· Private foundation
Blt Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDRE | $15,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $15,000 |
| TRANS YOUTH EMERGENCY PROJECT | $15,000 |
| CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB | $15,000 |
| UPWARD BOUND HOUSE DEV DEPT | $15,000 |
| 350ORG | $10,000 |
| BRENNAN CENTER | $10,000 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NINORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT6× · 2018–2023 · $68k · revenue +81%
MADRE INC5× · 2018–2022 · $67k · revenue +39%
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC5× · 2018–2022 · $63k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- WTWASHINGTON THERAPY FUNDone grant, 2024 · $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.
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.
The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…
The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.
The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…
To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.
As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.
To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights, and to take action to further those liberties and rights within the state of washington.
To achieve legal and systematic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world.
The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
CIVIL LIBERTIES DEFENSE CENTER (CLDC) educates the general public about their rights and privileges under the US Constitution and provides free legal support to climate and social justice activists.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 26 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 350ORG ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds MADRE INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Fair Elections Center ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND INC ↗
- Who funds CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Blt Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blt Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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