Langan Barber Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold application is unlikely to get a hearing.
- Its filings record capital campaign grants across arts and cultural, community, health, housing, human-rights and children's services, so a capital project in one of those fields is the kind of work it has backed, though the filings set out no wider priorities or selection criteria.
- Relationships matter more than proposals here: 91% of its grant dollars in its latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in its earlier filings.
- Half of its 32 grants to organisations across its last three filings were $26,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $20,000 and $83,000, so a request near the lower end is the most realistic.
- An organisation seeking general operating support should look elsewhere, since the stated purposes are capital campaigns rather than general operating support.
Overview
Langan Barber Foundation is a US private foundation based in Boise, ID.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings record grants to Idaho charitable organisations for capital campaigns across a varied group of fields. Recipients include arts and cultural organisations, community organisations, health and counselling services, housing organisations, human-rights organisations, and children's services. The stated purposes are capital campaigns, supporting organisations' development projects rather than describing general operating support. The grants therefore show support for capital development by organisations working in cultural, community, health, housing and social fields. The filings do not set out broader funding priorities or the eligibility criteria used to select recipients.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Idaho.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 32 grants to organisations were $26,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 91% of grant dollars went to organisations Langan Barber Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 13 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $26,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Treasure Valley YMCA · To support capital campaign for treasure valley ymca.$100,0002024 tax year
- Children's Home Society · To support capital campaign for the warm springs counseling center.$70,0002024 tax year
- LED · To support capital campaign for led.$60,0002024 tax year
- Cabin · To support capital campaign for the cabin.$50,0002024 tax year
- Wassmuth Center for Human Rights · To support capital campaign for the wassmuth center for human rights$50,0002024 tax year
- Ponderosa Center · To support capital campaign for the ponderosa center, inc.$42,0002024 tax year
- Jannus · To support capital campaign for jannus inc.$26,0002024 tax year
- Home Partnership Foundation · To support capital campaign for the home partnership foundation$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Eileen Barber — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $401,836 | $350,000 | $9,518,823 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $539,569 | $493,000 | $10,785,624 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $622,674 | $498,000 | $11,903,876 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Boise, ID