Maine · Private foundation
32 Bar Blues Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,025
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,261
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations 32 Bar Blues Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $50k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $54k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $41k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | $167,946 | 5 | 3% |
| Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation | $37,970 | 2 | 5% |
| Notes For Notes Inc | $23,582 | 5 | 0% |
| San Diego City College Foundation | $21,506 | 2 | 3% |
| Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation | $7,025 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Texas Foundation Inc | $6,959 | 1 | 0% |
| The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc | $6,436 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About 32 Bar Blues Foundation
- How much does 32 Bar Blues Foundation give?
- 32 Bar Blues Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $55,371 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does 32 Bar Blues Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Arts & Culture (29%), Education (10%).
- Who are 32 Bar Blues Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Jazz Foundation of America Inc ($168k), Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation ($38k), Notes For Notes Inc ($24k).
- Does 32 Bar Blues Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 32 Bar Blues Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 32 Bar Blues Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is 32 Bar Blues Foundation based?
- 32 Bar Blues Foundation is based in ME.
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