California · Private foundation
Charles Bloom Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $176k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $947k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Charles Bloom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $176k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $42k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $101k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Pride Foundation | $210,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Music Academy of the West | $115,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bellosguardo Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Natural History Museum Santa Maria California | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friendship Adult Day Care Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Pride Foundation | $210,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Music Academy of the West | $115,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bellosguardo Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Natural History Museum Santa Maria California | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friendship Adult Day Care Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Partners | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane Society of New York | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($392k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles Bloom Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Santa Barbara Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Charles Bloom Foundation
- How much does Charles Bloom Foundation give?
- Charles Bloom Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $176,411 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Charles Bloom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (67%), Civil Rights (23%), Religion (2%).
- Who are Charles Bloom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Pacific Pride Foundation ($210k), Metropolitan Museum of Art ($150k), Music Academy of the West ($115k).
- Does Charles Bloom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles Bloom Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles Bloom Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Charles Bloom Foundation based?
- Charles Bloom Foundation is based in CA.
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