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Fairbairn Family Foundation at a glance

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Fairbairn Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$136k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$336kEnvironment$113kHuman Services$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kHealth$7kReligion$7kPublic Benefit$7kPhilanthropy$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
$2,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem$28,000
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE$21,600
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE$16,200
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$14,000
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
SOLAR ONE$4,000
FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE$4,000
ASOLO THEATRE$3,000
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER$3,000
PLYMOUTH HARBOR FOUNDATION$3,000
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of$3,000
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$2,500
TREEHOUSE PROJECT$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Challenged Athletes: $800 → 11%DOGS INC: $2k → 10%Challenged Athletes: $400 → 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $1k → 10%Challenged Athletes: $200 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
NE
VA
TN
NC
DC
HI
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$518k · 29 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
30

Total granted

$518k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-8%

Still filing today

62%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PM
    Paper Mill Playhouse
    5× · 2021–2025 · $120k · revenue +258%
  • TC
    THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $69k · revenue +42%
  • TP
    THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -40%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • TR
    THIRD RAIL REPARATORY THEATRE
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc

Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive…

Arts & Culture
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
9
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation

The mission of walnut street theatre company is to sustain the tradition of professional theatre and contribute to its future viability and vitality.it does so through:- the production and presentation of professional theatre;- the…

Arts & Culture
10
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
11
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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12
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc; the most unlike its peers is Marymount Manhattan College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
19/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM: $148,500 · Arts & CultureBACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEMPaper Mill Playhouse: $120,190 · Arts & CulturePaper Mill PlayhouseTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $19,700 · Arts & CultureTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INCFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $13,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $21,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreIndividual grant recipient: $38,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $22,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of: $5,500 · OtherNAHR: $5,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE REDEEMER: $5,000 · OtherThe White House Fellows: $5,000 · OtherSARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $4,500 · Other+36 more: $31,810 · Other+36 moreTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $68,690 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REEF AL…CEC STUYVESANT COVE INC: $19,000 · EnvironmentCEC STUYVESANT CO…Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: $3,500 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentPLYMOUTH HARBOR INC: $13,000 · HealthSpeare Memorial Hospital: $1,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $500 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $1,400 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalTRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP: $1,956 · EducationHarmony Project: $1,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $150 · EducationMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $150 · Education
Arts & Culture$322,390Other$124,810Environment$91,290Health$14,500Human Services$14,400International$5,000Education$3,256

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM: $148,500 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $120,190 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $68,690 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $19,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCEC STUYVESANT COVE INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLYMOUTH HARBOR INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASOLO THEATRE INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Noise Within: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE HOUSE FELLOWS FOUNDATION AND ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP: $1,956 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarmony Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEASIDE SEABIRD SANCTUARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpeare Memorial Hospital: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PERFORMANCE ZONE INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL KIDS PLAY: $400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES SAILING ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREEVES - REED ARBORETUM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gulf Coast Community …The Community Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…Community Foundation …Ibm International Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Baird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Raymond James Charita…Donor Advised Charita…
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncFL13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fairbairn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fairbairn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Innocence Project of Florida Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: 2% of income from government
  • Reeves - Reed Arboretum: 1% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Seaside Seabird Sanctuary: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home