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Blanton 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.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$470kArts & Culture$91kFood & Nutrition$35kHuman Services$16kCommunity Improvement$15kEnvironment$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kPhilanthropy$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$360k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$30,000
GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT$15,182
WHIZKIDS$15,000
GREENLIGHT$15,000
ALPHA CHI FOUNDATION$15,000
SW ASSOCIATION OF EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS$10,000
BOX 4 FIRE$10,000
DONORSCHOOSEORG$6,459
PI KAPPA ALPHA FOUNDATION$2,500
PRESERVATION PARK CITIES$1,500
ABBIE SHELTER$1,031
TMI-THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF TEXAS$500
DTCARE - NATIONAL WILDLIFE FED$250
GLOBAL GIVING$200
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $13k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $13k → 11%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT: $15k → 14%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
NV
IN
PA
CA
CO
VA
TN
DC
LA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$566k · 14 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
14

Total granted

$566k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+22%

Still filing today

57%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WM
    Witte Museum
    2× · 2021–2023 · $35k · revenue +39%
  • NV
    NORTH VALLEY MUSIC SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $35k · revenue +88%
  • NV
    NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK
    3× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +18%
  • AG
    ALPHA GAMMA HOUSE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
North Texas Food Bank

To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.

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2
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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3
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
4
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
5
Ufw Foundation

The ufw foundation's mission is to empower communities to ensure human dignity.

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6
South Texas Food Bank

To alleviate hunger in the immediate service area through the distribution of food products donated by the usda, feeding america, area grocery stores, etc. which are distributed to the needy by way of area food banks and other qualified…

Community Improvement
7
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
8
Texas Medical Association

The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…

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9
Food Bank of West Central Texas

To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.

Food & Nutrition
10
Trellis Foundation

We believe every texas student deserves the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential or degree that helps them achieve the future they envision for themselves and their families. we invest in the programs, practices, and policies…

Human Services
11
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our…

Environment
12
Texas Water Foundation

Texas water foundation is a statewide nonprofit that provides educational resources and educational services on water in texas for decision makers, water professionals, and everyday texans. texas water foundation works in the areas of…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenlight Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TMI-THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $298,716 · OtherTMI-THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF TEXASCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: $35,000 · OtherCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESALPHA CHI FOUNDATION: $30,470 · OtherALPHA CHI FOUNDATIONST GEORGE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $29,516 · OtherST GEORGE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL+21 more: $69,438 · Other+21 moreSOUTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION OF EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS: $35,000 · EducationSOUTHWESTERN A…NORTH VALLEY MUSIC SCHOOL: $35,000 · EducationNORTH VALLEY M…Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $12,500 · EducationPi Kappa Alpha…DONORSCHOOSEORG: $6,459 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEOR…Witte Museum: $35,000 · Arts & CultureWitte Mus…DAEDALIAN FOUNDATION: $19,000 · Arts & CultureDAEDALIAN…+2 more: $1,600 · Arts & CultureNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $30,217 · Human ServicesGENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $15,182 · Human ServicesGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $9,961 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORG: $1,024 · PhilanthropyBIG MOUNTAIN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$463,140Education$88,959Arts & Culture$55,600Human Services$45,399Community Improvement$15,000Philanthropy$10,985Public Safety & Disaster$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION OF EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS: $35,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWitte Museum: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH VALLEY MUSIC SCHOOL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $30,217 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDAEDALIAN FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $9,961 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $6,459 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG MOUNTAIN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetPRESERVATION PARK CITIES: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $1,201 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $1,024 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS DIAPER BANK: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Blanton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blanton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 39 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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