The Lois & Irving Blum Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-6057035. Reported 241 grants totalling $20.8M to 167 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Lois & Irving Blum Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations The Lois & Irving Blum Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 8 grants totalling $7,241,000 to them. That is 56% of the $12.8M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $3,800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $3,281,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The Associated Jewish Community | federated giving programme | Maryland | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Baltimore Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | Maryland | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $5,050,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,050,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Assets Under Movement | Washington, DC | $3,800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $3,281,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| UC Berkeley Human Rights Center | Berkeley, CA | $420,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Conflict Awareness Project | Ashland, VA | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Defense Education Fund | New York, NY | $260,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Transportation Alternatives | New York, NY | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Riders Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Guernica Centre for International Justice | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Winward Fund | Washington, DC | $230,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fusion Fbo Teachers Development Project (tdp) | Baltimore, MD | $204,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York University Law School | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | $182,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Win Without War Education Fund | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fusion Partnerships Fiscal Sponsor for Teachers' Democracy Project | Baltimore, MD | $175,428 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Imagine Nc First | Raleigh, NC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA De Maryland | Langley Park, MD | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jews United for Justice | Washington, DC | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds | New York, NY | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide | New York, NY | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pa Alliance Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Human Rights Center UC Berkeley School of Law | Berkeley, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Windward Fund Fiscal Sponsor for the Heartland Fund | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maine People's Resource Center | Portland, ME | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Front Line USA Foundation | New York, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spring Street Climate Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Working America Education Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Center for Youth Law | Oakland, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities | New York, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ohio Organizing Collaborative | Youngstown, OH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Collective Foundation Fiscal Sponsor for the Wv Democracy Fund | Covina, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Skylight Engagement Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Worc-Ep (western Organization Resource Council - Educational Project) Fisca | Billings, MT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Fund for Global Human Rights | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington Office on Latin America (wola) | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (icci) | Des Moines, IA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth Am Synagogue | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund Fiscal Sponsor for Beit Berl College - 58-002 | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Business Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Business Education Fund Dba Main Street Alliance | Alexandria, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizen Action of Wisconsin Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Stand-Up | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Women Rising | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (iowa Cci) | Des Moines, IA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Main Street Fund | Concord, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund Inc Fiscal Sponsor for Blue White Future | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| People's Action | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Associated | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Va Humanities | Charlottesville, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wola | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yellowhammer Fund | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cristosal Inc | Burlington, VT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alliance for a Just Society | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Az Aanhpi for Equity (one Arizona) | Tempe, AZ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Community Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chispa Arizona a Program of the League of Conservation Voters Education Fu | Phoenix, AZ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| People's Action Institue | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rural Arizona Engagement (raze) | Coolidge, AZ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transgender Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United We Dream Network | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights | Alameda, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adelante Latina Inc | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carolina Federation Fund | Durham, NC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Border Institute | El Paso, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Madre | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| No Boundaries Coalition | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reporters Without Borders | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Share Foundation El Salvador | Berkeley, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| For West Virginia's Future | Ona, WV | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justice in Motion | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund Fiscal Sponsor for America Votes | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina a Phillip Randolph Institute | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Jamaica | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arizona Center for Empowerment | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Norcross, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta | Norcross, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Voters Matter Capacity Buidling Institute | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carolina Abortion Fund | Durham, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Working Families Fund (a Collective Action Fund at Tides Foundat | El Monte, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Filmaid a Project of Internews | Arcata, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Labor Justice | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make the Road Nv | Las Vegas, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Georgia Project | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Israel Fund Fiscal Sponsor for Madrasa - Learning to Communicate | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Arizona - Miaz | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund Fiscal Sponsor for Association for Civil Righ | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poder in Action | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rural Arizona Engagement Action | Coolidge, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| We Are Down Home | Greensboro, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement | Kapolei, HI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Filmaid Internationalinternews | Arcata, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Make the Road States | Allentown, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miami Foundation | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mijente Support Committee | Greensboro, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Pennsylvania Project | Lemoyne, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Stands Up | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Power Interfaith | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The New Georgia Project | Concord, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The People's Forum | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Link | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hias | Silver Spring, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hias | Silver Spring, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Join for Justice | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| King Boudain Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Asians Americans Together | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Take Action Minnesota Education Fund | St Paul, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools | Madison, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation Inc | Chippewa Falls, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisdom | Milwaukee, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| You Can Vote | Durham, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence | Baltimore, MD | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Black Girls Vote | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Bordersmdecins Sans Frontires (msf) | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Falmouth Jewish Congregation | East Falmouth, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Future Alamance | Graham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewcer Communityfundinginc Fiscal Sponsor for Hostages and Missing Familie | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Just Atonement Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morgan State University | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Israel Fund Fiscal Sponsor for Standing Together | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| No Boundaries Coalition Fiscal Sponsor for Baltimore Votes | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Black Alliance | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Andrei Sakharov Foundation | Springfield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | St Paul, MN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The New North Carolina Project Foundation | Concord, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Climate Action Network | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women for Afghan Women | Fresh Meadows, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kovno Communications | Berkeley, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Girls Vote 4 Her | Towson, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Scholarship | Owings Mills, MD | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clark Atlanta University | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coppin State University | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence - Western High School | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Midwest Academy | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montgomery College | Rockville, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Morehouse College | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Online Progressive Engagement Network (open) | Middletown, DE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Maryland College Park | College Park, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Creative Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Progressnow Education Fund Fiscal Sponor for Advance Maryland Education Fu | Lansing, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pitzer College | Claremont, CA | $2,025 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mercy Health Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Tibet Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
49 of 167 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 19%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- New York University Law School
CENTER FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE - Common Defense Education Fund
VETERANS ORGANIZING INSTITUTE - Amalgamated Foundation
NEW WORKER ORGANIZING FUND/FIONA COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND - Pef Israel Endowment Funds
BEIT BERL COLLEGE AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ISRAEL - Transportation Alternatives
FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS - CASA De Maryland
GENERAL SUPPORT/CASA DE PA NONPARTISAN VOTING WORK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 152 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | $2,791,500 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 93 | $3,851,500 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 92 | $5,016,428 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | $5,185,000 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | $3,941,025 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
50% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Lois & Irving Blum Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1001 Fleet Street 700, Baltimore, MD, 21202. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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