California · Nonprofit
The Blavity Org Foundation Inc
The Blavity Org Foundation Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,950,000 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $28k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $543k
What The Blavity Org Foundation Inc does
Mission
The BlavityOrg Foundations mission is to empower and uplift underserved entrepreneurs by increasing access to resources knowledge and opportunities. Through education storytelling workshops and grants we are committed to providing the support needed to help businesses grow succeed and thrive where it matters most
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Blavity Fest 2025 held from May 31 to June 1 lit up Atlanta GAs Lee White complex last weekend in celebration of Black innovation cultural expression and collective wealth-building. 6,000 festival attendees experienced inspiring panel discussions led by experts in entrepreneurship personal branding creative development and financial empowerment while hands-on workshops offered practical skills in areas including stock trading book launching and event planning. The event also featured networking opportunities at community meetups a Black-owned small business market and immersive installations designed to spark creativity and connection. The high-energy high-stakes and high-impact success of the 2025 Blavity Fest was no accident as Atlanta is for the third consecutive year the nations leading hub for Black-owned businesses as previously reported by AFROTECH. This year Blavity presented Idea Hour an interactive pitch competition spotlighting community-centered ideas and awarding a 5,000 prize from Blavity. org the racial equity and social impact organization established by Blavity Inc.s founders live on stage.
$112,027 spentof which $5,000 as grants100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $112,027.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $900k to $710k (−21%).
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.
38% of The Blavity Org Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $1.1M → $800k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of The Blavity Org Foundation Inc’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
The Blavity Org Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund The Blavity Org Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 78% · 2022 63% — 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
62% of The Blavity Org Foundation Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $750k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
The Blavity Org Foundation Inc is better cushioned than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like The Blavity Org Foundation Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Blavity Org Foundation Inc: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Blavity Org Foundation Inc?
- The Blavity Org Foundation Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,950,000 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Blavity Org Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,950,000 in grants to The Blavity Org Foundation Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Blavity Org Foundation Inc?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Blavity Org Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 funders 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 October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing