Black Family Philanthropies
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Black Family Philanthropies only considers organisations it invites itself, so a small charity should not send in an unsolicited application; its giving is best understood as relationship-led rather than open-competition.
- Across its recent filings it made just 7 grants to organisations, ranging from $50,000 up to $3,000,000, with a median of $600,000 and half of them $600,000 or less, so a request pitched well below that top figure is more realistic for most applicants.
- Only 31% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded the previous year, so the majority of its grant dollars went to organisations it had not funded before.
- Its funded work spans a varied group of bodies, including a health and hospital system, a foundation, a rights-and-expression organisation, a justice-related organisation and an association, with every grant purpose described only as charitable purposes rather than a specific field.
- No geographic focus is stated, though its grants have been concentrated in New York, with smaller amounts in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.
Overview
Black Family Philanthropies is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The available grant records show giving to a health and hospital system, a foundation, a rights-and-expressions organisation, a justice-related organisation, an association and other charitable bodies. The recipient names point to a varied group rather than a single type of grantee: recorded recipients include hospital and health services, charitable foundations, an organisation named for individual rights and expression, and organisations identified as an association or as connected to justice. The filings describe every grant purpose only as charitable purposes, without specifying a wider funding field, beneficiary group or project approach. The grants were concentrated in New York, with smaller amounts recorded in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and Pennsylvania.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 31% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 7 grants to organisations were $600,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 34% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 31% of grant dollars went to organisations Black Family Philanthropies had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 22% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Fountain House · Charitable purposes$3,000,0002024 tax year
- Robin Hood Foundation · Charitable purposes$1,722,0002024 tax year
- Foundation Of Individual Rights And Expressions · Charitable purposes$600,0002024 tax year
- Global Impact (One for Justice) · Charitable purposes$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Michael Ressler — Director
- Victoria Black — Director
- Joshua Black — Director
- Benjamin Black — Director
- Alexander Black — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $3,682,906 | $3,300,000 | $1,547,839 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,720,753 | $6,022,000 | $14,542,946 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- New York, NY