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Bbla Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bbla Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$46k
Granted FY2025still arriving
95
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$155kArts & Culture$38kEnvironment$25kHuman Services$23kReligion$21kHousing & Shelter$19kFood & Nutrition$11kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 95 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
14
States reached
$605k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELOVED ASHEVILLE$4,000
BUCKINGHAM FRIENDS SCHOOL$3,500
RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
GEORGE SCHOOL$1,500
MERCER STREET FRIENDS$1,350
GET BENT FRIENDS$1,000
GRID ALTERNATIVES$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PROJECT HOME$800
NATIONAL FRIENDS EDUCATION FUND$750
FRIENDS COUNCIL ON EDUCATION$750
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE$700
HAVERFORD COLLEGE$700
FISHERMAN'S MARK$600
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%THISTLE HILLS: $200 → 6%EASTERN PA TRANS EQUITY PROJECT: $250 → 11%WESTCARE FOUNDATION: $250 → 13%THISTLE HILLS: $200 → 6%WESTCARE FOUNDATION: $250 → 13%THISTLE HILLS: $200 → 6%THISTLE HILLS: $200 → 6%MERCER ST FRIENDS FOOD BANK: $750 → 11%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $600 → 4%MERCER ST FRIENDS FOOD BANK: $300 → 11%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $600 → 4%MERCER ST FRIENDS FOOD BANK: $300 → 11%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $600 → 4%MERCER ST FRIENDS FOOD BANK: $300 → 11%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $600 → 4%MERCER ST FRIENDS FOOD BANK: $250 → 11%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $500 → 4%MERCER ST FRIENDS FOOD BANK: $250 → 11%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $500 → 4%AIM HIGH: $200 → 10%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $500 → 4%PEACE CENTER: $300 → 6%PEACE CENTER: $300 → 6%PEACE CENTER: $300 → 6%PEACE CENTER: $300 → 6%PEACE CENTER: $200 → 6%PEACE CENTER: $200 → 6%PEACE CENTER: $200 → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $300 → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $300 → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $300 → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $300 → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $300 → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $300 → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $300 → 6%FIARIA PROJECT INC: $250 → 6%FIARIA PROJECT INC: $200 → 6%FIARIA PROJECT INC: $200 → 6%FIARIA PROJECT INC: $200 → 6%FIARIA PROJECT INC: $200 → 6%FIARIA PROJECT INC: $200 → 6%PROJECT HOME: $800 → 22%PROJECT HOME: $750 → 22%PROJECT HOME: $750 → 22%PROJECT HOME: $750 → 22%PROJECT HOME: $500 → 22%PROJECT HOME: $500 → 22%PROJECT HOME: $500 → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
NY
MA
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
NC
DC
AL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$353k · 114 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

114 repeat relationships: 86 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

114
18

Total granted

$353k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+103%

Still filing today

61%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GA
    GRID ALTERNATIVES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +54%
  • PH
    PROJECT HOME
    7× · 2019–2025 · $5k · revenue +13%
  • BM
    BRYN MAWR COLLEGE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $4k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • SS
    SOLEBURY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +9%
  • CO
    CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • CB
    CODED BYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +114%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
3
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
4
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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5
Public Trust

Public Trust is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration in support of justice and equality.

Arts & Culture
6
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
7
The Public Interest Law Center

The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. We use litigation, community…

Crime & Legal
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
10
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
11
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of Pennsylvania; the most unlike its peers is Light the Minds Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

