The Sam S Bloom Foundation
Littleton, CO · EIN 84-0929690. Reported 307 grants totalling $1,976,800 to 120 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. The Sam S Bloom 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $6,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond Home | Arvada, CO | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Florence Crittenton Services of Col | Denver, CO | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| La Puente Home Inc | Alamosa, CO | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Pinon Project Family Resource C | Cortez, CO | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project Self-Sufficiency of Lovelan | Loveland, CO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Project Self-Sufficiency of North C | Loveland, CO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Warren Village | Denver, CO | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Partners in Housing | Colorado Springs, CO | $29,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hope Communities Inc | Denver, CO | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Growing Home | Westminster, CO | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learn | Fort Collins, CO | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Spring Institute for Intercultural | Denver, CO | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bright By Text | Denver, CO | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Partnership for Child Dev | Colorado Springs, CO | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities and Community Se | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hilltop Community Resources Inc | Grand Junction, CO | $24,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Creede Early Learning Center | Creede, CO | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Focus Points Family Resource Center | Denver, CO | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mi CASA Resource Center | Denver, CO | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dress for Success | Denver, CO | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Early Excellence Program of Denver | Denver, CO | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bright Futures | Telluride, CO | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Denver Public Schools Foundation | Denver, CO | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emily Griffith Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rocky Mountain Microfinance Inst | Denver, CO | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Colorado Coalition for the Homeless | Denver, CO | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Early Connections Learning Center | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Partner Family Resource | Woodland Park, CO | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Durango Adult Education Center | Durango, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mountain Resource Center Inc | Conifer, CO | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Peak Vista Community Health Centers | Colorado Springs, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Matthews House | Fort Collins, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tri-County Family Care Center Inc | Rocky Ford, CO | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Inn Between of Longmont Inc | Longmont, CO | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Family Learning Center | Edwards, CO | $19,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Women's Bean Project | Denver, CO | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Safehouse Denver | Denver, CO | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sewall Child Development Center | Denver, CO | $16,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ability Connection Colorado | Denver, CO | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Work Education Employmen | Denver, CO | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| La Plata Family Centers Coalition | Durango, CO | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bal Swan Children's Center | Broomfield, CO | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Clayton Earling Learning | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Goodwill of Colorado | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mile High Workshop | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Reach Out and Read | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Tlc Learning Center | Longmont, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sister Carmen Community Center | Lafayette, CO | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Tree | Wheat Ridge, CO | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan State University of De | Denver, CO | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Denver Zoo | Denver, CO | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Resource Center | Denver, CO | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Great Expectations | Glenwood Springs, CO | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Thrive-Transformation at Work | Lafayette, CO | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boulder Housing Partners Fdn | Boulder, CO | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Family Visitor Programs | Glenwood Springs, CO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Highline Academy Charter School | Denver, CO | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| House of Neighborly Service | Loveland, CO | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jefferson County Library Foundation | Wheat Ridge, CO | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Thompson Valley Preschool Inc | Loveland, CO | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Women's Resource Center in Durango | Durango, CO | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mercy Housing Mountain Plains | Denver, CO | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boulder Community Housing Corp | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Court Care of the Pikes Peak Region | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hope House Colorado | Arvada, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Intercambio Uniting Communities | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mt Airy Learning Tree | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Denver Public Library Friends | Denver, CO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Denver Public Library Friends Found | Denver, CO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Family Star Montessori | Denver, CO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Volunteers of America | Denver, CO | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baby Bear Hugs | Yuma, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Legacy Charter School | Aurora, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Teller Park Early Childhood Council | Woodland Park, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Northern Co | Lafayette, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childsafe Colorado | Fort Collins, CO | $7,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Read to Me | Castle Rock, CO | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bridge of Hope Greater Denver | Denver, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dove's Nest | Dove Creek, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Greater Denver | Denver, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Manna | Durango, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Reciprocity Center | Denver, CO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Colorado Youth for a Change | Denver, CO | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese | Pueblo, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Catholic Charities Southern Colorad | Pueblo, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| El Centro Amistad | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Promise of Co Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goodwill Industries of Denver | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Family Service | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mother House | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Center | Longmont, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parent Possible | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emergency Family Assistance Associa | Boulder, CO | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mile High Industries | Denver, CO | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aurora Community Connection | Aurora, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denver Indian Family Resource Cente | Denver, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| English Learning Center | Denver, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Estes Valley Investment in Child | Estes Park, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Star Inc | Denver, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Imagination Library of Denver | Denver, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teens Inc | Nederland, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Gathering Place a Refuge for R | Denver, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Learning Source | Lakewood, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Impact on Education | Louisville, CO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Phillips County Family Education Se | Holyoke, CO | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wild Plum Center for Young Children | Longmont, CO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greccio Housing | Colorado Springs, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ithaka Land Inc | Colorado Springs, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poudre River Friends of the Library | Fort Collins, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tri-Lakes Cares | Monument, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haven Ridge | Boulder, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peak Education | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteers of America Colorado Bran | Denver, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition | Westminster, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Phillips County Family Ed Services | Holyoke, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Outward Bound | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dumb Friends League | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kgnu Radio | Boulder, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood of Rocky Mount | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
85 of 120 (71%) 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 74%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 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.
- Beyond Home
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING & SUPPORTIVE SE - Florence Crittenton Services of Col
EARLY CHILDHOOD ED & FAMILY SUPPORT - La Puente Home Inc
ADELANTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM - Project Self-Sufficiency of North C
LIFE SKILLS TRAINING AND JOB READY - The Pinon Project Family Resource C
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WOR - Warren Village
ADULT SELF-SUFFICIENCY INTERVENTION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 191 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 87 | $500,000 | $4,000 |
| 2021 | 69 | $449,500 | $4,500 |
| 2022 | 79 | $541,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 72 | $486,300 | $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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. 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 $5,000. 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 Colorado.
- 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 The Sam S Bloom Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2413, Littleton, CO, 80161. 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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