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Fish Foundation Inc

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$395k
Granted FY2019
22
Grants FY2019
20
Organizations funded FY2019
60%
First-time grantees FY2019
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Median grant, FY2019
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2019
$60,628
Organizations funded a year
20 to 32
FY2017 to FY2019
States reached, FY2019
15
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 60% of the organizations Fish Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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
FY201920$395k60%
FY201832$534k44%
FY201729$496kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Education$302kHealth$211kInternational$175kHuman Services$139kReligion$137kAnimals$115kEnvironment$70kEmployment$69kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DE
AZ
TN
SC
DC
HI
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Fish Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Give Kids the World Inc$100,00030%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$60,00030%
Pacific & Asian Affairs Council$60,00033%
Dress for Success Central New Jersey$49,03533%
College Possible Inc$45,00030%
Project Angel Food$40,00020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu$40,00020%
New Jersey Audubon Society$40,00020%
Beacon College Inc$40,00020%
Flagler College Inc$36,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$30,00020%
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine$30,00021%
Na Kama Kai$30,00028%
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church$25,0001n/a
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$25,0001n/a
Free Wheelchair Mission$22,00010%
Operation Warm Inc$21,00030%
Homefront Inc$20,00010%
Special Olympics Inc$20,00010%
Christian Formation and Direction Ministries$20,000118%
Chester County Futures Inc$20,00012%
Autism Speaks Inc$20,00010%
US Friends of Gladstone's Library$19,0001n/a
The Sophia Institute$18,00015%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$16,00010%
Energy Outreach Colorado$15,00010%
Keep Youth Doing Something Inc$15,00011%
Chicago Run$15,00011%
Reclaim Childhood Inc$15,00015%
Friends of the Children$15,00010%
Wheel to Walk Foundation$15,0001n/a
At The Well Conferences Inc$15,00018%
Childsplay Inc$15,00011%
Make-A-Wish Foundation International$15,00010%
Handi-Dogs Inc$15,00015%
The Shepherds Table Inc$12,00010%
St Lukes Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg Inc$12,00010%
One Simple Wish Inc$10,00020%
Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton Nj$7,70011%
Venture Foundation Ltd$7,50012%
Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association$3,60030%

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($376k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fish Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGive Kids the World Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGulf of Maine Research Institute: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPacific & Asian Affairs Council: $60,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetDress for Success Central New Jersey: $49,035 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProject Angel Food: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Honolulu: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Jersey Audubon Society: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBeacon College Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFlagler College Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Mind-Body Medicine: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNa Kama Kai: $30,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetFree Wheelchair Mission: $22,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHomefront Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Formation and Direction Ministries: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetChester County Futures Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sophia Institute: $18,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnergy Outreach Colorado: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKeep Youth Doing Something Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChicago Run: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetReclaim Childhood Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFriends of the Children: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAt The Well Conferences Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetChildsplay Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation International: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHandi-Dogs Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetThe Shepherds Table Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSt Lukes Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOne Simple Wish Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMount Carmel Guild of Trenton Nj: $7,700 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVenture Foundation Ltd: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMoorestown Visiting Nurse Association: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA10.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Fish Foundation Inc

How much does Fish Foundation Inc give?
Fish Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $395,173 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
What does Fish Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (21%), Health (15%), International (12%).
Who are Fish Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Give Kids the World Inc ($100k), Gulf of Maine Research Institute ($60k), Pacific & Asian Affairs Council ($60k).
Does Fish Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2019, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fish Foundation Inc 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 Fish Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Fish Foundation Inc based?
Fish Foundation Inc is based in NJ.

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 56 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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