Funding search · EIN 815086187 · New York, NY

Blue Meridian Partners

Name: Blue Meridian Partners grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

288
grants reported: $1.17B
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $2.2M
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

plan scaling economic mobility education investments technical planning

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Scaling proven direct-service nonprofits serving low-income youth and families
Economic mobility investments in place-based partnerships (Oakland, Tulsa, Dallas, Detroit)
Workforce training and job placement for adults without degrees
Criminal justice reform: reentry, bail, recidivism, public defense
College access and completion, including HBCU-serving intermediaries
Maternal, reproductive, and early childhood health delivery

Typical grant

Median grant is about $2.2 million, with the middle half running $500,000 to $4.3 million. The largest checks, $10 million to $37 million, go to national direct-service organizations executing multi-year scaling plans (Youth Villages, Grameen America, Oakland Promise, Tulsa Community Foundation) and to place-based economic mobility partnerships. Small awards under $100,000 are almost entirely consultants and LLCs doing technical assistance for grantees, not program grants. Multi-year repeat funding is the norm: 288 grants went to 171 recipients over three years.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“TO SUPPORT SCALING PLAN”
“TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC MOBILITY”
“TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING”
“TO PROVIDE GRANTEE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE”
“TO SUPPORT EDUCATION INVESTMENTS”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame the work as a scaling plan with a defined growth trajectory, not a pilot or research study.
Connect to economic mobility for young people and families; that phrase carries the largest place-based checks.
Universities appear rarely and small: NYU $1.85M, Harvard Kennedy School $1.1M, Stanford $43,825. Partner with an operating nonprofit.
Ask for strategic planning money first ($1.7M to $5.4M range) if you are not yet scale-ready.

Worth knowing: This is a pooled investment vehicle, not a responsive grantmaker; capital flows to a curated portfolio of organizations Blue Meridian has diligenced and then funds for years, and Bridgespan ($5.1M) plus a bench of consultants get paid to shore those grantees up. California, New York, Massachusetts, and DC dominate, and Tulsa, Oakland, and Dallas show up repeatedly as concentrated place bets.

