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Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
114
Itemized grants FY2024
107
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$3.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
87 to 107
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$76M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $780k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyPublic BenefitReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving110$3.2M18%
FY2023107$3.0M26%
FY202291$2.7M26%
FY202187$2.2M53%
FY201889$2.2Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.9MHuman Services$2.5MEducation$1.5MFood & Nutrition$931kCrime & Legal$858kHousing & Shelter$736kArts & Culture$653kPhilanthropy$626kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 110 grantees
All grantees of Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Childrens Advocacy Center of Smith County$474,96753%
Smith County Champions for Children Inc$358,000518%
Hospice of East Texas$275,00031%
United Way of Smith County$235,66636%
ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF NORTHEAST TEXAS dba ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF SMITH COUNTY$202,33048%
East Texas Veterans Community Council Camp V$200,00049%
Bethesda Health Clinic$182,50051%
St Paul Children's Foundation$180,00038%
Casa for Kids of East Texas Inc$177,50054%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas$175,00050%
Habitat for Humanity of Smith County$160,00034%
Smith County Clubhouse$159,500362%
Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center Inc$155,00054%
Texas Ramp Project$135,00052%
Tyler Type 1 Diabetes Foundation$126,406545%
Path - People Attempting to Help$125,00022%
Casa of Trinity Valley Inc$122,50044%
Literacy Council of Tyler Dba Pave East Texas$120,00041%
Next Step Community Solutions$117,16442%
Kourage Health Inc$115,00036%
Childrens Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Inc$115,00045%
Kingdom Life Academy$111,660220%
Kings Storehouse Food Bank Inc$111,00039%
Discovery Place Inc Dba the Discovery Science Place Inc$106,00049%
East Texas Human Needs Network$105,00037%
East Texas Cares Resource Center$105,00039%
Camp Tyler Foundation$104,260312%
Empowerment Community Development Corporation$102,000543%
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas$100,00050%
The Therapet Animal Assisted Therapy Foundation$100,00048%
Rahabs Retreat and Ranch Inc$100,00053%
New Creation Foundation Inc$99,06554%
Hospice of Texarkana$85,00040%
Meals on Wheels Ministry Inc$82,50031%
Christus-Trinity Mother Frances Foundation$80,02431%
Womens Fund of Smith County$80,00054%
Hospice of East Texas Foundation$75,00014%
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum$75,00020%
Women on the Rock Inc$75,000126%
Tapkard Inc$72,00033%
Promise Academy$71,21133%
The Arc of Smith County$70,217216%
East Texas Crisis Center Inc$70,00031%
Cenikor Foundation$70,00020%
Gateway Community Partners Inc$65,00031%
ICEE Success Foundation$64,932350%
Henderson County Food Pantry$60,00058%
Tyler Junior College Foundation$60,00040%
Crisis Center of Anderson & Cherokee Co$60,00022%
Womens Center of East Texas Inc$60,00040%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas$50,00020%
Goodwill Industries of East Texas Inc$50,00020%
Special Olympics of Texas Inc$50,00050%
Domestic Violence Prevention Inc$50,00022%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas$49,00031%
Tyler Museum of Art$48,87032%
Spca of East Texas Inc$46,50032%
Smith County Historical Society$45,000224%
Children are a Gift Foundation$40,000219%
Longview Child Development Center$40,00024%
Gold Network of East Texas$35,000518%
Northeast Texas Habitat for Humanity Inc$34,0001n/a
North East Texas Benevolence Inc$34,000215%
Communities in Schools of East Texas$32,00031%
Northeast Texas Community College Foundation Inc$32,00020%
Longview Museum of Fine Arts$30,00031%
North Tyler Development Academy$30,00016%
Breckenridge Village$30,00011%
Young Audiences of Northeast Texas Inc$30,000111%
American Heart Association Inc$30,00020%
East Texas Sheltering Arms Coalition$30,000221%
Catholic Charities- Diocese of Tyler$30,00022%
East Texas Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$30,00021%
D O R S Community Services Inc$27,00016%
East Texas Child Advocates Inc$26,00022%
Family Peace Project Inc$25,00013%
Mosaic Counseling Centers of East Texas Inc$25,00012%
Hope Inc$25,0001n/a
Mentoring Alliance$25,00010%
Tyler Hispanic Business Alliance$25,0001n/a
1 in 3 Foundation$24,500417%
Ford Girls & Associates$24,0001n/a
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$20,00010%
Azalea Academy for Exceptional Adults$20,000112%
Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc$20,00020%
Azleway Inc$20,00010%
Neurodivergent Advocates of East Texas$20,0002n/a
Presbyterian Children's Homes & Services$18,00020%
City of Tyler Parks$16,6002n/a
East Texas Youth Orchestra Inc$15,000118%
Bridgemark Center for Learning Inc$15,0001n/a
Our Harbor of Hope for Families$15,000112%
Tyler Area Senior Citizens Association Inc$15,00029%
Clothes Closet & More$15,0003n/a
Friends of the Longview Public Library$12,400178%
East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc$10,00011%
Texas Hillel Foundation$10,00011%
Ark-Tex Council of Governments$10,00010%
Network of Community Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Alto Economic Development Corp$10,00045%
Athens Samaritans Inc$10,000110%
Tyler Ind School District Foundation$10,00016%
Parenting Resource Center of East Texas Inc$7,50033%
North Tyler Youth Baseball Association$6,0002n/a
Mount Vernon Music Association$6,00024%
Dfw Cocker Spaniel Rescue$5,0001n/a
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$5,00010%
Arts Longview$5,00012%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,00010%
