Quick Stats
- Annual Giving: $1,545,000 (2023 tax year, from 990-PF contributions, gifts, grants paid)
- Grant Range: $5,000 to $25,000
- Geographic Focus: National (Defending Basic Freedoms and Encouraging Citizen Involvement programmes); Washington DC metropolitan area (Pathways Out of Poverty programme)
- Application Method: Fixed deadlines
- Total Assets: $44,345,229 (2023 tax year)
Contact Details
- Website: https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/
- Phone: 202-223-8801
- Email: info@herbblock.org
Funding Priorities
The foundation makes grants in three programme areas:
- Defending Basic Freedoms: Safeguarding freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, eliminating prejudice and discrimination, and increasing government accountability to the public
- Pathways Out of Poverty: Quality education for young people and adults, improving student achievement and healthy development
- Encouraging Citizen Involvement: Ensuring responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen education and greater voter participation
What They Don't Fund
- Capital programmes
- Endowment programmes
- Sectarian religious purposes
- Lobbying or partisan purposes
- More than 10% of a grant for indirect costs (except for general operating support)
Application Process & Timeline
Two-step application process: organisations must first submit a Letter of Inquiry online, and only those invited by foundation staff may submit a Full Proposal. The foundation holds three board meetings annually to review applications:
- January (Defending Basic Freedoms)
- May (Pathways Out of Poverty)
- September (Encouraging Citizen Involvement)
Grant applications must be submitted online by midnight of the published deadline. Grants are typically awarded for one year's funding.
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