Farrington Historical Foundation Grants
Funding Amount
US $1,000 - US $25,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organizations
Geography
- In Santa Clara County, California, focusing on arts, animal protection, environme
- Serving Santa Clara County, California
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Eligible applicants must be tax-exempt organizations, while ineligible supports include political campaigns, religious activities, and grants to individuals.
- Not eligible: Organizations with delinquent reports or consecutive cycle awards will not be considered.
- Not eligible: The following types of support are not eligible: political campaigns, religious activities, deficit financing, loans, grants to individuals and matching gifts.
- Not eligible: Please note that your agency will not be considered for further grant funding if your final grant report is delinquent.
- Not eligible: No grants will be awarded to any agency in consecutive grant cycles.
Overview
The Farrington Historical Foundation Grants support 501(c)(3) organizations in Santa Clara County, California, focusing on arts, animal protection, environmental conservation, and historic preservation. Annually, the foundation allocates a portion of its investable assets to community grants. Eligible applicants must be tax-exempt organizations, while ineligible supports include political campaigns, religious activities, and grants to individuals. Organizations with delinquent reports or consecutive cycle awards will not be considered.
Background
As part of our mission, the Board of Directors annually allocates a portion of the Foundation’s investable assets for distribution as community grants to all eligible 501(c)(3) organizations serving Santa Clara County, California.
All areas will be considered, but emphasis will be given to
Arts and cultureAnimal protectionEnvironmental conservationHistoric preservation
Eligibility
Applicants must be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organizations.
Ineligibility
The following types of support are not eligible: political campaigns, religious activities, deficit financing, loans, grants to individuals and matching gifts.Please note that your agency will not be considered for further grant funding if your final grant report is delinquent. No grants will be awarded to any agency in consecutive grant cycles.
What Farrington Historical Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 16
- Total given
- $278K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $6,500–$107K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: San Jose, CA; Saratoga, CA; Redwood City, CA.
- 69% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Junior League of San Jose · San Jose, CA
Funds to support jlsj's volunteer work to help the local community
$107K
Montalvo Association (Montalvo Arts Center) · Saratoga, CA
Organization operations
$20K
Via Services West · Redwood City, CA
Recreational/therapeutic art program - camp via west
$20K
Ashworth-Remillard House · San Jose, CA
Organization operations
$15K
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA
2025 rebuilding together sv volunteer program expenses
$14K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Animal rescue
- Environmental conservation
- History
- Nonprofits
- Small grants
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