North Carolina · Private foundation
Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter-
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.
- $965k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2024
- 58
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $306,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 52 to 66
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k 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 | 46 | $965k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 58 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 66 | $1.5M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $1.1M | 57% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $841k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildacres Retreat | $1,681,500 | 5 | 52% |
| United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc | $460,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Wild Earth Society Incorporated | $121,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Queens University of Charlotte | $105,250 | 5 | 0% |
| North Carolina Conservation Network | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Crisis Assistance Ministry | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Community Empowerment Fund | $67,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Charlotte Ballet | $62,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sustain Charlotte Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Wilderness Society | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 74 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community · Dowd Foundation Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Southminster Inc · Womens Impact Fund
How this is measured
Compare Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- with peer funders
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About Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter-
- How much does Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- give?
- Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- reported 46 grants totaling $964,970 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Philanthropy (18%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter-'s largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Wildacres Retreat ($1.7M), United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc ($460k), Wild Earth Society Incorporated ($121k).
- Does Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- 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 Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter-?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- based?
- Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- is based in NC.