Fairfax Educational Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The filing shows annual giving of $35,300,000 but no grant range, so it does not show what a typical request looks like; keep any ask clearly scaled to your own budget.
- Its recorded grants are mainly in District of Columbia, and its grants point to research institutes, so work in that area and place is worth a look, though the filing does not state a geographic focus as a rule.
- Send a letter outlining the needs the contribution would meet; the filing gives no deadlines, so there is no set date to work towards.
- The filing says that 100% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded the year before, so it appears to renew existing relationships, and a new organisation should still make a considered approach.
- No exclusions or applicant eligibility criteria are stated, so the filing does not rule anyone out.
Overview
Fairfax Educational Foundation is a US private foundation based in Fairfax, VA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings state no particular funding field or award restrictions. They record programme assistance to a charitable institute whose name identifies education and research and to an institute whose name identifies strategy and policy. The grants all went to organisations in Washington, DC, which describes the recorded recipients rather than an eligibility boundary. Applicants are asked to send a letter outlining the needs for which the contribution would be used; the filing gives no submission deadlines. No broader funding priorities or applicant eligibility criteria were established from the sources reviewed.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Research institutes
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia.
How to apply
Send a letter from the applicant outlining the needs to which the contribution would be applied.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 94% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Fairfax Educational Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Washington Institute for Education and Research · Program assistance$35,300,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Hasan Altalib — Secretary And Director
- Mulham Shbeib — Treasurer And Director
- Dr Ahmed Alwani — Vice President And Director
- Dr Hisham Altalib — President And Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $908,422 | $0 | $57,603,420 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $61,529,359 | $61,400,000 | $205,618 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $35,611,923 | $35,300,000 | $133,700 | 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
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Applying to Fairfax Educational Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (703) 471-1133
- Fairfax, VA