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Blanton Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$175k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212025.

Education$507kArts & Culture$222kHuman Services$103kInternational$14kYouth Development$12kPhilanthropy$10kHealth$3kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
$6,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE$27,500
YMCA PAR 3$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$14,000
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY$14,000
ACADEMY PREP CENTERS FOR EDUCATION$12,000
LAKELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL & SCHOOL$8,120
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC$8,000
WARNER UNIVERSITY$8,000
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$7,000
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC$7,000
HARRISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$6,000
JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$6,000
BOSTON CONSERVATORY AT BERKLEE$6,000
OBERLIN COLLEGE$6,000
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 (FY21–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%VISTE: $6k → 16%VISTE: $6k → 16%VISTE: $6k → 16%VISTE: $6k → 16%VISTE: $6k → 16%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.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CO
MD
LA
TX
FL

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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$799k · 29 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +16% since the first grant, against +16% for the ones you funded once.

29 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
8

Total granted

$799k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+16%

Still filing today

48%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • FS
    FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $209k · revenue +56%
  • VI
    VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $28k · revenue +62%
  • SU
    SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $26k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • IC
    ITHACA COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +7%
  • PS
    POLK STATE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • LV
    LAKELAND VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +16%

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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

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

4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
7
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
8
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
9
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
10
Manhattanville University

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

Education
11
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
12
Simpson College

Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berklee College of Music Inc and the most unlike its peers is Lakeland Community Theatre Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyClassical Music EnsemblesCommunity Arts OrganizationsYouth Development CentersCommunity Health CentersCommunity FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 71 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr15%20%20–35yr9%15%35–55yr12%65%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr15%7%20–35yr9%14%35–55yr12%79%55yr+

The field is 27% 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 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
17%
17,089/103,019

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

22 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YMCA PAR 3 — $75,000 · OtherYMCA PAR 3THE IMPERIAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $70,000 · OtherTHE IMPERIAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCACADEMY PREP CENTERS FOR EDUCATION — $46,000 · OtherACADEMY PREP CENTERS FOR EDUCATIONFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · OtherFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYEASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC — $27,000 · OtherEASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSICHARRISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $26,000 · OtherHARRISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTERUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA — $26,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAPENN STATE UNIVERSITY — $20,000 · OtherBOSTON CONSERVATORY AT BERKLEE — $18,000 · Other+14 more — $97,119 · Other+14 moreFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE — $209,000 · EducationFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGESOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC — $26,000 · EducationSOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INCTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $21,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System…ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY INC — $15,000 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC — $14,000 · EducationPLATFORM ART INC — $12,500 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITY — $12,000 · Education+6 more — $44,807 · Education+6 moreLAKELAND COMMUNITY THEATRE INC — $17,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC — $8,120 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $6,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $3,000 · Arts & CultureVOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY INC — $28,000 · Human ServicesGIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyLAKELAND VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC — $3,000 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC — $1,500 · Youth Development
Other$435,119Education$354,307Arts & Culture$34,620Human Services$28,000Philanthropy$10,000Health$3,000Youth Development$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE — $209,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IMPERIAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $70,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY INC — $28,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC — $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAKELAND COMMUNITY THEATRE INC — $17,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY INC — $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC — $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLATFORM ART INC — $12,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University — $9,807 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC — $8,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOberlin College — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetITHACA COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKELAND VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
  • Who funds THE IMPERIAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY INC
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
  • Who funds LAKELAND COMMUNITY THEATRE INC
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY INC
  • Who funds BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC
  • Who funds PLATFORM ART INC
  • Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Baldwin Wallace University
  • Who funds MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC
  • Who funds University of Miami
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
  • Who funds Oberlin College
  • Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC
  • Who funds ITHACA COLLEGE
  • Who funds LAKELAND VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE INC
  • Who funds FLORIDA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC

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.

Glenn W & Hazelle Paxson Morrison Foundation IncFL26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Glenn W & Hazelle Paxson Morrison Foundation Inc · Givewell Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Florida Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · George Jenkins Foundation Inc · Lola Mann Memorial Fund · Lakeland Area Chamber Foundation · Cps Cares Inc · Agamerica Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Blanton Charitable 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • University of Miami5% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc1% of income from government
  • Florida Southern College0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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