California · Private foundation
Bluebird Legacy Inc
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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Bluebird Legacy Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 37 | $1.6M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $1.5M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $1.4M | 3% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $1.2M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $1.1M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $710k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $600k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $550k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Relief | $635,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County | $280,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Community Seniorserv Inc | $265,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | $250,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Tustin | $245,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Families Forward | $242,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Access Books | $235,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Pacific Symphony | $235,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County | $235,000 | 8 | 0% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $230,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bluebird Legacy Inc 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: Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Argyros Family Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Oneoc · Orange County's United Way · The Rose Hills Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bluebird Legacy Inc
- How much does Bluebird Legacy Inc give?
- Bluebird Legacy Inc reported 37 grants totaling $1,625,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bluebird Legacy Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (17%), Human Services (14%), Education (12%).
- Who are Bluebird Legacy Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Direct Relief ($635k), Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County ($280k), Community Seniorserv Inc ($265k).
- Does Bluebird Legacy Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bluebird Legacy Inc 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 Bluebird Legacy Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
- Where is Bluebird Legacy Inc based?
- Bluebird Legacy Inc is based in CA.
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