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Blue Dor Foundation

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.

$118k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$174kPhilanthropy$164kYouth Development$97kInternational$70kHealth$61kCivil Rights$60kRecreation & Sports$39kEducation$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $75k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES$15,000
GRATITUDE GENERATION$15,000
GIVEWELL AKA CLEAR FUND$15,000
DIRECT GIVING LAB$10,000
READING POWER INC$10,000
CAMP FOR ALL KIDS$10,000
HOWARD BROWN HEALTH$5,000
TIDES FOUNDATION$5,000
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS$5,000
WORKING BIKES$5,000
BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE$5,000
CHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER$5,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK$4,600
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO$3,600
JEWISHCOLORADO$2,700
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 (FY18–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KEEP SWIMMING FOUNDATION: $1k → 5%PARADOX SPORTS: $5k → 12%FAITH IN ACTION: $5k → 10%FAITH IN ACTION: $5k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $5k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $4k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $4k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $3k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $3k → 12%FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES CHICAGOLAND: $10k → 8%FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES CHICAGOLAND: $5k → 8%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $5k → 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
WI
NY
MA
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 81% of Blue Dor Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 54% of the giving stays in IL; by stated purpose, 8%.

Blue Dor Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$659k · 21 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
10

Total granted

$659k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
0%

Still filing today

90%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementCrime & 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

  • Gratitude Generation Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +27%
  • WB
    Working Bikes
    8× · 2018–2025 · $40k · revenue +52%
  • IC
    ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $39k · revenue +489%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +110%
  • YB
    YOUTH BUILD
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights

Colorado organization for latina opportunity and reproductive rights (color) is a community-rooted nonprofit organization that works to enable latinx individuals and their families lead safe, healthy, self-determined lives.

Health
2
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
3
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
4
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence

The mission of the center for legal inclusiveness (cli) is to advance diversity in the legal profession by actively educating and supporting private and public sector legal organizations in their individual campaigns to create cultures of…

Civil Rights
5
Community Credit Lab

To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.

Human Services
6
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
7
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
8
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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9
Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc

Advance workers rights & social justice through building sustained relationships and taking direct action to create concrete change in the lives of working families

Employment
10
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
11
Cair-Chicago

A grass roots civil rights activisim, community outreach and political empowerment to the community members.

Civil Rights
12
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Advancing the well-being of all coloradans through relationships free from abuse and oppression.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gratitude Generation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp for All Kids. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIRECT GIVING LAB: $95,000 · PhilanthropyDIRECT GIVING LABGratitude Generation Inc: $45,000 · PhilanthropyGratitude Generation IncTHE CLEAR FUND: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUNDTIDES FOUNDATION: $24,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,700 · PhilanthropyGIVEWELL AKA CLEAR FUND: $95,000 · OtherGIVEWELL AKA CLEAR FUNDCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $38,750 · OtherCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTERHoward Brown Health Center: $20,000 · OtherHoward Brown Health CenterFAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES: $15,000 · OtherFAMILIES HELPING FAMILIESBROADWAY YOUTH CENTER: $8,750 · Other+6 more: $19,100 · Other+6 moreCamp for All Kids: $37,750 · Youth DevelopmentCamp for All K…BEYOND THE BALL NFP: $34,000 · Youth DevelopmentBEYOND THE BAL…READING POWER INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentREADING POWER …ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS: $38,750 · Civil RightsILLINOIS C…COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $12,500 · Civil RightsCOALITION …ROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $9,600 · Civil RightsROCKY MOUN…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN C…COLORADO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION: $4,000 · Civil RightsCOLORADO I…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $17,700 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAM…FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES CHICAGOLAND: $15,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES H…BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Human ServicesBRAVE SPAC…FAITH IN ACTION: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAITH IN A…PARADOX SPORTS: $5,000 · Human ServicesPARADOX SP…Casa De Paz: $4,300 · Human ServicesCasa De Pa…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $45,000 · Community ImprovementBUSINESSES…TOGETHER COLORADO: $21,800 · Community ImprovementTOGETHER C…Working Bikes: $40,000 · International
Philanthropy$196,700Other$196,600Youth Development$96,750Civil Rights$69,850Human Services$68,000Community Improvement$66,800International$40,000

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 budgetDIRECT GIVING LAB: $95,000 over 7y, 30% of budgetGratitude Generation Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWorking Bikes: $40,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS: $38,750 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $38,750 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $37,750 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBEYOND THE BALL NFP: $34,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREADING POWER INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER COLORADO: $21,800 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHoward Brown Health Center: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $17,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES CHICAGOLAND: $15,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $9,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARADOX SPORTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCasa De Paz: $4,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADAMAH INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP SWIMMING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetGIVE N KIND: $1,000 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.

Rose Community Founda…AbbVie FoundationThe Chicago Community…Fwdus Education Fund …Silicon Valley Commun…ImpactassetsincNEO Philanthropy IncThe Colorado Health F…The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…
Rose Community FoundationCO15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Fwdus Education Fund Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment 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 Dor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blue Dor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Adamah Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report 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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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