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Private foundation (trust)EIN 205848397Est. 2007-01

THE BLOCK FOUNDATION

NORTHVILLE, MI 481675259

Total Assets

$6.2M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$281K

FY 2023

Grants Made

29

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$10K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$2K–$50K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$527K

Total Expenses

$330K

Qualifying Distributions

$281K

Distributable Amount

$289K

Min. Investment Return

$291K

Undistributed Income

$289K

Payout rate 97%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.97%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

29 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $8K to maximum $50K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $322K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

101 grants

DETROIT CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
$275K
6 grants
MASONRY INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN
$230K
4 grants
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
$150K
6 grants
MICHIGAN INSTITUTE OF MASONRY
$104K
2 grants
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
$85K
6 grants
MASONRY FOUNDATION
$70K
4 grants
FRIENDS OF THE ROUGE
$51K
5 grants
OUR LADY OF VICTORY
$45K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

101 grants

<$10K
70
grants
$10–50K
28
grants
$50–250K
3
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

Michigan
$1.1M
75% of total
New Mexico
$150K
11% of total
Illinois
$70K
5% of total
District of Columbia
$61K
4% of total
Colorado
$38K
3% of total
Louisiana
$21K
1% of total
Texas
$8K
1% of total
New York
$5K
0% of total
California
$3K
0% of total
Washington
$2K
0% of total

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