Virginia · Private foundation
The Barbee 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.
- $245k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations The Barbee Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 16 | $245k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $251k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $219k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $120k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $93k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $84k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $125k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Potomac School | $256,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Voices | $163,818 | 8 | 2% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy | $35,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Hospice Brazos Valley Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dakshana Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Potomac School | $256,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Voices | $163,818 | 8 | 2% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy | $35,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Hospice Brazos Valley Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dakshana Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The David Network | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Freedomworks Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Parkview Institute Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Twin City Mission | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center For Freedom and Prosperity | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of the Lawrenceville School | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| EdChoice Inc | $5,299 | 1 | 0% |
| Based Politics Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Think Freely Media | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($398k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Barbee Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Donors Trust Inc · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Chiavacci Family Foundation · Garvey Kansas Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Barbee Family Foundation
- How much does The Barbee Family Foundation give?
- The Barbee Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $245,299 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Barbee Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (26%), Education (23%), Science & Tech (21%).
- Who are The Barbee Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Potomac School ($256k), Young Voices ($164k), Foundation for Economic Education Inc ($70k).
- Does The Barbee Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Barbee Family 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 The Barbee Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Chiavacci Family Foundation.
- Where is The Barbee Family Foundation based?
- The Barbee Family Foundation is based in VA.
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