Inspire Idaho Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862015429
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Meridian, ID, USA
- Phone
- 2086859153
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $371,698
- Expenses
- $303,006
- Assets
- $273,223
- Liabilities
- $5,031
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEREMY BURNSTEIN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN MITCHELL (EXECUTIVE DI): $108,711 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We mentor young people aging out of foster care to help them flourish as adults. Jeremy Burnstein, Board Member Guided by the charge in Colossians 3:23 to work with all my heart for the Lord, I aim to be a faithful ambassador of Jesus Christ and to add value to those around me. Professionally, I’ve spent nearly 25 years as a business valuation specialist, a path that led me to establish my own practice where I can serve clients with purpose. My family and I were drawn to Idaho in 2019 by its natural beauty and a “neighborly” culture that reminds us that life is a shared journey and we are called to support one another. I have been married to my beautiful bride, Rebecca, for 25 years, and we are the proud parents of three amazing daughters: Hannah, Mikayla, and Kelsey. In.
What it reported doing in 2025
Car program- 9 out of 10 foster teens age out of the system without a drivers license. Even fewer have access to a reliable vehicle. Lack of reliable transportation keeps these young people from getting a good job, attending school, and becoming independent. We provide vehicles for qualified, 18+ year-old teens in the inspire Idaho community to help them work and/or attend school, become independent, and develop responsibility to help them flourish as adults. Youth who successfully complete this developmental, 9-month program take ownership of their vehicle. Driver qualifications 18+ years-old with valid drivers license involved consistently with inspire Idaho for 6+ months actively engaged in an inspire Idaho mentoring relationship for 3+ months worked (20+ hours/week) or attended school consistently for 3+ consecutive weeks saved 500 for registration, title, taxes, initial insurance attended a car maintenance class for their vehicle signed inspire Idaho auto loan agreement and program requirements documents other details and restrictions apply. Short-term housing purpose- the inspire Idaho temporary emergency housing initiative connects aged out foster youth in the inspire Idaho community with hosts who are willing to allow a young person to stay temporarily in a room in their home, an accessory dwelling unit (adu) on their property, or rv/trailer. We help aged out youth bridge the gap between homelessness and semi-permanent housing by getting them situated in a safe location, as they work with their mentor to find a job, get a car (through our car program) and look for a more permanent dwelling. All hosts and locations are carefully vetted and we work hard to match young people and hosts. To qualify for a temporary housing assignment, a young person must: be a part of the inspire Idaho community be in an inspire Idaho mentoring relationship be actively working, pursuing work, and/or going to school be willing to complete household tasks as assigned by host
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $61.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 35.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 41.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 68% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $251K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $109K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.