Texas · Private foundation
The Margery L Block Charitable 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.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $3.0M | 30% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $2.4M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $400k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Health$1.1MPhilanthropy$658kEducation$625kHuman Services$350kCommunity Improvement$150kReligion$100k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Heights School Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Family Violence Prevention Services Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
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About The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation give?
- The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $2,975,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (21%).
- Who are The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Alamo Heights School Foundation ($250k), Breakthrough T1d ($250k), Breakthrough ($250k).
- Does The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Margery L Block Charitable 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.
- Where is The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation based?
- The Margery L Block Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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