· Private foundation
Blackwell Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Place at the Table | $1,000 |
| Lake Lure Recovery Fund | $1,000 |
| RHI Legacy Foundation | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $750 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor | $500 |
| Step Up Ministry | $500 |
| Greater Raleigh Cleanup | $500 |
| Arise Collective | $500 |
| Transitions Life Care | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSTEPUP MINISTRY7× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +55%
- PAPRISON ALLIANCE INC6× · 2018–2023 · $4k · revenue +33%
HEALING TRANSITIONS INC6× · 2018–2023 · $3k · revenue +116%
Funded once
- JAJOSEPH A VAUGHN PLAZA (FURMAN UNIVERSITY)one grant, 2020 · $1k
- FOFoundation of Hopeone grant, 2023 · $1k
- AGACTIVATE GOOD INCone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -3%
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.
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.
Rise against hunger, inc. is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime. rise against hunger distributes food and other…
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Relief international (ri) partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience, and promote long-term health and wellbeing of people in the communities that we serve. relief…
Trc partners with bipoc youth and their ecosystems to strengthen their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose so they can create a healthier, more equitable wake county.
The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…
To tackle the accelerating crisis of climate change by working to transition nc to clean, efficient energy & by watch-dogging utility practices. we pursue this work through grassroots activism, technical analysis, legal challenges and…
Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.
To facilitate health and recovery for persons affected by alcoholism and other drug addiction through a comprehensive array of services, including residential and outpatient treatment, therapeutic daycare, parenting, detoxification, and…
Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 56 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 STEPUP MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds PRISON ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds HEALING TRANSITIONS INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOMHERE ↗
- Who funds HOPE REINS ↗
- Who funds RHI LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ACTIVATE GOOD INC ↗
- Who funds ARISE COLLECTIVE INC ↗
- Who funds OAK CITY CARES INC ↗
- Who funds Great Raleigh Cleanup ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATIONS FOR HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds District C ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds OVERFLOWING HANDS INC BELARUSSIAN OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds TRIANGLE SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
- Who funds Lake Lure Flowering Bridge ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds APPALACHIAN WILDLIFE REFUGE ↗
- Who funds NAMI National ↗
- Who funds Swim Across America 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.
Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · Bell Schaefer Family Foundation · Crossroads Fellowship Foundation · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · Bob Barker Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Nancy a Wright Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Blackwell Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blackwell Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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