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Darby Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Crozet, Virginia · EIN 550785831

Darby Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Crozet, Virginia. In tax year 2025 it gave $854,811 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $769,811. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $80,000 the year before.

38% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$60,0005$1.2 million
2024$80,0006$1.3 million
2025$854,8118$0

How to apply

ContactDarby Family Foundation Inc Co Mich
405 Hazel Grove Lane, Crozet, VA 22932
Phone or email(304) 237-3354
What to submitLetter with supporting documentation

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California1$769,811
Indiana1$20,000
Virginia1$20,000
District of Columbia1$10,000
Kentucky1$10,000
Maryland1$10,000
West Virginia1$10,000
Ohio1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
DAFGIVING360
San Francisco, CA
Transfer remaining assetsto daf$769,811
Innisfree Village
Crozet, VA
Ongoingoperations$20,000
Village Project Africa
Noblesville, IN
Nixonscholarship fund$20,000
Chestnut Mountain Ranch
Morgantown, WV
Ongoingoperations$10,000
Hope Hill
Hope, KY
Ongoingoperations$10,000
Feeding America
Washington, DC
Ongoingoperations$10,000
The James Isaac House
Mtn Lake Park, MD
Ongoingoperations$10,000
Tiny Hooves Farm
Sylvania, OH
Ongoingoperations$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Darby Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Darby Family Foundation Inc give?

$854,811 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Darby Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Stuart Upton (President), Sandra D Smith (Vice President), Ann D Getty (Secretary) and Michael W Darby (Treasurer).

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