Iowa · Nonprofit
247 BLAC
247 BLAC (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $730,250 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST AREA FOUNDATION ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
247 BLAC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,946 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,946 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Otto Schoitz Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Veridian Credit Unionlocalportfolio match
- Lsb Foundationlocalportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
81% of 247 BLAC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $210k.
From the IRS filings of 247 BLAC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
247 BLAC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
247 BLAC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 7 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Otto Schoitz Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchIA · backs 35 organizations that share your funders · funds 72 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Veridian Credit Unionlocalportfolio matchIA · funds 14 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Lsb Foundationlocalportfolio matchIA · funds 62 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- MidAmerican Energy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartnerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mid-Iowa Health Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- William L & Doris E Niemann Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- R & R Realty Group Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Johnson Countyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Iowa West Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wt and Edna M Dahl Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cedar Valley United Wayshared funderslocalIA · backs 23 organizations that share your funders · funds 37 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like 247 BLAC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 247 BLAC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds 247 BLAC?
- 247 BLAC (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $730,250 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST AREA FOUNDATION ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 247 BLAC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $730,250 in grants to 247 BLAC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 247 BLAC?
- NORTHWEST AREA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 247 BLAC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 7funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing