Henry Bloch

Iconic Kansas Citian Alvin Brooks will be presented with the Henry W. Bloch Human Relations Award from the Jewish Community Relations Bureau.

"Mentoring should be transformational," says Henry Wash, "like a metamorphosis."It certainly has been for Wash, who runs the nonprofit High Aspirations, a…

Segment 1: Kansas City urban core program fills vital role of mentorship.Kansas City's Henry Wash gives much credit to his mentor Henry Bloch for seeing…

Segment 1: Kansas City mourns the death of philanthropist Henry Bloch.Henry Bloch, co-founder of the tax preparation firm H&R Block and World War II…

Henry W. Bloch died Tuesday at the age of 96. A notable philanthropist, Bloch and his brother, Richard, co-founded the tax preparation business H&R Block…

A new $20 million scholarship program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City will help around 800 students over the next decade. Bloch Family…

Visitors to art galleries usually aren't there to look at picture frames. But frames at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art recently got some unusual…

The new Bloch Galleries at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art showcase European art from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. This includes masterpieces of…

The Bloch family has given a lot to Kansas City, including a donation of 29 masterworks by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists of the late 19th…

This story was originally reported in July 2015. For two decades, Henry W. Bloch, co-founder of H&R Block, and his wife Marion, collected what they…

Like many entrepreneurs, Henry Bloch’s first business idea wasn’t the one that took off.Henry and his brother, Richard Bloch, opened a small, bookkeeping…

Marion Bloch died at home on Tuesday in Mission Hills, Kansas, at the age of 83. Bloch was married to Henry W. Bloch, co-founder of the financial services…