The Salvation Army Idaho operates through two Western Territory divisions. Southern Idaho is covered by the Cascade Division (headquartered in Happy Valley, Oregon), with corps in Boise, Caldwell, Nampa, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, and Pocatello. Northern Idaho is covered by the Northwest Division (headquartered in Seattle, Washington), with the Ray and Joan Kroc Center Coeur d'Alene as the institutional anchor. The Boise Corps facility at 9492 W. Emerald Street is a 45,000-square-foot community center that opened in 2019. Majors Thomas and Kimberly Stambaugh serve as Boise Corps Officers; Thomas also holds the Idaho State Liaison title. The Salvation Army of the Treasure Valley has provided help and hope to the community for over 125 years. The Boise and Pocatello programs both received Idaho Food Bank Fund grants in 2025 for food capacity building. The Pocatello Outpost opened a daytime warming shelter in January 2025 at the request of the Pocatello mayor during record-breaking cold temperatures.
The year-round work in Idaho looks much like Salvation Army operations everywhere: emergency rent and utility assistance, food pantries, overnight shelter, after-school programs, holiday assistance, and disaster response. What sets Idaho apart from many states is the two-division structure (Southern Idaho in the Cascade Division, Northern Idaho in the Northwest Division), the presence of one of only 26 Kroc Centers nationwide in Coeur d'Alene, the new Boise community center facility, and the kind of rural reach into smaller Idaho cities and panhandle communities where the Salvation Army is often the only organized emergency assistance.
Idaho's specific economic geography includes the Boise metropolitan area (fastest-growing in the country for several recent years), the Treasure Valley agricultural region (Nampa, Caldwell, surrounding counties), the Magic Valley (Twin Falls and surrounding area), eastern Idaho (Pocatello, Idaho Falls, and Mormon-corridor communities), and the panhandle region of Northern Idaho (Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint, Lewiston, Moscow). The Salvation Army's Idaho operations are calibrated to all of these regional economies.
The Salvation Army Cascade Division covers Oregon and Southern Idaho. Cascade Division headquarters is at 8495 SE Monterey Avenue in Happy Valley, Oregon. The Cascade Division serves over 300,000 people each year across Oregon and Southern Idaho. Majors Premek and Charity Kramerius serve as Southern Idaho Coordinators and Boise Corps Administrators; both can be reached through Salvation Army email at the divisional headquarters.
The Cascade Division's Southern Idaho corps include Boise, Caldwell, Idaho Falls, Nampa (including the Nampa Family Shelter), Pocatello (operating as the Pocatello Outpost), and Twin Falls. Additional Southern Idaho areas including Klamath Basin coordination handle smaller community needs. The Cascade Division Give Hope Across Southern Idaho event (April 28 - May 1, 2025) was one of the larger Southern Idaho fundraising mobilizations.
The Boise Corps facility at 9492 W. Emerald Street in Boise opened in 2019 as a 45,000-square-foot community center. The facility offers classes, child care, a food pantry, recreational opportunities in the form of a full regulation-size gym, and a chapel for church services. The new building represented a significant expansion of the Boise operations after decades in earlier facilities.
Majors Thomas and Kimberly Stambaugh stepped into Boise Corps leadership in 2020 after a notable Salvation Army career overseas. Thomas's full title is Boise Corps Officer, Southern Idaho Coordinator, and Idaho State Liaison. Kimberly's title is Boise Corps Officer and Treasure Valley Coordinator. The Boise Booth Program for Parenting and Pregnant Teens is one of the Boise corps' signature programs.
The Salvation Army of the Treasure Valley has provided help and hope to the community for over 125 years. The Boise operations are the largest single Salvation Army operation in Idaho and one of the more institutionally significant Western Territory operations outside the major metropolitan areas. The Boise Red Kettle Campaign is the largest in the state. Boise corporate sponsors, individual contributors, and media partnerships support the campaign.
