California · Nonprofit
BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION
BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $123k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $83k
What Blue Nevus Melanoma Foundation does
Mission
A foundation to support research for Blue Nevus Melanoma (BNM). BNM is an ultra rare condition and an aggressive form of Melanoma cancer. There is a dire need to develop new treatments and drugs for it as the standard of care for Melanoma is not effective against Blue Nevus Melanoma.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In 2025, the foundation initiated a research to develop a new drug for Blue Nevus Melanoma (BNM). the foundation supported a UCSF lab to extend their work to also study BNM. In 2025, the foundations grants Research so far supported UCSF lab to collaborate with an external company to screen a large library of 1.2 trillion molecules. The screening identified a handful of candidates that are now being evaluated for further studies as candidate for an initial future medication.
$4,597 spentof which $26,500 as grants70% of program spendingSupported a research to develop Organiods with the Rare Cancer Research Foundation. Organoids allows for faster drug development as they provide a way to simulate new drugs impact in a lab settings. This research attempt was not successful.
$2,000 spentof which $15,279 as grants30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,597.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Vern Norviel
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
50% of BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION?
- BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $50,000 in grants to BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUE NEVUS MELANOMA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing