♦ Idaho School Data and Growth Programs
Idaho's classrooms
are the return on
the investment.
Bluum backs the school leaders building Idaho's best classrooms, and gives the people who fund public education the evidence to keep backing them.
Featuring findings from Idaho
Education by the Numbers, 2025
♦ Impact Stats
What that investment
has bought Idaho, since 2015
Federal CSP investment deployed
New school seats created
Idaho schools supported
Total philanthropic investment
♦ How Bluum works
Four ways we move the needle
Empower
Fellowships
One- and two-year fellowships for educators who take risks and put kids first.
Invest
Capital
As a funding intermediary for the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, we get capital to school ventures fast.
Support
Operations
We get inside a school's finances and operations to find what's working and fix what isn't.
Inform
Reasearch
We study Idaho's highest-performing schools so the rest of the state can learn from them.
♦ Recent Publications
Read the numbers for yourself
Annual report · 2026
Idaho by the Numbers
Our yearly accounting of what charter investment has bought the state — seat by seat, dollar by dollar.
Policy brief · 2026
Earned Autonomy for Idaho Charter Schools
A framework for how accountability and freedom should trade off as schools prove themselves.
Program evaluation
Homegrown
Why Idaho Built Its Own Charter School Networks, and What the Rest of the Country Might Learn from the Effort
"Bluum is a nonprofit organization helping Idaho become a national model for how to maximize learning outcomes for children and families."
—— Bluum Chief Executive Officer | Terry Ryan
