· Private foundation
The Willard and Roberta Block Family Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
91% of The Willard and Roberta Block Family Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k17 grants · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $106k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST | $106,087 |
| COMMUNITY FUND OF SARASOTA | $3,000 |
| THE FRESH AIR FUND | $1,200 |
| WEDU PBS | $1,200 |
| WGBH | $1,000 |
| COLUMBIA COLLEGE FUND | $1,000 |
| ANTIOCH COLLEGE | $500 |
| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | $500 |
| SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FUND | $500 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SARASOTA | $200 |
| AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL | $200 |
| WUSF | $200 |
| MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION | $100 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $100 |
| UNICEF | $100 |
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 (FY18–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
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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 18 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 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds ANTIOCH COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Willard and Roberta Block Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Willard and Roberta Block Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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