The Liebbhaber Family Foundation gives modest, targeted grants to cultural institutions and local healthcare causes, concentrating support on a small set of repeat grantees. Their giving is regionally focused around McLean/Washington-area institutions and mixes performing arts, public garden/library preservation, and hospital fundraising. The foundation tends to make multiple gifts to the same organizations rather than broad one-off grants.
Concentrated, repeat funding: a small number of moderate-sized grants directed repeatedly to a few core regional institutions rather than many one-time grantees.
Richard T Liebhaber and Kirsten E Liebhaber Family Foundation Inc. has built a clear pattern of repeat support for a small group of cultural, healthcare, and conservation organizations. The largest recent gift in the record is a $42,257 grant to Betty Ford Alpine Gardens for its library endowment fund, which signals an interest in preservation as well as program support. That same institution received additional gifts in later years, showing a multi-year relationship rather than a one-time award. The foundation also makes sustained general-support grants to The Kennedy Center, with annual awards appearing in 2023, 2024, and 2025. In healthcare, it has backed Inova Health System Foundation through the McLean annual fund drive across multiple years. Chesapeake Bay Foundation appears as a smaller conservation recipient tied to protection of the Chesapeake Bay. Across these grants, the foundation gives modestly sized awards, often returning to the same organizations over time and favoring established institutions with clear local or regional ties.
In performing arts, the foundation gave $25,000 to The Kennedy Center in 2023 for general support, then repeated the same grant in 2024 and 2025. That recurring pattern suggests a continuing relationship with a major arts institution rather than a one-time project gift. For healthcare, it supported Inova Health System Foundation with $10,000 grants in 2023 and 2024 for the McLean annual fund drive, followed by a $5,000 grant in 2025 for the same purpose. The grant history points to annual fundraising support for a local health system. The foundation also funds environmental conservation: it gave $250 to Chesapeake Bay Foundation in 2024 and again in 2025 to support protection of the Chesapeake Bay. In the preservation space, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens received both a $42,257 grant and smaller follow-on grants for its library endowment fund.
Typical grants cluster around a median of $10,000, with a lower quartile of $5,000 and an upper quartile of $25,000. The record shows repeated gifts to the same organizations over multiple years, especially The Kennedy Center, Inova Health System Foundation, and Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. The foundation is a family foundation and does not make program-related investments. No application process is indicated in the data.
$153K
$31K
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$39K
Most grants fall between $5K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 55% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Notable grantees: The Kennedy Center, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Inova Health System Foundation
Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent record. Virginia receives the largest share of grants by count, accounting for 54% of recipients in the foundation’s HQ state and including Arlington and Falls Church. Outside Virginia, the foundation’s gifts reach Vail, Colorado, and Annapolis, Maryland. The pattern is regional, with a strong concentration around the Washington, D.C. area and adjacent nearby states.
Its recent grants support performing arts, healthcare fundraising, library endowment preservation, and Chesapeake Bay protection. Named recipients include The Kennedy Center, Inova Health System Foundation, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Yes. The record shows repeated awards to The Kennedy Center in 2023, 2024, and 2025; to Inova Health System Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and to Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The reported grant-size distribution centers on a median of $10,000, with a lower quartile of $5,000 and an upper quartile of $25,000. Recent gifts in the file range from $250 to $42,257.
Virginia is the top state by grant count, and 54% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. Recent Virginia recipients include organizations in Arlington and Falls Church.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE KENNEDY CENTER | ARLINGTON, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS | VAIL, CO | $5,000 | 2025 | LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND |
| INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | FALLS CHURCH, VA | $5,000 | 2025 | MCLEAN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $250 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY |
| THE KENNEDY CENTER | ARLINGTON, VA | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | FALLS CHURCH, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | MCLEAN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE |
| BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS | VAIL, CO | $5,000 | 2024 | LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $250 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY |
| BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS | VAIL, CO | $42,257 | 2023 | LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND |
| THE KENNEDY CENTER | ARLINGTON, VA | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | FALLS CHURCH, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | MCLEAN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE |
THE KENNEDY CENTER
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS
$5,000LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND
INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
$5,000MCLEAN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION
$250TO SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
THE KENNEDY CENTER
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
$10,000MCLEAN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE
BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS
$5,000LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION
$250TO SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS
$42,257LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND
THE KENNEDY CENTER
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
$10,000MCLEAN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE