The Farbman Family Foundation
Water Mill, NY · EIN 13-4008937. Reported 102 grants totalling $3,208,049 to 65 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Farbman Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations The Farbman Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $140,000 to them. That is 7% of the $1,983,755 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Women Donors Network | grantmaking organization | California | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| East Bay Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $797 and the largest $260,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | New York, NY | $360,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hive Community Circle | Columbia, SC | $285,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Global Fund for Women | San Francisco, CA | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Third World Organizing | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grassroots International Inc | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Democracy Alliance | Washington, DC | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Women and Justice Project | Jackson Heights, NY | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy | New York, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Social and Environmental | Calabasas, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Youth Represent | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| A Long Walk Home | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Effing Foundation for Sex | Somerville, MA | $51,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Conservativation Partners | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Global Fund for Women Inc | San Francisco, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women Make Movies | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drinking Gourd Farms | Phoenix, AZ | $47,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom Inc | Covington, GA | $46,255 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Violence Intervention | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heal Project | Half Moon Bay, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Billy Mac Fund | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Daughters Beyond Incarceration | New Orleans, LA | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Belt Justice Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Right | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Funding Freedom | Staten Island, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interreligious Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Liberation Fund | Amherst, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peoples Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Women and Justice Project 1473 | Jackson Heights, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Center | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Are Purposeful Ltd | London | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women Donors Network | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kadima Community Sunday School | Seattle, WA | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Malikah Inc | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The East Bay Community Foundation | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New York Womens Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Violence Intervention Program | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women's Foundation South | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Callactivit | Tel Aviv-Yafo | $19,445 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends and Families of Louisianas | New Orleans, LA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reentry Rocks | Long Island City, NY | $13,749 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Women's Community Justice Association | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| African American Plcy | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls for Gender Equity | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Highlander Research and Education Center | New Market, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| My Sisters Place Mspny | White Plainsn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ramapo for Children | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Violence Intervention | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connect Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Little Piece of Light | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Nation Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Just Vision Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Marshall Project | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rockland Prison Justice Project | Stony Point, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
22 of 65 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 34%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $870,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 18 | $894,355 | $25,550 |
| 2023 | 21 | $540,452 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $511,797 | $21,000 |
| 2025 | 17 | $391,445 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
38% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Farbman Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 268 Mecox Rd, Water Mill, NY, 11976. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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