· Private foundation
The Blue Foundation Inc
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k5 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
- $250k+1 grant · $380k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CONGREGATION ADETH JESHURUM | $380,255 |
| JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF PATHWAY | $10,000 |
| MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF TETONSCIENCE SCHOOLS | $10,000 |
| NARAL PRO CHOICE WYOMING | $5,000 |
| WYOFILE | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| PALM BEACH UNITED WAY | $1,500 |
| DOG IS MY COPILOT | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +192% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JHJackson Hole Community School3× · 2017–2020 · $11k · revenue +93%
- FOFRIENDS OF PATHWAYS2× · 2019–2020 · $11k · revenue +33%
- WWYOFILE4× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +188%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF JCCone grant, 2018 · $2k
- MFMASORTI FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $1k
- JHJACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY RADIO INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue +323%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the Jackson hole chamber of commerce is to champion the interest of local businesses, enhance their prosperity and strengthen the economic climate of teton county
Jackson hole wildlife foundation advances wildlife conservation driven by science, collaboration, and a community of volunteers.
To unite people to advance wyoming wildlife habitat, research, and education.
To reduce the impact of cancer on wyoming residents diagnosed with cancer by providing non-medical, charitable financial assistance and by providing free education and screening opportunities to residents not diagnosed with cancer.
To improve the quality of life in rural intermountain west communities by protecting, owning, and creating locally significant keystone conservation properties as public access parks.
The mission of the jackson hole conservation alliance is to protect the wildlife, wild places and community character of jackson hole.
Cowboy state daily's mission is to provide high-quality local and statewide reporting on the issues that impact wyoming, featuring stories that capture wyoming's wonderful "small town with long streets" vibe.
To companion the end of life journey with skill and compassion.
The wyoming outdoor council's mission is to protect wyoming's environment and quality of life now and for future generations.
Wyoming wildlife federation delivers leadership in conservation for the state's wildlife, hunters, anglers, and conservationists through policy, education, advocacy, and habitat.
To improve and enhance rural health services and promote healthier individuals and communities in wyoming.
Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Jackson Hole Community School ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF PATHWAYS ↗
- Who funds WYOFILE ↗
- Who funds RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DOG IS MY COPILOT ↗
- Who funds JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds The Rogosin Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds CUREFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 Brooks Foundation · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Blue Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Blue Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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