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The Mohit Blachford Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Mohit Blachford Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$50k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$1.7MArts & Culture$239kEnvironment$150kPhilanthropy$124kInternational$20kCrime & Legal$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ARTS - LICK WILMER$50,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%FARHANG FOUNDATION: $3k → 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

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MN
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NJ
RI
CA
CO
VA
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NC
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GA
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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 21% of The Mohit Blachford Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Mohit Blachford Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 14 repeat orgs$540k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$1.3M
$540k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+21%

Still filing today

86%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • US
    URBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO
    4× · 2017–2020 · $365k · revenue +40%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ARTS
    4× · 2019–2022 · $165k · revenue +14%
  • YW
    Young Womens Choral Projects
    4× · 2017–2020 · $81k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • HM
    HIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -27%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF VANCOUVER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $103k · revenue +10%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CANADIAN WILDERNESS
    one grant, 2018 · $39k
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
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
2
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
3
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
6
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
8
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
9
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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10
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Friends School; the most unlike its peers is American Friends of Prospect Burma. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $365,000 · EducationURBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCOHIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 · EducationHIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INCCALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ARTS: $165,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ARTSSAN FRANCISCO FRIENDS SCHOOL: $32,500 · Education+4 more: $26,725 · EducationBROWN UNIVERSITY: $457,500 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITY+2 more: $13,850 · Community ImprovementTRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PRINCETON…FRIENDS OF CANADIAN WILDERNESS: $38,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF CANADIAN W…TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA OF: $15,092 · OtherInstitute for Applied Tinkering: $30,000 · OtherInstitute for Applied…+11 more: $55,750 · Other+11 moreCutting Ball Theater: $145,000 · Arts & CultureCutting Bal…Young Womens Choral Projects: $81,000 · Arts & CultureYoung Women…+2 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF VANCOUVER FOUNDATION: $103,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $8,750 · PhilanthropyTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWORLDREADERORG: $60,000 · InternationalTHE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION & RESEARCH INT'L INC: $36,600 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF PROSPECT BURMA: $11,300 · International+1 more: $3,350 · InternationalWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $45,000 · Environment350ORG: $32,500 · EnvironmentGrist Magazine Inc: $32,260 · Environment+1 more: $250 · Environment
Education$839,225Community Improvement$471,350Other$439,342Arts & Culture$228,500Philanthropy$124,750International$111,250Environment$110,010

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 budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $457,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $365,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ARTS: $165,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCutting Ball Theater: $145,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetWORLDREADERORG: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $32,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FRIENDS SCHOOL: $32,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $32,260 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetInstitute for Applied Tinkering: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeritus College Fund: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY FIRE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPACIFIC ROWING CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $8,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOTE RUN LEAD INC: $5,850 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLS WRITE NOW INC: $5,725 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $4,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $3,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIQRA Fund: $3,350 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFARHANG FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnthony Manning Kunin Foundation dba Young Performers Theatre: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $250 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.

Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bessemer Giving F…ImpactassetsincMorgan Stanley Global…The Kurt and Julie Ha…The Stanley S Langend…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Marin Community FoundationCA23.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Impactassetsinc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Kurt and Julie Hauser Foundation · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment 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 Mohit Blachford Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mohit Blachford Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Mohit Blachford Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Mohit Blachford Family 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 42 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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