California · Private foundation
The Blue Oak Charitable Fund
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.
- $808k
- Granted FY2018
- 19
- Grants FY2018
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of The Blue Oak Charitable Fund’s FY2025 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. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Blue Oak Charitable Fund named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $808k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $251,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 11
- Total assets, FY2018
- $8.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 11% of the organizations The Blue Oak Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 19 | $808k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $1.7M | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students for Liberty Inc | $203,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Reason Foundation | $201,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Human Rights Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $42,395 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mont Pelerin Society | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute for Justice | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reunion Ministries | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Blue Oak Charitable Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Blue Oak Charitable Fund
- How much does The Blue Oak Charitable Fund give?
- The Blue Oak Charitable Fund reported 19 grants totaling $808,100 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does The Blue Oak Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (59%), Education (13%), Science & Tech (6%).
- Who are The Blue Oak Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Students for Liberty Inc ($203k), The Reason Foundation ($201k), Foundation for Economic Education Inc ($200k).
- Does The Blue Oak Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Blue Oak Charitable Fund 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 Blue Oak Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Blue Oak Charitable Fund based?
- The Blue Oak Charitable Fund is based in CA.
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