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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 FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$39kAnimals$21kYouth Development$17kArts & Culture$14kReligion$12kHuman Services$9kEducation$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$56k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$25,000
CAMP HAYO-WENT-TA$15,000
ROCKDALE TEMPLE$3,000
THE HILLSIDE TRUST$2,500
UNITED WAY$2,000
CINCINNATI ZOO$1,500
TERRACE PARK VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES INC$1,500
CRAYONS TO COMPUTERS INC$500
ARTSWAVE$500
Individual grant recipient$250
THE STEVEN DRONSFIELD FOUNDATION$250
CINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION$200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%PERC: $2k → 9%PERC: $2k → 9%PERC: $1k → 9%PERC: $1k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $300 → 16%LADD: $250 → 16%STEPPING STONES: $500 → 16%STEPPING STONES: $500 → 16%STEPPING STONES: $500 → 16%STEPPING STONES: $250 → 16%STEPPING STONES: $250 → 16%STEPPING STONES: $100 → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $500 → 16%GREATER CINCINNATI COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $250 → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOC FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOC FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 16%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$175k · 31 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
28

Total granted

$175k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+23%

Still filing today

52%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TH
    THE HILLSIDE TRUST
    7× · 2018–2024 · $25k · revenue +63%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $8k · revenue +230%
  • CA
    CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • P
    PSSGEL
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • GM
    GREATER MILFORD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +28%
  • RL
    RUTH LYONS CHILDRENS FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -8%
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
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
2
Cincinnati Parks Foundation

To build broad based private/public partnerships supporting the conservation and enhancement of our City's parks and greenspaces.

Recreation & Sports
3
Cincinnati Arts Association

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA), a not-for-profit, was founded in 1990 to serve as a manager, presenter and educator. CAA's mission is to present a broad range of high quality performing and visual arts programs, develop diverse…

Arts & Culture
4
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…

Arts & Culture
5
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Philanthropy
6
Fotofocus Cincinnati
Arts & Culture
7
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

We are Cincinnati's national theater - committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.

Arts & Culture
8
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
9
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

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10
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

—
11
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center

Unlocking the self-worth and potential of at-risk teens through the transformative power of art, a first-class environment and a character-building culture. Equipping at-risk teens with skills, credentials and pathways to employment.…

—
12
City Club of Cincinnati

Nurture friendships and exchange ideas

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cincinnati Museum Association; the most unlike its peers is Greenacres 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.
04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $58,120 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCINCINNATI ZOO: $20,800 · OtherCINCINNATI ZOOCAMP HAYO-WENT-TA: $15,000 · OtherCAMP HAYO-WENT-TAROCKDALE TEMPLE: $12,200 · OtherROCKDALE TEMPLEUNITED WAY: $6,500 · Other+30 more: $28,227 · Other+30 moreTHE HILLSIDE TRUST: $24,500 · EnvironmentTHE HILLSIDE TRUSTFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE ENVI…GREEN UMBRELLA: $1,500 · EnvironmentCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $1,200 · Environment+1 more: $550 · EnvironmentCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $4,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: $3,450 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CLEVELAND: $1,925 · Arts & CultureGREATER MILFORD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureKnow Theatre of Cincinnati: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $550 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $700 · Arts & CultureP E R C INC: $5,750 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC: $2,100 · Human ServicesRUTH LYONS CHILDRENS FUND: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $800 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $500 · Human Services+3 more: $700 · Human ServicesCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $4,500 · PhilanthropyCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $500 · EducationEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $250 · EducationRay of Hope Foundation: $500 · HealthThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $250 · Health
Other$140,847Environment$35,250Arts & Culture$12,875Human Services$10,850Philanthropy$4,500Education$750Health$750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HILLSIDE TRUST: $24,500 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetP E R C INC: $5,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: $3,450 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $2,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CLEVELAND: $1,925 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJOSH CARES INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN UMBRELLA: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MILFORD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRUTH LYONS CHILDRENS FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKnow Theatre of Cincinnati: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreenacres Foundation Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRay of Hope Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLouies Legacy Animal Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST END ADULT EDUCATION CENTER: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Contemporary Arts Center: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADEIRA MUSIC BOOSTERS: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVENTURE CREW: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CINCINNATI COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProKids: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE MANATEE LITERACY PROJECT: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndian Hill Historical Museum Associatio: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 HILLSIDE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds P E R C INC ↗
  • Who funds CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES INC ↗
  • Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds JOSH CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN UMBRELLA ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MILFORD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RUTH LYONS CHILDRENS FUND ↗
  • Who funds Know Theatre of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds Inter Parish Ministry Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Greenacres Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Ray of Hope Foundation ↗

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 Greater Cincinnat…William P Anderson Fo…Charles H Dater Found…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Sutphin Family Founda…Josephine S Russell C…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Millstone FundThe Thomas J Emery Me…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…L & L Nippert Charita…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH39.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Louis T Block Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis T Block Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 62 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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