Open Foundations · District of Columbia

Blue Sands Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 371797396. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.0M across 27 grants in 2024, a median of $9K each.

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$2.0M
paid in 2024
27
grants paid
$9K
median grant
11%
to first-time recipients
$17.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
HOSSEIN FATEH
Address
1212 NEW YORK AVE NW NO 1000, WASHINGTON, DC, 20005
Phone
2022629244
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
ONLINE APPLICATION THROUGH WEBSITE
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
N/A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349100217. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

tuitionhousing

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 27 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charityn/a$1,517,940GENERAL DONATION
2Eton Collegen/a$64,713GENERAL DONATION
3Aiglon College Associationn/a$58,907E-BIKE PROGRAM
4Stars in the Dark by the Giving Back FundCA$50,000PLEDGE
5Barnard College - Columbia UniversityNY$46,061TUITION SUPPORT
6The College of WoosterOH$42,000GENERAL DONATION
7Prior's Field SchoolDC$30,920TUITION SUPPORT
8Swiss School of Tourismn/a$30,672TUITION SUPPORT
9New York UniversityNY$30,000GENERAL DONATION
10Frensham Heights Schooln/a$26,330TUITION SUPPORT
11The University of Law Ltdn/a$14,673TUITION SUPPORT
12Sarl Cap Immo Varn/a$10,823HOUSING
13Madame Francoise StoltzDC$9,720HOUSING SUPPORT
14Churcher's College Junior Schooln/a$8,751TUITION SUPPORT
15The Lee Strasberg Theatrical and Film InstituteNY$8,420TUITION SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202018$994K
202123$1.3M
202224$1.1M
202325$3.1M
202427$2.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
??59%
District of Columbia19%
New York11%
California7%
Ohio4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Christopher WarnkeDIRECTOR · 2024
Dalia FatehDIRECTOR · 2024
Eric HirschDIRECTOR · 2024
Hossein FatehEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Leandro AlvesDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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