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The Bock 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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$53kHuman Services$37kPhilanthropy$15kEducation$8kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$90k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHOP FOUNDATION$3,000
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 (FY18–22, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $3k → 6%RYANS CASE FOR SMILES: $250 → 6%CHRIST'S HOME: $3k → 6%SPECIAL PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INC: $3k → 22%TABOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $7k → 22%TABOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $3k → 22%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.
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.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 3 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +119% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
23

Total granted

$20k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+119%
-7%

Still filing today

67%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TC
    Tabor Children's Services Inc
    2× · 2018–2022 · $9k · revenue +119%
  • CF
    CHOP FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2025 · $8k
  • RC
    RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES
    2× · 2018–2020 · $3k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +31%
  • AW
    A WOMAN'S PLACE
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +20%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF SUICDE PREVENTION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Kansas City Hospice Inc

To bring expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance and hope to people who are affected by serious illness or by grief.

Human Services
3
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh

The children's home of pittsburgh, established in 1893, is an independent, non-profit licensed organization whose purpose is to promote the health and well-being of infants and children through services which establish and strengthen the…

Health
4
Concern - Professional Services for Children Youth and Families

Concern's mission: concern brings hope, offers opportunity, and inspires change. concern's vision: to encourage growth and promote positive healthy lives.

Human Services
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
7
El Paso Guidance Center Inc dba El Paso Child Guidance Center

Improving the health and well-being of children and families in a safe environment through mental health services, education and awareness.

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8
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers

To build and strengthen families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life.

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9
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
10
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
11
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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12
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21

Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christs Home; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 26 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A WOMAN'S PLACE: $15,000 · OtherA WOMAN'S PLACEAMERICAN FOUNDATION OF SUICDE PREVENTION: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN FOUNDATION OF SUICDE PREVENTIONSHANE HALLIGAN MEMORIAL FUND: $10,000 · OtherSHANE HALLIGAN MEMORIAL FUNDCHOP FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherCHOP FOUNDATIONKRISSY CALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherAngels in Motion: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherEHE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherST VINCENT HOMES: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherSIDS: $2,500 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherGILDA'S CLUB: $2,500 · OtherUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY: $2,500 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE INC: $15,000 · HealthCOVENANT HOUSE INCPEACE VALLEY HOLISTIC CENTER: $10,000 · HealthPEACE VALLEY HOLISTIC CENT…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IN…THE SARA'S SMILES FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthTHE SARA'S SMILES FOUNDATI…Tabor Children's Services Inc: $9,419 · Human ServicesTabor Children'…RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $2,750 · Human ServicesRYAN'S CASE FOR…SPECIAL PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSPECIAL PEOPLE …CHRISTS HOME: $2,500 · Human ServicesCHRISTS HOMEWILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES: $4,675 · EducationKEVIN FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$73,500Health$30,000Human Services$17,169Education$4,675Philanthropy$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA WOMAN'S PLACE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPEACE VALLEY HOLISTIC CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetTabor Children's Services Inc: $9,419 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES: $4,675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $2,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEVIN FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHRISTS HOME: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SARA'S SMILES FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 6.0% 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.

  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds A WOMAN'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds PEACE VALLEY HOLISTIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Tabor Children's Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES ↗
  • Who funds RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds KEVIN FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTS HOME ↗
  • Who funds THE SARA'S SMILES FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Aetna Foundation IncCharities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Aetna Foundation IncCT12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · 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 Bock Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bock Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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
    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.

    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 26 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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