· Public charity
Global Blood Fund
To work with low and middle hdi countries to ensure a safe and sufficient blood supply for all by promoting voluntary non-remunerated blood donation to help prevent the hundreds of thousands of deaths that result each year from blood shortages.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center | $14,613 |
| Lifeshare Blood Centers | $6,769 |
| Suncoast Communities Blood Bank Inc | $6,190 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Grants abroad, by region: $31k on the FY2025 return
Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: SUPPORT THE STAFF AT THE ZAPORIZHZHYA BLOOD CENTER
How this is measured
3 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.
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Global Blood Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Global Blood Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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