Idaho · Public charity
Bluum Inc
Bluum is a non-profit organization committed to ensuring idaho's children reach their fullest potential by cultivation great leaders and innovative schools. We work to help idaho become a national model for how to maximize learning opportunities for children. Bluum plans to help create 20,000 new, high-performing school seats in idaho in…
- $529k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $139,512
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $380,857
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Bluum Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M 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 | 3 | $529k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $4.5M | 43% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $4.8M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $5.4M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $4.2M | 56% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate Academy | $1,421,359 | 3 | 13% |
| Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc | $1,342,199 | 3 | 16% |
| Future Public School Inc | $1,250,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Gem Prep Twin Falls LLC | $837,500 | 2 | 73% |
| Idaho Novus Classical Academy | $837,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gem Prep Meridian South LLC | $800,001 | 3 | 91% |
| Compass Public Charter School | $800,000 | 1 | 10% |
| MOSAICS Public School Inc | $800,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Elevate Academy North LLC | $800,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Idaho Arts Charter School Inc | $800,000 | 3 | 4% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate Academy | $1,421,359 | 3 | 13% |
| Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc | $1,342,199 | 3 | 16% |
| Future Public School Inc | $1,250,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Gem Prep Twin Falls LLC | $837,500 | 2 | 73% |
| Idaho Novus Classical Academy | $837,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gem Prep Meridian South LLC | $800,001 | 3 | 91% |
| Compass Public Charter School | $800,000 | 1 | 10% |
| MOSAICS Public School Inc | $800,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Elevate Academy North LLC | $800,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Idaho Arts Charter School Inc | $800,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Elevate Academy Nampa LLC | $799,998 | 2 | n/a |
| Gem Prep Meridian North LLC | $754,862 | 3 | 34% |
| White Pine Charter School | $613,353 | 3 | 7% |
| RISE Charter School Inc | $418,748 | 3 | 16% |
| Cardinal Academy Incorporated | $376,084 | 3 | 5% |
| Pinecrest Academy of Idaho | $293,884 | 2 | 15% |
| Pinecrest Academy of Lewiston Inc | $282,691 | 1 | n/a |
| Fern-Waters Public Charter School | $270,328 | 3 | 14% |
| Uncommon Schools Inc | $16,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Idaho Classical Academy LLC | $8,172 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bluum Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Ja & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Inc · Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Louis Calder Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bluum Inc
- How much does Bluum Inc give?
- Bluum Inc reported 3 grants totaling $528,541 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Bluum Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (87%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Bluum Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Elevate Academy ($1.4M), Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc ($1.3M), Future Public School Inc ($1.3M).
- Does Bluum Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bluum Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ja & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Inc, Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.
- Where is Bluum Inc based?
- Bluum Inc is based in ID.
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