New York · Private foundation
Jacob Bluestein 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.
- $82k
- Granted FY2023
- 22
- Grants FY2023
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Jacob Bluestein Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Jacob Bluestein Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $82k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Jacob Bluestein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 21 | $81k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $131k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $129k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $125k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $127k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $128k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 42 | $139k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rescue Committee INC | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $54,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $43,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $33,500 | 7 | 0% |
| New York Historical Society | $22,600 | 5 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Center for Independent Documentary Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($190k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jacob Bluestein Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
About Jacob Bluestein Foundation
- How much does Jacob Bluestein Foundation give?
- Jacob Bluestein Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $81,940 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jacob Bluestein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), International (14%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Jacob Bluestein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: International Rescue Committee INC ($180k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($160k), Anti-Defamation League ($54k).
- Does Jacob Bluestein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jacob Bluestein 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.
- Where is Jacob Bluestein Foundation based?
- Jacob Bluestein Foundation is based in NY.
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