New York · Private foundation
Block Family 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.
- $331k
- Granted FY2019
- 39
- Grants FY2019
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Block Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Block Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 29 organizations, $331k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $41,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 69
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 9
- Total assets, FY2019
- $383k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 26% of the organizations Block Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 39 | $331k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 69 | $397k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 68 | $327k | 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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Out and Staying Out Inc | $206,564 | 4 | 2% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $96,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $68,800 | 5 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $60,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust Inc | $58,750 | 4 | 3% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alfred University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc | $42,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Harlem Grown Inc | $40,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Microaid International Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 26% |
Show all 73 grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($391k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Block Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: American Express Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Steven Aresty Foundation · Middle Road Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Brooklyn Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Block Family Foundation
- How much does Block Family Foundation give?
- Block Family Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $331,020 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 69 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Block Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Crime & Legal (4%), Health (3%).
- Who are Block Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Getting Out and Staying Out Inc ($207k), The Doe Fund Inc ($96k), Central Park Conservancy Inc ($69k).
- Does Block Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Block Family 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 Block Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Express Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Block Family Foundation based?
- Block Family Foundation is based in NY.
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