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Blechman-David Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$151k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What you fund
0179% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Religion$214kEducation$170kPhilanthropy$35kArts & Culture$25kCrime & Legal$6kHealth$6kEmployment$5kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $120k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$70,000
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY$50,000
MACHAR$12,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM$5,000
CNU FERGUSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS$2,500
LAVINIA ENGLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,500
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 (FY19–24, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LACKEY CLINIC: $250 → 5%ORACLE CITY: $1k → 9%AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM: $25k → 17%AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM: $5k → 17%AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM: $5k → 17%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

MN
IL
NY
IA
PA
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA
TX

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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$496k · 13 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
22

Total granted

$496k
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+9%

Still filing today

23%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsHousing & ShelterInternationalOther

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

  • AA
    AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $35k · revenue +37%
  • F2
    FEAR 2 FREEDOM INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $6k · revenue +3%
  • TM
    THE MARINERS' MUSEUM
    2× · 2018–2019 · $5k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • RS
    RODEF SHOLOM TEMPLE
    one grant, 2018 · $147k
  • PV
    PHILANTHROPIC VENTURE FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue 0% · 57% of their budget
  • HR
    HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -9%

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
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

2
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

3
Americares Foundation Inc

Americares mission is to help people and communities around the world access (see schedule o).

International
4
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
8
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
9
Arrow

To make grants to charitable organizations and programs that support the achievement of sexual and reproductive health (srh) of the poor & underprivileged women and others in the asia-pacific and elsewhere.

International
10
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
11
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
12
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches and the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

17 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. 17 of the 37 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $170,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRODEF SHOLOM TEMPLE — $146,760 · OtherRODEF SHOLOM TEMPLEHAMPTON UNIVERSITY — $125,000 · OtherHAMPTON UNIVERSITYUJC OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA — $56,750 · OtherUJC OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAMACHAR — $44,500 · OtherMACHARIndividual grant recipient — $30,000 · Other+19 more — $34,850 · Other+19 moreAN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC — $35,000 · Human Services+3 more — $1,350 · Human ServicesPHILANTHROPIC VENTURE FUND — $35,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $100 · PhilanthropyFEAR 2 FREEDOM INC — $6,000 · Crime & LegalTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM — $5,250 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $5,000 · Health+2 more — $200 · HealthHAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY — $5,000 · Education
Other$607,860Human Services$36,350Philanthropy$35,100Crime & Legal$6,000Arts & Culture$5,250Health$5,200Education$5,000

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 budgetPHILANTHROPIC VENTURE FUND — $35,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetAN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC — $35,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFEAR 2 FREEDOM INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM — $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVEN- TION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRITICAL ROLE FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Against Malaria Foundation — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC — $100 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 PHILANTHROPIC VENTURE FUND
  • Who funds AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC
  • Who funds FEAR 2 FREEDOM INC
  • Who funds THE MARINERS' MUSEUM
  • Who funds HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds ORACLE CITY
  • Who funds OLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC
  • Who funds PENINSULA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVEN- TION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS
  • Who funds CRITICAL ROLE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds NAMI National
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC
  • Who funds The Against Malaria Foundation
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS 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.

Jp Yancey FoundationVA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jp Yancey Foundation · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Blechman-David Foundation 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.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Blechman-David Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Blechman-David Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 37 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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