New York · Private foundation
Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,615,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $35M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $2.1M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $2.0M | 32% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.8M | 53% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $109k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $85k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $65k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens College Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The City College 21st Century Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $71,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St John's University New York | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fifth Avenue Committee Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Child Center of Ny Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Preschools | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Frost Valley YMCA | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Swim Strong Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 8% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens College Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The City College 21st Century Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $71,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St John's University New York | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fifth Avenue Committee Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Child Center of Ny Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Preschools | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Frost Valley YMCA | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Swim Strong Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 8% |
| The Campaign Against Hunger Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Studentsponsor Partners Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alley Pond Environmental Centerinc | $12,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Queens Community House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Long Island University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Concrete Safaris Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc
- How much does Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc give?
- Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $2,162,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (79%), Education (17%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Queens College Foundation Inc ($90k), The City College 21st Century Foundation Inc ($90k), Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation ($71k).
- Does Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc 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 Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Robin Hood Foundation.
- Where is Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc based?
- Joan N and Norman Bluestone Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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