143 grants matching “scale” · $725.6M

$37.0M
Youth Villages · Barlett, TN · 2023
To support scaling plan
$22.4M
Grameen America · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$18.0M
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2023
To support scaling plan
$15.5M
Merit America · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$12.5M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$11.4M
Partnership for Education Advancement · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$9.1M
National Domestice Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$9.0M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$8.9M
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2023
To support scaling plan
$7.2M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
Codepath · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
Alliance for Safety and Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$5.5M
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Clean Slate Initiative · Orlando, FL · 2023
To support scaling plan
$3.8M
Code for America · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$3.8M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$3.2M
Nurse Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.9M
The Bail Project · Venice, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.9M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.8M
Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.8M
Oic of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.5M
Foundation for Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.5M
Public Defender Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.5M
Race Forward · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.3M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
Saga Innovations · Framingham, MA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$1.9M
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$1.6M
A New Way of Life · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
W Haywood Burns Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Equal Opportunity Schools · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$750,000
Join Free World · San Jose, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$720,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$700,000
Health Resources in Action · Boston, MA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$650,000
Newark Community Street Team · Newark, NJ · 2023
To support scaling plan
$530,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
America Achieves · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Delivery Associates · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Opportunity at Work · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Resilience Force · New Orleans, LA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Waterford Institute · Sandy, UT · 2023
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Wtia Workforce Institute (Apprenti) · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$400,000
Equity in the Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$350,000
The Council of State Governments · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$300,000
Justleadershipusa · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$171,932
Venture Leadership Collective · Mountain View, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$69,035
Child Trends · Bethesda, MD · 2023
To support scaling plan
$44,738
Engage R&D · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$43,825
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$21,500
Oakland Public Educaton Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$9,384
Spring Impact · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$9,244
Grassroots Solution · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To support scaling plan
$34.1M
Duke Endowment · Charlotte, NC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$29.7M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$22.0M
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2022
To support scaling plan
$18.0M
Youth Villages · Barlett, TN · 2022
To support scaling plan
$12.0M
Zero To Three · Washington, DC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$11.8M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2022
To support scaling plan
$11.0M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$10.0M
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$8.7M
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2022
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
Partnership for Education Advancement · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$6.7M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2022
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
The Bail Project · Venice, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$5.2M
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$5.2M
Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$5.2M
Join Freeworld · San Jose, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$4.4M
Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$3.5M
Policing Equity · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$3.0M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support scaling plan
$3.0M
Saga Innovations · Framingham, MA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.9M
A New Way of Life Reentry Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.5M
National Domestice Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.2M
The Bridgespan Group · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
Equal Opportunity Schools · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
Grameen America · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
Olneyville Housing Corporation · Providence, RI · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
Zearn · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
Codepathorg · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.2M
Management Leadership for Tomorrow · Bethesda, MD · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.1M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Public Defender Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Rubicon Programs Incorporated · Richmond, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Beyond 12 Education · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$1.0M
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$776,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$550,000
Foundation for Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Reform Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Prison Entrepreneurship Program · Houston, TX · 2022
To support scaling plan
$22.0M
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2021
To support scaling plan
$21.0M
Zero To Three · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$18.1M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$17.5M
Youth Villages · Barlett, TN · 2021
To support scaling plan
$17.0M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$16.0M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2021
To support scaling plan
$14.4M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$9.0M
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$8.3M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$7.3M
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2021
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
The Bail Project · Venice, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.5M
Equal Opportunity Schools · Seattle, WA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.3M
Zearn · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.0M
Saga Innovations · Newton, MA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
The Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development · Baltimore, MD · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.5M
Policing Equity · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.5M
Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.0M
Grameen America · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.0M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.0M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support scaling plan
$2.5M
The Education Finance Institute · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$2.2M
Management Leadership for Tomorrow · Bethesda, MD · 2021
To support scaling plan
$2.1M
The Bridgespan Group · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
Codepathorg · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$2.0M
Beyond 12 Education · Oakland, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
Waterford Institute · Taylorsville, UT · 2021
To support scaling plan
$1.5M
Reform Alliance · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$1.3M
Join Freeworld · San Jose, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$500,000
Turnaround Tuesday · Baltimore, MD · 2021
To support scaling plan
$300,000
Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$300,000
Strive International · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$300,000
Rubicon Programs · Richmond, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$300,000
Prison Entrepreneurship Program · Houston, TX · 2021
To support scaling plan
$300,000
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$300,000
A New Way of Life Reentry Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Youth Villages3 grants · $72.5M
Tulsa Community Foundation3 grants · $62.0M
Upstream USA2 grants · $46.7M
Policylink3 grants · $38.8M
Duke Endowment1 grant · $34.1M
Zero To Three2 grants · $33.0M
Spartanburg County Foundation1 grant · $29.5M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund3 grants · $29.2M
Nurse-Family Partnership2 grants · $27.8M
Grameen America3 grants · $27.4M

Giving over time

$374.2M

2021

$439.5M

2022

$352.9M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 288 grants.

