Michigan · Private foundation
The Block Foundation
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.
- $389k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Block Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $384k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $276k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $299k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $219k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $322k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $206k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $97k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masonry Institute of Michigan Inc | $302,500 | 6 | 26% |
| Alternatives for Girls | $130,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Masonry Foundation | $90,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Friends of the Rouge | $75,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Aquinas College | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lennon Center | $42,500 | 5 | 4% |
| The Masonry Society | $37,500 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masonry Institute of Michigan Inc | $302,500 | 6 | 26% |
| Alternatives for Girls | $130,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Masonry Foundation | $90,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Friends of the Rouge | $75,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Aquinas College | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lennon Center | $42,500 | 5 | 4% |
| The Masonry Society | $37,500 | 1 | 6% |
| The Arc Livingston | $30,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Kidney Cancer Association | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Colorectal Cancer Alliance | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Living & Learning Enrichment Center | $27,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Cathedral High School Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Plymouth Pollinators | $12,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Michigan Enviromental Council | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northville Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DBT-Linehan Board of Certification | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Block Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Block Foundation
- How much does The Block Foundation give?
- The Block Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $388,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Block Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Block Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Masonry Institute of Michigan Inc ($303k), Alternatives for Girls ($130k), The Masonry Foundation ($90k).
- Does The Block Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Block 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 The Block Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include DTE Energy Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Block Foundation based?
- The Block Foundation is based in MI.
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