California · Private foundation
James S Fish Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $29k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,101
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $452k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations James S Fish Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $29k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $32k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $45k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $81k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $49k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $57k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $63k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc | $138,441 | 8 | 1% |
| Fremont Presbyterian Church | $51,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Crocker Art Museum Association | $15,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends-Care | $12,500 | 7 | 33% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope for the Future | $5,000 | 4 | 3% |
| East African Village Outreach | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Camp Korey | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gods Hidden Treasures | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sacramento Literacy Foundation | $3,052 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($124k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James S Fish Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Kelly Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About James S Fish Family Foundation
- How much does James S Fish Family Foundation give?
- James S Fish Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $28,983 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James S Fish Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Religion (18%), International (8%).
- Who are James S Fish Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc ($138k), Fremont Presbyterian Church ($52k), Crocker Art Museum Association ($16k).
- Does James S Fish Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James S Fish 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 James S Fish Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Teichert Foundation, Kelly Foundation.
- Where is James S Fish Family Foundation based?
- James S Fish Family Foundation is based in CA.
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