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Fairchild Foundation

Name: Fairchild 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.

135
grants reported: $56,534
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $300
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

social welfare educational welware medical research

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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.

Amherst College Alumni Fund4 grants · $7,284
Salvation Army4 grants · $5,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $5,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls4 grants · $5,000
Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $2,200
Ed Choice4 grants · $2,000
Fisher House Foundation4 grants · $2,000
Cato Institute4 grants · $2,000
Tunnels To Towers Foundation4 grants · $1,800
National Military Family Assocation4 grants · $1,800

Giving over time

$12,571

2022

$12,671

2023

$15,171

2024

$16,121

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 135 grants.

$1,821
Amherst College Alumni Fund · Amherst, MA · 2025
Educational
$1,821
Amherst College Alumni Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024
Educational
$1,821
Amherst College Alumni Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
Educational
$1,821
Amherst College Alumni Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
Educational
$1,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Social welfare
$1,500
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$1,500
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$1,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Social welfare
$1,500
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$1,500
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Social welfare
$1,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$1,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Social welfare
$1,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$1,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$550
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$550
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$550
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$550
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Social welfare
$500
Ed Choice · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Educational
$500
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2025
Social welfare
$500
National Military Family Assocation · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Social welfare
$500
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Social welfare
$500
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Social welfare
$500
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Social welfare
$500
Young America'S Foundation - Reagan Ranch · Reston, VA · 2025
Social welfare
$500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Social welfare
$500
Ed Choice · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Educational
$500
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024
Social welfare
$500
National Military Family Assocation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Social welfare
$500
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Social welfare
$500
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Social welfare
$500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Social welfare
$500
Ed Choice · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Educational
$500
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023
Social welfare
$500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Social welfare
$500
Ed Choice · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Educational
$500
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2022
Social welfare
$400
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$400
Habitat for Humanity · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$400
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$400
Habitat for Humanity · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$400
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$400
Habitat for Humanity · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$400
National Military Family Assocation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Social welfare
$400
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Social welfare
$400
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$400
Habitat for Humanity · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$400
National Military Family Assocation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Social welfare
$400
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Social welfare
$300
A Safe Place · Zion, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$300
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Medical research
$300
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$300
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2025
Social welfare
$300
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$300
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Medical research
$300
Girls · New York, NY · 2024
Social welfare
$300
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$300
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Social welfare
$300
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Social welfare
$300
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$300
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Medical research
$300
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$300
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Social welfare
$300
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$300
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$300
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
Social welfare
$300
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$250
Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$250
Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$250
Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Social welfare
$250
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Social welfare
$250
Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Social welfare
$250
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Social welfare
$200
Consumer Reports Foundation · Yonkers, NY · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Covenant House · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Delta Rescue · Glendale, CA · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
Educational
$200
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social welware
$200
Northshore Hospitals Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Ocean Conservatory · Washington, DC · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Paws for Patrick · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2025
Educational
$200
Vfw · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Social welfare
$200
Consumer Reports Foundation · Yonkers, NY · 2024
Social welfare
$200
Delta Rescue · Glendale, CA · 2024
Social welfare
$200
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Educational
$200
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Social welfare
$200
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Social welware
$200
Northshore Hospitals Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$200
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Social welfare
$200
Ocean Conservatory · Washington, DC · 2024
Social welfare
$200
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Educational
$200
Vfw · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Social welfare
$200
Consumer Reports Foundation · Yonkers, NY · 2023
Social welfare
$200
Delta Rescue · Glendale, CA · 2023
Social welfare

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.