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Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley

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.

$484k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
86
Grants FY2025
87
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
56 to 87
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$3.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving86$484k16%
FY202487$525k29%
FY202356$298k23%
FY202270$400k17%
FY202168$405k41%
FY202061$403kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$423kAnimals$376kEducation$359kArts & Culture$245kHuman Services$203kFood & Nutrition$189kEnvironment$128kRecreation & Sports$101kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Provident Inc$178,00061%
The Pongo Fund$125,00063%
Watkinson School$87,00060%
640 Heritage Preservation Foundation$85,000280%
The Oregon Zoo Foundation$57,00060%
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc$57,00050%
Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery$52,50032%
Save The Bay$50,00030%
Center for Hearing & Speech$49,00052%
Friends of the Geneva Office Building and Power House$45,0001n/a
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All grantees of Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Provident Inc$178,00061%
The Pongo Fund$125,00063%
Watkinson School$87,00060%
640 Heritage Preservation Foundation$85,000280%
The Oregon Zoo Foundation$57,00060%
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc$57,00050%
Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery$52,50032%
Save The Bay$50,00030%
Center for Hearing & Speech$49,00052%
Friends of the Geneva Office Building and Power House$45,0001n/a
San Francisco Food Bank$45,00040%
San Francisco Architectural Heritage$40,00014%
Kids Win Missouri$34,65051%
In Purpose Educational Services$34,6505n/a
National Network of Abortion Funds$31,86732%
Meals on Wheels People Inc$30,00060%
Write Around Portland$30,00061%
Jamaa Birth Village$28,65051%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$27,00030%
Abortion Action Missouri Foundation$27,00021%
Archcity Defenders$26,65050%
Sherwood Forest Camp Inc$25,15050%
Oregon Food Bank$24,00060%
City Academy Inc$23,50050%
The International Rhino Foundation$23,00060%
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri$23,00020%
Friends of American Song Archives Inc$22,50031%
National Pediatric Cancer Foundation Inc$22,50020%
Lydia's House Inc$21,65050%
Little Sisters of The Poor$20,50030%
Project Pooch$20,00061%
Portland Rescue Mission$18,0006n/a
Sunshine Division Inc$17,00050%
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc$16,00060%
Yosemite Foundation$16,00030%
The Marine Mammal Center$16,00040%
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$16,00040%
Criminal Justice Ministry$15,65040%
Pathways to Independence$15,00021%
Greater Saint Louis Honor Flight Inc$15,00031%
Blanchet House of Hospitality$15,00050%
Sanctuary One$14,00061%
The Freshwater Trust$13,00030%
Save the Redwoods League$12,75020%
Friends of Timberline$12,00062%
Case Western Reserve University$12,00020%
Smart Reading$12,00040%
American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation$12,00010%
Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors$12,00031%
Ride Connection Inc$12,00040%
John Burroughs School$12,00030%
Friends of the Columbia Gorge$12,00040%
Outside In$12,00060%
Asylum Hill Congregational Church$11,0003n/a
Historic Kirkwood Train Station Foundation$10,00018%
Unravel$10,00011%
Pear$10,00040%
Forward Through Ferguson$9,65030%
Store to Door$9,00040%
The Connecticut Forum Inc$8,50020%
Potluck in the Park$8,00041%
Sisters of the Road Inc$8,00030%
Ethos Inc$8,00031%
Animal Protective Association of Missouri$7,70010%
William Temple House$7,00060%
Hartford Public Library$7,00020%
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc$7,0001n/a
Oasis$6,5003n/a
Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc$6,00030%
Animal Aid Inc$6,00060%
Aim High St Louis$6,00021%
SF New Deal$6,00020%
Home 2 Home Canine Orphanage$6,0001n/a
Join$6,00020%
Support Lunch Inc$5,7501n/a
Home Works of America Inc$5,50011%
Chrysalis Center Inc$5,00010%
Project Hope of Eastern Connecticut$5,00010%
Shakespeare-San Francisco$5,00020%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children$5,00010%
Oahu Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anim$5,00010%
Greenhill Humane Society Spca$5,00010%
The Bail Project Inc$4,65010%
Sunnyside Street Dogs I$4,00021%
Society for American Music$4,00021%
Pride St Louis Inc$4,00031%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$4,00020%
Humane Society of Missouri$3,75010%
Sonoma Land Trust$3,50020%
Operation Nightwatch - Portland$3,00011%
The Barack Obama Foundation$2,5001n/a
Hartford Stage Company Inc$2,50010%
Forge City Works Inc$2,50010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$2,5001n/a
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$2,00010%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$2,00010%
Circus Flora Inc$2,00011%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$1,50010%
The Haven of Grace$1,50010%
Belvedere Tiburon Film Society$1,50011%
Home Works - Thvp$1,00010%
Assistance League of St Louis$1,00010%
Sos Outreach$1,00010%
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Colorado Outdoor Education Center Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($580k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 94 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetProvident Inc: $178,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Pongo Fund: $125,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetWatkinson School: $87,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budget640 Heritage Preservation Foundation: $85,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetThe Oregon Zoo Foundation: $57,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPeter & Paul Community Services Inc: $57,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Bellefontaine Cemetery: $52,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSave The Bay: $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Hearing & Speech: $49,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $40,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetKids Win Missouri: $34,650 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds: $31,867 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels People Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWrite Around Portland: $30,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetJamaa Birth Village: $28,650 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAbortion Action Missouri Foundation: $27,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetArchcity Defenders: $26,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSherwood Forest Camp Inc: $25,150 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCity Academy Inc: $23,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe International Rhino Foundation: $23,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of American Song Archives Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNational Pediatric Cancer Foundation Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLydia's House Inc: $21,650 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLittle Sisters of The Poor: $20,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProject Pooch: $20,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetSunshine Division Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Agricultural Land Trust: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCriminal Justice Ministry: $15,650 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPathways to Independence: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGreater Saint Louis Honor Flight Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBlanchet House of Hospitality: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSanctuary One: $14,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Freshwater Trust: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $12,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Timberline: $12,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmart Reading: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEcology in Classrooms and Outdoors: $12,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRide Connection Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Burroughs School: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 94.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO49× affinity26 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Autzen Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Larson Legacy · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · The Reser Family Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Joseph & Florence Roblee Foundation

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.

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About Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley

How much does Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley give?
Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley reported 86 grants totaling $483,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 87 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (17%), Animals (15%), Education (14%).
Who are Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Provident Inc ($178k), The Pongo Fund ($125k), Watkinson School ($87k).
Does Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley 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 Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, Trio Foundation of St Louis.
Where is Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley based?
Bland Family Foundation Attn Ryan Easley is based in MO.

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 153 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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