$37.0M
Youth Villages · Barlett, TN · 2023
To support scaling plan
$34.1M
Duke Endowment · Charlotte, NC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$29.7M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$29.5M
Spartanburg County Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
To support strategic planning
$22.4M
Grameen America · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$22.0M
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2022
To support scaling plan
$22.0M
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2021
To support scaling plan
$21.8M
Oakland Promise · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support economic mobility
$21.0M
Zero To Three · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$18.1M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$18.0M
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2023
To support scaling plan
$18.0M
Youth Villages · Barlett, TN · 2022
To support scaling plan
$17.5M
Youth Villages · Barlett, TN · 2021
To support scaling plan
$17.0M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$16.0M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2021
To support scaling plan
$15.5M
Merit America · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$14.8M
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support economic mobility
$14.6M
Chiefs for Change · Washington, DC · 2022
To support education investments
$14.5M
Tides Centergeo · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support education investments
$14.4M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$14.3M
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support economic mobility
$13.3M
Strivetogether · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
To support economic mobility
$12.9M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2023
To support economic mobility
$12.5M
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$12.0M
Zero To Three · Washington, DC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$11.8M
Nurse-Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2022
To support scaling plan
$11.4M
Partnership for Education Advancement · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$11.0M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$10.0M
The Commit Partnership · Dallas, TX · 2023
To support economic mobility
$10.0M
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$10.0M
The Commit Partnership · Dallas, TX · 2022
To support economic mobility
$9.7M
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2021
To support economic mobility
$9.5M
Results for America · Washington, DC · 2022
To support economic mobility
$9.1M
National Domestice Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$9.0M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$9.0M
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$8.9M
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2023
To support scaling plan
$8.7M
Results for America · Washington, DC · 2021
To support economic mobility
$8.7M
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2022
To support scaling plan
$8.6M
Purpose Built Communities Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support economic mobility
$8.3M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$8.0M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2021
To support economic mobility
$7.3M
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2021
To support scaling plan
$7.2M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
Codepath · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
Partners for Rural Impact · Berea, KY · 2022
To support economic mobility
$7.0M
Partnership for Education Advancement · New York, NY · 2022
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
The Bail Project · Venice, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$7.0M
Catalyst Education · New Orleans, LA · 2023
To support education investments
$6.7M
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$6.6M
P16plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2022
To support economic mobility
$6.0M
Alliance for Safety and Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2022
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
The Bail Project · Venice, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$6.0M
Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.5M
Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2023
To support scaling plan
$5.5M
Equal Opportunity Schools · Seattle, WA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.4M
Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2023
To support strategic planning
$5.3M
Zearn · New York, NY · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.2M
Anti-Recidivism Coalition · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$5.2M
Join Freeworld · San Jose, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$5.2M
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$5.1M
The Bridgespan Group · New York, NY · 2023
To provide grantee techincal assistance
$5.0M
Jobs for the Future · Boston, MA · 2023
To support strategic planning
$5.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
To support scaling plan
$5.0M
Saga Innovations · Newton, MA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.6M
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2021
To support economic mobility
$4.4M
Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$4.3M
Compass Working Capital · Boston, MA · 2022
To support strategic planning
$4.3M
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2022
To support economic mobility
$4.3M
The Rhose Island Community Foundation · Providence, RI · 2021
To support economic mobility
$4.2M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2021
To support education investments
$4.0M
Power To Decide · Washington, DC · 2023
To support strategic planning
$4.0M
Clean Slate Initiative · Orlando, FL · 2023
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Communities in Schools · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support education investments
$4.0M
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support education investments
$4.0M
Race Forward · New York, NY · 2022
To support economic mobility
$4.0M
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development · Baltimore, MD · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Communities in Schools · Arlington, VA · 2021
To support education investments
$4.0M
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2021
To support education investments
$4.0M
The Commit Partnership · Dallas, TX · 2021
To support economic mobility
$4.0M
The Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2021
To support scaling plan
$4.0M
Learn To Earn Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2021
To support economic mobility
$4.0M
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.8M
Code for America · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support scaling plan
$3.8M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support scaling plan
$3.6M
Central Florida Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2021
To support economic mobility
$3.6M
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
To support economic mobility
$3.5M
Jobs for the Future · Boston, MA · 2022
To support strategic planning
$3.5M
Mission Economic Development Agency · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support economic mobility
$3.5M
Policing Equity · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support scaling plan
$3.5M
Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.5M
Policing Equity · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
To support scaling plan
$3.4M
Foundation at Fresno County Office of Education · Fresno, CA · 2021
To support economic mobility
$3.4M
National Employment Law Project · New York, NY · 2021
To support strategic planning
$3.2M
Nurse Family Partnership · Denver, CO · 2023
To support scaling plan

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