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The Lois & Irving Blum Foundation

Name: The Lois & Irving Blum Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

197
grants reported: $18.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Amalgamated Charitable Foundation1 grant · $5.0M
Assets Under Movement1 grant · $3.8M
The Tides Foundation1 grant · $1.5M
Uc Berkeley Human Rights Center1 grant · $320,000
Conflict Awareness Project3 grants · $310,000
Tides Foundation1 grant · $310,000
Common Defense Education Fund3 grants · $260,000
Winward Fund1 grant · $230,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund2 grants · $225,000
New York University Law School1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$3.9M

2022

$5.0M

2023

$5.2M

2024

$3.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 197 grants.

$5.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Anonymous 1001 fund
$3.8M
Assets Under Movement · Washington, DC · 2025
Anonymous 1001 fund
$1.5M
The Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$320,000
Uc Berkeley Human Rights Center · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Fellowship program
$310,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$230,000
Winward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$200,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$200,000
New York University Law School · New York, NY · 2022
Center for global justice
$175,428
Fusion Partnerships Fiscal Sponsor for Teachers' Democracy Project · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Project support
$175,000
Imagine Nc First · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operating support
$130,000
Conflict Awareness Project · Hartfield, VA · 2022
General support
$125,000
Common Defense Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$125,000
Pa Alliance Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Project support
$125,000
The Human Rights Center Uc Berkeley School of Law · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Project support
$125,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$110,000
Common Defense Education Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Veterans organizing institute
$100,000
Guernica Centre for International Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General operating support
$100,000
Conflict Awareness Project · Ashland, VA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Project support
$100,000
Riders Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
New worker organizing fund/fiona community response fund
$82,500
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$80,000
Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
Conflict Awareness Project · Ashland, VA · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$75,000
Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Open Collective Foundation Fiscal Sponsor for the Wv Democracy Fund · Covina, CA · 2023
Project support
$75,000
Win Without War Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Windward Fund Fiscal Sponsor for the Heartland Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$75,000
Worc-Ep (Western Organization Resource Council - Educational Project) Fisca · Billings, MT · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Riders Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$65,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Icci) · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$65,000
Maine People'S Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2022
General support
$65,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2022
Families for safe streets
$60,000
Casa De Maryland · Langley Park, MD · 2022
General support/casa de pa nonpartisan voting work
$60,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
Beit berl college and the association for civil rights in israel
$50,000
Business Education Fund Dba Main Street Alliance · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa Cci) · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Jews United for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Maine People'S Resource Center · Portland, ME · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$50,000
Pef Israel Endowment Fund Inc Fiscal Sponsor for Blue White Future · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$50,000
People'S Action · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Spring Street Climate Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
The Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
The Guernica Centre for International Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Windward Fund Fiscal Sponsor for the Heartland Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$50,000
Wola · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Business Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Main street alliance
$50,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$50,000
Jews United for Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$50,000
North Main Street Fund · Concord, NH · 2022
Somos votantes
$50,000
Spring Street Climate Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$50,000
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$45,000
Guernica Centre for International Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support/project support for lebanon project
$40,000
Az Aanhpi for Equity (One Arizona) · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Project support
$40,000
Casa De Maryland · Langley Park, MD · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Chispa Arizona a Program of the League of Conservation Voters Education Fu · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Project support
$40,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Pef Israel Endowment Fund Fiscal Sponsor for Beit Berl College - 58-002 · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$40,000
Rural Arizona Engagement (Raze) · Coolidge, AZ · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2022
Native organizers alliance
$40,000
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$40,000
Cristosal · Burlington, VT · 2022
General support
$40,000
Front Line USA Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Front line defenders
$40,000
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$40,000
People'S Action Institue · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$40,000
Win Without War Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$35,000
Carolina Federation Fund · Durham, NC · 2022
General support
$35,000
Share Foundation El Salvador · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$35,000
Washington Office On Latin America (Wola) · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$30,000
Beth Am Synagogue · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support/capital campaign
$30,000
New Venture Fund Fiscal Sponsor for America Votes · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$30,000
Beth Am Synagogue · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support/capital campaign
$30,000
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support for breaking the silence and madrasa - school for arabic language
$30,000
No Boundaries Coalition · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support/baltimore votesgeneral support/baltimore votes
$30,000
North Carolina a Phillip Randolph Institute · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$25,000
American Friends of Jamaica · New York, NY · 2025
Hurricane relief fund
$25,000
Indigenous Women Rising · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Alliance for Middle East Peace · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta · Norcross, GA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Black Voters Matter Capacity Buidling Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Center for Working Families Fund (a Collective Action Fund at Tides Foundat · El Monte, CA · 2023
Project support
$25,000
Common Defense Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$25,000
Filmaid a Project of Internews · Arcata, CA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Front Line USA Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Georgia Alliance Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Project support
$25,000
Georgia Stand-Up · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Indigenous Women Rising · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Madre · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$25,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
New Israel Fund Fiscal Sponsor for Madrasa - Learning To Communicate · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$25,000
Pef Israel Endowment Fund Fiscal Sponsor for Association for Civil Righ · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$25,000
Skylight Engagement · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support

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