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Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation at a glance

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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
1
States reached
$530k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $184k
  • $250k+1 grant · $530k
$103,597
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$530,131
ONWARD SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$103,597
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC$80,734
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 (FY20–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Lopez Island Family Resource Center: $5k → 10%Lopez Island Family Resource Center: $5k → 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

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

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$115k · 7 repeat orgs$884k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
29

Total granted

$115k
$250k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-11%
+68%

Still filing today

71%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureInternationalPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    4× · 2017–2022 · $30k
  • KI
    KQED INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue -33%
  • PI
    PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue -11%

Funded once

  • OE
    One Equal Heart Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +142%
  • MH
    MONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -15%
  • TO
    TOWN OF SILVER PLUME
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
5
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
6
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
10
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
11
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
12
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 42 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $530,131 · OtherRENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCONWARD SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND: $103,597 · OtherONWARD SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUNDPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $30,000 · Other+21 more: $164,000 · Other+21 morePEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $120,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT …MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $80,734 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL…One Equal Heart Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyOne Equal Heart Found…MONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC GEORGETOWN INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $10,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationPOPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $5,000 · EducationPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $15,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Environment350ORG: $5,000 · EnvironmentESTES VALLEY LAND TRUST: $5,000 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $1,000 · EnvironmentFREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Religion
Other$827,728Philanthropy$230,734Arts & Culture$60,000Education$35,000International$25,000Environment$21,000Religion$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $80,734 over 1y, 0.0% of 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NORTHWEST: $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
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.

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 FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Margaret Kendrick Blodgett Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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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