Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Blessing Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $661k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Blessing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $51k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $43k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $50k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $42k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $36k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $32k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $29k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traprock Center for Peace & Justice Inc | $67,600 | 9 | 34% |
| Boulder County Arts Alliance Inc | $57,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Thorne Ecological Institute | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Childrens Health Advocacy International | $27,200 | 4 | n/a |
| African Health Foundation Inc | $23,100 | 6 | 4% |
| Project STEP Inc | $14,400 | 5 | 1% |
| The Cultural Caravan | $12,200 | 2 | 3% |
| World Singing Day | $10,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Permatours | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traprock Center for Peace & Justice Inc | $67,600 | 9 | 34% |
| Boulder County Arts Alliance Inc | $57,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Thorne Ecological Institute | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Childrens Health Advocacy International | $27,200 | 4 | n/a |
| African Health Foundation Inc | $23,100 | 6 | 4% |
| Project STEP Inc | $14,400 | 5 | 1% |
| The Cultural Caravan | $12,200 | 2 | 3% |
| World Singing Day | $10,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Permatours | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cellists for Change | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Blessing Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Foundation Boulder County · Emsa Fund Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Blessing Foundation
- How much does The Blessing Foundation give?
- The Blessing Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $51,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Blessing Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), International (26%), Environment (9%).
- Who are The Blessing Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Traprock Center for Peace & Justice Inc ($68k), Boulder County Arts Alliance Inc ($57k), Thorne Ecological Institute ($31k).
- Does The Blessing Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Blessing 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 The Blessing Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Boulder County, Emsa Fund Inc, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is The Blessing Foundation based?
- The Blessing Foundation is based in MA.
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