Minnesota · Private foundation
Blue Water Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $300k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Blue Water Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $300k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $250k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Hillel | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Touro University Nevada | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River Valley Christian Church Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Artreach St Croix | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Minnetonka Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($593k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Blue Water Foundation
- How much does Blue Water Foundation give?
- Blue Water Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Blue Water Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (33%), Religion (16%), Education (1%).
- Who are Blue Water Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Minnesota Hillel ($5k), Touro University Nevada ($5k), River Valley Christian Church Inc ($3k).
- Does Blue Water Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blue Water 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 Water Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Blue Water Foundation based?
- Blue Water Foundation is based in MN.
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