The Beneficiaries

Idaho Code dedicates income from endowment lands to support the Public School Fund and eight other beneficiary funds listed below. Revenue comes from timber sales, leases (land, commercial, residential, grazing), mineral extraction, land use permits, and land sales.

Public School Fund, K-12 Education

Agricultural College Fund, University of Idaho

Charitable Institutions Fund, Idaho State University, State Juvenile Corrections Center, School for the Deaf and Blind, Idaho Veterans Home, and State Hospital North

Normal School Fund, Idaho State University Department of Education and Lewis-Clark State College. A “normal school” is a school that trains elementary teachers; the term originated in France (école normale). Lewis-Clark State College was one of the last designated normal schools in the United States.

Penitentiary Fund

School of Science Fund, University of Idaho

State Hospital South Fund

University Fund, University of Idaho

Capitol Permanent Fund

All nine endowment funds are pooled for investment purposes.