Blanche Foundation
Blanche Foundation is a private foundation based in Edmond, Oklahoma. Its 2025 filing reports grants to charitable organizations addressing needs that include disaster relief, homelessness, education, health services, housing, and support for families and children.
Blanche Foundation at a glance
In short: Blanche Foundation gave $343K across 19 grants in 2025 (avg $18K), top state Oklahoma. 16% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $343,000
- -3.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 19
- +18.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $18,053
- -19.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $12,000
- Total assets
- $3,796,752
- -3.4% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 16% first-time grantees (3 of 19, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Oklahoma (48% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Blanche Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 1348, Edmond, OK 73083
Phone: (405) 823-9728
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Blanche Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Samaritan's Purse ($100K). Together the top 10 received $260K.
Grant Size Distribution
70 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 65 grants of 70 (93%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 filing reports that grant dollars went to recipients in Oklahoma (48%), North Carolina (29%), Arkansas (7%), Tennessee (6%), and Virginia (3%). The listed grants also include a $12,000 award to Keres Children’s Learning Center in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 19 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Blanche Foundation open to new grantees?
16%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 3 of 19 grantees (16%) were first-time recipients. With only 19 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $10K; repeat grants $20K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $12K repeat.
- 84% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 43% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 175% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $210K (2019) to $357K (2024). In 2025 it made 19 grants totaling $343K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse Boone, NC | Disaster Relief | $100,000 |
| Loving Choices Pregnancy Center Rogers, AR | Pregnancy and Other Repoductive Health Services for Women | $25,000 |
| Sister BJ'S Pantry Oklahoma City, OK | Programs and Services for Homeless People | $25,000 |
| Positive Tomorrows Oklahoma City, OK | Educating homeless children and their families to break the cycle of poverty | $20,000 |
| St Jude Childrens Hospital Memphis, TN | Programs to advance cures for pediatric diseases through research and treatment | $20,000 |
| Florish Homes Inc Broken Arrow, OK | Programs and services to help provide housing & life skills to vulnerable young women | $17,000 |
| Antioch Christian Academy & Preschool Oklahoma City, OK | Provide support to families raising children in education and spiritual growth | $15,000 |
| Willow Pregnancy Oklahoma City, OK | Programs and Services for Mothers and Their Unborn | $14,000 |
| Catholic Charities USA Alexandria, VA | Provide service to people, families and communities in need | $12,000 |
| Center of Family Love Okarche, OK | Cultivate nurturing enviroments where individuals with idd and neurodivergence can flourish and lead fulfilling lives. | $12,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,796,752 | $212,246 | $347,810 | $343,000 | 19 | $343,000 | $218,161 | $195,893 |
| 2024 | $3,932,316 | $166,913 | $365,979 | $357,000 | 16 | $357,000 | $187,177 | $202,227 |
| 2023 | $4,131,382 | $175,340 | $233,848 | $217,000 | 10 | $217,000 | $158,492 | $205,915 |
| 2022 | $4,189,890 | $-315,530 | $264,399 | $240,000 | 12 | $240,000 | $95,668 | $221,075 |
| 2021 | $4,769,819 | $147,364 | $283,741 | $240,000 | 13 | $240,000 | $103,623 | $243,871 |
| 2020 | $4,906,196 | $114,232 | $273,215 | $235,000 | 14 | — | $76,197 | $240,440 |
| 2019 | $5,066,238 | $1,439,113 | $246,445 | $210,000 | 13 | — | $87,193 | $235,086 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Blanche Foundation reported a distributable amount of $196K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants included support for disaster relief; programs for people experiencing homelessness; education and services for children and families; pregnancy and reproductive health services; pediatric disease research and treatment; and housing and life-skills programs for vulnerable young women.
Grantees describe their own work in varied ways. For example, Samaritan’s Purse describes itself as an evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to people affected by war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Positive Tomorrows describes itself as an Oklahoma school and social-service agency for families experiencing homelessness, providing support and trauma-informed education. Keres Children’s Learning Center describes a Keres-language immersion and cultural education program for children, families, and community members.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 19 grants totaling $343,000. Grant amounts ranged from $5,000 to $100,000, with a median grant of $12,000.
The largest reported grants included $100,000 to Samaritan’s Purse for disaster relief; $25,000 to Loving Choices Pregnancy Center for pregnancy and other reproductive health services for women; $25,000 to Sister BJ’s Pantry for programs and services for homeless people; and $20,000 to Positive Tomorrows for educating homeless children and their families. Other reported awards included $20,000 to St Jude Children’s Hospital, $17,000 to Florish Homes, and $15,000 to Antioch Christian Academy & Preschool.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Patricia Hutchison is listed as a director on the 2025 filing.
Blanche Foundation is led by Patricia Hutchison, Director on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Patricia Hutchison
Director
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Blanche Foundation
How much does Blanche Foundation give each year?
Blanche Foundation gave $343K across 19 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $357K across 16 grants.
What is Blanche Foundation's typical grant size?
Blanche Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $12,000, and its average grant was $18,053, across 19 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Blanche Foundation that year got $10K on average.
Where does Blanche Foundation give grants?
Blanche Foundation's top state is Oklahoma, with 48% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were North Carolina (29%) and Arkansas (7%). The most frequent recipient cities were Oklahoma City, OK (11 grants).
Does Blanche Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 19 grants with a stated purpose on Blanche Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Blanche Foundation's largest grantees?
Blanche Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Samaritan's Purse ($100,000), Loving Choices Pregnancy Center ($25,000) and Sister BJ'S Pantry ($25,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 44% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Blanche Foundation?
Blanche Foundation reported $3.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $343K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $196K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Blanche Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Blanche Foundation?
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Blanche Foundation's EIN?
Blanche Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 45-2426651. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Blanche Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 3, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 7, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 23, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 22, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 29, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Blanche Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/blanche-foundation-morg_28b87efbe4db4b9bbc06fdad7f18c596
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