· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,843 |
| OHIO LIGHT OPERA | $1,600 |
| HOLMES COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| CAPA | $565 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $300 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $200 |
| COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $172 |
| DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against +74% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2019, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES2× · 2017–2018 · $39k · revenue +131%
- CACOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS2× · 2017–2019 · $1k · revenue +66%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC2× · 2018–2019 · $250 · revenue +89%
Funded once
- MMMEDVET MEDICAL & CANCER CENTERone grant, 2018 · $2k
- COCATS ONLY VET CLINICone grant, 2018 · $1k
- RMRIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $250
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.
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.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
Through education and research, the soa advances actuaries as leaders in measuring and managing risk to improve financial outcomes for individuals, organizations, and the public.
Ccad fosters a diverse community that educates students so they can unleash their creative power to shape culture and commerce.
Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.
Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…
Together, we teach and learn skills that foster the courage to discover our voices, develop old and new passions, practice balance in the pursuit of excellence, and collaborate in building vibrant,inclusive, and sustainable communities.
To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.
To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.
Naef supports the activities of the national academy of engineering (nae). nae operates within the charter and framework of the national academy of sciences (nas) and advises the federal government on matters of science and technology. nae…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds HOLMES COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds DREAMS ON HORSEBACK ↗
- Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The American Legion ↗
- Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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.
How this is measured
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