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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 34-1553708

Fairfax Foundation

A private foundation in Mentor, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 26 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Fairfax Foundation
8141 Tyler Blvd A3
Mentor, OH 44060
(216) 905-6193
Form and materials
Grant requests should include an exemption letter supporting the exempt status and intended use of funds.
Deadlines
Applications are accepted at any time. Response can be expected within two months.
Restrictions
Grants made only to recognized charitable organizations. No restrictions based on location, charitable field or institution.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,179,700

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,515,854

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,614,947

    Grants listed
    56
    Assets, end of year
    $2,631,554

  • Tax year 2023

    $76,600

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $5,041,960

  • Tax year 2022

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,532,486

  • Tax year 2021

    $72,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,485,380

  • Tax year 2020

    $64,021

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,403,081

  • Tax year 2019

    $66,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,340,453

  • Tax year 2018

    $102,581

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,274,679

Grants paid in 2025

26 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Huntington's Disease Society of AmericaNew York, NY

    General

    $175,000
  2. Trees Water & PeopleFort Collins, CO

    General

    $170,000
  3. Rise Against SuicideLafayette, CO

    General

    $100,000
  4. Friends of Community Foundations of CanadaTempe, AZ

    General

    $100,000
  5. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    General

    $50,000
  6. The Kiva CenterBoulder, CO

    General

    $50,000
  7. Rocky Mountain Equality CenterBoulder, CO

    General

    $50,000
  8. American Indian College FundDenver, CO

    General

    $50,000
  9. Boulder Food RescueBoulder, CO

    General

    $50,000
  10. UNCFWashington, DC

    General

    $50,000
  11. American Friends of the Art Gallery of Ontario IncCanada

    General

    $40,000
  12. Lake View Cemetery FoundationCleveland, OH

    General

    $40,000
  13. JsfaBeachwood, OH

    General

    $34,700
  14. Jewish Family Service Association of ClevelandBeachwood, OH

    General

    $30,000
  15. Princess Margaret Cancer FoundationCanada

    General

    $30,000
  16. ACLU FoundationCleveland, OH

    General

    $20,000
  17. Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OH

    General

    $20,000
  18. Human Rights Watch IncNew York, NY

    General

    $20,000
  19. Shaw FestivalBuffalo, NY

    General

    $20,000
  20. Friends of the Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthCanada

    General

    $20,000
  21. Csu FoundationCleveland, OH

    General

    $15,000
  22. University of Colorado Center for Documentary and Ethnographic MediaBoulder, CO

    General

    $13,000
  23. Fort Collins Habitat for HumanityFort Collins, CO

    General

    $10,000
  24. Sustainable Living AssociationCleveland, OH

    General

    $10,000
  25. Colonial Williamsburg FoundationWilliamsburg, VA

    General

    $10,000
  26. Shrine of Our Lady of MariapochBurton, OH

    General

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment2 grants $220,00033% of the total
  2. Mental health1 grant $100,00015% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $100,00015% of the total
  4. Arts and culture3 grants $70,00010% of the total
  5. International aid2 grants $70,00010% of the total
  6. Education1 grant $50,0007% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $60,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado8 grants $493,000
  2. New York4 grants $265,000
  3. Ohio8 grants $171,700
  4. Arizona1 grant $100,000
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Joe LatonaTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Joseph JusterTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

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