· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| C M RUSSELL MUSEUM | $6,101 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| EAST AFRICAN VILLAGE OUTREACH (EAVO) | $3,000 |
| PBSKVIE | $3,000 |
| ATHLETES IN ACTION NORCAL | $2,500 |
| FREMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $2,000 |
| BOY SCOUT TROOP 187 | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,175 |
| SACRAMENTO LITERACY FOUNDATION | $1,052 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| REASONS TO BELIEVE | $1,000 |
| HOPE FOR THE FUTURE | $1,000 |
| GOLD COUNTRY WILDLIFE RESCUE | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $155 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 11% of James S Fish Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 38% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 30%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% 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
Backed again, and grew
- TCTRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $138k · revenue +31%
- FFRIENDS-CARE7× · 2017–2023 · $13k · revenue +65% · 33% of their budget
- POPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE2× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- AAACTS AREA CHURCHES TOGETHER SERVINGone grant, 2017 · $5k
- TSTUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS-DARTMOUTHone grant, 2019 · $5k
- CKCAMP KOREYone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +20%
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.
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.
To improve fisheries resources in the state of california.
Krrc's mission is to implement the klamath hydroelectric settlement agreement by removing four hydroelectric dams on the klamath river, restoring surrounding lands, and implementing required mitigation measures. (continued on schedule o)as…
To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…
The foundation's vision is a thriving, just, healthy and equitable region.
Our mission is to restore wild salmon and steelhead & support sustainable fishing in the pacific northwest.
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,…
To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…
The foundation board is comprised of members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who devote their shared commitment and passion to collectively support protection and restoration of the washington coast region salmon by providing…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…
The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.
In 2025, the salmonfly project advanced its mission to conserve aquatic insects and the ecosystems they support through expanded monitoring, research, and public engagement across the western unted states. we completed annual aquatic…
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 66 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds TRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS-CARE ↗
- Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR THE FUTURE ↗
- Who funds East African Village Outreach ↗
- Who funds CAMP KOREY ↗
- Who funds GODS HIDDEN TREASURES ↗
- Who funds Sacramento Literacy Foundation ↗
- Who funds REASONS TO BELIEVE ↗
- Who funds He Intends Victory ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds Family Promise of Sacramento ↗
- Who funds MARINES' MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James S Fish Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James S Fish Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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