Mississippi · Private foundation
Blue Scooter 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.
- $107k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Blue Scooter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 15 | $104k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $92k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $89k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $115k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $91k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $82k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Montessori School | $118,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Dress for Success Worldwide | $64,766 | 7 | 0% |
| World Resources Institute | $41,100 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ocean Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rare Village Foundation | $25,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Slide Ranch | $22,577 | 4 | 0% |
| Mill Valley Library Foundation | $22,113 | 4 | 1% |
| Cool Effect Inc | $14,908 | 6 | 0% |
| Protect Our Winters | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 350org | $10,100 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Montessori School | $118,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Dress for Success Worldwide | $64,766 | 7 | 0% |
| World Resources Institute | $41,100 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ocean Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rare Village Foundation | $25,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Slide Ranch | $22,577 | 4 | 0% |
| Mill Valley Library Foundation | $22,113 | 4 | 1% |
| Cool Effect Inc | $14,908 | 6 | 0% |
| Protect Our Winters | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 350org | $10,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Finding Hope for FRRS1L | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 1for3org Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $7,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Namaste Foundation | $3,300 | 1 | 1% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blue Scooter Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Blue Scooter Foundation
- How much does Blue Scooter Foundation give?
- Blue Scooter Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $107,338 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Blue Scooter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Environment (25%), Health (18%).
- Who are Blue Scooter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Marin Montessori School ($119k), Dress for Success Worldwide ($65k), World Resources Institute ($41k).
- Does Blue Scooter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blue Scooter 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 Blue Scooter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Marin Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Blue Scooter Foundation based?
- Blue Scooter Foundation is based in MS.
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