Skip to content
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Public charity

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

The association serves its membership consisting of independent blue cross and blue shield member plans that operate within specific geographic service areas.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.1MHealth$726kPublic Benefit$450kHousing & Shelter$250kEmployment$171kCommunity Improvement$150kFood & Nutrition$128kCivil Rights$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $109k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $550k
  • $250k+1 grant · $550k
$50,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$550,000
ALLIANCE TO FIGHT THE FORTY (AKA ALLIANCE TO FIGHT FOR HEALTH CARE)$150,000
NAACP$100,000
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD FOUNDATION ON HEALTH CARE$100,000
KEEP AMERICANS COVERED$50,000
MARCH OF DIMES$50,000
THE FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (FREOPP)$50,000
AMERICAN ACTION FORUM$50,000
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK$28,000
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$20,000
GARDENEERS$15,000
ESCALENT$13,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$12,500
YMCA$10,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $269k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $13k → 8%FEDERAL EMPLOYEE EDUCATION & ASSISTANCE FUNDS: $171k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $28k → 15%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $13k → 8%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $25k → 15%YMCA: $10k → 14%YMCA: $10k → 14%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
MA
NJ
CT
UT
KY
VA
MD
KS
DC
HI
GA
TX
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 12 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
14

Total granted

$2.1M
$967k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementSocial ScienceEducationOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +35%
  • AT
    Alliance to Fight for Health Care
    2× · 2023–2024 · $250k · revenue +54%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE FUTURE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue -70%
  • FE
    FEDERAL EMPLOYEE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $171k · revenue -18%
  • AH
    AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -13%
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

—
2
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

—
3
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
4
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
American College Health Association

The american college health association (acha) serves as the principal leadership organization for advancing the health of college students and campus communities through advocacy, education, and research.

Health
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
America's Essential Hospitals

America's essential hospitals champions excellence in health care for all, regardless of social or economic circumstance, and advances the work of hospitals and health systems committed to ensuring access to care and optimal health for…

—
9
American Benefits Council

To promote sound employee benefit public policy.

—
10
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Inc

To accelerate the nation's progress towards safe, efficient, high - quality health care and the improved health status of the american population.

—
11
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

—
12
National Coalition On Health Care

The mission of the national coalition on health care (nchc) is to support research and analysis, develop and promote policy solutions, build consensus, and engage the public in order to ensure that america has a high quality health system…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Escalante Heritage Center. 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

29 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. 29 of the 30 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
15/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,050,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICAUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentPARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE FUTURE INC: $200,000 · OtherPARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH …NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CE…KEEP AMERICANS COVERED: $50,000 · OtherTHE ARC OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $43,500 · OtherAMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC: $125,000 · OtherAMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS …ONE NATION: $100,000 · OtherONE NATIONNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVA…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $75,000 · OtherMARCH OF DIMES INCGARDENEERS: $40,000 · Other+8 more: $109,500 · Other+8 moreFEDERAL EMPLOYEE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE FUND: $171,000 · Human ServicesFEDERAL E…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $52,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS…CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES T…The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago: $20,000 · Human ServicesThe YMCA …Alliance to Fight for Health Care: $250,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: $150,000 · Community ImprovementHOUSE MAJORITY FORWARD: $100,000 · Community ImprovementBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD FOUNDATION ON HEALTH CARE: $200,054 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,562 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC: $150,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $50,000 · Social Science
Youth Development$1,090,000Other$943,000Human Services$268,500Housing & Shelter$250,000Community Improvement$250,000Philanthropy$205,616Social Science$200,000

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,050,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAlliance to Fight for Health Care: $250,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD FOUNDATION ON HEALTH CARE: $200,054 over 2y, 98% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE FUTURE INC: $200,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFEDERAL EMPLOYEE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE FUND: $171,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: $150,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC: $150,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSE MAJORITY FORWARD: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetONE NATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $52,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $43,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGARDENEERS: $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ESCALANTE HERITAGE CENTER: $22,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetThe YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNurses Organization of Veterans Affairs: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $5,562 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Federation of America…Pharmaceutical Resear…American Hospital Ass…Biotechnology Innovat…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Federation of American HospitalsDC15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Federation of American Hospitals · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · American Hospital Association · Biotechnology Innovation Organization · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc of Prince George's County Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report 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 30 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 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’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