Votes Idaho local governance combines a paid Idaho executive with board leadership embedded in other Idaho advocacy networks

Votes Idaho’s FY2024 Form 990-derived records identify Colin Nash as executive director with $76,212 reportable compensation, Matt Compton as board chair with $0 reportable compensation, and Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman and Caitlin Barnard as board members with $0 reportable compensation. Nash’s reported Votes Idaho compensation was $115,000 in FY2023 and $51,923 in FY2022. Separately, the Idaho Education Association identifies Matt Compton as its associate executive director and uses him as the contact for 2026 May Matters member calls explicitly focused on politics, elections, union engagement and what is happening during the legislative session. Votes Idaho is already documented as receiving approximately $562,000 from Western Futures Fund and $193,000 from Sixteen Thirty Fund from 2022-2024, and its own filing describes facilitating coordination, shared strategic resources and regular convenings among advocacy groups. These records identify the Idaho people governing/operating a major outside-funded coordination node and show an independent cross-role from the board chair into active Idaho education-policy/election organizing. They do NOT establish that WFF or Sixteen Thirty selected Votes Idaho’s board, directed Nash or Compton, or controlled IEA activity.