New York · Private foundation
The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $5.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,050,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $32M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 | 21 | $5.7M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $3.0M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $4.2M | 16% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $3.7M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $3.7M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $2.6M | 53% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $670k | 89% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $250k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $3,600,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Cornell University | $2,866,667 | 4 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $1,545,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $820,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Steppingstone Foundation Inc | $585,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $575,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | $540,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater | $475,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Lighthouse Guild International Inc | $465,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Rising Treetops at Oakhurst | $360,000 | 6 | 3% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Block Friedman Family 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: Fidelity Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc reported 23 grants totaling $5,711,667 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (47%), Education (23%), Religion (15%).
- Who are The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association ($3.6M), Cornell University ($2.9M), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($1.5M).
- Does The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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