Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Blue Sands Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,751
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,517,940
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations Blue Sands Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $2.0M | 59% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $3.1M | 52% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $1.1M | 58% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $1.3M | 70% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $994k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $315k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $726k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $236,084 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $71,079 | 2 | 0% |
| Razi Health Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The College of Wooster | $42,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $40,834 | 1 | 0% |
| Tate Americas Foundation | $31,794 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make Life Skate Life | $18,800 | 1 | 6% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| James Madison University | $13,664 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $236,084 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $71,079 | 2 | 0% |
| Razi Health Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The College of Wooster | $42,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $40,834 | 1 | 0% |
| Tate Americas Foundation | $31,794 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make Life Skate Life | $18,800 | 1 | 6% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| James Madison University | $13,664 | 1 | n/a |
| The George Washington University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Refugees International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Codeorg | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sussex School Inc | $5,538 | 1 | 0% |
| The Middle East Institute | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sports Humanitarian Group Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Room to Read | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blue Sands 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Blue Sands Foundation
- How much does Blue Sands Foundation give?
- Blue Sands Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $1,989,099 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Blue Sands Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (65%), Education (25%), Housing & Shelter (2%).
- Who are Blue Sands Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Georgetown University ($236k), Trustees of Tufts College ($71k), Razi Health Foundation Inc ($50k).
- Does Blue Sands Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blue Sands Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Sands Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Blue Sands Foundation based?
- Blue Sands Foundation is based in DC.
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