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The Blessing Way Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Blessing Way Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$443kEducation$205kHuman Services$104kEnvironment$72kAnimals$56kHealth$42kYouth Development$30kSocial Science$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $156k
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$934k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRACTURED ATLAS INC$45,400
OUTER COAST$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF OUTSET$25,000
BERGGRUEN INSTITUTE$15,750
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$15,000
GREEN CITY FORCE$10,000
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL$10,000
OFF ASSIGNMENT$10,000
INTERFAITH CENTER OF NEW YORK$7,500
PROTOCINEMA$5,000
GRAYWOLF PRESS$5,000
NEW MUSEUM$5,000
THE NEIGHBORHOOD - AN URBAN CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE$5,000
FRIENDS OF NEW CURATORS$2,500
GEORGE MARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $111k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $5k → 16%GREEN CITY FORCE: $40k → 20%PROGRESO LATINO INC: $1k → 14%NEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $4k → 16%GREEN CITY FORCE: $20k → 20%GREEN CITY FORCE: $20k → 20%GREEN CITY FORCE: $10k → 20%GREEN CITY FORCE: $10k → 20%GREEN CITY FORCE: $1k → 20%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

AK
VT
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
WY
CT
RI
CA
MD
DC
LA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 21 repeat orgs$162k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
17

Total granted

$1.0M
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
0%

Still filing today

95%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GC
    GREEN CITY FORCE INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $101k · revenue +125%
  • COMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $76k · revenue +72%
  • WC
    WESTMONT COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • NA
    NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $51k
  • LT
    LES TURNER ALS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • LI
    LUMINARY IMPACT FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $14k
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
3
Via Art Fund Inc

Via art fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces as partners in a new model of philanthropy to support visionary initiatives in art.

Arts & Culture
4
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc

To encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations.

Arts & Culture
5
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
6
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
7
White Columns Inc

White columns identifies significant emerging and under-represented visual artists and encourages their creative and professional development through the presentation of group and solo exhibitions, an online curated artists registry, and…

Arts & Culture
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
Lawyers for the Creative Arts

Provision of pro bono legal and consulting services to qualifying individuals/companies in the creative arts.

Arts & Culture
11
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
12
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Public Art Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Berggruen Institute. 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

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 45 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
19/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Santa Barbara Education Foundation: $97,500 · EducationSanta Barbara Education Foundatio…COMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC: $75,500 · EducationCOMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INCWESTMONT COLLEGE: $74,000 · EducationWESTMONT COLLEGEOUTER COAST: $30,000 · EducationOUTER COASTBerggruen Institute: $30,000 · EducationBerggruen InstituteECHOING GREEN INC: $19,800 · EducationECHOING GREEN INC+4 more: $30,700 · Education+4 moreTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $100,860 · Arts & CultureTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATIONFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $72,760 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INCGRAYWOLF PRESS: $72,070 · Arts & CultureGRAYWOLF PRESSAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OUTSET INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OUTSET INCPROTOCINEMA INC: $35,000 · Arts & CulturePROTOCINEMA INC+4 more: $9,750 · Arts & CultureOFF ASSIGNMENT: $115,000 · OtherOFF ASSIGNMENTNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $51,000 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETYINTERFAITH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC: $22,000 · OtherINTERFAITH CENTER OF NEW …LES TURNER ALS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherLES TURNER ALS FOUNDATIONUNITED JEWISH APPEAL: $10,000 · OtherPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $10,000 · OtherVERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherThe Neighborhood An Urban Center for Jewish Life: $15,000 · OtherThe Neighborhood An Urban…+9 more: $22,250 · Other+9 moreGREEN CITY FORCE INC: $101,000 · Human ServicesGREEN CITY…NEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesNEW POLITI…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES NY INC: $67,500 · Environment+2 more: $4,000 · EnvironmentISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $29,000 · Food & NutritionLUMINARY IMPACT FUND: $14,000 · HealthI AM ALS: $10,000 · Health
Education$357,500Arts & Culture$330,440Other$270,250Human Services$111,000Environment$71,500Food & Nutrition$29,000Health$24,000

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 budgetGREEN CITY FORCE INC: $101,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $100,860 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $97,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC: $75,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $74,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $72,760 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGRAYWOLF PRESS: $72,070 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES NY INC: $67,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OUTSET INC: $40,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetPROTOCINEMA INC: $35,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetOUTER COAST: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBerggruen Institute: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $29,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetINTERFAITH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetECHOING GREEN INC: $19,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Neighborhood An Urban Center for Jewish Life: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLUMINARY IMPACT FUND: $14,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetI AM ALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOFF ASSIGNMENT INC: $8,700 over 1y, 12% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of The West Tisbury Public Library Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetThe Bronx Museum of the Arts: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF NEW CURATORS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALL OUR KIN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ORION SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROGRESO LATINO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY GHOST ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOFT NETWORK INC: $750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $500 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Lily Auchincloss Foun…The New York Communit…The Cowles Charitable…The San Francisco Fou…Milton and Sally Aver…Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Community Fede…Amalgamated Charitabl…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ford FoundationNational Philanthropi…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY20.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Cowles Charitable Trust · The San Francisco Foundation · Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Blessing Way Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Blessing Way Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Orion Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Blessing Way Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Blessing Way Foundation Inc 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 45 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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