California · Private foundation
The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation
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.
- $106k
- Granted FY2021
- 29
- Grants FY2021
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of San Diego, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $106k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $24,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 61
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 9
- Total assets, FY2021
- $536k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 27 | $91k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $154k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $187k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $153k | 5% |
| FY2017 | 61 | $157k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego | $106,110 | 5 | 0% |
| The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association | $63,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | $61,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse | $49,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Israel | $48,745 | 5 | n/a |
| Serving Seniors | $31,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Old Globe Theatre | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding San Diego | $20,950 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Special Delivery San Diego | $16,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 55 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($171k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Arthur & Barbara 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: The San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Parker Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Dr Seuss Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation with peer funders
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About The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation
- How much does The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation give?
- The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $106,499 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 61 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (80%), Arts & Culture (8%), Housing & Shelter (3%).
- Who are The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ($106k), The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association ($63k), Jewish Family Service of San Diego ($61k).
- Does The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Arthur & Barbara 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 The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
- Where is The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation based?
- The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation is based in CA.
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