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Farrehi Family Foundation Inc

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.

$143k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
45%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$56,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$3.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Farrehi Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving15$143k60%
FY202411$33k45%
FY202316$155k31%
FY202213$94k46%
FY202118$74k44%
FY202019$164k37%
FY201915$141k40%
FY201817$105k53%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$595kHealth$393kEducation$258kArts & Culture$112kReligion$21kScience & Tech$13kHuman Services$11kYouth Development$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CO
MO
MD
TN
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Michigan$414,000932%
Flint Institute of Music$64,75040%
Washington University$25,50080%
Michigan State University$25,2502n/a
Syracuse University$15,00030%
Lehigh University$15,00020%
Grand Blanc Community Schools$14,7258n/a
Vanderbilt University$13,50050%
Salvation Army$13,5003n/a
Therapeutic Riding Institute Inc$13,00021%
Show all 32 grantees
All grantees of Farrehi Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Michigan$414,000932%
Flint Institute of Music$64,75040%
Washington University$25,50080%
Michigan State University$25,2502n/a
Syracuse University$15,00030%
Lehigh University$15,00020%
Grand Blanc Community Schools$14,7258n/a
Vanderbilt University$13,50050%
Salvation Army$13,5003n/a
Therapeutic Riding Institute Inc$13,00021%
Therapeutic Riding Inc$11,00012%
Peanut Gallery Players$10,00044%
Many Hands Inc$10,000125%
Friends of Rock Valley$5,00010%
Intentional Communities of Washtenaw County$4,50021%
Friendship Circle$4,5002n/a
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$4,25030%
Many Hands Lifesharing Community$4,0001n/a
Certell Inc$3,00020%
Camp Skywild$2,60012%
Genesee Wind Symphony$2,5001n/a
The Colorado College$2,50010%
Benjamin's Hope$2,50010%
Denver Concert Band Inc$2,00012%
Emory University$2,0001n/a
Flint Institute of Arts$1,28030%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$50010%
Baltimore Museum of Art$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
Ennis Center for Children Inc$50010%
Father Fred Foundation$25010%
Grand Blanc Educational Foundation Inc$1251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($311k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Farrehi Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Michigan: $414,000 over 9y, 32% of budgetFlint Institute of Music: $64,750 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWashington University: $25,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTherapeutic Riding Institute Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTherapeutic Riding Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPeanut Gallery Players: $10,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetMany Hands Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetFriends of Rock Valley: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIntentional Communities of Washtenaw County: $4,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSpecial Olympics Michigan Inc: $4,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCertell Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Skywild: $2,600 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Colorado College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenjamin's Hope: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Concert Band Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFlint Institute of Arts: $1,280 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Art: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnnis Center for Children Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Fred Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 24.

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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.

Charles Stewart Mott FoundationMI15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Serra Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About Farrehi Family Foundation Inc

How much does Farrehi Family Foundation Inc give?
Farrehi Family Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $143,375 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Farrehi Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Health (27%), Education (18%).
Who are Farrehi Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($414k), Flint Institute of Music ($65k), Washington University ($26k).
Does Farrehi Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Farrehi Family Foundation Inc 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 Farrehi Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The Serra Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
Where is Farrehi Family Foundation Inc based?
Farrehi Family Foundation Inc is based in MI.

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 75 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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