Funding search · EIN 616433804 · Pittsburgh, PA

The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation

Name: The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

213
grants reported: $4.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $16,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Discovery School4 grants · $224,000
The Glimmerglass Festival4 grants · $201,208
North Central State College4 grants · $200,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio4 grants · $191,953
United Way of Richland County3 grants · $181,000
Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc4 grants · $180,334
Richland County Foundation4 grants · $172,333
Fenimore Art Museum4 grants · $160,000
Community Foundation of4 grants · $153,333
Mansfield Art Center4 grants · $149,332

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.3M

2024

$1.3M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 213 grants.

$167,000
Discovery School · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$113,333
Richland County Foundation · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General operating
$100,000
Taking Root Farms · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General operating
$83,333
Richland County Land Bank · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$82,120
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General support
$82,000
United Way of North Central Ohio · Marion, OH · 2022
Positive youth development
$72,574
The Glimmerglass Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2023
General support
$66,667
Ymca of North Central Ohio · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$66,667
North End Community Improvement · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$66,667
Ymca of North Central Ohio · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$66,667
Ohio Bird Sanctuary · Ontario, OH · 2022
Spreading our wings program
$66,666
Ashland Schine'S Theater · Ashland, OH · 2022
Cap campaign
$61,000
United Way of Richland County · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$60,000
United Way of Richland County · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$60,000
United Way of Richland County · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$57,400
Richland Community Development · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$56,667
Fenimore Art Museum · Cooperstown, NY · 2025
General support
$53,000
Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc · Mansfield, OH · 2022
Symphony
$52,333
Richland Community Development · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$51,833
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$51,667
American Red Cross · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$50,000
Community Foundation of · Gaylord, MI · 2025
General support
$50,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$50,000
North Central State College · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$50,000
The Glimmerglass Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Third Street Family Health Services · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$50,000
Buckeye Imagination Museum · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$50,000
North Central State College · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$50,000
Buckeye Imagination Museum · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$50,000
North Central State College · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$50,000
North Central State College · Mansfield, OH · 2022
21 century healthcare
$48,500
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$46,667
The Glimmerglass Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
General support
$45,667
Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$45,000
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre · Cooperstown, NY · 2023
General support
$43,333
Community Foundation of · Gaylord, MI · 2024
General support
$43,000
Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$43,000
Mansfield Reformatiory Preser Soc · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$40,000
Upstate Home for Children Fd · Oneonta, NY · 2025
General support
$40,000
Domestic Violence Shelter · Mansfield, OH · 2024
Banks building acquisition
$40,000
Fenimore Art Museum · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
General support
$40,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$40,000
Fenimore Art Museum · Cooperstown, NY · 2023
General support
$38,667
Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$38,333
Mansfield Art Center · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$38,333
Richland Academy of the Arts · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$37,333
Mansfield Art Center · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$37,333
Richland Academy of the Arts · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$37,333
Mansfield Art Center · Mansfield, OH · 2023
General support
$36,333
Mansfield Art Center · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General operating
$33,333
Mansfield City Schools · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$33,333
Mansfield City Schools · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General operating
$33,333
Ohio Bird Sanctuary · Ontario, OH · 2024
General support
$33,333
Community Foundation of · Gaylord, MI · 2023
General support
$33,333
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General support
$33,333
Ohio Bird Sanctuary · Ontario, OH · 2023
General support
$33,333
Akron Civic Theatre · Akron, OH · 2022
Theatre rennovation &
$33,333
Humanity of Richland & Crawfrd · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General
$32,667
Downtown Arts Theater · Wooster, OH · 2023
General support
$31,967
The Glimmerglass Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2022
Equipment
$30,000
Wayfinders Ohio · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$30,000
Upstate Home for Children Fd · Oneonta, NY · 2024
General support
$30,000
Upstate Home for Children Fd · Oneonta, NY · 2023
General support
$29,333
Nuhop Center for Exp Learning · Perrysville, OH · 2024
General
$28,000
American Red Cross · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$27,667
St Peter'S Parish · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$27,667
Discovery School · Mansfield, OH · 2022
Ann fund
$27,000
Richland County Foundation · Mansfield, OH · 2025
General support
$26,667
American Red Cross · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$26,667
Community Foundation of · Gaylord, MI · 2022
Founders campaign
$25,333
Discovery School · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$25,000
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre · Cooperstown, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
American Red Cross · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Third Street Community Clinic · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General support
$23,333
Fenimore Art Museum · Cooperstown, NY · 2022
Youth programs
$23,333
Malabar City Schools · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General
$23,333
Upstate Home for Children Fd · Oneonta, NY · 2022
Springbrook sch early
$23,000
Richland Academy of the Arts · Mansfield, OH · 2022
Support of various programs
$20,667
Third Street Community Clinic · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$20,000
Aclu of Ohio Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General support
$20,000
Family Planning of South · Birghamton, NY · 2025
General support
$20,000
First Congregational Church · Ravenna, OH · 2025
General support
$20,000
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre · Cooperstown, NY · 2022
General operating
$20,000
North Central Ohio · Mandsfield, OH · 2022
Phase ii digital upgrades
$19,667
Habitat for Humanity of · Mansfield, OH · 2024
General support
$17,333
Northern Ohio Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2025
General support
$16,667
Historic Saranac Lake · Saranac Lake, NY · 2025
John black room renovations
$16,667
Rails To Trails of Wyne County · Wooster, OH · 2025
General support
$16,667
West Creek Conservancy · Elyria, OH · 2025
General support
$16,667
Family Planning of South · Birghamton, NY · 2024
General support
$16,667
Historic Saranac Lake · Saranac Lake, NY · 2024
John black room renovations
$16,667
Rails To Trails of Wyne County · Wooster, OH · 2024
General purpose
$16,667
Family Planning of South · Birghamton, NY · 2023
General support
$16,667
Akron Children'S Hospital · Akron, OH · 2022
Expanding behavioral health
$16,667
Friends of Richland County Park · Mansfield, OH · 2022
Richland b&o trail repairs
$16,667
Historic Saranac Lake · Saranac Lake, NY · 2022
John black room renovations
$16,667
Raemelton Ther Equestrian Center · Mansfield, OH · 2022
General operating
$16,667
Rails To Trails of Wayne Cnty · Wooster, OH · 2022
General
$16,000
Wayne Center for the Arts · Wooster, OH · 2025
General support

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