· Private foundation
Bluestem Foundation
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATON INTERNATIONAL | $15,000 |
| PARKER COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION | $1,800 |
| LOS ANGELES MISSION | $1,800 |
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 (FY17–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PCParker County Health Foundation4× · 2017–2022 · $24k · revenue +71%
- CFCAREITY FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue +8%
- PCPARKER COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERV3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue -14%
Funded once
- CACHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF PARKEone grant, 2018 · $30k
- CMCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +69%
- GOGRAND OLE OPRY TRUST FUNDone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.
1. heighten awareness and grow the business of country music.2. serve as the information and communication center for industry and consumer trends.3. provide a forum for industry leadership to advance country music.4. recognize excellence…
To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.
With more than 1 million visitors annually, the fort worth zoo strengthens the bond between humans and the environment by promoting responsible stewardship of wildlife and ensuring diverse, high-quality educational and entertaining family…
The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.
Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Guided by the generosity of the country music community, the cma foundation focuses on improving and sustaining music education programs everywhere while supporting worthwhile causes important to the country music association.
Travis county medical society (tcms) represents the medical profession in matters of importance to the membership and the community it serves.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 14 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 Parker County Health Foundation ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds CAREITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF FORT WORTH & TARRANT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds PARKER COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERV ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ↗
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: American Endowment Foundation · 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 Bluestem Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bluestem Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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