About Blue Meridian Partners
Blue Meridian Partners seeks to transform the life trajectories of young people and families in poverty by investing in strategies that advance economic and social mobility and access to opportunity for all.
Focus Areas
Economic mobilitySocial mobilityPoverty alleviationYoung people and familiesEducationWorkforce developmentEmploymentCriminal justice reformReentry servicesPublic benefits accessFoster care and adoptionEarly childhood developmentReproductive healthPlace-based community development
About Blue Meridian Partners
Blue Meridian Partners Inc puts unusually large checks behind organizations that are already built to scale. Its recent awards show repeated seven- and eight-figure commitments for scaling plans, strategic planning, and economic mobility work, with multiple recipients returning across years. Youth Villages received $37,000,000 in 2025 and additional support in 2024 and 2023, while Tulsa Community Foundation received three separate awards between 2023 and 2025, including $22,000,000 in both 2023 and 2024 and $18,000,000 in 2025. The pattern points to long-horizon backing for expansion rather than one-time project support. The foundation’s portfolio centers on young people and families in poverty, with grantmaking tied to access to opportunity, education, workforce development, foster care and adoption systems, criminal justice reform and reentry, and reproductive health. Blue Meridian Partners Inc also supports place-based and intermediary organizations that can move large strategies forward, such as community foundations, policy groups, and national nonprofits. Awards in the recent list include major support for Grameen America, Harlem Children’s Zone, Merit America, and the Center for Employment Opportunities, each positioned within a broader effort to advance economic and social mobility.
What Blue Meridian Partners Funds
In economic mobility work, Blue Meridian Partners Inc gave $21,816,000 to Oakland Promise for economic mobility and $14,349,742 to Policylink for economic mobility. It also supported The Commit Partnership with $10,000,000 for economic mobility, showing attention to organizations working at community and systems levels. Education is another clear line of giving. The foundation awarded $14,600,000 to Chiefs for Change Inc for education investments and $14,500,000 to Tides Centergeo for education investments. It also backed Partnership for Education Advancement with $11,420,000 and Thurgood Marshall College Fund with $14,430,000 and $11,010,000 across separate years. Its portfolio also includes early-childhood and family-support strategies, with $21,000,000 to Zero to Three and $16,000,000 to Nurse-family Partnership, both for scaling plan support.
How Blue Meridian Partners Gives
Blue Meridian Partners Inc gives at a very large scale: the typical grant size is $500,000 at the 25th percentile, $2,156,091 at the median, and $4,262,500 at the 75th percentile. The recent list is dominated by repeated, multiyear awards to the same organizations, including Youth Villages, Tulsa Community Foundation, Zero to Three, Nurse-family Partnership, Policylink, and Thurgood Marshall College Fund. That repeat pattern aligns with its role as a regular funder and its stated emphasis on scaling plan funding, capacity building, and strategic planning support. The foundation also makes program-related investments, indicating it uses more than one capital tool.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$484.2M
Total Assets
$2.4B
Total Revenue
$900.3M
Total Expenses
$544.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $500K and $4.3M, with a median of $2.2M.
25th Percentile
$500K
Median
$2.2M
75th Percentile
$4.3M
Geographic Reach
National27 states funded
About 18% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KAY NEMOTO
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