We empower educational leaders in the Gem State by providing one- or two-year fellowships to those who take risks and put children first. In partnership with the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Bluum serves as a funding intermediary and local champion for supporting entrepreneurial education ventures. Bluum provides partner schools with additional services and technical assistance. Our team can help elevate the business of running a school by reviewing financial infrastructure and identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement. Bluum has become a go-to resource on education research and innovation. We aim to share the work of Idaho’s high performing schools and outstanding educators. Our hope is that it can become a national model for helping all children reach their fullest potential.
We have the privilege of serving some of Idaho’s finest school leaders in helping them educate and support their thousands of families and students. In 2023, the real heroes in our orbit were our 40 plus partner schools and their teams. One of the most complicated, yet rewarding, projects we run in Idaho is our state’s federal Charter School Program (CSP) grant. From 2018 to 2023, Bluum was responsible for Idaho’s $22 million Communities of Excellence CSP grant, which we described as “a statewide consortium led by Bluum designed to foster the development, expansion, and replication of high-quality charter schools in Idaho.” West Ada, Idaho’s largest public school district with 40,000 students, rarely authorizes charter schools. They recently made an exception for Pathways in Education (PIE), an alternative high school opening next month in Meridian. Pathways has run a successful school in nearby Nampa School District for the last eight years. PIE, West Ada’s third district-authorized charter school recently received a $529,000 grant from Bluum, part of the nonprofit’s federally funded Building on Success charter school program, serves students facing a range of challenges that makes dropping out a likely outcome. The funding for the Bluum program comes from the U.S. Department of Education Charter School Program. Last year, Bluum received a $24.9 million CSP grant. That follows on the $22.5 million grant it received in 2018 and successfully administered over five years. Idaho’s $25 million Building on Success for Future Excellence program led by the Idaho education non-profit Bluum announced the award of $4,977,122 in competitive grant funding from the Federal Charter School Program. This round of awarded subgrantees plans to create 1,428 ew school seats throughout the state of Idaho.
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Impact Stats
since 2015.
$20,392,682
FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM INVESTMENT
17,822
TOTAL NEW SCHOOL SEATS CREATED
35
TOTAL IDAHO SCHOOLS SUPPORTED
$86,315,274
TOTAL PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT
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Partners for Student Success: Nonprofits Deliver Wins for Federal Charter School Program
Idaho School Districts Utilize Federal Charter School Program Grants to Serve Students
$4.9 Million in New Federal Public Charter School Grants Awarded
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