BLUE SANDS FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $10.0M · expenses $2.0M · assets $17.6M

EIN
37-1797396
Address
1212 NEW YORK AVE NW STE 1000, WASHINGTON, DC 20005-6127
Website
HTTP://BLUESANDS.ORG
NTEE code
B99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2016 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private operating foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 6 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Eric Hirsch DIRECTOR2018-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Christopher Warnke DIRECTOR2018-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Dalia Fateh DIRECTOR2018-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Hossein Fateh EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2018-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Leandro Alves DIRECTOR2018-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jada Spriggs (former) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2018-2023 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHRISTOPHER WARNKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DALIA FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC HIRSCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
HOSSEIN FATEH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
LEANDRO ALVES DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHRISTOPHER WARNKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DALIA FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC HIRSCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
HOSSEIN FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
JADA SPRIGGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
LEANDRO ALVES DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHRISTOPHER WARNKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DALIA FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC HIRSCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
HOSSEIN FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
JADA SPRIGGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
LEANDRO ALVES DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHRISTOPHER WARNKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DALIA FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC HIRSCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
HOSSEIN FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
JADA SPRIGGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
LEANDRO ALVES DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHRISTOPHER WARNKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DALIA FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC HIRSCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
HOSSEIN FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
JADA SPRIGGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
LEANDRO ALVES DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DALIA FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
HOSSEIN FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER WARNKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC HIRSCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
LEANDRO ALVES DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
JADA SPRIGGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DALIA FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
HOSSEIN FATEH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTOPHER WARNKE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC HIRSCH DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
LEANDRO ALVES DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
JADA SPRIGGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 23 grants to organizations · $2.0M · 4 grants to individuals · $8K
2023 · 23 grants to organizations · $3.1M · 2 grants to individuals · $14K
2022 · 22 grants to organizations · $1.1M · 2 grants to individuals · $11K
2021 · 23 grants to organizations · $1.3M
2020 · 18 grants to organizations · $994K
2019 · 16 grants to organizations · $318K
2018 · 14 grants to organizations · $726K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2024 · 1 contributor · $10.0M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 HOSSEIN FATEH Organization or other WASHINGTON, DC $9,964,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2023 · 1 contributor · $1.9M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 HOSSEIN FATEH Organization or other WASHINGTON, DC $1,950,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2019 · 1 contributor · $9.4M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 HOSSEIN & DALIA FATEH Organization or other WASHINGTON, DC $9,416,300$9,416,300 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2019 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$9,970,555$1,996,529 $17,591,909$17,581,909 $9,964,200- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,964,873$3,124,392 $9,617,920$9,607,920 $1,950,500- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
-$192$1,161,314 $10,777,453$10,767,453 -- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$37,668$1,307,166 $11,934,795$11,924,795 $1,500- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,194,411$1,018,498 $13,045,823$13,045,823 -- $0--
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$9,635,059$335,561 $13,778,929$13,778,929 $9,416,300- $0--
2018 · Form 990PF period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$192,279$728,126 $3,441,538$3,441,538 $0- $0--

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $4,700,000 in all, tax years 2015 to 2017. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2015-2017 3$4,700,000 2017$100,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990PF · $1,996,529 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,989,099 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,989,099 99.6%
Fees: accounting $4,200 0.2%
Fees: legal $3,230 0.2%
Total$1,996,529100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $3,124,392 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,124,392 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $3,124,392 100.0%
Total$3,124,392100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $1,161,314 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,123,838 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,123,838 96.8%
Taxes $32,329 2.8%
Fees: accounting $5,147 0.4%
Total$1,161,314100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $1,307,166 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,304,469 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,304,469 99.8%
Taxes $1,140 0.1%
Interest $820 0.1%
Fees: legal $737 0.1%
Total$1,307,166100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $1,018,498 spent · pay $0 · grants $994,305 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $994,305 97.6%
Fees: other professional $14,795 1.5%
Taxes $6,947 0.7%
Fees: accounting $2,451 0.2%
Total$1,018,498100%

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2019 · Form 990PF · $335,561 spent · pay $0 · grants $317,621 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $317,621 94.7%
Other expenses $9,348 2.8%
Fees: accounting $4,630 1.4%
Taxes $3,962 1.2%
Total$335,561100%

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2018 · Form 990PF · $728,126 spent · pay $0 · grants $726,066 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $726,066 99.7%
Other expenses $2,060 0.3%
Total$728,126100%

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