Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Blackberry Fund Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $19k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,700
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $684k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 17% of the organizations Blackberry Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $15k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $9k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $6k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Place | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Horizons Greater Washington Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $8,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Mary House Inc | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Classroom 2 Community Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Shaw Community Ministry Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Levine Music Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blackberry Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Blackberry Fund Inc
- How much does Blackberry Fund Inc give?
- Blackberry Fund Inc reported 5 grants totaling $19,200 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Blackberry Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Housing & Shelter (26%), Education (23%).
- Who are Blackberry Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Friendship Place ($14k), Horizons Greater Washington Inc ($10k), International Rescue Committee INC ($9k).
- Does Blackberry Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blackberry Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blackberry Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation, Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company, Clark-Winchcole Foundation.
- Where is Blackberry Fund Inc based?
- Blackberry Fund Inc is based in DC.
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