Texas · Private foundation
The Bock Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $31k
- Granted FY2020
- 6
- Grants FY2020
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Bock Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Bock Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $31k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 20% of the organizations The Bock Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5 | $30k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $38k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $22k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth and Family Alliance | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mainspring Schools Inc | $6,297 | 2 | 0% |
| Telluride AIDS Benefit Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kipp Foundation | $2,605 | 1 | 0% |
| Nonpareil Institute | $450 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bock Foundation 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Bock Foundation
- How much does The Bock Foundation give?
- The Bock Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $31,105 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Bock Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (85%), Education (12%), Housing & Shelter (1%).
- Who are The Bock Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Breakthrough ($60k), Iowa State University Foundation ($10k), Carnegie Mellon University ($10k).
- Does The Bock Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bock Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bock Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Bock Foundation based?
- The Bock Foundation is based in TX.
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