Virginia · Private foundation
The Farkas Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2026
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 32
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 29% of the organizations The Farkas Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 9 | $2.1M | 44% |
| FY2025 | 7 | $4.1M | 29% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $660k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $626k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $608k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $570k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $550k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $554k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Aid Justice Center | $5,095,000 | 9 | 19% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $2,310,000 | 10 | 0% |
| New River Abortion Access Fund | $250,000 | 3 | 27% |
| Montpelier Foundation | $209,380 | 5 | 1% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $195,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Women's Initiative | $170,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc | $128,855 | 4 | 15% |
| Readykids Inc | $125,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Wildlife Center of Virginia | $121,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Hospice of the Piedmont Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Farkas Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 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: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Caplin Foundation · The Charles Fund Inc · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · The J & E Berkley Foundation · Manning Family Foundation · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · Janet Stone Jones Foundation · The Hartfield Fdn Inc 0739-80-42 · Cassiopeia Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Farkas Family Foundation
- How much does The Farkas Family Foundation give?
- The Farkas Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $2,142,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 32 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Farkas Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (59%), Health (12%), Environment (6%).
- Who are The Farkas Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Legal Aid Justice Center ($5.1M), Southern Environmental Law Center ($2.3M), New River Abortion Access Fund ($250k).
- Does The Farkas Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Farkas 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 Farkas Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Caplin Foundation, The Charles Fund Inc.
- Where is The Farkas Family Foundation based?
- The Farkas Family Foundation is based in VA.
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