Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 30-6136901. Reported 252 grants totalling $6,254,285 to 148 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,560 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $305,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Church of Christ Scientist | Boston, MA | $797,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Covenant House Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners for Progress | Anchorage, AK | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Anchorage Opera Company | Anchorage, AK | $215,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross - Anchorage Alaska Chapter | Anchorage, AK | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nine Star Enterprises Inc | Anchorage, AK | $152,500 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Anchorage, AK | $150,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anchorage Affordable Housing and Land Trust | Anchorage, AK | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Henning Inc | Anchorage, AK | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteers of America Inc | Anchorage, AK | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beacon Hill | Anchorage, AK | $125,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Downtown Soup Kitchen | Anchorage, AK | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Albert Baker Fund | Folsom, CA | $116,122 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perseverance Theatre Incorporated | Douglas, AK | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fairbanks Arts Association 483 | Fairbanks, AK | $100,250 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alaska Childrens Institute for the Performing Arts | Kenai, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anchorage Rescue Mission | Anchorage, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Juneau Housing First Collaborative | Juneau, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Human Services of Se Alaska Inc | Juneau, AK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Childrens Trust | Anchorage, AK | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Palmer Senior Citizens Center Inc | Palmer, AK | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fairbanks Community Food Bank Service Inc | Fairbanks, AK | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wasilla Area Seniors Inc | Wasilla, AK | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaska Pacific University | Anchorage, AK | $65,977 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alaska Public Media Inc | Anchorage, AK | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cyranos Theatre Company | Anchorage, AK | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine S | Seward, AK | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anchorage Museum Association | Anchorage, AK | $53,570 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anchorage Community Theatre Inc | Anchorage, AK | $50,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Social Services | Anchorage, AK | $50,250 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alaska Youth Orchestras | Anchorage, AK | $50,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alaska Zoo | Anchorage, AK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Juneau | Juneau, AK | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Anchorage, AK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Juneau Cooperative Christian Ministry | Juneau, AK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mat Su Youth Housing | Wasilla, AK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palmer Family Church of the Nazarene | Palmer, AK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Residential Youth Care Inc | Ketchikan, AK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Association for Christian Science Nursing I | Anchorage, AK | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anchorage Symphony Orchestra | Anchorage, AK | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bread Line Inc | Fairbanks, AK | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Star Dance Foundation | Fairbanks, AK | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ketchikan Wellness Coalition | Ketchikan, AK | $35,250 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anchorage Concert Association Inc | Anchorage, AK | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aiding Women From Abuse and Rape Emergencies Inc | Juneau, AK | $33,980 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Denali Arts Council | Talkeetna, AK | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mat-Su 2024 Arctic Winter Games Host Society | Palmer, AK | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Alaska Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ionia Inc | Kasilof, AK | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anchorage Opera Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fairbanks Concert Association | Fairbanks, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Kupboard | Wasilla, AK | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Skiku Inc | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Life | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Hope on the Last Frontier | Anchorage, AK | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alaska Arts Education Consortium Inc | Fairbanks, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Historical Society | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bethel Community Services Foundation Inc | Bethel, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homer Council on the Arts | Homer, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homer Society of Natural History Inc | Homer, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Star Council on Aging Inc | Fairbanks, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church | Juneau, AK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Folk School | Fairbanks, AK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $18,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northern Culture Exchange | Anchorage, AK | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anchorage Chamber Music Festival | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anchorage Concert Chorus | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bethel Winter Shelter Lions Club | Bethel, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairbanks Childrens Museum | Fairbanks, AK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fairbanks Drama Association and Fairbanks Children | Fairbanks, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homer Foundation | Homer, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homer Opus | Homer, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Juneau Community Foundation | Juneau, AK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mat-Su Valley Interfaith Hospitality Network | Wasilla, AK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Chamber Singers | Anchorage, AK | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alaska Dance Theatre Inc | Anchorage, AK | $10,615 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alaska Association for Christian Science Nursing | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anchorage International Film Festival | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anchorage Youth Court | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Fire | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Pro | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival | Fairbanks, AK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midnight Sun Intertribal Pow Wow Council | Fairbanks, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sitka Music Festival Inc | Sitka, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Story Works Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Upper Susitna Seniors Inc | Willow, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish | Fairbanks, AK | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Adoption Services | Eagle River, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaska Humanities Forum | Anchorage, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alaska Theatre of Youth | Anchorage, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy | Anchorage, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre | Fairbanks, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Japan Alaska Association | Anchorage, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wrangell Mountains Center | Anchorage, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anchorage School District | Anchorage, AK | $4,991 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre | Fairbanks, AK | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brian Malta | Anchorage, AK | $3,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catherine Allison | Anchorage, AK | $3,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gabrielle Pierle | Anchorage, AK | $3,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leandra Wilden | Anchorage, AK | $3,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rebecca Mason | Anchorage, AK | $3,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rees Miller | Anchorage, AK | $3,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girdwood Art Institute | Girdwood, AK | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Andrea Allen | Anchorage, AK | $2,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Irene Castillo | Anchorage, AK | $2,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Katrina Quinn | Anchorage, AK | $2,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rachel Kittoe | Anchorage, AK | $2,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rupal Hess | Anchorage, AK | $2,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alpine Alternatives Inc | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alexander Troll | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cassandra Smith | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| David Souza | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| G Whitfield | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| I Hamlin | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| J Szymanski | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John Ruhlin | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kirby Kauffman | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tim Davis | Anchorage, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institut | Cordova, AK | $2,225 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pollen Initiative | Sacramento, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anchorage Montessori School | Anchorage, AK | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Abused Womens Aid in Crisis Incorporated | Anchorage, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Avary Inc | San Rafael, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Principle Foundation | Overland Park, KS | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mears Middle School | Anchorage, AK | $710 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School | Anchorage, AK | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chugiak High School | Chugiak, AK | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gruening Middle School | Eagle River, AK | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nicholas J Begich Middle School | Anchorage, AK | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Romig Middle School | Anchorage, AK | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Service High School | Anchorage, AK | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West High School | Anchorage, AK | $355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anchorage Hockey Association Ltd | Anchorage, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diamond Girls Mc Inc | Anchorage, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museums Alaska Incorporated | Anchorage, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Petersville Community Non-Profit Corporation | Trapper Creek, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Standing Together Against Rape Inc - S T a R | Anchorage, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Life Impact International Inc | Simi Valley, CA | $130 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Preparatory School Inc | Kinston, NC | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
58 of 148 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 42%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Partners for Progress
Building Purchase Project - Anchorage Affordable Housing and Land Trust
operation fund for permanent affordable housing for low and extremely low-income residents - Henning Inc
MASH fees for service on the Guest House operationS - American Red Cross - Anchorage Alaska Chapter
American Red Cross of Alaska fund - Juneau Housing First Collaborative
Old Shelter Apartment Conversion program - Volunteers of America Inc
VOA Alaska Supportive Housing Program
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 160 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | $1,518,911 | $14,500 |
| 2022 | 52 | $1,813,959 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 65 | $1,560,091 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 75 | $1,361,324 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 85% of this one's giving went to organizations in Alaska. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alaska.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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