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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-4495284

Bloom Foundation

A private foundation in Spokane, WA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $24,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.

Contact
1325 E Susan Lane
Spokane, WA 99223
Form and materials
Letter stating purpose and amount
Deadlines
None

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $24,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $392,614

  • Tax year 2023

    $24,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $397,360

  • Tax year 2022

    $22,400

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $417,027

  • Tax year 2021

    $26,300

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $445,825

  • Tax year 2020

    $19,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $454,542

  • Tax year 2019

    $19,700

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $468,257

  • Tax year 2018

    $19,375

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $473,159

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. St Andrew Nativity SchoolPortland, OR

    Operations.

    $5,000
  2. Trinity Catholic SchoolSpokane, WA

    Operations &Food for needy

    $4,500
  3. Team Gleason Initiative FoundationNew Orleans, LA

    Medical research

    $4,000
  4. Individual

    Youth Acvocacy

    $4,000
  5. YWCASpokane, WA

    Health, operations

    $4,000
  6. Individual

    Health care and education

    $1,000
  7. Family Promise of SpokaneSpokane, WA

    Funding to aid homelessness.

    $1,000
  8. Individual

    Operations.

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $5,00083% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $1,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington3 grants $9,500
  2. Oregon1 grant $5,000
  3. Louisiana1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Gary N BloomPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susan M BloomDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Molly SchickDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jeff SchickDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Christy BloomDirector Hours 0Pay $0

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