Ohio · Private foundation
Louis T 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.
- $52k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $56k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Louis T Block Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 12 | $52k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $48k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $29k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $24k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $18k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $13k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $10k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hillside Trust | $24,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Friends of the Environment Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| P E R C Inc | $5,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Crayons and Beyond Inc | $4,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts | $4,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Preservation Association | $3,450 | 7 | 0% |
| Stepping Stones Inc | $2,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland | $1,925 | 4 | 1% |
| Josh Cares Inc | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Green Umbrella | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis T Block Family Foundation 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 · William P Anderson Foundation Central Trust · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd
How this is measured
About Louis T Block Family Foundation
- How much does Louis T Block Family Foundation give?
- Louis T Block Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $52,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Louis T Block Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (19%), Animals (10%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Louis T Block Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Hillside Trust ($25k), Friends of the Environment Inc ($8k), P E R C Inc ($6k).
- Does Louis T Block Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis T 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 Louis T Block Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, William P Anderson Foundation Central Trust, Charles H Dater Foundation Inc.
- Where is Louis T Block Family Foundation based?
- Louis T Block Family Foundation is based in OH.
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