Massachusetts · Private foundation
Blair Family Foundation
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.
- $251k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Blair Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $251k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $521k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $437k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $192k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $608k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $150k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $268k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $249k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc | $480,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wellspring Inc | $378,975 | 7 | 1% |
| Hingham Congregational Church | $274,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Sam Elimu Charity | $160,000 | 4 | 11% |
| HomeStart Inc | $157,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Andover Newton Theological School | $126,015 | 7 | 68% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $125,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Dove Inc | $113,550 | 3 | 2% |
| Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Year Up Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($429k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blair Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Eastern Bank Foundation · South Shore Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Abington Bank Community Foundation Inc F/K/A Envision Bank Foundation Inc · Yawkey Foundation II · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Blair Family Foundation
- How much does Blair Family Foundation give?
- Blair Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $251,176 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Blair Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (24%), Religion (23%), Human Services (19%).
- Who are Blair Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc ($480k), Wellspring Inc ($379k), Hingham Congregational Church ($275k).
- Does Blair Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blair Family Foundation 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 Blair Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, South Shore Bank Charitable Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Blair Family Foundation based?
- Blair Family Foundation is based in MA.
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