The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Coeur d'Alene at 1765 W. Golf Course Road, Coeur d'Alene Idaho is one of only 26 Kroc Centers nationwide. The Kroc Centers were built using funds from Joan Kroc's 2003 bequest of $1.5 billion to the Salvation Army (the largest single gift to a private charity at the time). The Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center represented a nearly $70 million investment in the community set among 12 acres.
The 130,000-square-foot Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center Coeur d'Alene was founded on May 11, 2009 and has been designed to serve as a place of gathering and enrichment, housing an array of education, sports, faith, arts, and supportive programs. Lieutenants Jeff and Kristin Boyd serve as Executive Directors. The Center's programming includes fitness, aquatics, education, arts, food assistance, and worship; memberships are subsidized to ensure accessibility for low-income families.
The Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center is one of the institutional anchors of the Salvation Army Northwest Division (headquartered in Seattle, Washington), the division that covers Washington State, Northern Idaho, and Western Montana. The Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center is the only Kroc Center in the Northwest Division territory.
When Pocatello (Idaho) Mayor Brian Blad asked The Salvation Army to help the community stay warm during a record-breaking cold winter in January 2025, the organization's Pocatello Outpost opened a daytime warming shelter the next day. Mayor Blad first asked if The Salvation Army had the capacity to open an overnight shelter during the January 17, 2025 meeting. The Pocatello Outpost was able to mobilize quickly to open a daytime warming shelter starting January 18, 2025.
While the Pocatello Salvation Army had acted as a daytime warming shelter in past years, the Makowskis aimed to elevate the services provided. After reaching out to Southern Idaho Coordinator and Boise Corps Administrator Major Premek Kramerius, they received permission to use funds allocated for extreme weather. With single-digit daytime temperatures forecasted that weekend, the shelter served more than 75 hot meals to people coming in from the cold. Hot beverages and snacks were available throughout the day, along with warm clothes and blankets.
Mareah Makowski serves as Ministry Leader at the Pocatello Outpost with her husband Bryan Makowski. The couple arrived to the post in November 2024. According to Makowski, Pocatello's unhoused community has been increasing as the cost of living rises; most of the calls she has received for requesting help are for rental assistance. Pocatello area cost-of-living assessments show particular increases in housing, food, and transportation costs, with prices up 2.5 percent from a year ago.
The Boise and Pocatello programs both received Idaho Food Bank Fund grants in 2025 for food capacity building. The Idaho Food Bank Fund grants support food pantry infrastructure across Idaho, recognizing that the Salvation Army network extends beyond what the Idaho Foodbank's partner agencies alone can cover. The grants help the Boise and Pocatello operations expand cold storage, distribution capacity, and case management support for food-insecure Idaho families.
In Idaho's smaller cities and rural communities, the Salvation Army corps often functions as the primary organized emergency assistance available. The Service Extension network reaches into smaller Idaho communities where corps cannot be sustained, with volunteer boards delivering Salvation Army services in places without full corps facilities. Rural Idaho is particularly important for Service Extension coverage given the state's mountainous geography and the dispersion of small communities.
Caldwell Corps serves Canyon County. Nampa Corps (with Nampa Family Shelter) serves Nampa and surrounding Canyon County. The Nampa Family Shelter is one of the specialized Cascade Division facilities providing emergency shelter for families. Idaho Falls Corps serves Bonneville County and eastern Idaho. Twin Falls Corps serves Twin Falls County and the Magic Valley. The Lewiston-Clarkston area has Salvation Army programming through the Northwest Division.
Smaller Idaho communities served by the divisions include Sandpoint (Bonner County in Northern Idaho), Moscow (Latah County), Burley (Cassia County), Rupert (Minidoka County), and other communities. Some communities have full corps facilities; others are covered through Service Extension volunteer programming. The two-division structure means Idaho residents in Northern Idaho cities like Sandpoint or Moscow get services routed through the Seattle-based Northwest Division, while Southern Idaho cities like Twin Falls or Pocatello get services routed through the Happy Valley Oregon-based Cascade Division.
