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Blh Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$350k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.9MHealth$729kHuman Services$356kFood & Nutrition$185kPublic Benefit$165kEducation$150kEnvironment$145kInternational$80kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $410k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $445k
  • $250k+2 grants · $650k
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHILANTHROPIES$350,000
INTERMOUNTAIN FOUNDATION$300,000
HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION$200,000
OPERATION PAY IT FORWARD$100,000
CO2 COALITION$85,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$60,000
SAMARITAN PURSE$40,000
MERCURY ONE$40,000
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$40,000
BROTHERHOOD FOR THE FALLEN$35,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$30,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$30,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$30,000
ESCALERA FOUNDATION$20,000
LIONHEART GIFT FOUNDATION$20,000
02The need
03

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 (FY23–24, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $15k → 8%MERCY CHEFS: $20k → 20%UTAH FOSTER CARE: $1k → 8%LIONHEART GIFT FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $20k → 8%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

IL
MI
NY
CA
UT
VA
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 13 repeat orgs$330k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
7

Total granted

$3.5M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-3%

Still filing today

77%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesPublic BenefitHealthEducationEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $600k · revenue +166%
  • UF
    UTAH FOOD BANK
    3× · 2022–2024 · $185k · revenue +5%
  • CC
    CO2 COALITION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $145k · revenue +325%

Funded once

  • CS
    CCD Smiles
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -83% · 39% of their budget
  • EW
    EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -3%
  • PV
    PROJECT VERITAS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +158%
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
Utah Foundation

Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…

Public Benefit
2
Utah Geological Foundation
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3
Utah 1033 Foundation

The utah 1033 foundation raises money to provide immediate financial assistance to the families of fallen utah police officers and scholarships to the children of all utah police officers.

Human Services
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
Trail of Honor
—
6
Packages From Home

To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans

Philanthropy
7
Utah Motorsports Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Utah Swat Inc
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9
Travis Manion Foundation

Tmf empowers veterans and families of fallen heroes to develop character in future generations.

Philanthropy
10
National Medal of Honor Center for Leadership

The national medal of honor center for leadership prepares individuals to lead with courage, integrity, and service by delivering immersive, values based leadership education rooted in the enduring principles of the medal of honor. through…

Philanthropy
11
Folds of Honor Foundation

To provide educational scholarships for qualifying spouses and/or dependent children of military service men and women and first responders killed or disabled while serving and defending our great nation.

Education
12
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bradley W Taylor K9 Memorial Fund. 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

27 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. 27 of the 35 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILANTHROPIES: $1,000,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPIESINTERMOUNTAIN FOUNDATION: $900,000 · OtherINTERMOUNTAIN FOUNDATIONUTAH FOOD BANK: $185,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANK+15 more: $315,000 · Other+15 moreHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $600,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN CANCER FO…CCD Smiles: $50,000 · HealthCCD Smiles+1 more: $3,800 · HealthOPERATION PAY IT FORWARD: $300,000 · Public BenefitOPERATION PA…JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $70,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WAT…THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE…+1 more: $10,000 · Public BenefitPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $70,000 · EducationOUR CHILDRENS FRIEND INC: $10,000 · EducationCO2 COALITION: $145,000 · EnvironmentMERCY CHEFS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOME: $20,000 · Human ServicesLIONHEART GIFT FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesBROTHERHOOD FOR THE FALLEN: $75,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,400,000Health$653,800Public Benefit$450,000Education$150,000Environment$145,000Human Services$76,000Crime & Legal$75,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOPERATION PAY IT FORWARD: $300,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $185,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCO2 COALITION: $145,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBROTHERHOOD FOR THE FALLEN: $75,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DAYS OF '47 INC: $60,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetCCD Smiles: $50,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercury One Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIONHEART GIFT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRON MCBRIDE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUTAH HONOR FLIGHT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBRADLEY W TAYLOR K9 MEMORIAL FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetOUR CHILDRENS FRIEND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION: $3,800 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUtah Foster Care Foundation Inc: $1,000 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.

Larry H Miller and Ga…Sorenson Legacy Found…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family FoundationUT13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Blh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 35 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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