Funding search · EIN 621871174 · Nashville, TN

The Blum Family Foundation

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

308
grants reported
$1.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Joan B Shayne Fund2 grants · $172,000
  • Haslett Family Charitable Fund2 grants · $125,000
  • Choosing Justice Initiative2 grants · $110,000
  • Raphah Institute2 grants · $100,000
  • Blum-Merten Family Fund1 grant · $75,000
  • Blum Family Fund1 grant · $75,000
  • The Blum Family Fund1 grant · $44,000
  • Broome Street Academy3 grants · $40,000
  • Central Synagogue3 grants · $18,200
  • Doctors Without Borders2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$274,550
2022
$177,350
2023
$404,715
2024
$362,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 308 grants.

  • $135,000

    Joan B Shayne Fund · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $75,000

    Blum Family Fund · Santa Monica, CA · 2025

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $75,000

    Blum-Merten Family Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $75,000

    Haslett Family Charitable Fund · Lincoln, MA · 2025

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $60,000

    Choosing Justice Initiative · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $50,000

    Choosing Justice Initiative · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $50,000

    Haslett Family Charitable Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $50,000

    Raphah Institute · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $50,000

    Raphah Institute · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $44,000

    The Blum Family Fund · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $37,000

    Joan B Shayne Fund · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $20,000

    Broome Street Academy · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $12,500

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $10,000

    Ssp International · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $10,000

    Broome Street Academy · New York, NY · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $10,000

    American Pardes Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $10,000

    Broome Street Academy · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $10,000

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $8,500

    Center for Scholars & Storytellers · Ventura, CA · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $8,500

    Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $8,500

    Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $7,500

    Vumc Development · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $7,000

    American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $6,900

    Central Synagogue · Manhattan, NY · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $6,800

    Planned Parenthood · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $6,700

    Central Synagogue · Manhattan, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    City Year Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Maine Seacoast Mission · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Summer Science Program · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Women for Healthy Rural Living · Machias, ME · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    350org · Boston, MA · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    350org · Boston, MA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    City Year · Boston, MA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Maine Seacoast Mission · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Summer Science Program · Morrisville, NC · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $5,000

    Women for Healthy Rural Living · Milbridge, ME · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $4,600

    Central Synagogue · Manhattan, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $4,500

    Canterbury School · New Milford, CT · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $4,250

    Jewish Middle School · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,500

    Dartmouth Alumni Fund · Hanover, NH · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,500

    Aclu Foundation of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,500

    Dartmouth Alumni Fund · Hanover, NH · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,500

    Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,500

    The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,400

    Akiva School · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,000

    The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,000

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,000

    Ready To Succeed · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,000

    The Legal Aid Society · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,000

    The Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $3,000

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,750

    Age Well Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,710

    Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Age Well Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Boston Food Forest Coalition · Boston, MA · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    City Sprouts · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Food Project · Lynn, MA · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Services · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association · Unity, ME · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Nashville Community Bail Fund · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    The Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Services · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Truah · New York, NY · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    City Sprouts · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Services · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association · Unity, ME · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Nashville Community Bail Fund · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Ncjw Nashville Section · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Studio in a School · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,500

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,400

    The Temple · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,400

    Akiva School · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,250

    Jewish Middle School · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,250

    Age Well Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,000

    Kehilla High School · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,000

    Alive Hospice · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,000

    American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,000

    Kehilla High School · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,000

    Nashville Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,000

    American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $2,000

    Ready To Succeed · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $1,750

    Friends of Warner Park · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $1,500

    92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $1,500

    Abe'S Garden Community · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $1,500

    Gilda'S Club Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

  • $1,500

    Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For one or more exempt purposes described in irc section 501(c)(3)

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