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Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$526k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 26
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$6.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving24$496k42%
FY20239$377k44%
FY202215$608k13%
FY202126$606k58%
FY202020$708k40%
FY201915$882k60%
FY201819$746k58%
FY201714$662kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.7MEducation$1.3MHealth$512kPhilanthropy$442kRecreation & Sports$410kAnimals$300kEnvironment$261kHuman Services$201kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Kansas University Endowment Association$600,00040%
Peak Education$423,000658%
Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation$410,00051%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum$400,00051%
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Foundation$400,000273%
Atlas Preparatory School Inc$125,00021%
Ah Haa School for the Arts$100,00022%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$100,00020%
Cheyenne Village$100,00021%
University of Colorado Foundation$85,00020%
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All grantees of Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Kansas University Endowment Association$600,00040%
Peak Education$423,000658%
Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation$410,00051%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum$400,00051%
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Foundation$400,000273%
Atlas Preparatory School Inc$125,00021%
Ah Haa School for the Arts$100,00022%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$100,00020%
Cheyenne Village$100,00021%
University of Colorado Foundation$85,00020%
Raise the Future$75,00030%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$55,00020%
Colorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc$50,00011%
Food to Power (Fka Colorado Springs Food Rescue)$50,000212%
The Trust for Public Land$50,00020%
The Springs Rescue Mission$50,00010%
INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak$41,50031%
The Colorado College$40,00030%
William J Palmer Parks Foundation Inc$40,00022%
Concrete Couch$30,50029%
Regents of the University of Colorado$28,0004n/a
Fii - National$25,00010%
The Catamount Institute$23,00035%
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region$21,00033%
Rocky Mountain Field Institute Inc$20,00021%
Youth Documentary Academy$20,0001n/a
Hey Neighbor$20,00015%
Foundation for Colorado Springs Future$20,00011%
Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House$19,50041%
Care and Share Inc$16,00010%
Gazette Charities$15,00021%
Kids on Bikes Inc$15,00015%
Trails and Open Space Coalition$12,00013%
The Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs$10,00011%
Colorado Restaurant Foundation$8,00010%
Kindred Spirits Foundation$7,5002n/a
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum$5,00011%
Careers in Construction Colorado$5,00010%
Leadership Pikes Peak$5,00012%
Richards Rubbish Roundup$2,50013%
Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association$2,00020%
Colorado Springs Leadership Institute$1,66711%
Old Colorado City Partnership$1,51111%
Women's Center for Advancement$1,00010%
Peak Vista Community Health Centers$1,00010%
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc$1,00010%
Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation$1,00010%
Vermont Folklife Center$25010%
Colorado Springs Choral Society$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $600,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPeak Education: $423,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetCatholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation: $410,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Museum: $400,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetColorado Springs Fine Arts Center Foundation: $400,000 over 2y, 73% of budgetAtlas Preparatory School Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAh Haa School for the Arts: $100,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCheyenne Village: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRaise the Future: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetColorado Springs Child Nursery Centers Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFood to Power (Fka Colorado Springs Food Rescue): $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Springs Rescue Mission: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak: $41,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Colorado College: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Palmer Parks Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetConcrete Couch: $30,500 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetFii - National: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Catamount Institute: $23,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region: $21,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Field Institute Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHey Neighbor: $20,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetFoundation for Colorado Springs Future: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House: $19,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGazette Charities: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKids on Bikes Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTrails and Open Space Coalition: $12,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThe Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetColorado Restaurant Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Springs Pioneers Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCareers in Construction Colorado: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLeadership Pikes Peak: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRichards Rubbish Roundup: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetColorado Springs Youth Symphony Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Springs Leadership Institute: $1,667 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOld Colorado City Partnership: $1,511 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWomen's Center for Advancement: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeak Vista Community Health Centers: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPikes Peak Hospice Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVermont Folklife Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Springs Choral Society: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

The Joseph Henry Edmo…El Pomar FoundationPikes Peak Community …Colorado Springs Heal…INDYGIVE DBA Give Pik…Bee Vradenburg Founda…The John E and Margar…Ent Credit UnionEsther M & Freeman E …G E Johnson FoundationThe Myron Stratton Ho…Pikes Peak United Way
The Joseph Henry Edmondson FoundationCO55.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · Bee Vradenburg Foundation · The John E and Margaret L Lane Foundation · Ent Credit Union · Esther M & Freeman E Everett Charitable · G E Johnson Foundation · The Myron Stratton Home · Pikes Peak United Way

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.

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About Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation

How much does Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation give?
Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $526,131 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Education (24%), Health (9%).
Who are Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Kansas University Endowment Association ($600k), Peak Education ($423k), Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation ($410k).
Does Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation, El Pomar Foundation, Pikes Peak Community Foundation.
Where is Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation based?
Dusty and Katherine Loo Foundation Dba Bloom Foundation is based in CO.

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 76 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-PF 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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