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Blake 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.

$5.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$7.7MEducation$7.2MSocial Science$2.0MHealth$1.6MFood & Nutrition$581kArts & Culture$415kCivil Rights$313kHuman Services$231kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $162k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $959k
  • $250k+4 grants · $4.0M
$76,652
Median grant
4
States reached
$62M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL$1,750,000
BLAKE FAMILY FUND$1,006,324
THE LIZ BLAKE CHARITABLE FUND$1,006,324
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$250,682
HUDSON INSTITUTE INC$204,404
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA$200,384
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC$200,384
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$125,000
SECOND HELPINGS ATLANTA INC$76,652
MOREHOUSE SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE$51,101
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$51,031
POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION$50,000
ATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION$35,771
SKYLAND TRAIL$25,551
CHOA MARCUS AUTISM INSTITUTE$25,551
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $301k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ATLANTA MISSION: $81k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $75k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $50k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $25k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $70k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$18M · 26 repeat orgs$592k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +61% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
11

Total granted

$18M
$517k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+9%

Still filing today

81%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TW
    The Westminster Schools Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $6.8M · revenue +43%
  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +47%
  • MI
    MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $607k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • EL
    EMORY LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $85k
  • WF
    WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $70k · revenue +45%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +7%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
9
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
10
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
11
The Brookings Institution

The brookings institution (brookings) is a nonprofit public policy organization that conducts in-depth, independent research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national, and global level.…

Social Science
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation and the most unlike its peers is Joyful Noise Productions Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%3%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr12%29%35–55yr11%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%7%20–35yr12%27%35–55yr11%60%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
18%
5,087/29,032

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

The Westminster Schools Inc — $6,786,220 · EducationThe Westminster Schools IncMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — $279,703 · Education+2 more — $90,000 · EducationTHE LIZ BLAKE CHARITABLE FUND — $2,659,352 · OtherTHE LIZ BLAKE CHARITABLE FUNDBLAKE FAMILY FUND — $2,069,904 · OtherBLAKE FAMILY FUNDCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA — $615,853 · OtherCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTAHudson Institute Inc — $311,367 · OtherAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $313,463 · Other+19 more — $1,637,781 · Other+19 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $2,576,903 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVES…+1 more — $50,000 · Community ImprovementTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $400,043 · PhilanthropyJOYFUL NOISE PRODUCTIONS INC — $240,000 · PhilanthropyPurposity Foundation Inc — $200,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $127,551 · PhilanthropyTHE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC — $125,394 · PhilanthropyPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION — $50,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $1,048,009 · Social ScienceMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC — $607,007 · Public BenefitATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC — $304,631 · Food & NutritionSECOND HELPINGS ATLANTA INC — $276,652 · Food & Nutrition
Education$7,155,923Other$7,607,720Community Improvement$2,626,903Philanthropy$1,142,988Social Science$1,048,009Public Benefit$607,007Food & Nutrition$581,283

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc — $6,786,220 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $2,576,903 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $1,048,009 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC — $607,007 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $400,043 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $313,463 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHudson Institute Inc — $311,367 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC — $304,631 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — $279,703 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS ATLANTA INC — $276,652 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetJOYFUL NOISE PRODUCTIONS INC — $240,000 over 4y, 39% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION — $231,184 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY — $200,293 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPurposity Foundation Inc — $200,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetAgnes Scott College — $150,331 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $136,907 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $127,551 over 4y, 58% of budgetTHE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC — $125,394 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society — $125,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC — $70,129 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $50,243 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION IN — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Korean Friendship Society Inc — $50,000 over 2y, 92% of budgetSTAR C CORPORATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNO LONGER BOUND INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $25,551 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERS OUTREACH LLC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Rich Foundation I…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Tull Charitable Found…Luluma Charitable Tru…The Imlay Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…John H & Wilhelmina D…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainTHDF II Inc DBA The H…The Arthur M Blank Fa…United Way of Greater…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA24.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Rich Foundation Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · Luluma Charitable Trust Xxxxx8009 · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · John H & Wilhelmina D Harland Charitable Foundation · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Blake Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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