Missouri · Public charity
Blues for Kids
Charitable trust - see statement on schedule o
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $410k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $142,193
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 135
- FY2019 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Blues for Kids funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 7 | $410k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $164k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $946k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $660k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $750k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 135 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $530,909 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis Legacy Ice Foundation | $333,700 | 2 | 34% |
| St Louis Blues Alumni Assn | $302,179 | 2 | 34% |
| St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington University | $135,597 | 4 | 0% |
| Missouri Amateur Ice Hockey | $134,166 | 4 | 31% |
| Friends of Kids With Cancer | $107,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Duo Dogs Inc | $84,405 | 3 | 2% |
| Girls on the Run of St Louis | $80,000 | 4 | 3% |
| St Louis Blues Warriors Inc | $69,262 | 2 | 40% |
Show all 59 grantees
Plus 136 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blues for Kids supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Centene Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · The Crawford Taylor Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About Blues for Kids
- How much does Blues for Kids give?
- Blues for Kids reported 7 itemized grants totaling $409,693, out of $1,705,152 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 135 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Blues for Kids fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (18%), Health (13%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Blues for Kids's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc ($531k), St Louis Legacy Ice Foundation ($334k), St Louis Blues Alumni Assn ($302k).
- Does Blues for Kids fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blues for Kids?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation, Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company.
- Where is Blues for Kids based?
- Blues for Kids is based in MO.
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