Funding search · EIN 363811476 · Niles, IL

Block Family Foundation

Name: Block Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

68
grants reported: $242,801
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,330
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Rush University Medical Center2 grants · $27,360
The Bear Foundation1 grant · $25,000
American Heart Association2 grants · $19,725
Landmark Illinois2 grants · $15,150
Chicago Sports Summit Foundation1 grant · $15,000
Reed Charitable Foundation3 grants · $15,000
La Rabida Children'S Hospital3 grants · $13,986
Silver Cross Foundation3 grants · $13,520
Morris Hospital Auxiliary3 grants · $8,502
Landmarks Illinois1 grant · $7,590

Giving over time

$64,425

2022

$90,487

2023

$87,889

2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
The Bear Foundation · Rolling Meadows, IL · 2023
For operations
$15,000
Chicago Sports Summit Foundation · Westchester, IL · 2024
For operations
$13,680
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
For operations
$13,680
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
For operations
$10,650
American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2022
For operations
$9,075
American Heart Association · Boone, IA · 2024
For operations
$7,846
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
For operations
$7,690
Landmark Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
For operations
$7,590
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
For operations
$7,460
Landmark Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
For operations
$7,132
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
For operations
$6,166
Ascension Illinois Foundation · Bolingbrook, IL · 2023
For operations
$5,040
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
For operations
$5,000
Aurora University · Aurora, IL · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Reed Charitable Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
For operations
$5,000
Reed Charitable Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
For operations
$5,000
Reed Charitable Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
For operations
$4,960
Silver Cross Foundation · New Lenox, IL · 2023
For operations
$4,960
Silver Cross Foundation · New Lenox, IL · 2022
For operations
$3,600
Silver Cross Foundation · New Lenox, IL · 2024
For operations
$3,460
Childerguild · New Lenox, IL · 2022
For operations
$3,276
Morris Hospital Auxiliary · Morris, IL · 2023
For operations
$3,200
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
For operations
$3,066
Morris Hospital Auxiliary · Morris, IL · 2024
For operations
$3,000
La Grange Memorial Hospital Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2023
For operations
$3,000
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2023
For operations
$3,000
La Grange Memorial Hospital Foundation · Lagrange, IL · 2022
For operations
$2,940
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
For operations
$2,500
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
For operations
$2,500
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024
For operations
$2,500
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2024
For operations
$2,500
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
For operations
$2,500
Xavier University · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
For operations
$2,160
Morris Hospital Auxiliary · Morris, IL · 2022
For operations
$1,700
Bishop Noll Institute · Munster, IN · 2022
For operations
$1,500
Bishop Noll Institute · Munster, IN · 2024
For operations
$1,500
Bishop Noll Institute · Munster, IN · 2023
For operations
$1,500
Illinois State University · Normal, IL · 2023
For operations
$1,360
Midwest Health Foundation · Bolingbrook, IL · 2023
For operations
$1,360
Midwest Health Foundation · Bolingbrook, IL · 2022
For operations
$1,175
Valley View Education Foundation · Bolingbrook, IL · 2023
For operations
$1,175
Joey'S Angels · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2022
For operations
$1,145
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2024
For operations
$1,060
Valley View Educational Enrichment Foundation · Bolingbrook, IL · 2022
For operations
$1,000
Boys & Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
For operations
$1,000
Dollars Against Diabetes · Joliet, IL · 2024
For operations
$1,000
Aurora University · Aurora, IL · 2023
For operations
$1,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
For operations
$1,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
For operations
$1,000
University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
For operations
$1,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
For operations
$1,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
For operations
$900
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
For operations
$790
Children'S Healing Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
For operations
$750
Loras College · Dubuque, IA · 2023
For operations
$750
Saint Xavier University · Chicago, IL · 2023
For operations
$655
Joey'S Angels · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2023
For operations
$650
Joey'S Angels · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2024
For operations
$550
Dollars Against Diabetes · Joliet, IL · 2022
For operations
$500
Families of Faith Ministries · Channahon, IL · 2024
For operations
$500
St Mary'S Catholic Church · Minooka, IL · 2024
For operations
$450
Dollars Against Diabetes · Joliet, IL · 2023
For operations
$250
Helping Hand Foundation · Manomet, MA · 2023
For operations
$125
Seneca Grade School Foundation · Seneca, IL · 2024
For operations
$125
Seneca Grade School Foundation · Seneca, IL · 2023
For operations
$100
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2023
For operations
$100
Seneca Grade School Education Foundation · Seneca, IL · 2022
For operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.