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Fishman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$459k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$162k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$3.3MEducation$175kInternational$37kReligion$4kArts & Culture$2kFood & Nutrition$500Human Services$200Other$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $374k
$12,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$162,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$162,000
HOFFMAN INSITUTE FOUNDATION$50,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
LELEKA FOUNDATION$25,000
FORWARD GLOBAL WOMEN$12,000
SAN FRANCISCO DAY SCHOOL$10,000
BRANDEIS SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCSICO$10,000
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$1,000
GIANT STEPS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$515
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $200 → 10%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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 8 repeat orgs$158k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$3.4M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+51%

Still filing today

75%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +51%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +97%
  • BS
    BRANDEIS SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO
    3× · 2020–2025 · $42k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • LC
    LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +94%
  • TR
    TEMPLE RODEF SHALOM
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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4
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
5
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
6
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of California San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Forward Global Women. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $1,687,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION+2 more: $75,000 · EducationDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,410,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc+4 more: $36,700 · HealthLAHEY HOSPTIAL & MEDICAL CENTER: $130,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherFORWARD GLOBAL WOMEN: $12,000 · Other+6 more: $9,755 · OtherLELEKA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · InternationalSmuin Ballet: $1,300 · Arts & CultureChildrens Creativity Museum: $209 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE ON AGING: $200 · Human Services
Education$1,862,000Health$1,447,200Other$226,755International$25,000Arts & Culture$1,509Human Services$200

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $1,687,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,410,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRANDEIS SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $42,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO DAY SCHOOL: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSmuin Ballet: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGiant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Creativity Museum: $209 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE ON AGING: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $200 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.

Jewish Community Fede…Morgan Stanley Global…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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How do I get to Fishman Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fishman Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 23 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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