Virginia · Private foundation
Robert Blair Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $8k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of Robert Blair Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Robert Blair Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $8k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- 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, 17% of the organizations Robert Blair Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $8k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $7k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $8k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $15k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $11k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Richmond Ballet | $28,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Peter Paul Development Center Inc | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Virginia Home | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,350 | 7 | 0% |
| A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation Inc | $750 | 4 | 0% |
| Sheriff's Meadow Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Join the Fight | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Andrew's School | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Richmond Ballet | $28,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Peter Paul Development Center Inc | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Virginia Home | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,350 | 7 | 0% |
| A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation Inc | $750 | 4 | 0% |
| Sheriff's Meadow Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Join the Fight | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Andrew's School | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Compact Canine Rescue Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert Blair Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Herndon Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Massey Family Foundation · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The Reinhart Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Robert Blair Foundation
- How much does Robert Blair Foundation give?
- Robert Blair Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $8,200 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Robert Blair Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Arts & Culture (25%), Religion (21%).
- Who are Robert Blair Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Richmond Ballet ($28k), Peter Paul Development Center Inc ($9k), The Virginia Home ($3k).
- Does Robert Blair Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert Blair 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 Robert Blair Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herndon Foundation, The Community Foundation Inc, Massey Family Foundation.
- Where is Robert Blair Foundation based?
- Robert Blair Foundation is based in VA.
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