Missouri · Nonprofit
BETTER BLOCK SGF
BETTER BLOCK SGF (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DARR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $87k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $24k
What Better Block Sgf does
Mission
Better Block Sgf builds community by transforming underutilized spaces into vibrant gathering places.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Medical mile-primrose park: partnered with a local hospital to transform an underused parking lot into a temporary public space to create a more welcoming, people-centered space for patients, employees and visitors. The shaded seating, games, food trucks and gathering areas demonstrated how placemaking can improve walkability and strengthen community identity.
$31,379 spent48% of program spendingFree community fridge: part of a movement to promote equal access to fresh food and reduce food waste. This ongoing community-driven resource allows neighbors to freely give and receive sealed perishables and uncut fresh fruits and vegetables. This was the second community fridge placement.
$8,723 spent13% of program spendingOverlay festival: created gathering spaces with temporary shade structures and seating installations during the local overlay festival. This project enhanced comfort, encouraged community connection and demonstrated how simple placemaking interventions can make public spaces more inviting and usable.
$4,580 spent7% of program spendingOther activities included transforming downtown parking spaces into temporary gathering places during park(ing) day and holding an annual we create event. We create brings together members of the springfield community to explore creative solutions to inspire postive change in our city.
$20,414 spent31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $65,096.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BETTER BLOCK SGF’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BETTER BLOCK SGF's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BETTER BLOCK SGF runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BETTER BLOCK SGF
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BETTER BLOCK SGF: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BETTER BLOCK SGF?
- BETTER BLOCK SGF (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DARR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETTER BLOCK SGF have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to BETTER BLOCK SGF.
- Who is the largest funder of BETTER BLOCK SGF?
- DARR FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETTER BLOCK SGF find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing