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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.

$529k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$381k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$19MYouth Development$255kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $140k
  • $250k+1 grant · $381k
$139,512
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$380,857
FERN WATERS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL$139,512
NORTH IDAHO CLASSICAL ACADEMY$8,172
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%IDAHO NOVUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $838k → 8%HAYDEN CANYON CHARTER: $399k → 10%IDAHO ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $430k → 11%PINECREST ACADEMY OF LEWISTON: $283k → 11%ALTURAS PREP ACADEMY: $633k → 11%RISE CHARTER SCHOOL: $254k → 11%TREASURE VALLEY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $760k → 12%THE ACADEMY INC (ABN CONNOR ACADE: $800k → 13%FUTURE PUBLIC SCHOOL: $680k → 8%HAYDEN CANYON CHARTER: $222k → 10%IDAHO ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $302k → 11%ALTURAS PREP ACADEMY: $167k → 11%RISE CHARTER SCHOOL: $144k → 11%TREASURE VALLEY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $490k → 12%FUTURE PUBLIC SCHOOL: $562k → 8%HAYDEN CANYON CHARTER: $179k → 10%WHITE PINE CHARTER SCHOOL: $405k → 11%ANSER CHARTER SCHOOL: $485k → 8%ELEVATE ACADEMY NAMPA: $792k → 11%WHITE PINE CHARTER SCHOOL: $186k → 11%GEM PREP TWIN FALLS: $574k → 11%ANSER CHARTER SCHOOL: $247k → 8%GEM PREP TWIN FALLS: $263k → 11%FORGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $570k → 11%ELEVATE ACADEMY - IDAHO FALLS: $693k → 11%PINECREST ACADEMY OF IDAHO: $251k → 11%FORGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $416k → 11%COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $800k → 8%IDAHO YOUTH RANCH - PROMISE ACADEMY: $255k → 11%GEM PREP: $691k → 8%FORGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $265k → 11%GEM PREP MERIDIAN SOUTH LLC: $614k → 8%ELEVATE ACADEMY INC: $742k → 11%GEM PREP: $403k → 8%ELEVATE ACADEMY NORTH: $526k → 11%DORAL ACADEMY: $311k → 8%ELEVATE ACADEMY INC: $508k → 11%GEM PREP MERIDIAN NORTH: $551k → 8%MOSAICS PUBIC SCHOOL: $399k → 11%GEM PREP: $201k → 8%ELEVATE ACADEMY NORTH: $233k → 11%GEM PREP MERIDIAN NORTH: $171k → 8%MOSAICS PUBLIC SCHOOL: $214k → 11%GEM PREP MERIDIAN SOUTH LLC: $142k → 8%MOSAICS PUBLIC SCHOOL: $187k → 11%ELEVATE ACADEMY INC: $171k → 11%PATHWAYS IN EDUCATION: $381k → 8%CARDINAL ACADEMY: $279k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 21 repeat orgs$4.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +105% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
11

Total granted

$17M
$4.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+105%
+9%

Still filing today

71%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $389k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EA
    Elevate Academy
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.4M · revenue +98%
  • TV
    Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.3M · revenue +127%
  • FP
    Future Public School Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $1.3M · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • IN
    Idaho Novus Classical Academygraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $838k · revenue ×261
  • TA
    THE ACADEMY INC (ABN CONNOR ACADE
    one grant, 2023 · $800k
  • CP
    Compass Public Charter Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $800k · revenue +67%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Pocatello Community Charter School

Public Education.

Education
2
Idaho Science & Technology Charter

Public Education.

Education
3
Payette River Regional Technical Academy

Public Education.

Education
4
Idaho Stem Academy Inc Bingham Academy

Public Education.

Education
5
Idaho Virtual Academy Lea No 452

Public Education.

Education
6
Peace Valley Charter School Inc

Public Education.

Education
7
Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center

Public Education.

Education
8
Hayden Canyon Charter School Inc

Public Education.

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9
Idaho Virtual High School Inc dba Richard McKenna Charter School

Public Education.

Education
10
Falcon Ridge Public Charter School

Public Education.

Education
11
North Star Charter School Inc

Public Education.

Education
12
Liberty Charter School Inc

Public Education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elevate Academy Nampa Llc; the most unlike its peers is Gem Prep Twin Falls Llc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 34 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
18/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Elevate Academy: $1,421,359 · EducationElevate AcademyTreasure Valley Classical Academy Inc: $1,342,199 · EducationTreasure Valley Classical Academy IncFuture Public School Inc: $1,250,000 · EducationFuture Public School IncGEM PREP TWIN FALLS LLC: $837,500 · EducationGEM PREP TWIN FALLS LLCIdaho Novus Classical Academy: $837,500 · EducationIdaho Novus Classical AcademyGEM PREP MERIDIAN SOUTH LLC: $800,001 · EducationGEM PREP MERIDIAN SOUTH LLCCompass Public Charter School: $800,000 · EducationCompass Public Charter SchoolMOSAICS Public School Inc: $800,000 · EducationMOSAICS Public School IncElevate Academy North LLC: $800,000 · EducationElevate Academy North LLCIdaho Arts Charter School Inc: $800,000 · EducationIdaho Arts Charter School IncElevate Academy Nampa LLC: $799,998 · EducationElevate Academy Nampa LLCGEM PREP MERIDIAN NORTH LLC: $754,862 · EducationGEM PREP MERIDIAN NORTH LLCWhite Pine Charter School: $613,353 · Education+7 more: $1,670,235 · Education+7 moreIndividual grant recipient: $1,295,138 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFORGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $1,251,824 · OtherFORGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLALTURAS PREP ACADEMY: $800,000 · OtherALTURAS PREP ACADEMYANSER CHARTER SCHOOL: $800,000 · OtherANSER CHARTER SCHOOLTHE ACADEMY INC (ABN CONNOR ACADE: $800,000 · OtherTHE ACADEMY INC (ABN CONNOR ACADEIndividual grant recipient: $800,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientELEVATE ACADEMY - IDAHO FALLS: $692,749 · OtherELEVATE ACADEMY - IDAHO FALLSDORAL ACADEMY: $382,285 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $380,857 · Other+5 more: $543,806 · Other+5 more
Education$13,527,007Other$7,746,659

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetElevate Academy: $1,421,359 over 3y, 13% of budgetTreasure Valley Classical Academy Inc: $1,342,199 over 3y, 16% of budgetFuture Public School Inc: $1,250,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetGEM PREP TWIN FALLS LLC: $837,500 over 2y, 73% of budgetGEM PREP MERIDIAN SOUTH LLC: $800,001 over 3y, 91% of budgetCompass Public Charter School: $800,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetMOSAICS Public School Inc: $800,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetElevate Academy North LLC: $800,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetIdaho Arts Charter School Inc: $800,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetGEM PREP MERIDIAN NORTH LLC: $754,862 over 3y, 34% of budgetWhite Pine Charter School: $613,353 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetRISE Charter School Inc: $418,748 over 3y, 16% of budgetCardinal Academy Incorporated: $376,084 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetPinecrest Academy of Idaho: $293,884 over 2y, 15% of budgetFern-Waters Public Charter School: $270,328 over 3y, 14% of budgetUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $16,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 Elevate Academy ↗
  • Who funds Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Future Public School Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEM PREP TWIN FALLS LLC ↗
  • Who funds Idaho Novus Classical Academy ↗
  • Who funds GEM PREP MERIDIAN SOUTH LLC ↗
  • Who funds Compass Public Charter School ↗
  • Who funds MOSAICS Public School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Elevate Academy North LLC ↗
  • Who funds Idaho Arts Charter School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Elevate Academy Nampa LLC ↗
  • Who funds GEM PREP MERIDIAN NORTH LLC ↗
  • Who funds White Pine Charter School ↗
  • Who funds RISE Charter School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cardinal Academy Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Pinecrest Academy of Idaho ↗
  • Who funds Pinecrest Academy of Lewiston Inc ↗
  • Who funds Fern-Waters Public Charter School ↗
  • Who funds UNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗

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.

Ja & Kathryn Albertso…Blue Cross of Idaho F…Charter Fund Inc D/B/…Louis Calder Foundati…Amazonsmile Foundation
Ja & Kathryn Albertson Foundation IncID15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bluum Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bluum Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bluum Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Bluum Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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