The Nagel Foundation was formed in 1989 as a charitable memorial to the memory of John F. Nagel (father) and John F. (Jack) Nagel II (son).  They were owners and operators of Nagel Beverage Company, a long-time Pepsi bottler in Boise Idaho from 1895 until the company was sold in 2009.

The mission of the foundation is to fund organizations in southwest Idaho whose purpose is to help those who would otherwise be unable to help themselves.  The selection of grant recipients is based primarily on need.

The foundation’s single largest use of funds is for nursing scholarships at Boise State University and Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa.  John F. Nagel’s wife Mildred studied nursing at Boise’s St. Luke’s Hospital in the 1930’s.

The Nagel Foundation made its first grants totaling $34,000 to five organizations in 1991. 

The foundation has awarded over $10.4 million for charitable purposes in southwest Idaho since its inception, and is now the fifth-largest private foundation in Idaho. (source: NCCS/IRS Master file 1/2009).