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Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
75
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Housing & Shelter$1.4MArts & Culture$1.4MReligion$1.1MHuman Services$826kPublic Safety & Disaster$685kFood & Nutrition$419kCrime & Legal$343kHealth$251kOther$0
02FY2024 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $619k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $367k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA$300,000
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST$167,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC$50,000
MAT SU YOUTH HOUSING$50,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS - ANCHORAGE ALASKA CHAPTER$50,000
ANCHORAGE OPERA COMPANY$35,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION$30,000
RESIDENTIAL YOUTH CARE INC$25,000
ALASKA ZOO$25,000
PERSEVERANCE THEATRE INCORPORATED$25,000
ALASKA CHILDRENS TRUST$25,000
ALASKA ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSING I$25,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF JUNEAU$25,000
BEACON HILL$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NORTH STAR COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $20k → 21%KETCHIKAN WELLNESS COALITION: $20k → 9%KETCHIKAN WELLNESS COALITION: $15k → 9%KETCHIKAN WELLNESS COALITION: $250 → 9%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $67k → 10%ALASKA ADOPTION SERVICES: $5k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $15k → 10%ALASKA CHILDRENS TRUST: $35k → 22%KIDS KUPBOARD: $10k → 10%MAT-SU VALLEY INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $10k → 10%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $50k → 10%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $25k → 10%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $25k → 10%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $250 → 10%ALASKA CHILDRENS TRUST: $35k → 10%ALASKA CHILDRENS TRUST: $25k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $300k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $150k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $150k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $150k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $110k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $100k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $75k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $75k → 10%NEW HOPE ON THE LAST FRONTIER: $10k → 10%NEW HOPE ON THE LAST FRONTIER: $8k → 10%NEW HOPE ON THE LAST FRONTIER: $5k → 10%ABUSED WOMENS AID IN CRISIS INCORPORATED: $1k → 10%ABUSED WOMENS AID IN CRISIS INCORPORATED: $750 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.5M · 62 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +7% since the first grant, against +4% for the ones you funded once.

62 repeat relationships — 38 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
61

Total granted

$5.5M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+4%

Still filing today

92%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $850k · revenue +7%
  • PF
    PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS
    2× · 2021–2022 · $330k · revenue +18%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2020–2021 · $260k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • HI
    HENNING INC
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
  • AA
    Anchorage Affordable Housing and
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -59%
  • UH
    UNITED HUMAN SERVICES OF SE ALASKA
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -86%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
2
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
3
Bunnell Street Arts Center

Sparking artistic inquiry, innovation and equity to strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of Alaska through exhibitions, artist residencies, performances, arts education, and exceptional community engagement.

Arts & Culture
4
Alaska Folk Festival Inc

Alaska residents benefit from free public admission to an arts and culture festival; the week-long festival encourages non-professional musicians and performers, and has been operating since 1975.

Arts & Culture
5
Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness

To increase affordable housing and end homelessness in Alaska.

Housing & Shelter
6
Alaska Arts Southeast Inc

The mission of alaska arts southeast, inc. is to build community in alaska by providing opportunities in the arts, culture and recreation in an inclusive, educational and inspirational environment.

—
7
Alaska Childrens Alliance

Dedicated to strengthening the multi-disciplinary response to child abuse. We strive to ensure that professionals throughout Alaska are equipped to do the best job possible at holding offenders accountable and helping children and families…

Crime & Legal
8
Alaska Sustainability Initiative

To advance solutions that build the resilience and sustainability of Alaska, for its current and future residents and the natural systems upon which they depend.

Animals
9
Alaska Trails

Building partnerships, building trails. Working to build trails across the state and build capacity for trail organizations.

Recreation & Sports
10
Stand Up Alaska

To Harness the power of the diverse people of Alaska and their communities to empower and support transformative social change. Stand Up Alaska is an Alaskan-led movement providing intersectional and diverse views on issues affecting all…

Civil Rights
11
Food Bank of Alaska

FBA believes no one deserves to be hungry. We are dedicated to eliminating hunger in Alaska by obtaining and providing food to partner agencies and through anti-hunger leadership.

Food & Nutrition
12
United Way of Anchorage

We unite caring people to give volunteer and take action to remove barriers to opportunities. Thats been our mission since we first started serving Alaska. It guides how we solve our communitys toughest challenges and is why weve been able…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Pollen Initiative. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAlaska Community Organizati…Performing Arts Organizatio…Alaska Community Support Or…Community Health and Social…Crisis Support and Shelter …Kenai Peninsula Community S…Business Advocacy Organizat…Early Childhood Care CentersAlaska Native Community Org…Mat-Su Community ServicesChristian Ministries and Ou…Alaska Community Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr12%7%5–10yr17%14%10–20yr19%25%20–35yr17%31%35–55yr15%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%2%<5yr12%2%5–10yr17%9%10–20yr19%15%20–35yr17%36%35–55yr15%36%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%1/122
the rest of the field
11%
403/3,511

