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.
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What $115 actually buys
It is registration season in Idaho. Here is the arithmetic of one girl's season, what a grant covers, and the number we still cannot tell you.
What LEAD Means, and What a Strong Application Actually Looks Like
Four criteria, explained the way a reviewer reads them, with the common mistakes that separate a finalist application from a recipient application.
From Mountain Home to Statewide: The Next Chapter of the LEAD Scholarship
What began in Mountain Home is growing into a statewide scholarship effort designed to recognize and support scholar-athletes across Idaho.
Camps Are Not About the Summer. They Are About Ages 12 to 14.
The case for girls' sports camps is usually made in adjectives. Made in numbers, it is narrower, more specific, and considerably more urgent.
From One Gym in Mountain Home to Every District in Southern Idaho
Eleven years in one town, then fourteen scholars in one year. Here is what statewide expansion actually changes, on what timeline, and what it does not change.