When SNAP benefits paused in November 2025 during the federal shutdown, Idaho had roughly 130,000 residents on the program. The Salvation Army Idaho corps activated additional food distribution. The Boise community center moved to multiple distributions per week through the Emerald Street pantry. Caldwell, Nampa, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and Coeur d'Alene corps ran additional pantries through November and December.
Most of the food handed out was paid for by Red Kettle donations from December 2024. The Idaho Foodbank in Meridian (one of the larger food banks in the Pacific Northwest), Community Action Partnership of North Idaho, and other Idaho food banks all reported significantly higher demand during the freeze. The Salvation Army Idaho corps coordinated with these food banks on overflow distribution.
Cash gifts at the Cascade Division site (for Southern Idaho corps), the Northwest Division site (for Northern Idaho corps including the Coeur d'Alene Kroc), or the national salvationarmyusa.org can be designated to a specific Idaho corps. The Salvation Army Idaho operations roll up into the Salvation Army Western Territory, which files a single Form 990 under EIN 94-1156347. The Salvation Army national overhead ratio runs at roughly 14 percent (82 cents per dollar to program services, 11 cents to fundraising, 7 cents to management).
Red Kettle dollars from late November through Christmas Eve stay in the corps where the kettle was placed. The Boise Red Kettle Campaign is the largest in the state. Kettles at Treasure Valley retailers stay with the Boise Corps. Kettles in Idaho Falls stay with Idaho Falls. Kettles in Coeur d'Alene stay with the Kroc Center community programming budget. Service Extension Red Kettle campaigns in rural Idaho communities keep donations local.
Furniture, clothing, working appliances, and household goods go to Family Stores across Idaho. Free pickup is available for larger items at satruck.org or by calling the store. Sale revenue funds the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center program. Vehicle donations through Cars Helping Families; net proceeds fund local programs.
The Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center has its own membership-based revenue model that supplements donor support. Membership fees from Coeur d'Alene-area families help sustain the Center's operations, with subsidized memberships ensuring accessibility for low-income families. The Kroc Endowment from Joan Kroc's original bequest provides foundational funding.
Red Kettle bell ringing from late November through Christmas Eve is the largest single volunteer role. Sign up at registertoring.com, pick a host store and shift, show up. The Boise and Coeur d'Alene operations need hundreds of two-hour slots filled each Christmas season. Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Twin Falls, Nampa, Caldwell, and other corps need volunteer support across the state.
The Boise community center has ongoing needs for food pantry packing, child care support, gym programming, and after-school program tutoring. The Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center has specific volunteer needs for fitness program assistance, aquatics support, education programs, and food assistance. The Boise Booth Program for Parenting and Pregnant Teens has program support volunteer roles (these positions require additional screening). The Nampa Family Shelter has direct support volunteer needs.
Year-round opportunities at corps statewide include Family Store sorting, food pantry packing, holiday toy distribution, and after-school program tutoring at corps with kids' programming. Disaster volunteer roles include wildfire response (increasingly active in Idaho across multiple recent fire seasons), severe winter weather response, and ESC. Disaster roles require one or two training sessions before deployment. For corporate teams of 10 to 50 people, the Boise Corps office can coordinate group volunteer days. Idaho-based companies (Micron Technology, Albertsons, Lamb Weston, Simplot, Boise Cascade, others) run repeat corporate volunteer programs with the Salvation Army.
Both the Cascade Division (Southern Idaho operations) and the Northwest Division (Northern Idaho operations) are part of the Salvation Army Western Territory, which has its territorial headquarters in Long Beach, California. The Western Territory files its own Form 990 covering 13 western states under EIN 94-1156347. Idaho-specific financial reporting is consolidated at the divisional level.
