New York · Private foundation
Blau Family 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 50% of the organizations Blau Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $438k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $1.0M | n/a |
97% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Health$815kEducation$301kPhilanthropy$120kRecreation & Sports$100kReligion$30kFood & Nutrition$25kYouth Development$24kEnvironment$15kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $633,333 | 2 | 47% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | $98,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Duke University | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $66,040 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $47,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edible Schoolyard New York | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $633,333 | 2 | 47% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | $98,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Duke University | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $66,040 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $47,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edible Schoolyard New York | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girls Inc | $24,460 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Kipp Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $9,819 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Mind Institute Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Physicians For Reproductive Health | $5,750 | 2 | 0% |
| School of American Ballet Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanctuary for Families Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blau Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 19.
About Blau Family Foundation
- How much does Blau Family Foundation give?
- Blau Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $5,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Blau Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (56%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Blau Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Michigan ($633k), Robin Hood Foundation ($110k), Central Park Conservancy Inc ($100k).
- Does Blau Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blau Family 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.
- Where is Blau Family Foundation based?
- Blau Family Foundation is based in NY.
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