Oregon · Private foundation
Bill Block Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $39M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Bill Block Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 40 | $1.3M | 48% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $190k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $175k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $75k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $75k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $55k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Humane Society | $142,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $135,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Southern Arizona | $117,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $105,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad | $70,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Friends of Pima Animal Care Center | $70,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Angels Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($426k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bill Block Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Bill Block Foundation
- How much does Bill Block Foundation give?
- Bill Block Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $1,300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bill Block Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (26%), Animals (25%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Bill Block Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Oregon Humane Society ($142k), Shriners Hospitals for Children ($135k), Humane Society of Southern Arizona ($117k).
- Does Bill Block Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill Block Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bill Block Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Bill Block Foundation based?
- Bill Block Foundation is based in OR.
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