Blake Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Blake Family Foundation operates by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so small nonprofits should not approach it directly but would need to be identified or invited by the foundation itself.
- Its giving goes as operational support to a varied group of charitable organisations, including a school, health-care providers and medical institutions, policy institutes, food-assistance and human-services charities, civic and police-support bodies, a historical society and an aquarium, mainly in Georgia, with substantial support also reaching Kentucky and the District of Columbia.
- A realistic request, if invited, would sit around the median of about $75,000, though grants have ranged from $25,000 up to $770,000 for most awards, with one grant as large as $2,500,000.
- The pattern of giving is highly relationship-led rather than competitive: a very large share of grant dollars (98%) went to organisations the foundation had already funded in the previous two filings, so new, uninvited approaches are unlikely to succeed regardless of a charity's size or newness.
- Overall, this is a foundation to note for future relationship-building rather than to apply to cold.
Overview
Blake Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Atlanta, GA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the filings, the foundation gives operational support to a varied group of charitable organisations. Recipients include a school, health-care providers and medical institutions, policy institutes, food-assistance and human-services charities, civic and police-support bodies, a historical society and an aquarium. The largest share of recorded grant dollars went to organisations in Georgia, with substantial support also reaching recipients in Kentucky and the District of Columbia. Its grant purposes are reported as operational support; the application information says contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations, without describing further eligibility conditions.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Georgia, Kentucky and District of Columbia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 51 grants to organisations were about $75,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 43% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 98% of grant dollars went to organisations Blake Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 30% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 18 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $63,877 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Westminster School · Operational support$1,750,0002024 tax year
- Blake Family Fund · Operational support$1,006,3242024 tax year
- Liz Blake Charitable Fund · Operational support$1,006,3242024 tax year
- American Enterprise Institute · Operational support$250,6822024 tax year
- Hudson Institute · Operational support$204,4042024 tax year
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · Operational support$200,3842024 tax year
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta · Operational support$200,3842024 tax year
- American Jewish Committee · Operational support$125,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Elizabeth Blake — Treasurer
- Francis S Blake — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,991,625 | $3,726,140 | $77,164,143 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,314,250 | $5,070,514 | $91,241,081 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,032,173 | $5,134,159 | $102,097,182 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Atlanta, GA