California · Private foundation
Faro 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.
- $738k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $113,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Faro Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $738k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $1.3M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.8M | 55% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $905k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $2.4M | 75% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $1.3M | 89% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $543k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $778k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlem Grown Inc | $1,625,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Shakespeare & Company Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Kukolu | $300,000 | 1 | 53% |
| The Walden School | $300,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Pacific Rivers | $156,856 | 2 | n/a |
| Waves for Water Inc | $149,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Council on International Non-Theatrical Events Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 79% |
| White Ribbon Alliance Inc | $103,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Future Communities Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Faro Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Faro Foundation
- How much does Faro Foundation give?
- Faro Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $738,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Faro Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Environment (19%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are Faro Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Harlem Grown Inc ($1.6M), Shakespeare & Company Inc ($400k), The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles ($400k).
- Does Faro Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Faro Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Faro Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Faro Foundation based?
- Faro Foundation is based in CA.
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