South Carolina · Private foundation
Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc
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.
- $180k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $170k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $129k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $139k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $133k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $134k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $172k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $128k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $351,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Inc | $150,000 | 9 | 5% |
| South Carolina Environmental Law Project Inc | $105,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Academy of Mount Saint Ursula | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Roper St Francis Foundation | $35,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Charleston Symphony Orchestra | $28,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charleston Moves | $11,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grace Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $351,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Inc | $150,000 | 9 | 5% |
| South Carolina Environmental Law Project Inc | $105,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Academy of Mount Saint Ursula | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Roper St Francis Foundation | $35,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Charleston Symphony Orchestra | $28,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charleston Moves | $11,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grace Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Space Institute Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cherry Hills Land Preserve Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($458k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc
- How much does Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc give?
- Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $180,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (44%), Religion (21%), Health (14%).
- Who are Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lowcountry Land Trust Inc ($351k), Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Inc ($150k), South Carolina Environmental Law Project Inc ($105k).
- Does Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc 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 Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Post and Courier Foundation, Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc.
- Where is Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc based?
- Henry M Blackmer Foundation Inc is based in SC.
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