· 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.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $3,500 |
| RICHMOND BALLET | $3,500 |
| PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER | $500 |
| RICHMOND SPCA | $250 |
| THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | $250 |
| COMPACT CANINE RESCUE | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- TRTHE RICHMOND BALLET8× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +4%
- TVThe Virginia Home5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +142%
- RSRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS7× · 2017–2023 · $2k · revenue +75%
Funded once
- VMVCU MASSEY CANCER CENTERone grant, 2017 · $3k
- SMSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +244%
- KJKIDS JOIN THE FIGHTgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +290%
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.
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.
Dorchester Paws strives to instill humane principles into society through the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Virginia german shepherd rescue is an all volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of the german shepherd dog (and sometimes other breeds/mixes). the rescue provide a safe haven for german shepherds who…
Dedicated to providing emergency medical careto our city shelter to helpsave as many lives as possible, and supporting animal lives in the community
The mission of Henrico Humane Society is to address the enormous population of homeless animals in the greater Richmond, Virginia area by providing care, shelter, and medical services until permanent homes can be found.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…
Sfc virginia is a foster-based animal rescue group in fredericksburg, va. founded in june 2019 with a focus on saving dogs and cats from rural and otherwise underserved shelters in the state, we strive to provide quality medical care…
The mission of the virginia beach spca is to increase our community's capacity for compassion and decrease the tolerance for cruelty. the virginia beach spca is a non-profit organization supported solely by contributions. we are dedicated…
Rescue, care, and find homes for abandoned and/or abused animals.
Hope for paws rescues dogs and all other animals who are suffering on the streets and in shelters. our goal is to educate people on the importance of companion animals in our society, to reduce euthanasia rates at shelters, (continued on…
Rural Dog Rescue saves the lives of high risk dogs in economically challenged shelters in rural areas of the country. Our mission is to save the dogs that are at greatest risk of euthanasia and are the most overlooked dogs in the shelter.…
Provide shelter, care, and treatment to homeless animals in the city of portsmouth community through permanent adoptions, spay/neuter programs, and community education.
To advance the humane treatment of dogs and cats by providing comprehensive sheltering, medical care, and behavioral support. we strive to ensure every animal has the opportunity to find a permanent, loving home through community education…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 19 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.
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.
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds THE RICHMOND BALLET ↗
- Who funds PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds The Virginia Home ↗
- Who funds RICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds A FOREVER-HOME RESCUE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KIDS JOIN THE FIGHT ↗
- Who funds St Andrew's School ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds COMPACT CANINE RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert Blair Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert Blair Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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