81 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 141 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/81
Grantees still filing
62/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JAMES SCHOOL: $103,020 · OtherST JAMES SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $19,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA: $18,500 · OtherRIVERSIDE SYMPHONIAMERCER STREET FRIENDS: $11,400 · Other+90 more: $127,575 · Other+90 moreLIGHT THE MINDS INC: $10,000 · EducationLIGHT THE…CORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE: $4,300 · EducationCORPORATI…BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $4,100 · EducationBRYN MAWR…CODED BY: $3,694 · EducationCODED BYFRIENDS COUNCIL ON EDUCATION: $3,650 · EducationFRIENDS C…The Friends of Foundation Academy Inc: $1,950 · EducationThe Frien…EARTH SCHOOL: $1,750 · EducationEARTH SCH…SANKOFA FREEDOM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,200 · Education+2 more: $1,200 · EducationGRID ALTERNATIVES: $18,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,750 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE DELAWARE CANAL INC: $1,400 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $800 · Environment+1 more: $700 · EnvironmentPROJECT HOME: $4,550 · Human ServicesFishermans Mark: $3,900 · Human ServicesMERCER STREET FRIENDS CENTER: $2,150 · Human ServicesBUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $2,100 · Human ServicesTHE PEACE CENTER INC: $1,800 · Human ServicesFIARIA PROJECT INC: $1,450 · Human ServicesTHISTLE HILLS INC: $800 · Human ServicesEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $800 · Human Services+3 more: $950 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureLenape Chamber Ensemble Inc: $1,800 · Arts & CultureCONCORDIA CHAMBER PLAYERS: $1,400 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $1,400 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $1,400 · Arts & CultureBUCKS COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY: $1,300 · Arts & CultureBUCKS COUNTY HERALD FOUNDATION: $450 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $610 · Arts & CultureBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterISLES INC: $1,950 · Housing & ShelterBETTER COMMUNITY HOUSING OF TRENTON INC: $1,800 · Housing & ShelterPATHWAYS TO HOUSING - PA: $1,200 · Housing & ShelterHabitat For Humanity of Bucks County Inc: $900 · Housing & ShelterLAMBERTVILLE-NEW HOPE AMBULANCE & RESCUE SQUAD INC: $2,700 · HealthANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC: $2,280 · HealthCHANDLER HALL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $1,400 · HealthDOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,200 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $600 · Health+1 more: $250 · Health
Other$279,995Education$31,844Environment$22,650Human Services$18,500Arts & Culture$10,360Housing & Shelter$9,850Health$8,430

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRID ALTERNATIVES: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT THE MINDS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSOLEBURY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $4,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE: $4,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $4,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFishermans Mark: $3,900 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCODED BY: $3,694 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS COUNCIL ON EDUCATION: $3,650 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO NUEVA CREACION NEW CREATION COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPhilabundance: $3,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUJIMA FRIENDS PEACE CENTER INC: $2,800 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLAMBERTVILLE-NEW HOPE AMBULANCE & RESCUE SQUAD INC: $2,700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC: $2,280 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $2,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMERCER STREET FRIENDS CENTER: $2,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC: $2,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $2,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRIGHTSHARINGOFWORLDRESOURCES INC: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetISLES INC: $1,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Friends of Foundation Academy Inc: $1,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLenape Chamber Ensemble Inc: $1,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PEACE CENTER INC: $1,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $1,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER COMMUNITY HOUSING OF TRENTON INC: $1,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEARTH SCHOOL: $1,750 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE VALLEY FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,650 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SENTENCING PROJECT: $1,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetROOT & REBOUND: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FREE LIBRARY OF NEW HOPE & SOLEBURY: $1,450 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFIARIA PROJECT INC: $1,450 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHANDLER HALL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $1,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DELAWARE CANAL INC: $1,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA CHAMBER PLAYERS: $1,400 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSHALEM INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $1,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY: $1,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPATHWAYS TO HOUSING - PA: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds GRID ALTERNATIVES ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT THE MINDS INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOLEBURY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BELOVED ASHEVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Fishermans Mark ↗
  • Who funds CODED BY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS COUNCIL ON EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO NUEVA CREACION NEW CREATION COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds UJIMA FRIENDS PEACE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LAMBERTVILLE-NEW HOPE AMBULANCE & RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds ANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc ↗
  • Who funds MERCER STREET FRIENDS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds RIGHTSHARINGOFWORLDRESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Friends of Foundation Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lenape Chamber Ensemble Inc ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kerr Family FoundationFoundations Community…Penn Community Bank F…Waldman Family Charit…The Philadelphia Foun…The William Penn Foun…The Robert Wood Johns…The Haley FoundationThe Pearl Family Foun…Bucks County Conferen…The Patricia Kind Fam…Community Foundation …
Kerr Family FoundationPA34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kerr Family Foundation · Foundations Community Partnership · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Waldman Family Charitable Trust · The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Haley Foundation · The Pearl Family Foundation Inc · Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bbla Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bbla Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Isles Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Riverside Symphonia Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 141 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home