Illinois · Private foundation
Blue Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2018
- 59
- Grants FY2018
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $2,147,415
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 10
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 37% of the organizations Blue Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 41 | $2.5M | 37% |
| FY2017 | 46 | $411k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
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 FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $189,280 | 2 | 0% |
| Metrosquash Nfp | $153,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Middle East Investment Initiative Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $62,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $53,000 | 2 | 0% |
| After School Matters Inc | $38,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Suzuki Orff School for Young Musicians | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Alliance Francaisefrench House of Chicago | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blue Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Walder Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · The Joyce Foundation · The Sidley Austin Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc
How this is measured
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About Blue Foundation
- How much does Blue Foundation give?
- Blue Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $2,566,090 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Blue Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Education (11%), Social Science (6%).
- Who are Blue Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: The Aspen Institute Inc ($189k), Metrosquash Nfp ($154k), Middle East Investment Initiative Inc ($80k).
- Does Blue Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blue Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Lloyd a Fry Foundation, Robert R McCormick Foundation.
- Where is Blue Foundation based?
- Blue Foundation is based in IL.
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