Illinois · Public charity
Two Blades Foundation
Scientific, research and education
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $171k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $171,006
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $171,006
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Two Blades Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $171k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $185k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $458k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $574k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $437k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $252k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State University | $96,186 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
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About Two Blades Foundation
- How much does Two Blades Foundation give?
- Two Blades Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $171,006, out of $1,474,820 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Two Blades Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (96%), Education (4%).
- Who are Two Blades Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kansas State University ($96k).
- Does Two Blades Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Two Blades Foundation based?
- Two Blades Foundation is based in IL.
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