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Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$522k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
93
Grants FY2025
95
Organizations funded FY2024
79%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
57 to 95
FY2023 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 79% of the organizations Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving93$522k61%
FY202495$827k79%
FY202357$465kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$577kHealth$327kHousing & Shelter$201kEducation$173kFood & Nutrition$103kRecreation & Sports$88kCrime & Legal$70kArts & Culture$53kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 132 grantees
All grantees of Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Disabled Patriot Fund Inc$40,000312%
Salute Inc$30,00031%
Childrens Oncology Services Inc$30,00030%
The Beacon Place NFP$30,00031%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$25,00020%
IMD Guest House Foundation$23,00021%
Beds Plus Inc$22,50010%
College Possible Inc$22,50020%
Main Stay Therapeutic Farm Inc$21,00031%
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley$20,00010%
Of Color Inc$20,00021%
Senior Home Sharing$20,00023%
Park Lawn Association Inc$20,00021%
Home of the Sparrow Inc$20,00010%
Transitional Living Services Inc$20,00020%
Maryville Academy$20,00020%
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$17,50020%
Youth Guidance$17,50020%
Cancer Wellness Center$17,50020%
Ray Graham Association for People With Disabilities$15,96020%
Fellowship Housing Corporation$15,00030%
Friends of Fisher House - Illinois Inc$15,00014%
Math Circles of Chicago$15,00021%
New Moms Inc$15,00020%
Stepping Stones Inc$15,00020%
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center$15,00020%
North Shore Senior Center$15,00020%
The Miracle League of Joliet$15,00036%
America Cares Too$15,00027%
The Center for Enriched Living Inc$15,00030%
Alicia's House Inc$15,00027%
Family Service of Glencoe$15,00021%
Eldercare Lake County$12,50021%
Metropolitan Family Services$12,50020%
Parenting for Non Violence$12,00025%
The Harbour Inc$10,00010%
Juvenile Protective Association$10,00010%
The Center of Concern$10,00010%
A Safe Haven Foundation$10,00010%
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired$10,00010%
Common Pantry$10,0001n/a
Senior Services Associates Inc$10,00010%
Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois$10,00011%
Sit Stay Read Inc$10,00012%
Little City Foundation$10,00010%
Madonna Mission$10,00021%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$10,0001n/a
Casa of Dupage County Inc$10,00021%
Institute for Therapy Through the Arts$10,00010%
Summit School Inc$10,00020%
Casa Lake County Inc$10,00010%
Career Transitions Center of Chicago$10,00013%
North Side Housing and Supportive Services$10,00010%
Creo Dupage Ltd$10,00016%
Allendale Association$10,00010%
Friendship Manor Inc$10,0001n/a
Community Support Services Inc$10,00010%
Restoring the Path$10,00011%
St Marys Services$10,00021%
Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center$10,00010%
Oak Leyden Developmental Services Inc$10,00010%
Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital$10,00010%
The Chicago Debate Commission$10,00011%
Casa Kane County$10,0001n/a
Misericordia Foundation$10,00010%
Howard Area Community Center$10,00010%
Christopher House$10,00020%
Bridge Communities Inc$10,00010%
Food for Greater Elgin Inc$10,00020%
Veteran Business Project Inc$10,0001n/a
Trinity Charities Inc$7,50021%
Oswegoland Seniors Inc$7,50012%
The Family Institute$7,50020%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$7,50010%
Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association$7,50010%
Highland Park Community Nursery School$7,50010%
Shelter Inc$7,50020%
Fill a Heart 4 Kids$7,50021%
Hands of Hope Illinois$7,50020%
Chicago Commons Association$7,50010%
Good News Community Kitchen$5,00014%
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra$5,00011%
Special Leisure Services Foundation$5,00011%
Outreach Community Ministries$5,00010%
Joyful Journey Inc$5,00011%
Nami Metro-Suburban Inc$5,00010%
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for$5,0001n/a
Illinois Joining Forces Foundation$5,00010%
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School$5,0001n/a
Camp Odayin$5,00010%
Special Olympics Illinois$5,0001n/a
Independence Health & Therapy$5,00010%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$5,00010%
Snow City Arts Foundation$5,00010%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$5,00010%
Youth and Family Counseling$5,00010%
The Port Ministries$5,0001n/a
Glenwood Academy$5,0001n/a
Chicago Tech Academy$5,00010%
Illinois Partners in Hope Nfp$5,00011%
The Second Story Foundation$5,00012%
Gads Hill Center$5,00010%
Franciscan Outreach$5,0001n/a
One Love Global Wellness Foundation$5,00017%
Esperanza Community Services$5,00010%
Have Dreams$5,00010%
Des Plaines Community Senior Center$5,00011%
Heroin Epidemic Relief Organization$5,00015%
Riverwoods Christian Center dba Fox Valley Christian Action$5,00010%
Bronzeville Fencing Academy$5,00016%
The Arts of Life Inc$5,00010%
Mercy Housing Lakefront$5,0001n/a
Mental Health America of Illinois$5,000118%
Ignite$5,00010%
Pathlights Human Services$5,00010%
Manhattan Park District Foundation$5,000162%
Beef 4 Hunger$5,00026%
Foundation for Hearing and Speech Resources$5,0001n/a
One Family Illinois$5,0001n/a
Sharing Notes$5,00013%
Still Point Theatre Collective$5,0001n/a
Naperville Seniors In Action$3,50014%
The Lake County Haven$3,50010%
Luster Learning Institute NFP$2,50011%
Turning Point Inc$2,50010%
Covenant House Illinois Inc$2,50010%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$2,50010%
Open Heart Magic$2,50010%
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation$2,5001n/a
Wings Program Inc$2,50010%
Helping Hand Center$2,50010%
Reading Power Inc$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($484k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 116 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDisabled Patriot Fund Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetSalute Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Beacon Place NFP: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMD Guest House Foundation: $23,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBeds Plus Inc: $22,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMain Stay Therapeutic Farm Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOf Color Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSenior Home Sharing: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetPark Lawn Association Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHome of the Sparrow Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTransitional Living Services Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMaryville Academy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Guidance: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Wellness Center: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRay Graham Association for People With Disabilities: $15,960 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship Housing Corporation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Fisher House - Illinois Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMath Circles of Chicago: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNew Moms Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStepping Stones Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetZacharias Sexual Abuse Center: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Shore Senior Center: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Miracle League of Joliet: $15,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetAmerica Cares Too: $15,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetThe Center for Enriched Living Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlicia's House Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetFamily Service of Glencoe: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEldercare Lake County: $12,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParenting for Non Violence: $12,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetThe Harbour Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJuvenile Protective Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Center of Concern: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA Safe Haven Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSenior Services Associates Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSit Stay Read Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLittle City Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMadonna Mission: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCasa of Dupage County Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetInstitute for Therapy Through the Arts: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSummit School Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 116.

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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.

George M Eisenberg Foundation for CharitiesIL94.4× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Helen V Brach Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Dr Scholl Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Oberweiler Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Pelino Charitable Foundation · Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation

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.

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About Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust

How much does Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust give?
Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust reported 93 grants totaling $521,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 95 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
What does Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (14%), Health (8%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
Who are Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Disabled Patriot Fund Inc ($40k), Salute Inc ($30k), Childrens Oncology Services Inc ($30k).
Does Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities, The a Montgomery Ward Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.
Where is Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust based?
Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust is based in IL.

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 189 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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