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Private foundation (trust)EIN 461630463Est. 2014-07

BLUE GUITAR FOUNDATION

FORT LEE, NJ 07024

Total Assets

$20.4M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$1.7M

FY 2023

Grants Made

13

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$133K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$2K–$625K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Public Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$407K

Total Expenses

$1.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.7M

Distributable Amount

$1.0M

Min. Investment Return

$1.0M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

13 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $100K to maximum $625K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $4.6M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

28 grants

JDC
$3M
2 grants
FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC
$1.4M
1 grant
NYU SCHOOL OF LAWS FUTURE NEEDS FUND
$1M
1 grant
CHABAD WEST VILLAGE
$975K
3 grants
CHABAD AT YALE
$500K
1 grant
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
$375K
3 grants
CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE
$235K
1 grant
GSD ADVISERS INC
$200K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

28 grants

<$10K
8
grants
$10–50K
2
grants
$50–250K
11
grants
$250K–1M
4
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

New York
$5.4M
63% of total
Florida
$1.6M
19% of total
Connecticut
$500K
6% of total
Arizona
$375K
4% of total
New Jersey
$235K
3% of total
Georgia
$150K
2% of total
District of Columbia
$125K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$110K
1% of total
North Carolina
$10K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$10K
0% of total

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