Skip to content
Blr Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Blr 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.

$124k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$90kYouth Development$62kRecreation & Sports$43kArts & Culture$25kFood & Nutrition$22kEnvironment$17kHuman Services$15kPhilanthropy$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $63k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PINK RIBBON GIRLS$22,500
THE MAHAN COLLECTION FOUNDATION$15,000
DAKOTAS LEGACY FOUNDATION$15,000
INTERPARISH MINISTRY$10,000
MADI'S HOUSE$9,500
GREYHOUND ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB$8,000
CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER$5,000
LITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY$5,000
BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER OF GREATER CINCINNATI$5,000
FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION$5,000
FRIENDS OF TURPIN$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ANDERSON ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
E A EDDIE ROBBINS MEMORIAL FUND INC$2,500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Families Against Mandatory Minimums: $10k → 14%Shriners Hospital: $2k → 13%Lindner Center of Hope: $15k → 6%CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $5k → 9%PINK RIBBON GIRLS: $23k → 10%DAKOTAS LEGACY FOUNDATION: $15k → 15%The Boys and Girls Club: $28k → 16%E A EDDIE ROBBINS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3k → 20%GREYHOUND ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB: $8k → 20%THE MAHAN COLLECTION FOUNDATION: $15k → 5%Frederick Douglas Project: $10k → 14%CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $2k → 9%PINK RIBBON GIRLS: $11k → 10%DAYTON HOSPICE: $5k → 14%DAKOTAS LEGACY FOUNDATION: $7k → 15%The Boys and Girls Club: $8k → 16%LITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $6k → 9%Pink Ribbon Girls: $5k → 10%LITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $5k → 9%Pink Ribbon Girls: $5k → 10%DAYTON HOSPICE: $5k → 14%Madi's House: $3k → 16%Shrine Hospital: $2k → 9%16th Annual Shrine Shoot: $2k → 9%ANDERSON ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $6k → 16%Anderson HS Athletic Department: $5k → 16%ANDERSON ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $5k → 16%Shield Ohio: $10k → 16%Shield Ohio: $5k → 16%The Shield Ohio: $5k → 16%SHIELD OHIO: $5k → 16%MADI'S HOUSE: $10k → 16%SHIELD OHIO: $5k → 16%INTERPARISH MINISTRY: $10k → 16%INTERPARISH MINISTRY: $6k → 16%FRIENDS OF TURPIN: $6k → 16%FRIENDS OF TURPIN: $5k → 16%Friends of Turpin: $5k → 16%Inter Parish Ministry: $3k → 16%Inter Parish Ministry: $2k → 16%Carradine Youth Boxing Academy: $10k → 16%Carradine Youth Boxing Academy: $5k → 16%Carradine Youth Boxing Academy: $5k → 16%Crossroads Church: $5k → 16%BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%AIA Cincinnati: $2k → 16%Forest Hills Foundation: $8k → 16%FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION: $5k → 16%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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$251k · 15 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
17

Total granted

$251k
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
-16%

Still filing today

60%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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
HealthEnvironmentEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PR
    PINK RIBBON GOOD INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +438%
  • IP
    Inter Parish Ministry Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $21k · revenue +151%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF TURPIN CO TURPIN HIGH SCHOOL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $16k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • LC
    Lindner Center of Hope
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • FA
    FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -41%
  • FD
    Frederick Douglas Project
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
3
The Christ Hospital

Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.

Health
4
The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati Ohio

The organization's mission is to improve the health status of the community it serves.

Health
5
Presbyterian Hospital Foundation

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
6
High Point Regional Health

To improve health, elevate hope, and advance healing for all.

Health
7
Forsyth Medical Center Foundation

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
8
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater cincinnati offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.

Human Services
9
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
10
Kids Beating Cancer Inc

Organization - kids beating cancer, inc., (kbc) is a nonprofit, nonstock florida corporation formed in 1992. kbc provides access to life-saving treatments through the science of cellular therapy and advancing pediatric innovative, novel,…

Human Services
11
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
12
Highmark Health Group

Working as an integrated system within highmark health, employees at all of ahn's care sites, including hospitals, health + wellness pavilions, primary and specialty care offices and more, are committed to improving health and promoting…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Mahan Collection Foundation 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

19 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. 19 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Boys and Girls Club: $36,000 · OtherThe Boys and Girls ClubIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDAKOTA S LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · OtherDAKOTA S LEGACY FOUNDATION INCInter Parish Ministry Inc: $21,000 · OtherInter Parish Ministry IncCarradine Youth Boxing Academy: $20,000 · OtherCarradine Youth Boxing AcademyFRIENDS OF TURPIN CO TURPIN HIGH SCHOOL: $15,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF TURPIN CO TURPIN HIGH SCHOOLLindner Center of Hope: $15,000 · OtherLindner Center of HopeANDERSON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB: $13,800 · OtherANDERSON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherFAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS: $10,000 · OtherFrederick Douglas Project: $10,000 · OtherForest Hills Foundation: $8,000 · Other+12 more: $25,125 · Other+12 morePINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $44,125 · HealthPINK RIBBON GOOD INCMadis House Inc: $12,000 · HealthMadis House Inc+5 more: $6,200 · Health+5 moreLITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $10,500 · EnvironmentCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $6,750 · EnvironmentTHE MAHAN COLLECTION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureGREYHOUND ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $8,000 · EducationFOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $5,000 · EducationEA EDDIE ROBBINS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyHOUSE OF BREAD: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$236,425Health$62,325Environment$17,250Arts & Culture$15,000Education$13,000Philanthropy$2,500Food & Nutrition$500

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 budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $44,125 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF TURPIN CO TURPIN HIGH SCHOOL: $15,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTHE MAHAN COLLECTION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetANDERSON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB: $13,800 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMadis House Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $10,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGREYHOUND ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $8,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $6,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOVANTE WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEECHWOOD HOME: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF BREAD: $500 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.

  • Who funds PINK RIBBON GOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds Inter Parish Ministry Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF TURPIN CO TURPIN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE MAHAN COLLECTION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Madis House Inc ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS ↗
  • Who funds GREYHOUND ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC ↗
  • Who funds FOREST HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EA EDDIE ROBBINS MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds JOVANTE WOODS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEECHWOOD HOME ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF BREAD ↗

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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Blr Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blr Foundation Inc. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 38 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Blr’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home