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Idaho Education Association
11 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-17
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About Idaho Education Association
The personnel map makes the Idaho institutional role clearer: current board chair Matt Compton is an Idaho Education Association political/associate executive director; current board member Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman is Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates’ Idaho state director; executive director Colin Nash is a Democratic former state legislator and Boise political officeholder; founding director Robin Nettinga formerly led the Idaho Education Association; and founding director Hannah Brass Greer became Boise Mayor Lauren McLean’s chief of staff in 2026.
From Votes Idaho Company is a Sixteen Thirty/Western Futures-funded Idaho institutional hub (2026-09-17). Recorded status: Verified Idaho institutional/advocacy hub and national funding; connection to Republican-primary expenditures or Open Primaries control unproven New published findings are added here as sourced excerpts.
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The personnel map makes the Idaho institutional role clearer: current board chair Matt Compton is an Idaho Education Association political/associate executive director; current board member Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman is Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates’ Idaho state director; executive director Colin Nash is a Democratic former state legislator and Boise political officeholder; founding director Robin Nettinga formerly led the Idaho Education Association; and founding director Hannah Brass Greer became Boise Mayor Lauren McLean’s chief of staff in 2026.
Official Idaho Sunshine records show the terminated Stronger Idaho PAC raised $91,000 from only six donors in 2022: Idaho Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee ($25,000), Political Action Committee for Education / Idaho Education Association PAC ($25,000), Accountable Idaho ($12,000), Not Another Penny–Labor First ($10,000), Conservation Voters for Idaho Action Fund ($10,000), and Keep Ada Home ($9,000).
The National Education Association's FY2022 federal LM-2 report lists four payments to the Idaho Education Association totaling exactly $500,000, each described as 'Ballot Init support grant': $101,000 on Jan.
On March 28, 2025, the Idaho Education Association described its 'May Matters' program as a 14-month effort to change the composition of the 2026 Idaho Legislature.
Its current board chair is Matt Compton, associate executive director of the Idaho Education Association; board member Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman is publicly identified as Idaho state director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates.
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Matt Compton
Stated in published researchSeparately, 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.
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Reclaim Idaho
Stated in published researchThe Idaho Education Association's March 2025 May Matters announcement explicitly named Reclaim Idaho among pro-public-school allies joining the 2026 legislative-election effort; the note does not establish candidate-specific spending by Reclaim.
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Stated in published researchNEA's FY2022 federal LM-2 lists four ballot-initiative support payments to IEA totaling $500,000; no reviewed record earmarks them for Reclaim Idaho's initiative.
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People
- Colin Nash · 4 shared records
- Matt Compton · 4 shared records
- Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman
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Connection research · 2026-09-17Votes Idaho Company is a Sixteen Thirty/Western Futures-funded Idaho institutional hub
Recorded status: Verified Idaho institutional/advocacy hub and national funding; connection to Republican-primary expenditures or Open Primaries control unproven
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