Funding search · EIN 800089734 · Seattle, WA

The Darby Foundation

Name: The Darby Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

59
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

environmental protection education advocacy food just rights afterschool

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Lambda Legal4 grants · $755,000
Polaris Village Ministries4 grants · $585,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America3 grants · $450,000
Rainforest Foundation US4 grants · $225,000
Artistic Freedom Initiative4 grants · $180,000
North Cascades Institute4 grants · $140,000
Harwich Conservation Trust4 grants · $137,500
Share My Meals4 grants · $135,000
Grand Canyon Trust4 grants · $67,500
American Indian College Fund4 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$635,000

2022

$985,000

2023

$730,000

2024

$624,500

2025

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$400,000
Lambda Legal · New York, NY · 2023
Lgbtq+ rights
$200,000
Polaris Village Ministries · Easton, MD · 2023
Socially just early education
$175,000
Polaris Village Ministries · Easton, MD · 2022
Socially just early education
$150,000
Lambda Legal · New York, NY · 2025
Lgbtq+ rights
$150,000
Lambda Legal · New York, NY · 2024
Lgbtq+ rights
$150,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Womens health
$150,000
Polaris Village Ministries · Easton, MD · 2024
Socially just early education
$150,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Womens health
$150,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Womens health
$90,000
Artistic Freedom Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Protection of artists from political persecution
$75,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Environmental protection
$60,000
Polaris Village Ministries · Easton, MD · 2025
Socially just early education
$55,000
Lambda Legal · New York, NY · 2022
Lgbtq+ rights
$50,000
North Cascades Institute · Sedro Woolley, WA · 2025
Environmental education
$50,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Environmental protection
$50,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Environmental protection
$50,000
Rainforest Foundation US · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Environmental protection
$45,000
Northwest Harvest · Seattle, WA · 2022
Food security and equity
$40,000
Share My Meals · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Food support
$40,000
World Food Program · Washington, DC · 2025
Food support
$40,000
Sprouts Chef Training · South San Francisco, CA · 2024
Equitable job training
$35,000
Harwich Conservation Trust · South Harwich, MA · 2025
Land preservation
$35,000
Harwich Conservation Trust · South Harwich, MA · 2024
Land preservation
$35,000
North Cascades Institute · Sedro Woolley, WA · 2024
Environmental education
$35,000
Share My Meals · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Food support
$35,000
Harwich Conservation Trust · South Harwich, MA · 2023
Land preservation
$35,000
Share My Meals · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Food support
$32,500
Harwich Conservation Trust · South Harwich, MA · 2022
Land preservation
$30,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2025
Colorado plateau environmental advocacy
$30,000
Artistic Freedom Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Protection of artists from political persecution
$30,000
Artistic Freedom Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Protection of artists from political persecution
$30,000
North Cascades Institute · Sedro Woolley, WA · 2023
Environmental education
$30,000
Artistic Freedom Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Protection of artists from political persecution
$25,000
North Cascades Institute · Sedro Woolley, WA · 2022
Environmental education
$25,000
Share My Meals · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Food support
$20,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Colorado plateau environmental advocacy
$15,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
Educational scholarships
$15,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
Educational scholarships
$15,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Educational scholarships
$15,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Educational scholarships
$12,000
Helpoutkawaguchi O'Connor Initiative · Seattle, WA · 2025
Trans rights and lives
$10,000
Resources · Bellingham, WA · 2025
Environmental advocacy & policy
$10,000
Front and Centered · Seattle, WA · 2023
Just transition
$10,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Colorado plateau environmental advocacy
$10,000
Resources · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Environmental monitoring
$10,000
Resources · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Environmental monitoring
$7,500
Cosee · Seattle, WA · 2025
Environmental education
$7,500
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Colorado plateau environmental advocacy
$5,000
Building African American Minds · Easton, MD · 2025
Afterschool programs
$5,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2025
Biodiversity protection
$5,000
Building African American Minds · Easton, MD · 2024
Afterschool programs
$5,000
Cosee · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental education
$5,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2024
Biodiversity protection
$5,000
Got Green · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environmental justice
$5,000
Building African American Minds · Easton, MD · 2023
Afterschool programs
$5,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2023
Biodiversity protection
$5,000
Adult Congenital Heart Association · Media, PA · 2022
Adult congenital heart disease research/advocacy
$5,000
Building African American Minds · Easton, MD · 2022
Afterschool programs
$5,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2022
Biodiversity protection

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Similar grant size

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