Build a More Resilient Idaho
Across Idaho, small towns and tribal nations face growing risks from wildfire, flooding, economic disruption, and aging infrastructure. Many are under-resourced and overextended—lacking the capacity to plan ahead.
Your support changes that.
What Your Support Makes Possible
- Maintain a regional resilience network and platform that connects partners and reduces fragmented, siloed efforts.
- Ensures that every community, regardless of size, can tap in to a robust pipeline of expertise, research, and regional resources to address local challenges
- Offer resilience assessments and strategies at low or no cost to rural and under-resourced communities
- Train the next generation of resilience leaders by engaging students on real world projects.
Your investment strengthens communities today while preparing the leaders of tomorrow.
Give Today. Make an Immediate Impact.
Every gift makes a difference:
- $25–$50 – Preparedness guides and outreach materials for rural and tribal communities
- $100 – Travel support for Boise State students working on community projects
- $250 – Meeting costs, including food, materials, and childcare, so everyone can participate
- $500 – Customized hazard maps and risk assessment visuals for a community
- $1,000 – Mini-grant for a local project, such as wildfire defensible space landscaping
- $2,500 – Week-long student-faculty field visit to support data collection or plan development; Support for networking events.
- $5,000 – Community workshop series to co-develop a local resilience strategy; Support for a Resilience Conference.
Looking to Make a Lasting Impact?
A $5 million endowment ensures long-term stability and impact.
With this investment, The Resilience Institute will:
- Expand access to resilience planning and technical support for under-resourced communities
- Embed resilience across academic programs and disciplines (Geoscience, Environmental Science, Urban Planning, Environmental Management, Emergency Management)
- Enable applied, real-world experiences for students that support community needs while building Idaho’s future workforce
- Provide reliable, long-term support to communities – independent of shifting funding cycles
Limited-Time Opportunity
Boise State will match the 4% annual distribution of the total commitment each year for five years. This match will amplify your investment and accelerate impact.
Leadership Investment Opportunity
Investing in The Resilience Institute is investing in Idaho—its communities, its people, and its future.
Let’s build a stronger, more prepared Idaho – together.
Contact Us:
Brittany Brand, PhD – Director, The Resilience Institute at Boise State
brittanybrand@boisestate.edu
Crystal Sinclair – Director of Development, Boise State University Foundation
crystalsinclair@boisestate.edu | (208) 426-2562
Other Ways to Give
By Mail
Donations by check may be made payable to the Boise State University Foundation and mailed to:
Boise State University Foundation
1173 W. University Dr.
Boise, ID 83706
*Please write “The Resilience Institute” in the memo line of the check.