The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health is donating an initial $100,000 to the COVID-19 Response Fund for Idaho, a new charitable fund that will provide support for low-income,… Read more »
Stories of Impact
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Donates $1.5 Million to University of Idaho
Funding Supports the Vandal Promise Scholarship and Creates the Blue Cross of Idaho Rural Initiative Scholarship to Address the Rural Physician Shortage in Idaho The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation… Read more »
Evaluation Helps Validate Impact of Community Transformation Grants
When the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health launched community place-based giving in 2013 through the Community Transformation Grants, we were optimistic that the grants would lead to systems… Read more »
Third-Grade Student Captures Story About Walking With Stanley Mayor
Stanley Mayor Steve Botti was engaged with the students in the Stanley School during the Mayor’s Walking Challenge in October. When he walked with the students, one of them decided… Read more »
Foundation Grantees Report Findings From Rural Health Grants
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health awarded $190,000 in grants that support rural Idaho, and each of the grantees presented their findings to the Foundation as their grants… Read more »
Foundation Supports Youth Behavioral Health with Awards to 9 Idaho Schools
Nine schools across Idaho will be able to better support students with behavioral health needs thanks to awards given by the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health. The Technical… Read more »
Systems Change = Patience
Just the other day a philanthropy colleague was sharing their frustration because he was seeing very little movement or visible change on an issue he’s been focusing on for a… Read more »
Mayor Sims Enjoys Walking in Bonners Ferry
The Bonners Ferry Mayor Earns Money for his Hometown by Participating in the Mayor’s Walking Challenge. Mayor David Sims has lived in Bonners Ferry for all but six… Read more »