Maryland · Private foundation
Fischer Family 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Fischer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $32k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $171k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $229k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $194k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $356k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $470,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Lewis & Clark College | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Some Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Works | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Peter Lutheran Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethesda Cares Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $470,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Lewis & Clark College | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Some Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Works | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Peter Lutheran Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethesda Cares Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Community Outreach Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($294k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fischer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fischer Family Foundation
- How much does Fischer Family Foundation give?
- Fischer Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $32,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Fischer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Education (34%), Housing & Shelter (2%).
- Who are Fischer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc ($470k), Lewis & Clark College ($175k), Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc ($60k).
- Does Fischer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fischer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fischer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Fischer Family Foundation based?
- Fischer Family Foundation is based in MD.
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