Stories that LEAD
What we are learning, including the parts that did not work.
A young foundation, working in public. Notes on Idaho scholar-athletes, on getting girls into sport and keeping them there, and on the things we got wrong the first time.
Looking for the individual stories instead? IX Stories is the collection of first-person accounts — what stood in the way, what we funded, and what happened next, in their words rather than ours.
Read IX StoriesThe Taylor LEAD Foundation names Angela Taylor as its first Chief Executive Officer
The board names Co-Founder Angela Taylor to the role, marking
the Foundation's move from a founder-led effort to an
organization built to scale statewide.
We publish what we cannot claim
Our impact page has a list of things we do not know how to prove. Putting it there was the most useful decision we have made.
Tara VanDerveer's first head coaching job was in Idaho
Before Stanford, before three national championships and Olympic gold, she coached in Moscow, Idaho. Then she came back, forty-six years later, for a first-year gala.
A Counselor's Guide to the LEAD Scholarship, and to the Students Who Will Not Apply
The students most likely to qualify for this scholarship are often the least likely to submit. Here is the timeline, the criteria, and the specific intervention that changes that.
The Second-Biggest Barrier in Girls' Sports Is an Adult Who Did Not Show Up
Allyship in girls' sports is usually described in feelings. The national data describes it in behaviors, and one of them ranks as the second-most-reported barrier women name.
Inside the Change Make*Hers Gala: What $250K+ and 308 People Tell Us About What Idaho is Ready For
A first-year gala for a two-year-old foundation sold out and raised more than a quarter of a million dollars. That is a fact about Idaho, not about us.