About FUNDSY | Past Beneficiaries
About FUNDSY
FUNDSY, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in 1967 for the purpose of raising funds for charitable and community capital improvement projects. The organization began with community leaders coming together to raise funds for capital improvements at the downtown Boise YMCA (“Funds Serving the Y” became “FUNDSY”). After several years of successful auctions, the founders decided to accept proposals from nonprofits and choose beneficiaries on alternate years. Because funds for capital improvements, “bricks and mortar,” were more difficult for charities to raise, as grants and corporate giving usually are restricted to programs, founders decided FUNDSY would fill this important need for the growth of our community’s arts, education, civic and social service non-profit organizations.
The FUNDSY Board of Directors consists of business, community, and civic leaders who establish policy, select beneficiaries, raise funds, solicit in-kind and cash donations, lend administrative support, and actively participate in the FUNDSY process. Funds are generated for selected non-profit organizations on a two-year cycle through the proceeds from silent and live auctions at the FUNDSY Gala Dinner event. The evening gala event is held the first Saturday in May on even years.
FUNDSY, as the first, largest, and most successful charity auction in the Boise area, has raised over $7,200,000 for various community projects. Due to FUNDSY’s charitable giving, many non-profit organizations now have improved facilities and are able to provide much needed services to the very appreciative members of our community.
Read about our current beneficiaries.
FUNDSY – Building Community Legacies from 1967 to 2010!
One only needs to drive around the Boise Valley to see the impact FUNDSY has made for the betterment of community nonprofits.
- Assistance League of Boise
- Association for Retarded Citizens – ARC
- Basque Museum and Cultural Center
- Bogus Basin
- Boise Art Museum
- Boise Contemporary Theater
- Boise Parks and Recreation
- Boise Philharmonic Association
- Boise Salvation Army/Booth Family Care Center
- Boy Scouts of America, Ore-Ida Council
- Cascade Lake 4-H Camp
- Children’s Free Dental Clinic
- Children’s Home Society of Idaho
- Discovery Center of Idaho
- Drug Free Idaho/PAYADA
- Easter Seals-Goodwill
- Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy
- Family Advocate Program
- Friends of Boise Public Library
- Friends of Children and Families (Headstart)
- Friends of the Idaho Historical Museum
- Friends of Zoo Boise
- Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council
- Humphreys Diabetes Education Center
- Idaho Black History Museum
- Idaho Botanical Garden
- Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital
- Idaho Foodbank
- Idaho Human Rights Education Center
- Idaho Humane Society
- Idaho Shakespeare Festival
- Idaho Youth Ranch/Hays Shelter Home
- Junior Achievement
- Learning Lab
- Log Cabin Literary Center
- Neighborhood Housing
- River of Life/Boise Rescue Mission (formerly Community House)
- Ronald McDonald House
- Senior Solutions
- St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI)
- Terry Reilly Health Service – Boise Dental Program
- Terry Reilly Health Services- SANE SOLUTIONS
- Treasure Valley Family YMCA
- Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
- Women’s and Children’s Alliance (WCA)