The Salvation Army National Corporation reported roughly $5.8 billion in annual revenue across all US operations. National overhead ratios run consistently at roughly 14 percent. Program services receive 82 cents per dollar; fundraising costs 11 cents; management and general 7 cents. Charity Navigator gives the Salvation Army four stars; CharityWatch rates it favorably. The Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center, the Boise community center, and the Nampa Family Shelter have their own program-level reporting because of their distinct facility-based service models.
For pure food access dollars, Idaho has solid food bank infrastructure. The Idaho Foodbank in Meridian is one of the larger food banks in the Pacific Northwest, covering 44 Idaho counties through partner agencies. Community Action Partnership of North Idaho covers five Northern Idaho counties through food banking programs. These food banks convert donated dollars at roughly 1:7 through bulk purchasing power.
The Salvation Army's specific advantages in Idaho: the Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center (one of only 26 Kroc Centers nationwide, 130,000 square feet of community infrastructure), the new Boise community center (45,000 square feet at 9492 W. Emerald Street), the Nampa Family Shelter for emergency family shelter, the Boise Booth Program for Parenting and Pregnant Teens (specialized programming for a specific population), the two-division reach across both Northern and Southern Idaho, and the historical depth in the Treasure Valley (over 125 years of operations).
Practical framing: for maximum food-per-dollar in Idaho, food banks win on math. For the Kroc Center community infrastructure, the Boise community center programming, family shelter capacity, parenting and pregnant teen support, and integrated emergency assistance across the entire state, the Salvation Army Idaho operations are among the few organizations operating at that scale.
Last updated May 2026. Cascade Division Locations Southern Idaho corps (Boise Booth Program for Parenting and Pregnant Teens, Caldwell, Idaho Falls, Nampa, Nampa Family Shelter, Pocatello, Twin Falls) and Cascade Division also covering Baker City and La Grande Oregon plus Klamath Basin and Northwest Oregon, from the Cascade Division Locations page (salvationarmyusa.org/usa-western-territory/cascade/the-salvation-army-cascade-division-locations/). Majors Premek and Charity Kramerius as Southern Idaho Coordinators and Boise Corps Administrators from the Boise Corps page (boise.salvationarmy.org). Boise Corps facility at 9492 W. Emerald St. opened in 2019 as a 45,000-square-foot community center offering classes, child care, food pantry, full regulation-size gym, and chapel, from the Christian Living Magazine December 2023 article on the Boise Salvation Army. Majors Thomas and Kimberly Stambaugh as Boise Corps Officers since 2020, Thomas as Southern Idaho Coordinator and Idaho State Liaison, Kimberly as Treasure Valley Coordinator, from the same Christian Living Magazine article. Treasure Valley 125+ years of service from the Salvation Army Boise Corps Facebook page. Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center at 1765 W. Golf Course Road founded May 11 2009 as a 130,000-square-foot facility on 12 acres representing nearly million investment with Lieutenants Jeff and Kristin Boyd as Executive Directors, from the Wikipedia Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center Coeur d'Alene article. Joan Kroc 2003 \.5 billion bequest as the largest single gift to a private charity at the time from the same Wikipedia article. Pocatello Outpost January 2025 warming shelter opening at request of Mayor Brian Blad on January 17 with shelter opening January 18, more than 75 hot meals served in opening weekend, Ministry Leaders Mareah and Bryan Makowski arriving November 2024, Major Premek Kramerius approving extreme weather funds, Pocatello cost-of-living assessments showing 2.5 percent year-over-year increase, from the Caring Magazine February 2025 article. Boise and Pocatello Idaho Food Bank Fund grants for food capacity building 2025 from the largestcharities.com Idaho state-page. Idaho SNAP participation (~130,000 residents) from USDA Food and Nutrition Service November 2025 communications. Western Territory headquartered in Long Beach CA and Western Territory EIN 94-1156347 from publicly available Western Territory financial filings. National revenue figure (~5.8 billion dollars) from Salvation Army National Corporation 2023 published annual report. Overhead ratio figures from Salvation Army National annual report and Charity Navigator. We are not affiliated with the Salvation Army and receive no compensation for this listing. Errors: [email protected]