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BLUUM INC

EIN 27-0654125 BOISE, ID

Revenue 2024
$5,336,722
Expenses 2024
$5,210,909

Program services were 84.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
2000
Street
1412 W IDAHO ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BLUUM IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ENSURING IDAHO'S CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL BY CULTIVATION GREAT LEADERS AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS. WE WORK TO HELP IDAHO BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL FOR HOW TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. BLUUM PLANS TO HELP CREATE 20,000 NEW, HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL SEATS IN IDAHO IN 10 YEARS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENSURE IDAHO'S CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL BY CULTIVATING GREAT LEADERS AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS. WE WORK TO HELP IDAHO BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL BY MAXIMIZING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. ACTIVITIES: DEVELOP LEADERS, GROW SCHOOL MODELS, SHARE RESEARCH AND LEARNING.

  • BLUUM IS A BOISE-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ENSURING IDAHO'S CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL BY CULTIVATING GREAT LEADERS AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS. WE WORK TO HELP IDAHO BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL FOR HOW TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE J.A. AND KATHRYN ALBERTSON FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND OTHER PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES BLUUM SERVES AS A FUNDING INTERMEDIARY AND LOCAL CHAMPION FOR SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION VENTURES, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $4,415,943 · Grants $528,541

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • John Prehn

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Bruno

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcia Aaron

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Forney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renita Thukral

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Lindsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Ryan

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $217,915
    From this org
    $217,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,915
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $217,915
  • Marc Carignan

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $212,342
    From this org
    $212,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,342
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $212,342
  • Max Koltuv

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $152,503
    From this org
    $152,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,503
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $152,503
  • Keith Donahue

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $146,738
    From this org
    $146,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Ribordy

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $136,702
    From this org
    $136,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Caldwell

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $127,109
    From this org
    $127,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathryn French

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $140,461
    From this org
    $140,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Conrad Freeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,336,722
    Expenses
    $5,210,909
    Contributions
    $5,299,329
    Grants paid
    $528,541
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,624,909
    Expenses
    $8,629,323
    Contributions
    $8,349,399
    Grants paid
    $4,531,985
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,540,607
    Expenses
    $8,544,076
    Contributions
    $8,347,271
    Grants paid
    $4,825,591

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,996,338
    Expenses
    $10,013,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,040,780
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,321,863
    Expenses
    $9,240,325
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,490,397
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,271,566
    Expenses
    $4,335,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,880,357
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,202,334
    Expenses
    $1,310,450
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,234,710
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,436,334
    Expenses
    $1,550,062
    Assets (EOY)
    $961,174
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $344,504
    Expenses
    $189,992
    Assets (EOY)
    $274,027
  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $76,823
    Expenses
    $140,230
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,514

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • IDAHO NOVUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY

    $837,500

    2023

  • THE ACADEMY INC (ABN CONNOR ACADE

    $800,000

    2023

  • ELEVATE ACADEMY NAMPA

    $792,285

    2022

  • ELEVATE ACADEMY - IDAHO FALLS

    $692,749

    2023

  • GEM PREP MERIDIAN SOUTH LLC

    $613,500

    2022

  • GEM PREP TWIN FALLS

    $574,203

    2023

  • ELEVATE ACADEMY NORTH

    $525,531

    2022

  • ANSER CHARTER SCHOOL

    $484,973

    2023

  • PATHWAYS IN EDUCATION

    $380,857

    2024

  • DORAL ACADEMY

    $311,201

    2022

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.