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The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$11MEducation$5.4MReligion$3.6MPhilanthropy$1.5MArts & Culture$840kRecreation & Sports$465kEnvironment$330kYouth Development$145kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $300k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $475k
  • $250k+5 grants · $4.9M
$45,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
92ND STREET Y$2,050,000
MT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$1,260,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$866,667
UJA FEDERATION$470,000
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION$290,000
THE WHEELER SCHOOL$130,000
RISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST INC$110,000
THE STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION$85,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY$50,000
OBJECTS CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT (METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART)$50,000
HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE$50,000
REFUGEE DREAM CENTER$45,000
NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS$45,000
TRUSTEE OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$40,000
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL$32,000
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 (FY20–25, $186k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PINE STREET INN INC: $30k → 16%PINE STREET INN INC: $25k → 16%JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICES FOR THE AGED: $18k → 17%PINE STREET INN INC: $25k → 16%JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICES FOR THE AGED: $18k → 17%PINE STREET INN INC: $25k → 16%REFUGEE DREAM CENTER: $45k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
NY
MA
OR
NJ
RI
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 24 repeat orgs$272k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
4

Total granted

$23M
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
-5%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +18%
  • Cornell University
    4× · 2021–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +23%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LIGHTHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • TV
    THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -34%
  • Williams College
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -5%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meadowbrook School of Weston Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $9,750,000 · OtherMT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER+13 more: $1,426,000 · Other+13 moreCornell University: $2,866,667 · EducationCornell UniversityUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $820,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND…STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $585,000 · EducationSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION …DALTON SCHOOLS INC: $575,000 · EducationDALTON SCHOOLS INCTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $330,000 · EducationTHE WHEELER SCHOOL+4 more: $205,000 · EducationTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $3,600,000 · ReligionTHE YOUNG MEN'S A…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,545,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JE…LIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC: $465,000 · PhilanthropyLIGHTHOUS…THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $475,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $155,000 · Arts & CultureWNET: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $540,000 · HealthNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $330,000 · Environment
Other$11,176,000Education$5,381,667Religion$3,600,000Philanthropy$2,010,000Arts & Culture$740,000Health$540,000Environment$330,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $3,600,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCornell University: $2,866,667 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,545,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $820,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $585,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetDALTON SCHOOLS INC: $575,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $540,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $475,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE GUILD INTERNATIONAL INC: $465,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetRISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST: $360,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $330,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $330,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $155,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC: $125,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEADOWBROOK SCHOOL OF WESTON INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee Development Center: $45,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICES FOR THE AGED: $36,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $15,000 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.

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.

Fidelity FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity FoundationMA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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