California · Nonprofit
BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC
BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $632,415 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $450k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $632k
- Net assets
- $82k
What Bluedot Institute Inc does
Mission
Bluedot institute is a nonprofit organization that develops environmental programs for high school students, with a focus on leadership, communication, and creativity. These programs are designed to connect, educate and empower youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Publishing pathway for high school students this program offers professional mentorship in various literary styles, editorial guidance, and opportunities to publish original work. This virtual series features guest lecturers and prose assignments focusing on environmental issues, encouraging participants to bridge disparate viewpoints and develop a constructive future vision. Through this program, students strengthen their writing skills while building professional portfolios.
$59,972 spent19% of program spendingEnvironmental leadership program for high school studentsthis program provides high schoolers with immersive leadership and environmental retreats. Through a specialized curriculum, strategic academic partnerships, and unique outdoor experiences, youth gain vital skills in leadership and communication. This program is offered in both short and long form.
$168,058 spent$31,600 earned by the program54% of program spendingFireside fellowship for high school students this program connects a national network of youth with environmental experts for a virtual series focused on environmental innovation and climate hope. Participants design and implement local community projects that conclude each april, gaining the practical skills necessary to lead community-based, solution-driven environmental initiatives.
$48,149 spent15% of program spendingCommunity outreachbluedot institute provides grants to other organizations and co-hosts local public events, including panel discussions and films, to highlight critical issues and solutions-oriented ideas regarding climate and the environment.
$36,500 spentof which $36,500 as grants12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $312,679.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $173k to $84k (−52%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Graciela Montgomery
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $120k → $50k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC’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
BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 83% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
57% of BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $121k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC: 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 BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC?
- BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $632,415 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $632,415 in grants to BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC?
- THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUEDOT INSTITUTE INC 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 9 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