Robert & Esther Black Family Fdn
Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 61-6433804 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation
159grants reported
$16Kmedian award
$6,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$3.7Mtotal paid
6states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 159 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $80K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
500 1st Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3128
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 1,942 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery School | Mansfield, OH | $167,000 |
| Taking Root Farms | Mansfield, OH | $100,000 |
| Richland County Land Bank | Mansfield, OH | $83,333 |
| The Glimmerglass Festival | Cooperstown, NY | $72,574 |
| YMCA of North Central Ohio | Mansfield, OH | $66,667 |
| North End Community Improvement | Mansfield, OH | $66,667 |
| YMCA of North Central Ohio | Mansfield, OH | $66,667 |
| United Way of Richland County | Mansfield, OH | $61,000 |
| United Way of Richland County | Mansfield, OH | $60,000 |
| United Way of Richland County | Mansfield, OH | $60,000 |
| Richland Community Development | Mansfield, OH | $57,400 |
| Fenimore Art Museum | Cooperstown, NY | $56,667 |
| Richland Community Development | Mansfield, OH | $52,333 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | Mansfield, OH | $51,833 |
| American Red Cross | Mansfield, OH | $51,667 |
| North Central State College | Mansfield, OH | $50,000 |
| The Glimmerglass Festival | Cooperstown, NY | $50,000 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 |
| Third Street Family Health Services | Mansfield, OH | $50,000 |
| Community Foundation of | Gaylord, MI | $50,000 |
| Buckeye Imagination Museum | Mansfield, OH | $50,000 |
| North Central State College | Mansfield, OH | $50,000 |
| Buckeye Imagination Museum | Mansfield, OH | $50,000 |
| North Central State College | Mansfield, OH | $50,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | Mansfield, OH | $48,500 |
| The Glimmerglass Festival | Cooperstown, NY | $46,667 |
| Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc | Mansfield, OH | $45,667 |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre | Cooperstown, NY | $45,000 |
| Community Foundation of | Gaylord, MI | $43,333 |
| Mansfield Reformatiory Preser Soc | Mansfield, OH | $43,000 |
| Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc | Mansfield, OH | $43,000 |
| Upstate Home for Children FD | Oneonta, NY | $40,000 |
| Fenimore Art Museum | Cooperstown, NY | $40,000 |
| Fenimore Art Museum | Cooperstown, NY | $40,000 |
| Domestic Violence Shelter Inc BANKS BUILDING ACQUISITION | Mansfield, OH | $40,000 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 |
| Renaissance Performing Arts Assoc | Mansfield, OH | $38,667 |
| Mansfield Art Center | Mansfield, OH | $38,333 |
| Richland Academy of the Arts | Mansfield, OH | $38,333 |
| Mansfield Art Center | Mansfield, OH | $37,333 |
| Mansfield Art Center | Mansfield, OH | $37,333 |
| Richland Academy of the Arts | Mansfield, OH | $37,333 |
| Mansfield City Schools | Mansfield, OH | $33,333 |
| Ohio Bird Sanctuary | Ontario, OH | $33,333 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | Cleveland, OH | $33,333 |
| Community Foundation of | Gaylord, MI | $33,333 |
| Mansfield City Schools | Mansfield, OH | $33,333 |
| Ohio Bird Sanctuary | Ontario, OH | $33,333 |
| Downtown Arts Theater Inc | Wooster, OH | $32,667 |
| Wayfinders Ohio Inc | Mansfield, OH | $30,000 |
| Upstate Home for Children FD | Oneonta, NY | $30,000 |
| Upstate Home for Children FD | Oneonta, NY | $30,000 |
| Nuhop Center for Exp Learning | Perrysville, OH | $29,333 |
| American Red Cross | Mansfield, OH | $28,000 |
| St Peter's Parish | Mansfield, OH | $27,667 |
| Richland County Foundation | Mansfield, OH | $27,000 |
| American Red Cross | Mansfield, OH | $26,667 |
| Discovery School | Mansfield, OH | $25,333 |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre | Cooperstown, NY | $25,000 |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre | Cooperstown, NY | $25,000 |
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