Tennessee · Private foundation
The Bornblum Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Bornblum Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $935k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $1.5M | 65% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.0M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.2M | 83% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $1.1M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomblum Jewish Community School Inc | $2,126,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Israel Empowered Inc | $169,200 | 4 | 45% |
| The Destiny Foundation | $42,200 | 3 | 4% |
| Memphis Jewish Community Center | $39,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Zion Orphan Home | $30,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Soulsville Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $21,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Midtown Development Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Jerusalem Orphan Home Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Carpenter Art Garden | $9,500 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomblum Jewish Community School Inc | $2,126,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Israel Empowered Inc | $169,200 | 4 | 45% |
| The Destiny Foundation | $42,200 | 3 | 4% |
| Memphis Jewish Community Center | $39,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Zion Orphan Home | $30,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Soulsville Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $21,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Midtown Development Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Jerusalem Orphan Home Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Carpenter Art Garden | $9,500 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends of Zvi Latzadik Dba Breslov Research Institute Jerusalem | $6,130 | 1 | 0% |
| Le Zion B'rina Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 4% |
| Charity Global Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy-Yeshiva of the South | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Elevated Access Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Our House of Hope Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Connect to Community Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dorothy Day House of Hospitality | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Protect Our Aquifer | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bornblum Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Lichterman Loewenberg Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Bornblum Foundation
- How much does The Bornblum Foundation give?
- The Bornblum Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $1,506,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Bornblum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (84%), Religion (7%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are The Bornblum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bomblum Jewish Community School Inc ($2.1M), Israel Empowered Inc ($169k), The Destiny Foundation ($42k).
- Does The Bornblum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bornblum Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bornblum Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lichterman Loewenberg Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Bornblum Foundation based?
- The Bornblum Foundation is based in TN.
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