Maryland · Private foundation
Bloom 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Bloom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $270k 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 | 2 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $380k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $142k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $144k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $104k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $116k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $101k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Innocence Project Inc | $330,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $169,000 | 8 | 0% |
| What If Foundation | $105,000 | 8 | 3% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fairvote | $58,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Beloved Asheville | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Georgia Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stepping Stones Shelter Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($376k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bloom Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Bloom Foundation
- How much does Bloom Foundation give?
- Bloom Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $31,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bloom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Crime & Legal (27%), International (22%).
- Who are Bloom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Innocence Project Inc ($330k), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($169k), What If Foundation ($105k).
- Does Bloom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bloom 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 Bloom Foundation based?
- Bloom Foundation is based in MD.
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