Tyler Rotary Foundation$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 97 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 99 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildrens Advocacy Center of Smith County: $474,967 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetSmith County Champions for Children Inc: $358,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetHospice of East Texas: $275,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Smith County: $235,666 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF NORTHEAST TEXAS dba ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF SMITH COUNTY: $202,330 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetEast Texas Veterans Community Council Camp V: $200,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetBethesda Health Clinic: $182,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSt Paul Children's Foundation: $180,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetCasa for Kids of East Texas Inc: $177,500 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas: $175,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Smith County: $160,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetSmith County Clubhouse: $159,500 over 3y, 62% of budgetNortheast Texas Child Advocacy Center Inc: $155,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetTexas Ramp Project: $135,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTyler Type 1 Diabetes Foundation: $126,406 over 5y, 45% of budgetPath - People Attempting to Help: $125,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCasa of Trinity Valley Inc: $122,500 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetLiteracy Council of Tyler Dba Pave East Texas: $120,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNext Step Community Solutions: $117,164 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetKourage Health Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetChildrens Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Inc: $115,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetKingdom Life Academy: $111,660 over 2y, 20% of budgetKings Storehouse Food Bank Inc: $111,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetDiscovery Place Inc Dba the Discovery Science Place Inc: $106,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetEast Texas Human Needs Network: $105,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetEast Texas Cares Resource Center: $105,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetCamp Tyler Foundation: $104,260 over 3y, 12% of budgetEmpowerment Community Development Corporation: $102,000 over 5y, 43% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northeast Texas: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Therapet Animal Assisted Therapy Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetRahabs Retreat and Ranch Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetNew Creation Foundation Inc: $99,065 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetHospice of Texarkana: $85,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMeals on Wheels Ministry Inc: $82,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetChristus-Trinity Mother Frances Foundation: $80,024 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWomens Fund of Smith County: $80,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetHospice of East Texas Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWomen on the Rock Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetTapkard Inc: $72,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetPromise Academy: $71,211 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetThe Arc of Smith County: $70,217 over 2y, 16% of budgetEast Texas Crisis Center Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCenikor Foundation: $70,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGateway Community Partners Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetICEE Success Foundation: $64,932 over 3y, 50% of budgetHenderson County Food Pantry: $60,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetTyler Junior College Foundation: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% 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 99.

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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.

East Texas Communities FoundationTX94.2× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Texas Communities Foundation · The Rogers Foundation · The Louis and Peaches Owen Family Foundation · A S Genecov Foundation · Hibbs Family Foundation · James I Perkins Family Foundation · Byers Family Foundation · Riter Family Foundation · The Junior League of Tyler Inc · Etx Successor System · T B Butler Foundation · Hoeffner 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 Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation

How much does Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation give?
Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation reported 114 itemized grants totaling $3,240,650, out of $3,673,404 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 87 and 107 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (11%), Human Services (9%), Education (6%).
Who are Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Childrens Advocacy Center of Smith County ($475k), Smith County Champions for Children Inc ($358k), Hospice of East Texas ($275k).
Does Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Texas Communities Foundation, The Rogers Foundation, The Louis and Peaches Owen Family Foundation.
Where is Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation based?
Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation is based in TX.

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 210 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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