The Farvue Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated areas are environmental protection and climate change, animal welfare, humanitarian aid, and nutrition and hunger, and its priority is the DC area, so work in those fields and that region is the best fit.
- Most of its grants fall between $25,000 and $200,000, and half of its grants to organisations are $50,000 or less, so a modest request is realistic; its largest grant was $600,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- Its website says it does not accept proposals from new organisations, so a new organisation should not apply, while other organisations may submit a hard-copy proposal with supporting materials on a rolling basis.
- Because 95% of its grant dollars in the filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, it is largely relationship-led, and it does not fund multi-year commitments, scholarships, individuals, endowments or university overhead expenses, so requests of those kinds should not be sent.
Overview
The Farvue Foundation is a US private foundation based in Washington, DC.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Farvue Foundation supports organisations that work to preserve the earth’s natural resources, find solutions to global climate change, and improve the well-being of people and animals. Its stated areas of interest are environmental protection and climate change, animal welfare, humanitarian aid, and nutrition and hunger. Grant records show support for environmental advocacy and conservation organisations, humanitarian relief agencies, animal-welfare groups, food-support and community organisations, and cultural and health institutions. Its website describes organisation grants and requires hard-copy proposals with supporting materials. It does not accept proposals from new organisations.
Themes
- Environmental protection
- Climate change
- Animal welfare
- Humanitarian aid
- Nutrition and hunger
Geographic Focus
Priority: DC area. From its grants, not stated by the foundation: District of Columbia; New York; California; Virginia; Maryland.
What They Don't Fund
- Multi-year commitments
- Scholarships
- Individuals
- Endowments
- University overhead expenses
How to apply
The website says proposals from new organisations are not accepted. Other organisations may submit proposals in hard copy.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 95% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 154 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 11%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 95% of grant dollars went to organisations The Farvue Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 54 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $75,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Doctors Without Borders · Support$500,0002024 tax year
- Earthjustice · Support$500,0002024 tax year
- Natural Resources Defense Council · Support$500,0002024 tax year
- Southern Environmental Law Center · Support$300,0002024 tax year
- World Central Kitchen · Support$300,0002024 tax year
- Washington National Cathedral · Support$250,0002024 tax year
- Chesapeake Conservancy · Support$200,0002024 tax year
- New York Botanical Garden · Support$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Patricia Lee — Co-Executive Director
- Carolyn Sand — Co-Executive Director
- David Murray — Director
- Sara Murray — Director
- Joan Douglas Murray — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,781,846 | $4,860,000 | $66,189,017 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,068,336 | $5,215,000 | $80,582,079 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,522,765 | $5,650,000 | $91,667,697 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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Contact
- farvue@farvuefoundation.org
- Washington, DC
- farvuefoundation.org
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Contact
- farvue@farvuefoundation.org
- Washington, DC
- farvuefoundation.org