Virginia · Private foundation
The Farrell 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.
- $430k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $95,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Farrell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% 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 | $430k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $405k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $402k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $282k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $389k | 65% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $310k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $250k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $305k | 100% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Historical Society | $460,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $285,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Collegiate School | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Uva Community Health Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation | $105,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Richmond Ballet | $96,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Pediatrics | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Virginia Home for Boys and Girls | $52,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginias Kids Belong | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Historical Society | $460,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $285,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Collegiate School | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Uva Community Health Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation | $105,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Richmond Ballet | $96,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Pediatrics | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Virginia Home for Boys and Girls | $52,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginias Kids Belong | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Repertory Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elijah House Academy | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of Richmond | $5,829 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Better Housing Coalition | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bolling Haxall House Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Richmond First Tee | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Farrell 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: Herndon Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Williams Mullen Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Townebank Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn
How this is measured
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About The Farrell Family Foundation
- How much does The Farrell Family Foundation give?
- The Farrell Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $430,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Farrell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Education (27%), Health (19%).
- Who are The Farrell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Virginia Historical Society ($460k), Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc ($285k), The Collegiate School ($195k).
- Does The Farrell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Farrell 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 Farrell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herndon Foundation, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, The Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Farrell Family Foundation based?
- The Farrell Family Foundation is based in VA.
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