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Blackberry Fund Inc at a glance

· 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 FY2026still arriving
5
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$12kHousing & Shelter$11kEducation$10kInternational$5kHuman Services$4kCivil Rights$500Philanthropy$500
02FY2026 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,700
Median grant
2
States reached
$684k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friendship Place$4,500
Horizons Greater Washington$4,500
International Rescue Committee$3,700
Mary's House$3,500
Mt Zion Female Union Band Memorial$3,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%International Rescue Committee: $1k → 17%Mt Zion Female Union Band Memorial: $3k → 14%Classroom to Community: $2k → 8%CASA: $500 → 11%International Rescue Committee: $1k → 17%Friendship Place: $5k → 14%Classroom2Community: $2k → 8%International Rescue Committee: $1k → 17%Mt Zion Female Union Band Memorial: $3k → 14%Classroom2Community: $1k → 8%Friendship Place: $3k → 14%International Rescue Committee: $4k → 8%Mt Zion Female Union Band Memorial: $3k → 14%International Rescue Committee: $2k → 8%Friendship Place: $3k → 14%Mt Zion Female Union Band Memorial: $3k → 14%Friendship Place: $2k → 14%Mary's House: $4k → 14%Mt Zion Female Union Band Memorial Inc: $3k → 14%Friendship Place: $1k → 14%Mary's House: $2k → 14%Greater Washington Community Foundation: $500 → 14%Friendship Place: $500 → 14%Shaw Community Center: $2k → 14%Shaw Community Center: $1k → 14%Shaw Community Center: $500 → 14%Horizons Greater Washington: $5k → 14%Horizons Greater Washington: $3k → 14%Horizons Greater Washington: $2k → 14%Horizons Greater Washington: $1k → 14%Levine Music: $500 → 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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60k · 7 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$60k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+15%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
InternationalArts & CultureHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • FP
    Friendship Place
    6× · 2021–2026 · $14k · revenue +17%
  • HG
    HORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC
    4× · 2023–2026 · $10k · revenue +81%
  • MH
    MARY HOUSE INC
    2× · 2025–2026 · $6k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • GIVEDIRECTLY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue -19%
  • LM
    LEVINE MUSIC INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +15%
  • CASA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +54%
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
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
2
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
3
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
4
Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School

The mission of the community college preparatory academy public charter school is to provide the education and skills development to empower and prepare under-credited adults for postsecondary educational success, viable employment and…

Education
5
Briya Public Charter School

Briya pcs is a public charter school and is operating under a contract with the dc government through the dc public charter school board, providing high quality education for adults and children that empowers families through a culturally…

Education
6
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
7
The Maya Angelou Public Charter School

To create learning communities in lower income urban areas where all students, particularly those who have not succeeded in traditional schools, can reach their potential and prepare for college, career and a lifetime of success.

Education
8
My Sister's Place Inc

My sister's place, inc. shelters, supports and empowers survivors of domestic violence and their children, while providing leadership and education to build a supportive community.

—
9
United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc

To advance an economically just region where prosperity is shared across race and ethnicity.

Philanthropy
10
Teach St Louis

Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…

Education
11
Latino Economic Development Corporation

Ledc's mission is to catalyze economic advancement of latinos and local communities by bridging the gap to capital and resources to achieve financial prosperity. participants in our programs learn how to build their long-term financial…

Community Improvement
12
For the Nations Dc

We offer hope and help to refugee, asylumseeking, and immigrant families in the Washington D.C. metro area. We provide educational programs that help families learn English. We provide practical assistance and connections to community…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mary House 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mt Zion Female Union Band Memorial: $14,500 · OtherMt Zion Female Union Band MemorialMARY HOUSE INC: $5,500 · OtherMARY HOUSE INCSHAW COMMUNITY MINISTRY INC: $3,000 · OtherSHAW COMMUNITY MINISTRY INC+1 more: $500 · OtherFriendship Place: $13,500 · Housing & ShelterFriendship PlaceHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentHORIZONS GREATER W…International Rescue Committee INC: $8,900 · InternationalInternational Re…Classroom 2 Community Inc: $4,500 · EducationGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $500 · Human ServicesLEVINE MUSIC INC: $500 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$23,500Housing & Shelter$13,500Youth Development$10,000International$8,900Education$4,500Human Services$500Arts & Culture$500Philanthropy$500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriendship Place: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $8,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetClassroom 2 Community Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHAW COMMUNITY MINISTRY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEVINE MUSIC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

John Edward Fowler Me…Philip L Graham Fund …Clark-Winchcole Found…Nora Roberts Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
John Edward Fowler Memorial FoundationMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Blackberry Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blackberry Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 11 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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