023–2024) — President
  • Former: Dennis Smith (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jason Leforgee (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jonathan Gillen (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Rebekah Harvey (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Jeramiah Brown (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Lori Frasure (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: David Binetti (2023) — Director
  • Former: Debbie Aholt (2023) — Director
  • Former: Gary Salisbury (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kathy McGuire (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Bernadette Sexton (2019–2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Kathy Wold (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Matt Forrester (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Robin Long (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Justin Jantz (2021) — Director
  • Former: Rusty Coffelt (2021) — Director
  • Former: Britteny Gardner (2019–2020) — President
  • Former: Brody Kesler-Mauch (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Calvin Barrett (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Emily Solly (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Mike Vuittonet (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: James McCubbins (2019) — Director
  • Former: Tyler Muzzana (2019) — Director

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

Jamie Burton — Executive Director (As of Sept '24): $25KJamie BurtonExecutive Director (As of Sept…$25K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $25K, to Jamie Burton (Executive Director (As of Sept '24)).

Frequently asked questions about Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc

How much does Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc give each year?

Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc gave $1.8M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.2M across 1 grant.

How large is Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc?

Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc reported $2.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.4M.

Where does Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc operate?

Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc has awarded grants in Idaho.

What is Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc's EIN?

Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 82-0421800. 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

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 27, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 6, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 25, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 12, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 1, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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