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Blain Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Blain Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$94kEducation$50kFood & Nutrition$31kHealth$29kPublic Safety & Disaster$28kHuman Services$24kCrime & Legal$8kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$4,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$447k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC$22,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN COLORADO$13,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
CARE AND SHARE FOOD BANK FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO$5,000
DYNAMIC CATHOLIC$5,000
A CARING PREGNANCY CENTER$4,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$4,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PUEBLO COUNTY$1,000
PUEBLO COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN INC$1,000
SPARROW HOUSE MINISTRIES$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 (FY19–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%SPANISH PEAKS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $1k → 19%SPANISH PEAKS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $1k → 19%PUEBLO COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN INC: $1k → 15%PUEBLO COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN INC: $1k → 15%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

MI
NY
CO
KY
VA
TN
DC
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Blain Family Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 80% of the giving stays in CO; by stated purpose, 73%.

Blain Family Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$286k · 14 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$286k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+23%

Still filing today

50%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthCrime & LegalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • CD
    CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $81k · revenue +77%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +83%
  • Care and Share Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $35k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY- PUEBLO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +24%
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS DE SALES
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +23%
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
Pueblo Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc

To empower women and families in the greater pueblo colorado area with the educational, emotional and spiritual resources they need to choose life and thrive.

Health
2
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo Inc

The mission of catholic charities of southern colorado, an organization with a long tradition of strengthening families and individuals, is to empower people to live whole and healthy lives to reach their fullest potential (continued on…

Human Services
3
Pueblo Community Health Center Inc

To provide primary health care to those in need by offering top quality care through accessibility, leadership, and financial independence.

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4
Pueblo Rescue Mission

Because of our love for God, we extend his mercy as we strive to empower and improve the lives of unsheltered adults in Pueblo, CO, through provisions of food, shelter and navigational support services.

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5
Society of St Vincent de Paul Tucson

The mission of SSVDP is to promote the spiritual growth of its members through prayer, friendship, and service to others.

Religion
6
El Puente Foundation
Environment
7
St Peter Catholic

St. Peter Catholic High School empowers students to be models of faith through Catholic spiritual formation, while providing a creative and comprehensive education in career and technical pathways.

Education
8
Pueblo Library Foundation

The organization is organized to perform functions of or to carryout the purposes of the Pueblo City-County Library District including providing resources for development maintenance and operation of the Pueblo City-County Library District…

Philanthropy
9
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
10
Pikes Peak Community Foundation

To inspire a passionate community to forge an enduring legacy now and for future generations. this mission is attained by building a community endowment, helping donors address community needs and providing philanthropic leadership.

Philanthropy
11
Pablo Sandoval Family Foundation Inc

At 23, Sandoval used jokes about his weight as a catalyst for teaming with the American Heart Association to urge kids to stay healthy. He spoke in his native language to elementary-school-age kids at San Franciscos predominantly Hispanic…

Human Services
12
Social Venture Partners Tucson

Svp tucson is an ever expanding community of engaged philanthropists dedicated to building the capacity, strength and impact of nonprofits in addressing social problems. we accomplish this through: thoughtful and strategic investments and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Diocese of Pueblo Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Dynamic Catholic Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC: $81,000 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN COLORADO: $31,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN COLORADOLA VETA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT: $20,000 · OtherLA VETA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTA CARING PREGNANCY CENTER: $19,600 · OtherA CARING PREGNANCY CENTERCHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH: $13,800 · OtherCHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCHST THERESE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $11,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH: $9,000 · Other+12 more: $28,438 · Other+12 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER T…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY- PUEBLO FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationCOLORADO STATE U…Villa Bella Expeditionary School: $2,400 · EducationCare and Share Inc: $34,500 · Food & NutritionCare and Sh…+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $15,000 · ReligionAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesSpanish Peaks Healthcare Foundation: $2,000 · Human ServicesPUEBLO COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN: $2,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF PUEBLO INC: $7,600 · Crime & LegalST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · HealthSLC6A1 CONNECT: $2,000 · Health
Other$213,838Education$49,400Food & Nutrition$35,500Religion$15,000Human Services$9,000Crime & Legal$7,600Health$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC: $81,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $34,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY- PUEBLO FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF PUEBLO INC: $7,600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAVETA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AUXILIARY: $2,542 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVilla Bella Expeditionary School: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpanish Peaks Healthcare Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSLC6A1 CONNECT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUEBLO COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $100 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.

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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 Blain Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blain Family Charitable Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 31 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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