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Idaho Values First
13 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-18
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About Idaho Values First
| Idaho Values First Foundation Inc.
From Sixteen Thirty Fund: 21 grantees with documented or qualified Idaho connections (2026-09-18). Recorded status: Working inventory; five direct Idaho recipients primary-verified; national and longer routes separately qualified; not exhaustive all-time or proof of pass-through. New published findings are added here as sourced excerpts.
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Sixteen Thirty's 2020 filing identifies Arabella as a 35%-controlled entity of board chair Eric Kessler, and its 2021 filing shows Kessler as a director/former chair during the year it granted $495,000 to Idaho Values First Foundation and $60,000 to Conservation Voters for Idaho.
Primary FCC material for Idaho Values First identifies 'Judy Ellis' among its governing persons.
Separately, April 2026 Observer/Honor Idaho reporting states that Idaho Secretary of State nonprofit corporation records for Idaho Values First list Judith Ellis, Cheryl Miller and Rolando Ruano as current directors.
Sixteen Thirty Fund's primary 2021 Form 990 lists Alvillar as board chair as of June 2021, while that same filing reports direct grants of $495,000 to Idaho Values First Foundation Inc.
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People
Rolando Ruano
Stated in published researchAn April 2026 FCC issue-ad agreement lists Rolando Ruano among Idaho Values First's governing persons; this does not resolve continuity with its 2021 similarly named grantee.
Read record and sources →Judy Ellis
Stated in published researchAn April 2026 FCC issue-ad agreement lists Judy Ellis among Idaho Values First's governing persons; no 2021 legal-entity continuity is inferred.
Read record and sources →Cheryl Miller
Stated in published researchAn April 2026 FCC issue-ad agreement lists Cheryl Miller among Idaho Values First's governing persons; this does not establish her role in another group's activity.
Read record and sources →Other names appearing in the same research (36)
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People
- Rolando Ruano · 5 shared records
- Cheryl Miller · 3 shared records
- Judy Ellis · 3 shared records
- Judith Ellis · 2 shared records
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Connection research · 2026-09-18Sixteen Thirty Fund: 21 grantees with documented or qualified Idaho connections
Recorded status: Working inventory; five direct Idaho recipients primary-verified; national and longer routes separately qualified; not exhaustive all-time or proof of pass-through.
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