Virginia · Private foundation
The Blocker Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 69
- Grants FY2024
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $58,092
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 73
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $108M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations The Blocker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 69 | $4.6M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $4.4M | 58% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $1.9M | 79% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $225k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $554k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 58 | $19k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 73 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forkids Inc | $626,583 | 3 | 2% |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | $610,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Child & Family Services of Eastern Va Inc D/B/A the Up Center | $350,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Friends of Foster Care Incorporated | $299,955 | 4 | 9% |
| Judeo-Christian Outreach Centerinc | $250,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Nauticus Foundation | $250,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Next Step to Success | $250,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads | $225,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Norfolk Botanical Garden Inc | $225,095 | 4 | 1% |
| Elevate Early Education Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 133 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Blocker Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 124 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Sentara Health · Townebank Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Obici Healthcare Foundation Inc · Beazley Foundation Incorporated · The Landmark Foundation · The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation · Suffolk Foundation · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc
How this is measured
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About The Blocker Foundation
- How much does The Blocker Foundation give?
- The Blocker Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $4,604,805 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 73 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Blocker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Human Services (19%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are The Blocker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Forkids Inc ($627k), Virginia Wesleyan University ($610k), Child & Family Services of Eastern Va Inc D/B/A the Up Center ($350k).
- Does The Blocker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Blocker Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Blocker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, United Way of South Hampton Roads, Sentara Health.
- Where is The Blocker Foundation based?
- The Blocker Foundation is based in VA.
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