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Blue Sands Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 37-1797396. Reported 91 grants totalling $7,508,236 to 68 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Blue Sands Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $12,621. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $34,110; the smallest was $454 and the largest $1,810,712. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charity | London, WC1N 1LE | $3,328,652 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aiglon College Association | Chesieres | $774,909 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Ide | Boston, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gosh | London | $353,575 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stars in the Dark By the Giving Back Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Prior's Field School | Washington, DC | $135,699 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Swiss School of Tourism | Passugg | $122,510 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eton College | Berkshire SL4 6DB | $86,147 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery Foundation | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Georgetown - Msb Dean's Leadership Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Georgetown - Steers Center for Global Real Estate | Georgetown, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barnard College - Columbia University | New York, NY | $46,061 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The College of Wooster | Wooster, OH | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Churchers College Gabriella Jones | GU30 7HT | $34,210 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $33,764 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland Gold Std Charitable Trust | Edinburgh | $33,624 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Madame Francoise Stoltz | Washington, DC | $32,372 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Leeds | Leeds, LS2 9JT | $26,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frensham Heights School | Farnham, Surrey | $26,330 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make Life Skate Life | Ridgway, CO | $18,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kings College (western Union) | Wilkes Barre, PA | $17,889 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coutts and O Fao Tate Foundation | London SW1P 4RG | $15,834 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tate Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $15,294 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Al Stoneacre Property Developers Ltd Ricardo Morais | Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorks | $15,008 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Law Ltd | London, England | $14,673 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Leeds | New York, NY | $12,651 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity | London | $12,621 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cancer Research Uk | Oxford | $12,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The George Washington University | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sarl Cap Immo Var | Le Beausset, Var | $10,823 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Help for Ukraine (ukraine Humanitarian Fund) | Clearwater, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Refugee International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feather Smailes & Scales Llp | North Yorkshire | $9,725 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Verity Frearson Ltd | Harrogate | $9,163 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Churcher's College Junior School | Hampshire | $8,751 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Lee Strasberg Theatrical and Film Institute | New York, NY | $8,420 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emilleis Banque Societe Monique Cardi | 06000 Nice | $8,039 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| O'africa | Los Angeles, CA | $7,821 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Olympiades Gestion | Paris | $7,706 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| L'ecole De Marketing Communication Digital Inside | Paris | $7,669 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Churcher's College Senior School | Petersfield | $7,517 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Campus International | Cleveland, OH | $6,606 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lyce'e Francais De Madrid | Alcobendas, Madrid | $6,496 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Swiss Red Cross | Bern | $5,402 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Societe Monique Cardi | Nice, Alpes-Maritimes | $5,251 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lebanese American University | Chouran Beirut | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| L'equipe Method Acting Center | Paris | $4,741 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helene Thais Albouy | 75004 Paris | $4,350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| L'equipe De Method Acting Center | Paris | $3,738 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University Saint Joseph (beirut) | West Hartford, CT | $3,640 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Middle East Institute | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sports Humanitarian Group Inc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Schweiz Esmie Ag Wwf | Ch-1206 Geneva | $2,239 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Caisse Regi Nale De Credit Agricole Mutuel De Aris Et Dile De France Fao Ml | 75004 Paris | $1,703 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chamos - in Aid of the Children of Venezuela | London | $1,426 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foncia Toulon - Toulon Montebello | Touicon | $1,280 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Consiente - Support Association for El Salvador | Berkeley, CA | $1,080 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Agricole Mlenatter Helene Thais Albouy | 75004 Paris | $1,073 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Africa Foundation | Johannesburg | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Room to Read | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tree Love Ltd | London | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association Show Vivant Che M Sidibe Thais Albouy | Lognes | $454 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
14 of 68 (21%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 32%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 14 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $1,304,469 | $12,651 |
| 2022 | 22 | $1,112,988 | $9,295 |
| 2023 | 23 | $3,110,005 | $15,834 |
| 2024 | 23 | $1,980,774 | $10,823 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 54% of this one's giving went to organizations in LONDON, WC1N 1LE. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $12,621. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Blue Sands Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1212 New York Ave Nw 1000, Washington, DC, 20005. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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