Funding search · EIN 341553708 · Mentor, OH

Fairfax Foundation

Name: Fairfax Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

90
grants reported: $4.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Hathaway Brown School4 grants · $780,000
Urban Community School4 grants · $775,000
Urban Squash Cleveland4 grants · $772,500
University School1 grant · $750,000
Our Family Services1 grant · $250,000
Trees Water & People4 grants · $240,000
Emerge1 grant · $200,000
Doctors Without Borders2 grants · $55,000
Pachamama Alliance1 grant · $50,000
September School1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$72,500

2021

$70,000

2022

$76,600

2023

$4.6M

2024

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$750,000
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
General
$750,000
University School · Hunting Valley, OH · 2024
General
$750,000
Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$750,000
Urban Squash Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$250,000
Our Family Services · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General
$215,000
Trees Water & People · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General
$200,000
Emerge · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General
$50,000
God'S Vast Resources · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General
$50,000
Huntington'S Disease Society of America · New York, NY · 2024
General
$50,000
Pachamama Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
General
$50,000
September School · Boulder, CO · 2024
General
$50,000
The Kiva Center · Boulder, CO · 2024
General
$47,447
Gospel Rescue Mission · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General
$40,000
Aclu of Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$40,000
American Friends of the Art Gallery of Ontario · 2024
General
$40,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
General
$40,000
Lake View Cemetery Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$40,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio · Akron, OH · 2024
General
$40,000
St Augustine Cathedral · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General
$30,000
Givewell · Lakeland, FL · 2024
General
$25,000
Church of God International Office · Charleston, TN · 2024
General
$22,500
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General
$20,000
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland · Beachwood, OH · 2024
General
$20,000
Shaw Festival · 2024
General
$20,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$15,000
Csu Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$15,000
Neighbor To Neighbor · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General
$15,000
Redline Contemporary Art Center · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$15,000
Vive Wellness · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$13,000
Arden Court Promedica Memory Care Fund · Livonia, MI · 2023
General
$10,000
Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media · Boulder, CO · 2024
General
$10,000
Lutheran Family Services · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$10,000
Sustainable Living Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Trees Water & People · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General
$10,000
Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Urban Squash Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Arden Court Promedica Memory Care Fund · Livonia, MI · 2022
General
$10,000
Grief Support Network · Golden, CO · 2022
General
$10,000
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2022
General
$10,000
Trees Water & People · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
General
$10,000
Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General
$10,000
Urban Squash Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General
$10,000
Alzheimers Association · Beachwood, OH · 2021
General
$10,000
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2021
General
$7,500
Saint Ignatius High School · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$7,500
Grief Support Network · Golden, CO · 2021
General
$5,000
Franciscan University of Stubenville · Stubenville, OH · 2024
General
$5,000
Grasp · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Howard Hanna Children'S · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General
$5,000
Lyceum · South Euclid, OH · 2024
General
$5,000
Grief Support Network · Golden, CO · 2023
General
$5,000
Providence House · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General
$5,000
Alzheimers Association · Beachwood, OH · 2022
General
$5,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Cleveland Food Bank · Bachwood, OH · 2021
General
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
General
$5,000
Salvation Army · Cleveland, OH · 2021
General
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2021
General
$5,000
Trees Water & People · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
General
$5,000
Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2021
General
$5,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
General
$3,000
Zelie'S Home · Garfield Heights, OH · 2024
General
$2,500
Cleveland Orchestra · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$2,500
Holden Forests & Gardens · Kirtland, OH · 2024
General
$2,500
Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$2,500
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
The Gathering Place · Beachwood, OH · 2023
General
$2,500
Gathering Place · Beachwood, OH · 2021
General
$2,500
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General
$2,500
Providence House · Cleveland, OH · 2021
General
$2,500
Urban Squash Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2021
General
$2,000
Birthright Geauga · Newbury Township, OH · 2024
General
$2,000
Catholic Psychotherapy Association · Greeley, CO · 2024
General
$2,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$2,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$2,000
Our Lady of Lourdes National Shrine · Euclid, OH · 2024
General
$2,000
Shrine of Our Lady of Mariapoch · Burton, OH · 2024
General
$2,000
The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter · South Abington Townshi, PA · 2024
General
$1,500
Better Kenmore Cdc · Akron, OH · 2024
General
$1,100
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General
$1,000
Chagrin Valley Jaycees · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
General
$1,000
Christian Appalachian Project · Paintsville, KY · 2024
General
$1,000
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$1,000
Foundation for Geauga Parks · Chesterland, OH · 2024
General

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