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Ephraim Block Family Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Milwaukee, Wisconsin · EIN 436331011

Ephraim Block Family Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In tax year 2024 it gave $239,000 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $24,500 and the largest $50,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $235,000 the year before.

38% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$235,0006$5.0 million
2024$239,0008$5.3 million

How to apply

ContactAngela Pearson US Bank NA
PO Box 387, St Louis, MO 63166
Phone or email(314) 505-8203
What to submitLetter of inquiry
RestrictionsProviding aid to indigent jewish people

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ephraim Block Family Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Missouri.

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri5$185,000
New York1$29,000
Pennsylvania1$15,000
Maryland1$10,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Jewish Federation of St Louis
St Louis, MO
General operating$50,000
Jewish Family Services of St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
General operating$50,000
Crown Center
Kansas City, MO
General operating$50,000
Pef Israel Endowment Fund Inc
New York, NY
General operating$29,000
St Louis Jewish Community Center
St Louis, MO
Scholarship$20,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind
Warrington, PA
General operating$15,000
Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School
Creve Coeur, MO
General operating$15,000
American Friends of Tenufa Bakehila
Baltimore, MD
General operating$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ephraim Block Family Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Ephraim Block Family Charitable Trust give?

$239,000 in tax year 2024, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $24,500.

Who runs Ephraim Block Family Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Ephraim Block Family Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and education.

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