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The Blackrock Charitable Foundation: 43 grants to organizations, $38.1 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Blackrock Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 43 grants to organizations totaling $38,117,963 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 12, 2025. The largest was $20,000,000 to Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation in Kirkland, WA for advancing the global transition to net-zero by accelerating market adoption of new clean energy solutions (year 3 of 5-year $100m grant)..
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- EIN
- 842144591
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $212,082,696
- Grants paid
- $38,117,963
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202533169349101133. It reported $38,117,963 in grants paid; 43 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation | Kirkland, WA | Advancing the global transition to net-zero by accelerating market adoption of new clean energy solutions (year 3 of 5-year $100m grant). | Environment | $20,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Us-Japan Council | Washington DC, DC | Mineta ambassador's program- new education endowment to support student exchanges for u.s. and japanese students | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Build Commonwealth Inc | Boston, MA | Deepen esi overseeing opt-out savings trails, existing demonstration projects (ups, best buy, adp), new launches across the recordkeeping and payroll space, and thought leadership convenings in the re | Public and societal benefit | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Commit Partnership (TX) | Dallas, TX | Develop best-in-class career and college advising entity for dallas county students by helping to transform and expand local ngo called education is freedom. grant will fund additional program staff, | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nyc Kids Rise Inc | Long Island City, NY | Develop a comprehensive blueprint for neighborhood-based financial empowerment infrastrusture (year 1 and 2 of 3-year $3.75m grant). | Youth development | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | Support for global crisis response fund (year 1 of 3-year $3m grant) | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partners for Rural Impact Inc (national) | Berea, KY | Support the development of a national rural network, sponsor 6 rural convenings, establish pris capacity to fund on-the-ground organizations to support local leaders in unlocking state and federal gra | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spartanburg Academic Movement (SC) | Spartanburg, SC | Support sam to lead union county in developing their own cradle-to-career plan. sam will also provide no-cost professional development to union county teachers and admin. will also sponsor $150k in ra | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Age Uk | London, UK | To fund the delivery of financial benefits program across uk, develop impact measurement systems to track new social impact metrics and indicators, and support the in-house build, development, and pil | $592,895 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Build Commonwealth Inc | Boston, MA | Investor diaries research initiative to better understand the motivations and habits of low-to-middle income (lmi) households who have entered the capital markets since 2020. (year 1 of 2-year $1m gra | Public and societal benefit | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Learn To Earn Dayton (oh) | Dayton, OH | Support expansion of the states dual enrollment program by providing a programming support beginning in middle school and lasting through postsecondary attainment. (year 1 of 2-year $1m grant) | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Per Scholas (NC) | Bronx, NY | Support expansion of existing free tech job training and upskilling in nc. expansion will bring per scholass remote training model to the rural counties in the western region by partnering with two ne | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | Hurricane helene relief efforts | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nest Insight | London, UK | Renewed partnership with nest to test and scale workplace opt-out short-term savings research trials and solutions. (year 3 of 3-year 700k grant). | $286,898 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nest Insight | London, UK | Supplementary funding to support maximizing impact at scale by providing greater external communications and engagement support. (year 2 of 2-year 336,000 grant). | $267,687 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Codedoor | Giessen, GM | Continued support for the tech upskilling and employability program in germany which enables underserved youth and adults to gain tech/coding skills and the path to employment. | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Codedoor (germany) | Giessen, GM | Continued support for the tech upskilling and employability program in germany which enables underserved youth and adults to gain tech/coding skills and the path to employment. (year 2 of 2-year $500k | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Generation You Employed (india) | Washington DC, DC | Generation supports adults to achieve economic opportunity and mobility through a career. grant will scale in-country program delivery across priority markets. (year 2 of 2-year $500k grant). | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Generation You Employed (italy) | Milano, IT | Generation supports adults to achieve economic opportunity and mobility through a career. grant will scale in-country program delivery across priority markets. (year 2 of 2-year $500k grant). | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| George and Frances Ball Foundation (in) | Muncie, IN | Support c2c muncie in enhancing postsecondary outcomes by aligning college and career advising services for grades 9-12 with new indiana graduation requirements, in partnership with local industry, iv | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Laboratoria | Brooklyn, NY | Trains women as front-end developers and user experience designers to significantly improve incomes. (year 2 of 2-year $500k grant). | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders | San Antonio, TX | Support asset building in low-to-moderate income latinx communities | Community improvement and capacity building | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Npower Canada | Toronto, CA | Launches low-income, underserved adults aged 17-30 into higher-income, sustainable careers in the it sector in canada. | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Strive Together (national) | Cincinnati, OH | Add 12 network members in regions facing economic disparities, support 21 existing communities to drive measurable progress on youth outcomes like kindergarten readiness and workforce preparation, bui | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Bipartisan Policy Center | Washington DC, DC | To progress on policy priorities for emergency savings through roundtable convening and expert outreach and policy development and issue education. | Public and societal benefit | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Business International Kiz Sinnova (germany) | London, UK | To support young entrepreneurship program in germany (year 1 of 2-year 450k grant) | $222,582 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blueprint for All (uk) | London, UK | Launch and maintain a digital platform through which to offer career, mentorship, and mental health support for black youth. (year 3 of 4-year $1m grant.) | $167,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| West Contra Costa Public Education Fund | Richmond, CA | Create an investable action plan outlining data coordination, strategic partnerships, ways to embed outreach into existing programs run by state agencies, and future funding needs and amplification pl | $148,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Generation You Employed (uk) | Egham, UK | Generation supports adults to achieve economic opportunity and mobility through a career. grant will scale in-country program delivery across priority markets. | $132,396 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | Invest america event to showcase bipartisan research to highligh benefits of early wealth-building accounts. | $129,080 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Career Ready | London, UK | Help career ready build organizational resilience and sustainability through improved digital capacity, to support their socio-economic mobility program. (year 2 of 2-year 200k grant) | $127,390 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Cruz Roja Espaola | Madrid, SP | Spanish floods relief efforts | $105,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Red Cross | Washington DC, DC | Spring 2024: $100k spring storms and floods and disaster relief | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Red Cross | Washington DC, DC | Fall 2024: $100k for hurricane helene relief efforts | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Christel House (south Africa) | Indianapolis, IN | General support for christel house south africa (chsa), with a focus on the college & careers program (year 2 of 2-year $200k grant). | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Financial Health Network | Chicago, IL | Sponsorship for emerge financial health conference. | Community improvement and capacity building | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Inspiring Girls | London, UK | Twofold focus - the first to expand financial clubs across uk, spain, italy, france, portugal, serbia, and switzerland. the second to increase monitoring and evaluation to better traack participation | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inspiring Girls | London, UK | Twofold focus - the first to expand financial clubs across uk, spain, italy, france, portugal, serbia, and switzerland. the second to increase monitoring and evaluation to better traack participation | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | Fall 2024: $100k for hurricane helene relief efforts | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | Winter 2024: $100k for ready reserver fund, | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Just Finance Foundation (uk) | London, UK | Financial literacy education for children aged 5-11; blackrock engaging as member of a sponsor group of industry leaders (year 3 of 3-year 150,000 grant) | $63,435 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Civic Action (canada) | Toronto, CA | Diversecity fellows program for leaders from diverse communities- the program will provide self-assessment tools and personalized leadership development plans, skills-building sessions to develop key | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of Piedmont | Spartanburg, SC | Hurricane helene relief efforts | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $20,000,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $3,500,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $2,750,000 |
| Youth development | $1,500,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $350,000 |
| Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $200,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Washington | $20,000,000 |
| New York | $3,250,000 |
| District of Columbia | $3,200,000 |
| Massachusetts | $2,500,000 |
| Texas | $2,250,000 |
| South Carolina | $775,000 |
| Kentucky | $750,000 |
| Ohio | $750,000 |
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Updated November 12, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.