Missouri · Private foundation
Blackbird 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.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Blackbird Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $55k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $50k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $38k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $47k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $57k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Early Childhood Center | $175,100 | 9 | 1% |
| The Women's Bakery Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 15% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gratitude House Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kidsmart Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Megan Meier Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Early Childhood Center | $175,100 | 9 | 1% |
| The Women's Bakery Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 15% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gratitude House Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kidsmart Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Megan Meier Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hearcare Connection Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Connections | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Climbers Association | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Because International Corp | $2,200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blackbird Foundation 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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Youthbridge Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Blackbird Foundation Inc
- How much does Blackbird Foundation Inc give?
- Blackbird Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $75,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Blackbird Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), International (23%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Blackbird Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southside Early Childhood Center ($175k), The Women's Bakery Inc ($100k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($35k).
- Does Blackbird Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blackbird Foundation 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 Blackbird Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Brown Dana Charitable Trust, Youthbridge Community Foundation.
- Where is Blackbird Foundation Inc based?
- Blackbird Foundation Inc is based in MO.
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