Vermont · Private foundation
Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $91k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $157k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $91k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $41k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $209k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $465k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $917k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $351k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc | $475,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Research & Edu Fdn | $65,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund Inc | $54,490 | 2 | 5% |
| Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Net Zero Vermont Incorporated | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| 350 Vermont Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| York County History Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Rail Action Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc | $475,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Research & Edu Fdn | $65,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund Inc | $54,490 | 2 | 5% |
| Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Net Zero Vermont Incorporated | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| 350 Vermont Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| York County History Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Rail Action Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sterling College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont International Film Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Vermont Energy Education Program Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pittsford Village Farm Dba Pittsford Preservation Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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
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About Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc give?
- Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $91,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (44%), Environment (29%), Public Benefit (15%).
- Who are Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc ($475k), University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc ($450k), Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Research & Edu Fdn ($65k).
- Does Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Christina Heroy Foundation, Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc.
- Where is Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc based?
- Blittersdorf Family Foundation Inc is based in VT.
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