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Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. proxy voting record 2026
Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Blackrock Balanced Fund files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by Blackrock Balanced Fund on 2026-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (BRDWLB_0000110055_2026.xml, 6.2 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 46 of its 219 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 93.3% of the time across 254 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 40 | 2 | 5% |
| Workers & human rights | 20 | 3 | 15% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Corporate governance | 111 | 15 | 13.5% |
| Other social issues | 37 | 4 | 10.8% |
Its filing lists 1 ballot items more than once, with different share counts (2 rows in all): parts of this fund’s shares were voted separately. Each such item is counted once here, with all of its shares, the way most of them were cast.
Ballots it voted
Nvidia Corporation · 24 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Nvidia publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
AGAINST Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 236,044 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
Shell Plc · 19 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Please note that this resolution is a shareholder proposal: request company to publish a report disclosing the company's strategy to create shareholder value under scenarios of declining demand for oil and gas, including the international energy agency, stated policies scenario, and announced pledges scenario
AGAINST Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 190,627 shares
“PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL: REQUEST COMPANY TO PUBLISH A REPORT DISCLOSING THE COMPANY'S STRATEGY TO CREATE SHAREHOLDER VALUE UNDER SCENARIOS OF DECLINING DEMAND FOR OIL AND GAS, INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, STATED POLICIES SCENARIO, AND ANNOUNCED PLEDGE”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 94,275 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 94,275 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
Intuit Inc. · 22 January 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
The Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs
AGAINST Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 6,451 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting the Board issue a report on the return on investment of the Company's diversity and inclusion programs”
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
At&T Inc. · 14 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should AT&T publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
AGAINST Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 83,603 shares
“EEO-1 Report Disclosure Policy”
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
Tesla, Inc. · 6 November 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.
AGAINST Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 27,131 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding adopting targets and reporting on metrics to assess the feasibility of integrating sustainability metrics into senior executive compensation plans.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
FOR Blackrock Balanced Fund, Inc. voted with 12,242 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBlackrock Balanced Fund, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-28 · accession 0001438934-26-002356 · series S000002175 · open the filing
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