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Fairbank Foundation

Accepts applications McLean, Virginia · EIN 863097479

Fairbank Foundation is a private foundation in McLean, Virginia. In tax year 2024 it gave $657,503 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $201,488 and the largest $406,015. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $600,729 the year before.

33% of its 2024 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$600,7292$7.7 million
2024$657,5033$9.5 million

How to apply

ContactBradley Ridlehoover
PO Box 397, Richmond, VA 23218
Phone or email(804) 775-4312

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fairbank Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California2$456,015
District of Columbia1$201,488

Grants paid in 2024

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
General$406,015
Georgretown University
Washington, DC
General$201,488
Lennie Roberts Advocacy Fund
Palo Alto, CA
General$50,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fairbank Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Fairbank Foundation give?

$657,503 in tax year 2024, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $201,488.

Who runs Fairbank Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Richard D Fairbank (Chairman), Rebecca P Winebrenner (Exec. Direct., Sec & Treas), Thomas Leffler (Director & General Counsel) and Joan M Tabler (Assistant Treasurer).

What does Fairbank Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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