Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Robert and Esther Black Family 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,667
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $167,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 49 to 62
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 50 | $1.3M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 55 | $1.3M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $1.1M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $1.0M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 50 | $906k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $987k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 62 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield Fine Arts Guild Inc | $368,999 | 7 | 9% |
| Discovery School Inc | $296,333 | 7 | 9% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | $281,119 | 7 | 0% |
| United Way of Richland County | $270,999 | 6 | 9% |
| Fenimore Art Museum | $236,666 | 7 | 1% |
| Renaissance Performing Arts Association Inc | $236,334 | 6 | 3% |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc | $211,667 | 7 | 1% |
| Ohio Bird Sanctuary Inc | $183,333 | 4 | 5% |
| Upstate Home for Children Foundation Inc | $159,999 | 6 | 5% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $156,666 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert and Esther Black Family 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: Richland County Foundation · Park National Corporation Foundation · The Hire Family Foundation · Ashland County Community Foundation · Edith B & Joseph E Humphrey Family Foundation · The Milliron Foundation · The Milton R & Beulah M Young Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gorman Family Foundation · Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc · Firstenergy Foundation · Wayne County Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation
- How much does The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation give?
- The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $1,277,166 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 62 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Philanthropy (14%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Mansfield Fine Arts Guild Inc ($369k), Discovery School Inc ($296k), Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio ($281k).
- Does The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert and Esther Black Family 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 Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richland County Foundation, Park National Corporation Foundation, The Hire Family Foundation.
- Where is The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation based?
- The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation is based in PA.
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