· Private foundation
Bluestar Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $61k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOBILE MANTRA | $30,552 |
| MOBILE MANTRA | $30,059 |
| ART ROCKS CLUB HOUSE | $5,000 |
| ARTISTS SPACE INC | $5,000 |
| CA TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND | $5,000 |
| SMALL HOPE BAY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| GAIANETWORK | $3,000 |
| WILDCARE | $1,000 |
| THE INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUS | $1,000 |
| MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST | $1,000 |
| GREATER FARALLONES ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $997k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMobile Mantra Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $997k · revenue +44% · 100% of their budget
- ASARTISTS SPACE INC5× · 2020–2025 · $28k · revenue +45%
- WWILDCARE6× · 2019–2025 · $5k · revenue +291%
Funded once
- MAMOUNTAIN ARTS NETWORKone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +1% · 46% of their budget
- TNTHE NEW VILLAGE SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -15%
- REREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANKgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +118%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…
Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…
The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
The mission of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance is to protect, preserve, and restore the wilderness qualities and biodiversity of the public lands within California's northern Santa Lucia Mountains and Big Sur coast.
Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.
The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.
The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.
The Volcan Mountain Foundation's mission is to preserve Volcan Mountain Range in its natural state for all generations.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Mobile Mantra Inc ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAIN ARTS NETWORK ↗
- Who funds ARTISTS SPACE INC ↗
- Who funds Small Hope Bay Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds WILDCARE ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST ↗
- Who funds GREATER FARALLONES ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE NEW VILLAGE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bluestar Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bluestar Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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