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Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$714k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
2
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$103,597
Largest grant, FY2023
$530,131
Organizations funded a year
2 to 14
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $634k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20232$634k100%
FY20225$65k60%
FY20218$65k38%
FY202011$75k91%
FY20193$20k100%
FY20184$50k75%
FY201714$90kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$749kInternational$145kArts & Culture$70kEducation$65kEnvironment$46kPublic Benefit$35kHealth$30kAnimals$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
MN
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
AZ
AR
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
One Equal Heart Foundation$30,000114%
Montana History Foundation$25,00012%
Kqed Inc$20,00020%
Pathfinder International$15,00020%
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc$15,00020%
Historic Georgetown Inc$15,00023%
Swarthmore College$15,00010%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Sage Compassion for Animals$10,0001n/a
Friends of Oakridge$10,0001n/a
Show all 24 grantees
All grantees of Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
One Equal Heart Foundation$30,000114%
Montana History Foundation$25,00012%
Kqed Inc$20,00020%
Pathfinder International$15,00020%
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc$15,00020%
Historic Georgetown Inc$15,00023%
Swarthmore College$15,00010%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Sage Compassion for Animals$10,0001n/a
Friends of Oakridge$10,0001n/a
United Negro College Fund Inc$10,00010%
Lopez Island Family Resource Center$10,00020%
Franklin Hills Residents Association$10,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00010%
350org$5,00010%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
The Center for Public Integrity$5,00010%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$5,00010%
Estes Valley Land Trust$5,00011%
Population Media Center Inc$5,00010%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$2,00010%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund$1,00010%

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($756k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOne Equal Heart Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMontana History Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKqed Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPathfinder International: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom From Religion Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric Georgetown Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSwarthmore College: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLopez Island Family Resource Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350org: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Public Integrity: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Deerfield Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEstes Valley Land Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPopulation Media Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Immigrant Rights Project: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Conservation Action Education Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 21.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation

How much does Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation give?
Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $714,462 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (62%), International (12%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: One Equal Heart Foundation ($30k), Montana History Foundation ($25k), Kqed Inc ($20k).
Does Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation 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 Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation based?
Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation is based in NY.

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 42 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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