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Bellis Blauvelt Judson Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bellis Blauvelt Judson 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.

$121k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Human Services$40kHealth$38kEnvironment$26kArts & Culture$15kAnimals$6kFood & Nutrition$5kYouth Development$4kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$25,000
MARY'S PLACE$20,000
NATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$7,500
EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES$7,500
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$7,500
SAN FRANCISCO-MARIN FOOD BANK$7,500
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$6,000
CARTER BROWN FUND$5,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$4,000
GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM$2,500
NO LIMBITS$1,000
MEIJER GARDEN$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WELCOMENST: $3k → 8%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 22%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%MCGAW YMCA: $10k → 14%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%MCGAW YMCA: $6k → 14%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%MCGAW YMCA: $3k → 14%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

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
AZ
NC
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$215k · 20 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
15

Total granted

$215k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+44%

Still filing today

55%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $21k · revenue +29%
  • YM
    Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $19k · revenue +32%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    2× · 2023–2025 · $13k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • SC
    SIERRA CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • LH
    LAMBERT HOUSE
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
7
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
8
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

The national caucus of environmental legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

Education
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
11
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
12
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

The minnesota center for environmental advocacy is a nonprofit organization that uses law, science and research to protect minnesota's environment, its natural resources and the health of its people.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Wausaukee Charitable Foundation. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 50 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
11/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARY'S PLACE: $37,000 · OtherMARY'S PLACEIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCARTER P BROWN LEGACY FUND: $10,000 · OtherCARTER P BROWN LEGACY FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $8,874 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $7,500 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKCARTER BROWN FUND: $5,500 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,760 · Other+22 more: $29,280 · Other+22 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $62,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERA…+2 more: $500 · HealthNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $21,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFE…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $12,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE …CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $9,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE I…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $7,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC L…SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $19,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens C…Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $7,500 · Human ServicesEpiscopal Co…WELCOMENST INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesWELCOMENST I…SEND IT: $2,000 · Human ServicesSEND ITDaraja Education Fund: $2,000 · EducationPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $1,600 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $300 · EducationLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $3,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED MICHIGAN COUNCIL: $250 · AnimalsGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$122,914Health$63,000Environment$56,250Human Services$31,000Education$3,900Animals$3,250Arts & Culture$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $62,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBERT HOUSE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWELCOMENST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDaraja Education Fund: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEND IT: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANY HOPES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Traveling Companions: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED MICHIGAN COUNCIL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wausaukee Charitable Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

The Bindon FoundationThe Bessemer Giving F…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bindon FoundationDE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bindon Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Bellis Blauvelt Judson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bellis Blauvelt Judson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 50 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
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in 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