Funding search · EIN 136083017 · Northwood, OH

Paul and Dina W Block Foundation

Name: Paul and Dina W Block Foundation grants, 2020–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

104
grants reported: $910,000
total given: 2020–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community public service benefit betterment serv

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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.

Pittsburgh Glass Center6 grants · $169,000
Literacy Pittsburgh3 grants · $76,000
Literacy Pittsbrugh2 grants · $45,000
Center for Christian Virtue2 grants · $45,000
Hooves2 grants · $40,000
Toledo Symphony6 grants · $37,500
Kensico Cemetary1 grant · $34,000
The Grolier Club2 grants · $30,500
Jeremiah'S Place1 grant · $30,000
Cancer Care Alliance Fdn1 grant · $24,000

Giving over time

$130,000

2020

$148,000

2021

$180,000

2022

$136,000

2023

$144,000

2024

$172,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

$40,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community service/public betterment
$35,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community service/public betterment
$34,000
Kensico Cemetary · Valhalla, NY · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$34,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community service/public betterment
$30,000
Jeremiah'S Place · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Community benefit & public service
$30,000
Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Community benefit & public service
$30,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Community service/public betterment
$30,000
Hooves · Swanton, OH · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$26,000
Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$25,000
Center for Christian Virtue · Columbus, OH · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$25,000
Literacy Pittsbrugh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$24,000
Cancer Care Alliance Fdn · Toledo, OH · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$22,000
Ymca of Greater Toledo · Sylvania, OH · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$20,000
Woodlawn Cemetary · Toledo, OH · 2025
Community service, public benefit
$20,000
Center for Christian Virtue · Columbus, OH · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$20,000
Literacy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$20,000
Literacy Pittsbrugh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$20,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community service/public betterment
$20,000
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community service/public betterment
$17,500
The Grolier Club · New York, NY · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$13,000
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2025
Community benefit & public service
$13,000
The Grolier Club · New York, NY · 2025
Community benefit & public service
$10,000
Mississippi State University · Mississippi State, MS · 2025
Community benefit and public service
$10,000
Mississippi State Univ · Mississippi State, MS · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$10,000
Historic Woodlawn Foundation · New Rochelle, NY · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$10,000
Maimonides Benevelent Fund · Elmont, NY · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$10,000
Stonington Fire Department · Stonington, CT · 2022
Community service, public benefit
$10,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2022
Community service, public benefit
$10,000
Ellis School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$10,000
Hooves · Swanton, OH · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$10,000
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community benefit, public service
$10,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community service/public betterment
$9,000
Maumee Valley Country Day School · Maumee, OH · 2021
Community benefit, public service
$9,000
412 Food Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$8,500
Humane Animal Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community benefit and public serv
$7,500
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2025
Community service, public benefit
$7,000
Toledo Lucas County Library · Sylvania, OH · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$6,000
United Way of Greater Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2025
Community benefit and public service
$6,000
Connecting Kids To Meals · Toledo, OH · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$6,000
Connecting Kids To Meals · Toledo, OH · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Healthy Island Project · Deer Isle, ME · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2024
Community service, public benefit
$5,000
Healthy Island Project · Deer Isle, ME · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Pittsburgh Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2023
Community service, public benefit
$5,000
Bagaduce Music Lending Library · Blue Hill, ME · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Cricaat · Washington, PA · 2022
Community benefit and public service
$5,000
Humane Animal Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Pittsburg Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
The Neighborhood Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community benefit, public service
$5,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2022
Community benefit, public service
$5,000
Toledo Lucas County Library · Sylvania, OH · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
Pittsburg Promise · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$5,000
The Neighborhood Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit, public service
$5,000
Toledo Humane Society · Maumee, OH · 2021
Community service/public betterment
$5,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2021
Community service, public benefit
$5,000
Andy Warhol Museum · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community benefit, public service
$5,000
The Neighborhood Academy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community benefit, public service
$5,000
Toledo Humane Society · Maumee, OH · 2020
Community service/public betterment
$5,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2020
Community service, public benefit
$4,000
Read for Literacy · Toledo, OH · 2025
Community benefit and public service
$4,000
Stonington Fire Dept · Stonington, CT · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$4,000
Greater Pitt Comm Food Bank · Duquesne, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$3,000
Chamber Music Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Community benefit & public service
$3,000
Chamber Music Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$3,000
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Community service/public betterment
$3,000
Cricaat · Washington, PA · 2021
Community benefit and public service
$3,000
Lets Get Free · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$3,000
Ryan Shazier Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$3,000
Cricaat · Washington, PA · 2020
Community benefit and public service
$3,000
Maumee Valley Country Day School · Maumee, OH · 2020
Community benefit, public service
$3,000
Neighborhood Health Accn · Toledo, OH · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$3,000
Protohaven · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$2,500
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Community service/public betterment
$2,500
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$2,500
Pittsburgh Public Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community service, public benefit
$2,000
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Community benefit and public service
$2,000
Finding Our Voices · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Community benefit & public service
$2,000
Chamber Music Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community benefit & public service
$2,000
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Community service/public betterment
$2,000
Chamber Music Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$2,000
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community service/public betterment
$2,000
American Fdn of Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2021
Community service, public benefit
$2,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2021
Community benefit, public service
$2,000
American Fdn of Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2020
Community service, public benefit
$2,000
Ccas Education Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$2,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2020
Community benefit, public service
$1,500
Latino Community Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$1,500
Sister Pgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$1,500
Kitty Queen Cat Rescue · Pittsburgh, PA · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$1,500
Paws and Whiskers Cat Rescue · Toledo, OH · 2020
Community benefit & public service
$1,000
Pittsburgh Public Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Community benefit and public service
$1,000
Phipps Conservatory · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community benefit & public service
$1,000
Chamber Music Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$1,000
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community benefit & public service
$1,000
Pittsburgh Public Theater · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community service, public benefit
$1,000
Pittsburgh Symphony · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Community service/public betterment

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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.