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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 34-6559843

Blade Foundation

A private foundation in Northwood, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $71,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
MS Jodi Miehls
2700 Oregon Road
Northwood, OH 43619
(419) 724-6257
Form and materials
Scholarships - letter format containing the followings: employee's name; date of employment; sat score college to be attended; expected degree; aprrox. Time gifts/grants - letter format containing the following: name of organization; purpose of grant; amount requested; exempt status
Deadlines
Scholarships- march 1 with allowance for sat scores to arrive after deadline grants/gifts - no speci
Restrictions
Scholarships - must be dependent/child of full time employee (other than officer/director) of the toledo blade w/atleast three years of experience.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $71,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $53,344

  • Tax year 2024

    $83,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $54,844

  • Tax year 2023

    $99,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $58,844

  • Tax year 2022

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $73,344

  • Tax year 2021

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $73,344

  • Tax year 2020

    $76,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $75,524

  • Tax year 2019

    $32,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $71,524

  • Tax year 2018

    $73,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $34,024

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. United Way of Greater ToledoToledo, OH

    Community support

    $39,000
  2. Read for LiteracyToledo, OH

    Community support

    $31,000
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $39,00056% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $31,00044% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio2 grants $70,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • John R BlockVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Allan BlockVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jodi MiehlsTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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