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 112 of the 159 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
110/112
Grantees still filing
63/112
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST — $797,000 · OtherFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC — $250,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INCTHE ALBERT BAKER FUND — $185,265 · OtherTHE ALBERT BAKER FUNDAMERICAN RED CROSS - ANCHORAGE ALASKA CHAPTER — $175,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS - ANCHORAGE ALASKA CHAPTERHENNING INC — $150,000 · OtherPALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC — $125,000 · OtherNINE STAR ENTERPRISES INC — $152,500 · Other+97 more — $1,433,093 · Other+97 moreCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA — $850,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKAAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $260,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cr…Catholic Social Services — $100,250 · Human ServicesCatholic Social ServicesALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST — $95,000 · Human ServicesALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUSTFAMILY PROMISE OF JUNEAU — $75,000 · Human ServicesWasilla Area Seniors Inc — $67,000 · Human Services+7 more — $124,500 · Human Services+7 moreANCHORAGE OPERA COMPANY — $215,000 · Arts & CultureANCHORAGE OPERA C…Perseverance Theatre Incorporated — $105,000 · Arts & CulturePerseverance Thea…ALASKA CHILDRENS INSTITUTE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $100,000 · Arts & CultureALASKA CHILDRENS …ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $80,000 · Arts & CultureANCHORAGE SYMPHON…Cyrano's Theatre Company — $70,000 · Arts & CultureCyrano's Theatre …ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY THEATER INC — $60,500 · Arts & CultureANCHORAGE COMMUNI…ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $60,000 · Arts & CultureALASKA PUBLIC MED…Anchorage Museum Association — $58,570 · Arts & CultureAlaska Youth Orchestras — $55,000 · Arts & CultureNorth Star Dance Foundation North Star Ballet — $50,000 · Arts & Culture+19 more — $248,850 · Arts & Culture+19 moreAnchorage Affordable Housing and — $150,000 · Housing & ShelterBEACON HILL — $140,250 · Housing & ShelterJUNEAU HOUSING FIRST COLLABORATIVE — $100,000 · Housing & ShelterBeans Cafe Inc — $100,000 · Housing & ShelterMAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING — $50,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterPARTNERS FOR PROGRESS — $330,000 · Community ImprovementUNITED HUMAN SERVICES OF SE ALASKA — $100,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $250 · Community ImprovementSEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCE — $155,250 · AnimalsALASKA ZOO — $50,000 · AnimalsDOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC — $125,000 · Food & NutritionFAIRBANKS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SERVICE INC — $70,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,267,858Human Services$1,571,750Arts & Culture$1,102,920Housing & Shelter$555,250Community Improvement$430,250Animals$205,250Food & Nutrition$195,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA — $850,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR PROGRESS — $330,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $260,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANCHORAGE OPERA COMPANY — $215,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetTHE ALBERT BAKER FUND — $185,265 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetSEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCE — $155,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNINE STAR ENTERPRISES INC — $152,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAnchorage Affordable Housing and — $150,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBEACON HILL — $140,250 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetPALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC — $125,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC — $125,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetPerseverance Theatre Incorporated — $105,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetFAIRBANKS ARTS ASSOCIATION — $100,250 over 3y, 15% of budgetCatholic Social Services — $100,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED HUMAN SERVICES OF SE ALASKA — $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetALASKA CHILDRENS INSTITUTE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $100,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetJUNEAU HOUSING FIRST COLLABORATIVE — $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST — $95,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetANCHORAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $80,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF JUNEAU — $75,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetAlaska Pacific University — $70,977 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRBANKS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SERVICE INC — $70,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCyrano's Theatre Company — $70,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetWasilla Area Seniors Inc — $67,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetANCHORAGE COMMUNITY THEATER INC — $60,500 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAnchorage Museum Association — $58,570 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAlaska Youth Orchestras — $55,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetResilient Youth & Community — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - ANCHORAGE — $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNorth Star Dance Foundation North Star Ballet — $50,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetALASKA ZOO — $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BREAD LINE INC — $45,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetBETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKetchikan Wellness Coalition — $35,250 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetJUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSING INC — $35,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetAnchorage Concert Association Inc — $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAWARE Inc — $33,980 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAT-SU 2024 ARCTIC WINTER GAMES HOS — $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDenali Arts Council Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetANCHORAGE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIONIA INC IOINA — $28,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetSKIKU INC FORMERLY NORDIC JOURNEYS INC — $25,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rasmuson FoundationThe Alaska Community …The Carr Foundation I…Atwood Foundation IncValley Hospital Assoc…Alaska Humanities For…The Usibelli Foundati…MEWebber FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Alaska Children's Tru…United Way of Anchora…Frances & David Rose …
Rasmuson FoundationAK159.8× affinity90 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Atwood Foundation Inc · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · Alaska Humanities Forum · The Usibelli Foundation · MEWebber Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Alaska Children's Trust · United Way of Anchorage · Frances & David Rose Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    39report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 159 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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