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The Blanchard 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.

$17k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$45kEducation$33kReligion$24kFood & Nutrition$15kHuman Services$10kHealth$8kInternational$7kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
8
States reached
$217k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WATER MISSION$5,000
CONVOY OF HOPE$5,000
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SD FOOD BANK$1,000
MIRACLE MESSAGES$999
THE ASHER HOUSE$750
Individual grant recipient$500
THE FELLOWSHIP CENTER INC$500
SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY$500
SEND ME ON VACATIONTERI O'ROURKE$350
SPCA INTERNATIONAL$250
OVATION THEATRE$250
OVATION THEATRE$250
ESCONDIDO CREEK CONSERVANCY$250
LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS$200
COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA$150
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 (FY20–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MIRACLE MESSAGES: $999 → 10%INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION: $900 → 14%WHEELCHAIR DANCERS ORGANIZATION: $100 → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE: $2k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE: $2k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE: $2k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE: $300 → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE: $250 → 11%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

MN
MI
NY
OR
IN
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

14%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17k · 5 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
37

Total granted

$17k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesInternationalEducationReligionOther
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

  • NC
    NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES
    3× · 2020–2022 · $6k · revenue +23%
  • IC
    Interfaith Community Services Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +43%
  • BB
    BROTHER BENNO FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • RB
    RANCHO BERNARDO COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • US
    USD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
2
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
3
Onelegacy

Onelegacy saves and heals lives through organ, eye and tissue donation, comforts the families we serve, and inspires our communities to donate life.

Health
4
Emanate Health

Our mission is to help people keep well in body, mind, and spirit by providing quality health care services in a safe, compassionate environment.

Health
5
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
6
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
7
Asante

Asante exists to provide quality healthcare services in a compassionate manner, valued by the communities we serve.

Health
8
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
9
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
10
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
11
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
12
Mount Sinai Health System Inc

The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Association for Suicide Prevention. 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

37 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. 37 of the 64 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
22/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RANCHO BERNARDO COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherRANCHO BERNARDO COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHUSD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $10,000 · OtherUSD SCHOOL OF BUSINESSIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSD CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $7,500 · OtherSD CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDCENTER FOR FAITHWALK LEADERSHIP: $6,550 · OtherCENTER FOR FAITHWALK LEADERSHIPCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $6,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCCA RESTAURANT ASSOC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherCA RESTAURANT ASSOC FOUNDATIONYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFEInterfaith Community Services Inc: $3,500 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $3,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF STEWART HOME & SCHOOL: $3,000 · Other+33 more: $12,386 · Other+33 moreTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $42,500 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONTHE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $2,250 · PhilanthropyCornell University: $10,000 · EducationtranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project: $1,500 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationCONVOY OF HOPE: $5,000 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · InternationalINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $1,000 · InternationalNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6,250 · Human ServicesMIRACLE MESSAGES: $999 · Human ServicesInternational Association for Suicide Prevention: $900 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesMedicine of the Soul Foundation: $2,500 · HealthTHE FELLOWSHIP CENTER INC: $500 · HealthUmbrella Ministries: $300 · HealthTHE 24 GROUP INC: $155 · HealthRandom Acts of Flowers: $150 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthBROTHER BENNO FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$81,936Philanthropy$44,750Education$12,500International$12,000Human Services$8,249Health$3,705Food & Nutrition$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHER BENNO FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMedicine of the Soul Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOvation Theatre: $2,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgettranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLITTLE LOTUS RESCUE & SANCTUARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET MONDAY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE MESSAGES: $999 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Association for Suicide Prevention: $900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASHER HOUSE: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CARLSBAD: $560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FELLOWSHIP CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOURTOWN FIRST AID SQUAD INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ESCONDIDO CREEK CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIONS TIGERS AND BEARS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 24 GROUP INC: $155 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRandom Acts of Flowers: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA ORCHESTRA OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHEELCHAIR DANCERS ORGANIZATION: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF KATE SESSIONS: $80 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25 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.

The Conrad Prebys Fou…The San Diego Foundat…Sempra FoundationJewish Community Foun…Walter J & Betty C Za…The Parker FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Price Philanthropies …Alliance Healthcare F…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Nordson Corporati…Silicon Valley Commun…
The Conrad Prebys FoundationCA21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Silicon Valley Community 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 The Blanchard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Blanchard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–25%
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 The Blanchard Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Blanchard 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 64 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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