Connecticut · Private foundation
Ira Block 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.
- $205k
- Granted FY2020
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $124k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $31,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 7
- Total assets, FY2020
- $181k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 54% of the organizations Ira Block Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 24 | $124k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $221k | 69% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $39k | 59% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $46k | 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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementz | $90,300 | 4 | 6% |
| Cincinnati Development Fund | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio Justice and Policy Center | $12,525 | 3 | 0% |
| Media Working Group | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Cincinnati Public Radio Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charutar Health Foundation Corp | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Cincy Stories | $4,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Peaslee Neighborhood Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Clifton Town Meeting | $2,175 | 2 | 2% |
| Positive Futures Network Dba Yes Media | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($258k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ira Block Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Pfau Charitable Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Board of Trustees of Woodward High School · Sauerland Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ira Block Foundation Inc
- How much does Ira Block Foundation Inc give?
- Ira Block Foundation Inc reported 24 itemized grants totaling $124,440, out of $204,810 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Ira Block Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (8%), Social Science (8%), Education (4%).
- Who are Ira Block Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Elementz ($90k), Cincinnati Development Fund ($15k), Ohio Justice and Policy Center ($13k).
- Does Ira Block Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ira Block Foundation Inc 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 Ira Block Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation.
- Where is Ira Block Foundation Inc based?
- Ira Block Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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