News Release

June 26, 2007

Idaho Community Foundation Presents First of $166,000 in Statewide Scholarships at Boise State

Boise State University today received more than $19,000 from the Idaho Community Foundation. The grant was among more than $166,000 in grants presented during a ceremony at Boise State attended by Boise State President Bob Kustra and Idaho Community Foundation President Cathy Silak. The awards are aimed at helping Idaho’s low-income students and students who are the first in their family to attend college.

Boise State’s award will fund four scholarships covering full tuition and fees. They will be renewable annually for up to five years for a value of nearly $100,000. Grants were also presented to Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell, Eastern Idaho Technical College in Idaho Falls, Idaho State University in Pocatello, North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene and the University of Idaho in Moscow.

The grants are the first under the Idaho Education Access Fund, created in the Idaho Community Foundation last year to assist low-income students and students who are the first in their families to attend college. This fund is endowed with a $1.4 million gift from the Idaho Education Access Association, Inc. Additional funding this year will come from a $109,000 grant from the Northwest Area Foundation, whose mission is to reduce poverty in the region.

“We are delighted with this grant from the Idaho Community Foundation, which will allow us to attract top-notch first-generation scholars to our campus,” Kustra said. “Boise State continues to be committed to offering the best education possible while attracting a diverse and talented student body.”

“Thanks to the generosity of the Northwest Area Foundation, we are able to fund all of the requests that we received from Idaho schools,” Silak said. “Helping students achieve a college degree is one of the best possible long-term ways to reduce poverty. It is wonderful to be able to fund programs at so many schools.”

The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization composed of more than 370 individual funds, pooled together for efficient management. Total assets are approaching $70 million. Since its inception in 1988, ICF has made charitable distributions totaling more than $31 million.

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Contacts: Hilarie Engle, Donor Relations Office, Idaho Community Foundation, (208) 342-5357, hengle@idcomfdn.org; Frank Zang, Communications and Marketing, Boise State University, (208) 425-5391, frankzang@boisestate.edu

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