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William C & Virginia M Blandford Charitable Foundation at a glance

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William C & Virginia M Blandford Charitable 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.

$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$203kAnimals$78kHousing & Shelter$55kPhilanthropy$50kRecreation & Sports$38kArts & Culture$35kHealth$15kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$855k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Beloved Asheville$50,000
Saint Simons Island Land Trust$10,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
One Hundred Miles$5,000
Dressage4Kids$5,000
The Dressage Foundation$5,000
Coastal Georgia Historical Society$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 55% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 13%THE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%PEGASUS THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $10k → 22%Dressage4Kids: $5k → 9%LEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5k → 16%COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND: $5k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE ECUSTA TRAIL: $10k → 12%THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY (HERD): $10k → 13%ONE HUNDRED MILES: $5k → 14%FLINT RIVERKEEPER: $5k → 28%TREASURE CAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%LAST CHANCE CORRAL: $5k → 22%The Dressage Foundation: $5k → 13%PEGASUS THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $10k → 22%LEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5k → 16%COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND: $5k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE ECUSTA TRAIL: $5k → 12%HELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY (HERD): $5k → 13%ONE HUNDRED MILES: $5k → 14%FLINT RIVER KEEPER: $5k → 28%LAST CHANCE CORRAL: $5k → 22%PEGASUS THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $5k → 22%LEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5k → 16%COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND: $5k → 9%HOPE FOR HORSES: $25k → 12%ONE HUNDRED MILES: $5k → 14%FISHTAILS ANIMAL RESCUE: $5k → 22%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $10k → 12%One Hundred Miles: $5k → 14%Fishtails Animal Rescue: $5k → 22%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $10k → 12%ONE HUNDRED MILES: $5k → 14%FISHTAILS ANIMAL RESCUE: $5k → 22%Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: $10k → 12%ONE HUNDRED MILES: $5k → 14%FISHTAILS ANIMAL RESCUE: $5k → 22%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%ONE HUNDRED MILES: $5k → 14%FISHTAILS ANIMAL RESCUE: $5k → 22%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 12%SAINT SIMONS LAND TRUST: $25k → 14%FISHTAILS ANIMAL RESCUE: $5k → 22%SAINT SIMONS LAND TRUST: $10k → 14%Saint Simons Island Land Trust: $10k → 14%SAINT SIMONS LAND TRUST: $10k → 14%SAINT SIMONS LAND TRUST: $10k → 14%SAINT SIMONS LAND TRUST: $10k → 14%SAINT SIMONS LAND TRUST: $10k → 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

NY
OH
PA
NJ
NE
VA
TN
NC
GA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$355k · 14 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$355k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+14%

Still filing today

64%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
    7× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +337%
  • OH
    One Hundred Miles Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +65%
  • PT
    Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $25k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • TC
    Treasure Cay Community Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -52% · 29% of their budget
  • HF
    HOPE FOR HORSES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +6%
  • CA
    CHATHAM-SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE HOMELESSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +83%
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
Carolina Equine Rescue and Assistan

Rescue and care of neglected animals.

Animals
2
Back Country Horsemen of the Virginia Highlands

Maintenace and management of said resource, educate, encourage and solicit active participation

Environment
3
Tuckers Place Equine Sanctuary

501c3 horse rescue

Animals
4
Horse Protection Society of Nc Inc

To make the world a better place for horses through education, rescue, and rehabilitation. hps provides a sanctuary of last resort for unwanted, neglected, and abused equine.

Animals
5
Cruzan Cowgirls Horse Rescue

The purpose of Cruzan Cowgirls Horse Rescue, Inc. is to save and improve the lives of all animals on the island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands through education, advocacy, and charitable activities. Cruzan Cowgirls rescues…

Animals
6
United States Equine Rescue League

Save Protect and Rehabilitate Equines

Animals
7
Carolina Horse Park Foundation

Preserving environmentally significant land and promoting national and international equestrian competition.

Environment
8
Second Chances Equine Rescue Inc

Second Chances Equine Rescue Inc. is a not for profit organization that will provide a humane alternative for horses and other large animals; provide necessary care and training depending on individual circumstances to increase their…

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9
Believe Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation Center Incorporated

Our focus is to provide a safe and loving environment for horses that have suffered abuse, neglect and injury while they regain their strength and begin to trust humans once again. When they have become fully rehabilitated, they can be…

Animals
10
Lillies of the Field Equine Rescue
Animals
11
Blue Horse Sanctuary
Animals
12
Thomas Foundation Second Chance Horse Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Corolla Wild Horse Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Last Chance Corral. 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

16 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. 16 of the 24 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT SIMONS LAND TRUST: $75,000 · OtherSAINT SIMONS LAND TRUSTIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc: $25,000 · OtherPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy IncFRIENDS OF THE ECUSTA TRAIL: $17,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ECUSTA TRAILLEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $15,000 · OtherLEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERHELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY (HERD): $15,000 · OtherHELPING EQUINES REGAIN DIGNITY (HERD)THE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherTHE DRESSAGE FOUNDATIONSaint Simons Island Land Trust: $10,000 · Other+3 more: $10,000 · OtherSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: $50,000 · EnvironmentSouthern Appalachian H…One Hundred Miles Inc: $35,000 · EnvironmentOne Hundred Miles IncFLINT RIVERKEEPER INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentFLINT RIVERKEEPER INCTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentHOPE FOR HORSES INC: $25,000 · AnimalsHOPE FOR HORS…COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC: $15,000 · AnimalsCOROLLA WILD …LAST STOP HORSE RESCUE: $10,000 · AnimalsLAST STOP HOR…LAST CHANCE CORRAL: $10,000 · AnimalsLAST CHANCE C…BELOVED ASHEVILLE: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterBELOVED ASH…Treasure Cay Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTreasure Ca…Coastal Georgia Historical Society: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCHATHAM-SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE HOMELESS: $5,000 · Human ServicesCamp Cedar Cliff: $1,000 · Education
Other$210,000Environment$100,000Animals$60,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Philanthropy$50,000Arts & Culture$35,000Human Services$5,000Education$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTreasure Cay Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCoastal Georgia Historical Society: $35,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOne Hundred Miles Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetHOPE FOR HORSES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetCOROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $15,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetTHE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLAST CHANCE CORRAL: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFLINT RIVERKEEPER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCHATHAM-SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE HOMELESS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Cedar Cliff: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds BELOVED ASHEVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds Treasure Cay Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Coastal Georgia Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds One Hundred Miles Inc ↗
  • Who funds Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR HORSES INC ↗
  • Who funds COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds LEG UP THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAST STOP HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds LAST CHANCE CORRAL ↗
  • Who funds FLINT RIVERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM-SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Camp Cedar Cliff ↗

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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC9.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 William C & Virginia M Blandford Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William C & Virginia M Blandford Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 24 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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