Private foundation · EIN 31-1784246 · Marshfield, VT · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Harris & Frances Block Foundation's grants went

It reported $736,635 in grants paid across 43 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 81.9% of those dollars to 33 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Website on filing
WWW.BLOCKFOUND.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 39 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood
Denver, CO · EIN 84-0404253
$50,000ROCKY MOUNTAIN PATIENT ACCESS FUNDSame address 0.93
Creative Aging Network - Nc
Greensboro, NC · EIN 33-1145536
$44,000DIVERSE GARDENS:EDUCATION AND ACCESS PROJECTSame address 0.82
Toxic Free North Carolina
Durham, NC · EIN 59-1715833
$40,000JUST AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECTSame address 1.00
Farm Training Collective NYC
New York, NY · EIN 84-2867079
$34,985STRENGTHENING FARM SCHOOL PROJECTSame city 1.00
Institute for Social Ecology
Plainfield, VT · EIN 03-0280149
$26,500POPULAR EDUCATION FOR RACIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICESame address 1.00
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
St Johnsbury, VT · EIN 03-0184732
$25,000MATSINGER NATURE ENTER NATURAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENTSame address 1.00
Green City Force
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 80-0428040
$25,000GREEN JOBS AND TRAINING FOR BIPOC YOUNG ADULTSSame address 1.00
Local Environmental Agriculture Project Leap
Roanoke, VA · EIN 27-1050909
$25,000INCREASING NUTRITION SECURITY IN THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY REGIONSame address 1.00
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-1282557
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECTExact name 1.00
Snacc
New York, NY · EIN 81-4158050
$25,000SNACC: COOK & CONNECT PROJECTSame city 1.00
Blue Ridge Discovery Center
Troutdale, VA · EIN 26-3378442
$24,250RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Community Resilience Organizations
Burlington, VT · EIN 47-4647183
$23,400REGENERATION CORPS YOUTH FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMMINGSame ZIP 1.00
Autism Support and Advocacy Center
Durham, NC · EIN 26-4613218
$20,000PART AND PARCEL FARM . FOOD SECURITY AND ACCESS, AND EMPLOYMENTSame city 1.00
Bountiful Cities Project
Asheville, NC · EIN 05-0587434
$20,000FEAST COOKING AND GARDEN EDUCATION PROJECTSame address 1.00
Quiltmaker Cafe
Sanford, NC · EIN 86-1689075
$20,000FOOD SECURITY RESTAURANT PROJECTExact name 1.00
Rights & Democracy Education Fund
Burlington, VT · EIN 47-5375511
$20,0002023 DISCRETIONARY GENERAL SUPPORT GRANTSame address 1.00
Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund
Montpelier, VT · EIN 51-0163801
$20,000POLLINATOR PROMOTION/PESTICIDE REDUCTION.Same ZIP 0.93
The Park at Flat Rock
Flat Rock, NC · no confident EIN match
$20,000CONSERVATION RESTORATION: RETURNING NATURE'S INTENTION PROJECTUnmatched Help match
Alleghany Jam
Sparta, NC · EIN 81-1618359
$15,000MUSIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMINGSame ZIP 1.00
Cedar Circle Farm and Education Center
East Thetford, VT · EIN 84-2709302
$15,000YOUTH AGRICULTURE PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Vermont Energy Education Program
Montpelier, VT · EIN 45-5591876
$15,000EMPOWERING YOUTH CLIMATE LEADERSSame address 1.00
Veterans Healing Farm
Mills River, NC · EIN 46-5689396
$15,000VETERANS HEALING FARM PRODUCE DONATIONS PROGRAMExact name 1.00
South Hero Land Trust
South Hero, VT · EIN 04-3391477
$11,000SOUTH HERO LEARNING AND GLEANING GARDENSSame address 1.00
Village Hydroponic
Burlington, VT · EIN 92-2152215
$10,500FARM PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.Same address 0.89
Floyd Family Center for Social Equity
Raleigh, NC · EIN 85-1967142
$10,000FEEDING THE SPIRIT FOOD PANTRYSame city 1.00
Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center
Burlington, VT · EIN 03-0342594
$10,000FLOATING CLASSROOM SUPPORT. EDUCATION MANAGER AND STEM PROGRAMMINGSame ZIP 1.00
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
Richmond, VT · EIN 22-3260420
$10,000NOFA-VT FARMER EMERGENCY FUNDSame ZIP 1.00
Resource
Williston, VT · no confident EIN match
$10,000CLIMATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTUnmatched Help match
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6149986
$7,500VT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LAW: IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIPSame address 1.00
Town of Marshfield
Marshfield, VT · no confident EIN match
$5,000EMERGENCY GRANT FOR FLOOD REPAIRS TO THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE COMMONUnmatched Help match
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia
Roanoke, VA · EIN 54-1867366
$3,000CROP CULTURE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROJECTSame address 0.95
Central Vermont Refugee Action Network
Montpelier, VT · EIN 81-4413468
$3,000REPLENISH CAR FUND. REFUGEE ASSISTANCESame city 1.00
Dismas of Vermont
Winooski, VT · EIN 03-0369442
$3,0002023 DISMAS HOUSE FOOD ACCESSExact name 1.00
Voices for Vermonts Children
Montpelier, VT · EIN 22-2611535
$3,000VERMONT PAID LEAVE COALITIONSame address 0.83
Wheelock Mountain Farm
Greensbro Bnd, VT · EIN 03-0349582
$3,000THE CARE SPACE PROJECT: HOMEGROWN MAROONSExact name 1.00
New Hour for Women and Children- Long Island
Brentwood, NY · no confident EIN match
$3,000COMMUNITY BASED REENTRY SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDRENUnmatched Help match
Share Mad River Valley
Waitsfield, VT · no confident EIN match
$3,000PLANTING NEW SEEDS FOR GROWTH, GARDENSUnmatched Help match
Kids Fight Climate Change
New York, NY · no confident EIN match
$2,000CLIMATE ACADEMYUnmatched Help match
Camp Thorpe
Goshen, VT · EIN 03-0183587
$1,500FARM TO TABLE GARDENING PROGRAMMINGSame ZIP 1.00

3 more lines ($70K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    20 recipients in common
  2. Ben & Jerry's Foundation South Burlington, VT
    9 recipients in common
  3. The Windham Foundation Grafton, VT
    6 recipients in common
  4. Lintilhac Foundation Shelburne, VT
    4 recipients in common
  5. ONE Hive Foundation Boston, MA
    3 recipients in common
  6. Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect Orlando, FL
    3 recipients in common
  7. Td Charitable Foundation Portland, ME
    3 recipients in common
  8. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    3 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.