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Bsl Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$91kEducation$48kAnimals$41kHousing & Shelter$36kPublic Benefit$35kHealth$34kInternational$31kHuman Services$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$139k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRU$15,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ST PIUS X CATHOLIC CHURCH$5,000
DOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
SCENIC CHARITABLE TRUST INC$2,500
PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF JAMESTOWN$2,000
AMERICA'S FAMILY COACHES$2,000
OPEN DOOR MISSION$1,500
JAVA RELIEF FOUNDATION$1,500
IOWA RIGHT TO LIFE$1,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR$1,000
SIENAFRANCIS HOUSE MEN'S SHELTER$1,000
LEAST OF MY BRETHERN$1,000
MOTHER OF GOD MONASTERY$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%EPS ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES INC: $800 → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%BETHELEHEM HOUSE: $500 → 15%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%UNBOUND: $500 → 16%EPS ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES INC: $800 → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%BETHELEHEM HOUSE: $500 → 15%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $2k → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $2k → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $750 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%JOY TO THE WORLD FOUNDATION: $750 → 9%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $2k → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $750 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%JOY TO THE WORLD FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $2k → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $750 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $1k → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $500 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $1k → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $500 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $1k → 12%SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $500 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $1k → 12%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $500 → 11%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $1k → 12%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $500 → 11%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $500 → 11%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $500 → 11%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $500 → 11%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%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

WA
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
SD
IA
OH
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$527k · 51 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
30

Total granted

$527k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+17%

Still filing today

61%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • PJ
    PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +2%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $25k · revenue +134%
  • UO
    University of Jamestown
    7× · 2019–2025 · $14k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • DO
    DIOCESE OF DES MOINES
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • BP
    BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $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
The Human Choice of Iowa

Mission is to provide women facing an unplanned pregnancy with truthful medical information and education. we are faith-based with a mission to encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from the moment of…

Human Services
2
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
5
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
6
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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7
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
8
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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9
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
10
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
11
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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12
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Dynamic Catholic Institute. 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

50 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. 50 of the 87 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/50
Grantees still filing
35/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRU: $141,000 · OtherCRUST BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $28,150 · OtherST BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCHDOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $23,000 · OtherDOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 · OtherFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $22,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCENIC CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $14,500 · Other+49 more: $140,250 · Other+49 morePUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $31,250 · Human ServicesPUPPY JAKE FO…OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $13,150 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MIS…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRI…SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $6,750 · Human ServicesSOUTHWEST OPT…SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $3,800 · Human Services+7 more: $6,550 · Human Services+7 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 · ReligionAmerica's Family Coaches Inc: $18,500 · ReligionTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $2,700 · Religion+1 more: $500 · ReligionUniversity of Jamestown: $14,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $4,700 · EducationPROJECT SUCCESS: $4,250 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+3 more: $1,200 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $4,250 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $12,400 · InternationalFAITH REVEALED: $5,000 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $2,750 · InternationalTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Public Benefit
Other$391,900Human Services$72,000Religion$46,700Education$25,150Health$20,250International$20,150Public Benefit$12,500

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 budgetPUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $31,250 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerica's Family Coaches Inc: $18,500 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetUniversity of Jamestown: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $13,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $12,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN: $6,750 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetALPHA CENTER: $5,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAITH REVEALED: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $4,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRUTH HARBOR: $4,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPRELUDE BEHAVIORAL SERVICES: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $4,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS: $4,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $3,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $2,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VILLAGE OF HARMONY HILL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND BALL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPS ESSENTIAL PREGNANCY SERVICES INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJoy To The World Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humanity Alliance: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARYS WISH: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBETHLEHEM HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY FIRST INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA FAMILY ALLIANCE INC: $700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCedarville University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnbound: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC UNITED FINANCIAL FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIOWA STATE SHERIFFS' & DEPUTIES' ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE INC: $100 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 PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds America's Family Coaches Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of Jamestown ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST OPTIONS FOR WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds ALPHA CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MICAH HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FAITH REVEALED ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RUTH HARBOR ↗
  • Who funds PRELUDE BEHAVIORAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SUCCESS ↗
  • Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗

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.

Community Fdn of Grea…The Charles and Mary …The Lozier FoundationPrairie Meadows Race …The Sherwood Foundati…R & R Realty Group Fo…Suzanne & Walter Scot…Mutual of Omaha Found…The Hawks FoundationRobert B Daugherty Fo…The Merchants Bonding…First Interstate Banc…
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA19× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Sherwood Foundation · R & R Realty Group Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc

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 Bsl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bsl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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 87 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 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