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The Blake Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Blake Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$242k
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$914kEducation$528kScience & Tech$380kPhilanthropy$180kCivil Rights$164kHousing & Shelter$102kHuman Services$102kHealth$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$4,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PURDUE UNIVERSITY - BOILERMAKER ALLIANCE$65,000
ST RAFKA MISSION OF HOPE AND MERCY$20,000
CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT$16,000
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$12,000
HUDSON INSTITUTE INC$12,000
BEHOLD AND BECOME$10,000
RESTORING THE PRIDE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$10,000
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$7,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$7,000
FOUNTAINS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL$7,000
WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES$7,000
STUDENTS FOR LIFE$6,000
SEAS - ST ELIZABETH SETON PARISH$5,300
SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $139k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $3k → 12%LIFE PERSPECTIVES: $8k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $5k → 5%HERO HOUSE: $3k → 9%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $16k → 26%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $3k → 12%LIFE PERSPECTIVES: $8k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10 → 14%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $5k → 5%HERO HOUSE: $3k → 9%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $3k → 12%LIFE PERSPECTIVES: $6k → 11%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $5k → 5%HERO HOUSE: $3k → 9%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $3k → 12%LIFE PERSPECTIVES: $5k → 11%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $5k → 5%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $7k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $3k → 12%LIFE PERSPECTIVES: $5k → 11%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $5k → 5%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $6k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $3k → 12%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $5k → 5%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $6k → 16%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $2k → 5%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $6k → 16%SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN: $2k → 5%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $50 → 16%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $100 → 14%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

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
PA
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 69 repeat orgs$257k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

69 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
27

Total granted

$2.5M
$235k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+17%

Still filing today

70%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • SM
    ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +262%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +134%
  • CA
    CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $58k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • PF
    PURDUE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $180k
  • CF
    CITIZENS FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -14%
  • ID
    IN DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -100%
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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5
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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8
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
11
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
12
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is In Defense of Christians. 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

70 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. 70 of the 105 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/70
Grantees still filing
51/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST RAFKA MISSION OF HOPE AND MERCY: $751,000 · OtherST RAFKA MISSION OF HOPE AND MERCYPURDUE UNIV - BOILERMAKER ALLIANCE: $365,000 · OtherPURDUE UNIV - BOILERMAKER ALLIANCEPURDUE FOUNDATION: $179,528 · OtherPURDUE FOUNDATIONRESTORING YOUR PRIDE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $70,800 · Other+62 more: $396,024 · Other+62 morePurdue Research Foundation: $430,000 · EducationPurdue Research Found…RIVERSIDE MILITARY ACADEMY INC: $40,000 · EducationRIVERSIDE MILITARY AC…+8 more: $66,750 · Education+8 moreCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $34,000 · Human ServicesLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $32,000 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $30,150 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesHERO HOUSE NW: $7,500 · Human Services+3 more: $6,110 · Human ServicesALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $53,000 · Civil RightsCITIZENS FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE: $15,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $13,000 · Civil RightsStudents for Life of America Inc: $12,000 · Civil RightsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $59,500 · ReligionINTO THE JORDAN MINISTRIES INC: $12,500 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $7,875 · ReligionCommunity Bible Study: $3,500 · Religion+6 more: $4,550 · ReligionST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $48,000 · InternationalIN DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS: $10,000 · InternationalFountains of Hope International Inc: $7,000 · International+1 more: $50 · International
Other$1,762,352Education$536,750Human Services$185,760Civil Rights$93,000Religion$87,925Housing & Shelter$71,000International$65,050

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 budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $430,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $65,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $59,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $58,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $53,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $48,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE MILITARY ACADEMY INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $34,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $32,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $30,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $18,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $17,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTO THE JORDAN MINISTRIES INC: $12,500 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIN DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRESTORING THE PRIDE EDUCATION FDTN: $10,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetARMY WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $7,875 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHERO HOUSE NW: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFountains of Hope International Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $5,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MENNINGER CLINIC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBorder Patrol Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC: $4,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds Purdue Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE MILITARY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE PERSPECTIVES ↗
  • Who funds WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Hudson Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds INTO THE JORDAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Students for Life of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IN DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS ↗
  • Who funds RESTORING THE PRIDE EDUCATION FDTN ↗

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.

Ebs FoundationFarrell Family Founda…Christian Community F…Natl Christian Charit…King Family Foundatio…Servant FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Textron Charitable Tr…The San Diego Foundat…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…
Ebs FoundationTN15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ebs Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · King Family Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The San Diego Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 The Blake Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Blake Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
7report 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.

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 105 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home