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Age Fisher Foundation at a glance

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Age Fisher Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.4MPhilanthropy$998kHealth$479kScience & Tech$50kHuman Services$45kRecreation & Sports$36kArts & Culture$30kEmployment$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.0M
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$128M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$3,000,000
CAMP VIA WEST$100,000
CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES$50,000
ALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$27,500
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$10,000
VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS$10,000
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY$10,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY$10,000
FAMILY GIVING TREE$9,000
Individual grant recipient$5,213
CHARLES ARMSTRONG SCHOOL$5,182
EVELYN DUNLAP FOUNDATION$5,000
LYNN UNIVERSITY$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$5,000
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$2,066
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FRONT DOOR COMMUNITIES: $2k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
VA
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.2M · 13 repeat orgs$177k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
19

Total granted

$5.2M
$142k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
0%

Still filing today

92%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Purdue Research Foundation
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +39%
  • AC
    ALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $803k · revenue +28%
  • VR
    VIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $500k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • CE
    CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND VIA SAVE THE CHILDREN
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -45%
  • AI
    ACDS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $16k · revenue +21%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
2
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
3
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
4
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
5
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
6
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
7
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
8
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc; the most unlike its peers is Front Door Communities. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
16/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Purdue Research Foundation: $3,575,000 · EducationPurdue Research FoundationALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $802,500 · EducationALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL+4 more: $174,132 · EducationDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $955,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHA…+4 more: $27,704 · PhilanthropyVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $500,000 · Health+3 more: $2,920 · HealthCHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND VIA SAVE THE CHILDREN: $30,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY GIVING TREE: $24,100 · OtherACDS INC: $15,800 · OtherPRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL SAN JOSE: $15,241 · OtherTHE CHARLES ARMSTRONG SCHOOL: $15,182 · OtherTOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $10,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $15,182 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD: $15,000 · Other+11 more: $30,963 · OtherValley Adaptive Sports: $45,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureABILITYPATH: $25,472 · Employment
Education$4,551,632Philanthropy$982,704Health$502,920Other$206,468Recreation & Sports$46,000Arts & Culture$30,000Employment$25,472

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $3,575,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $955,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $802,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $500,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetConnections Education Center of the Palm Beaches Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetValley Adaptive Sports: $45,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILITYPATH: $25,472 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY GIVING TREE: $24,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetACDS INC: $15,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHARLES ARMSTRONG SCHOOL: $15,182 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $15,182 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $10,204 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $4,132 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $1,890 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFront Door Communities: $1,750 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCamp Casco Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALPHA TAU OMEGA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Bright Funds Foundati…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Bright Funds FoundationCA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bright Funds Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Age Fisher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Age Fisher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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