Blume Foundation

• The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold proposal is unlikely to get a hearing; approach it only if you already have a route to an invitation.
• Its filing shows $1,077,000 paid in grants to a varied mix of California public charities, but no geographic focus or field is stated, so a clear fit is hard to judge from the record.
• Typical grants fall between $5,000 and $100,000, with a median of $30,000 and about 8 in 10 of its 16 grants in that band, so a modest request near the lower end is a sensible starting point, although its largest grant was $400,000.
• The filing does not say how recipients are chosen, how competitive invitations are or when decisions are made, so treat any approach as a long shot and do not plan around a timetable.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Stanford Board Of Trustees - Study Of Parkinson's Disease Fund · To support the organization's exempt function
  $400,0002022 tax year
• Woman · To support the organization's exempt function
  $100,0002022 tax year
• Stanford Board Of Trustees - John A Blume Earthquake Engineering Center · To support the organization's exempt function
  $100,0002022 tax year
• Stanford Board Of Trustees - Jene F Blume Parkinson's Cargiver Support FD · To support the organization's exempt function
  $100,0002022 tax year
• Destiny Arts Center · To support the organization's exempt function
  $100,0002022 tax year
• Peninsula Humane Society & Spca · To support the organization's exempt function
  $80,0002022 tax year
• Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative John A Blume Earthquake Engineering · To support the organization's exempt function
  $50,0002022 tax year
• Planned Parenthood · To support the organization's exempt function
  $40,0002022 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.