· Private foundation
Blank Family Foundation
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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
71% of Blank Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Blank Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $198k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k4 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $100,000 |
| HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC | $50,000 |
| INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS | $18,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| THE BAKKEN MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| VILLAGE SCHOOL OF THE BIBLE | $5,000 |
| HELPING PAWS | $5,000 |
| AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
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 (FY19–20, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2019, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE5× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +120%
- IOINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS6× · 2019–2024 · $84k · revenue +43%
- AWAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC2× · 2019–2024 · $15k · revenue +27%
Funded once
HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +76%- SASALVATION ARMYone grant, 2019 · $10k
- VSVILLAGE SCHOOLS OF THE BIBLE INCone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -46%
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over seventy countries around the world.
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.
World christian broadcasting exists so that people in places best served by broadcast media become aware of the good news of jesus christ and want to know more. geographic areas that cannot be easily served by missionaries are a priority.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 17 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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BAKKEN ↗
- Who funds VILLAGE SCHOOLS OF THE BIBLE INC ↗
- Who funds HELPING PAWS INC ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MARTIN / ST LUCIE INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE CHIMPS INC ↗
- Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
- Who funds Our Daily Bread Ministries Trust ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Blank Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blank Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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