Foaming compositions having high solvent content and compositions for foaming high solvent content formulations are disclosed having a fluorinated phosphate ester surfactant ("FPES") of the formula (R.sup.a--O).sub.x--P(O)--(OR.sup.b).sub.y in combination with a fluorinated alcohol ("FA") of the formula R.sup.cOH, where x is 1 to 3, y is (3-x), R.sup.a is a group R.sup.1-R.sup.2- with R.sup.1 being a fluorinated C.sub.6-18hydrocarbon optionally interrupted by groups of one or two non-fluorinated (or less fluorinated) carbons per interruption, and/or optionally interrupted by heteroatoms or functional groups, and R.sup.b is selected from H and positively charged amines, and R.sup.c is the same or different as R.sup.a and if different is selected from the same group of R.sup.a materials as well as from analogous groups to R.sup.a except that they have only 1-3 carbons in the R.sup.1 portion of R.sup.a instead of the R.sup.a requirement of at least 4 carbons. The ratio of FA to FPES is at least 5% FA to not more than 95% FPES based on the total FA+FPES weight. The compositions are especially useful for foaming high organic solvent content (>20% by weight solvent) with the solvent being selected from lower aliphatic alcohol, C.sub.5-6cyclic saturated or unsaturated alcohols, lower alkyl-C(O)-lower alkyl, lower alkyl-O--C(O)-lower alkyl, lower alkylene glycols, and lower alkylene glycol-mono lower alkyl ethers.