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Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$717k
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.8MArts & Culture$1.4MInternational$1.1MHealth$901kPhilanthropy$753kFood & Nutrition$518kHuman Services$411kYouth Development$358kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $583k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JDC- AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$50,000
iCivics$40,000
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$40,000
Literacy Academy Collective$35,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION$35,000
LADIES OF VIRTUE$32,100
BERKSHIRE SCHOOL$25,000
Feeding South Florida$25,000
ISRAEL POLICY FORUM$25,000
HILLEL INTERNATIONAL$25,000
SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS$25,000
Israel on Campus Coalition$24,000
Institute for Currriculum Services$20,000
Food Bank for NYC$20,000
JAFCO$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $396k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Hot Bread Kitchen: $25k → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $5k → 14%NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $1k → 8%Women Moving Millions: $10k → 17%Swipe Out Hunger: $38k → 14%Women Moving Millions: $10k → 17%Women Moving Millions: $10k → 17%Swipe Out Hunger: $38k → 14%Women Moving Millions: $10k → 17%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS: $10k → 17%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $5k → 14%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $3k → 14%Women Moving Millions: $2k → 17%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $34k → 14%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $15k → 14%Jewish Board of Family and Childrens Services: $20k → 17%JCC of Manhattan: $20k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $20k → 17%JCC - Chicago: $1k → 14%JCC - Manhattan: $15k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $10k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $5k → 17%Hot Bread Kitchen: $35k → 17%CJE - Senior Life: $15k → 14%CJE - Senior Life: $10k → 14%CJE - Senior Life: $5k → 14%CJE Senior Life: $5k → 14%CJE - Senior Life: $5k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
NM
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 77 repeat orgs$846k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

77 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
58

Total granted

$7.0M
$749k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+7%

Still filing today

78%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $639k · revenue +24%
  • NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $501k · revenue +101%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    5× · 2017–2025 · $315k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • JU
    J U F of Metropolitan ChicagoJewish Women's Foundation- Ellie Fund DAF
    one grant, 2019 · $226k
  • CP
    Community Partners - Fiscal Agent for Safe Place for Youth
    one grant, 2019 · $47k
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $36k · revenue +3%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
5
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
6
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
7
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
8
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
9
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Reading and Writing Ventures Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 149 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/106
Grantees still filing
77/106
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CATS2 FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE CATS2 FOUNDATIONTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $199,215 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHIC…LITERACY ACADEMY COLLECTIVE INC: $110,000 · EducationLITERACY ACADEMY COLLECTI…ICIVICS INC: $70,000 · EducationTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $70,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $62,130 · Education+10 more: $314,500 · Education+10 moreJ U F of Metropolitan ChicagoJewish Women's Foundation- Ellie Fund DAF: $226,110 · OtherJ U F of Metropolitan ChicagoJewis…NYU LANGONE - HASSENFELD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $195,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE - HASSENFELD CHILDREN'…DREAM: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $103,604 · OtherJEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $93,000 · OtherFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $140,000 · OtherFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INCHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $116,500 · Other+72 more: $1,459,417 · Other+72 moreNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $501,058 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF…The Society of the Four Arts Inc: $247,015 · Arts & CultureThe Society of t…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $110,797 · Arts & CultureThe United State…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $95,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS…THE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $75,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS OF LIFE…MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $65,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JEWISH…+10 more: $108,250 · Arts & Culture+10 moreThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $638,850 · InternationalThe American Je…ISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $250,000 · InternationalISRAEL POLICY F…HIAS INC: $143,289 · InternationalHIAS INC+5 more: $76,750 · International+5 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $315,455 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNI…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $153,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FED…JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $125,160 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FED…Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $111,500 · PhilanthropyTown of Pa…NEW HOPE CHARITIES INC: $42,500 · PhilanthropyNEW HOPE C…+1 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropySWIPE OUT HUNGER: $136,500 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $60,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $51,692 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $40,000 · Human ServicesAID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Human Services+5 more: $18,000 · Human ServicesFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $292,692 · HealthRepro TLC: $20,000 · Health+10 more: $52,535 · Health
Education$1,825,845Other$2,453,631Arts & Culture$1,203,120International$1,108,889Philanthropy$767,615Human Services$416,192Health$365,227

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CATS2 FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $638,850 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $501,058 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $315,455 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $292,692 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $250,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $247,015 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $199,215 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $153,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $143,289 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $140,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSWIPE OUT HUNGER: $136,500 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $125,160 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $116,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $111,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $110,797 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY ACADEMY COLLECTIVE INC: $110,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $95,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $93,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLADIES OF VIRTUE: $80,850 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetREPAIR THE WORLD: $80,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $75,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetICIVICS INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $66,856 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $62,130 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $60,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCI-TECH SCHOOLS INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetKESHET: $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $51,692 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC: $49,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $46,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE CHARITIES INC: $42,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $37,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $37,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $31,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE CATS2 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds SWIPE OUT HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY ACADEMY COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC ↗
  • Who funds LADIES OF VIRTUE ↗
  • Who funds REPAIR THE WORLD ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTS OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC ↗
  • Who funds ICIVICS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCI-TECH SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds KESHET ↗

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.

The Batchelor Foundat…Community Foundation …Jewish Federation of …United Way of Palm Be…Polk Bros Foundation …Arie and Ida Crown Me…FjcJewish Communal FundHerizon IncThe Chamber of Nonpro…Lost Tree Village Cha…Circle of Service Fou…
The Batchelor Foundation IncFL25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Fjc · Jewish Communal Fund · Herizon Inc · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Voices for Children Foundation Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum: 0% of income from government
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • New Hope Charities Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 149 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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