· Private foundation
Maria Fisher 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MILAGRO HOUSE | $35,000 |
| CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATIONATTOLLO | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| ASSETS LANCASTER | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
| NATIVITY SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| A WEEK AWAY | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| WATER STREET RESCUE MISSION | $1,000 |
| TENFOLD | $586 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $550 |
| TOYS FOR TOTS | $515 |
| EDIBLE CLASSROOM | $500 |
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $100 |
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 (FY23–25, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NSNATIVITY SCHOOL3× · 2023–2025 · $9k
- TNTHE NATIVITY SCHOOL OF HARRISBURG2× · 2020–2021 · $6k · revenue -4%
- AWA WEEK AWAY2× · 2024–2025 · $4k
Funded once
- FGFAITHFUL GIVE INSTRUMENTS OF CHRIST HAITIone grant, 2024 · $12k
- CHCHOICES HEALTHCAREgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +28%
- GOGIRLS ON THE RUNone grant, 2024 · $9k
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.
Empower single parents and their children to set and attain educational goals through parent support and mentorship, early childhood education and safe affordable childcare.
The ywca lancaster is a nonprofit organization with a mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
The mission of lancaster country day school is to empower students to explore their passions, find purpose, and become the best versions of themselves.
Lancaster county academy's mission is to empower non-traditional learners to achieve academic success, career readiness and personal growth through flexible, student-centered programs that values independence, resilience, and real-world…
Lancaster equity coordinates efforts to advance communities where everyone has an opportunity to thrive, whether that be through neighborhood revitalization, living wage work, entrepreneurship, or safe and affordable housing.
The organization performs the daily management of the lancaster central market in a manner that facilitates the economic health of standholders' businesses while remaining consistent with traditional market and historic preservation…
Our mission is success through lifelong learning and learning for life. our vision is for adults to have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.
Education - private christian school that glorifies god as a community of faith and learning.
Provide creative and stimulating intellectual, artistic, and developmental experiences for pre-school and grade school children.
The mission is to facilitate the unfolding of each child's unique potential through an outstanding montessori education that enables a child to meet future challenges, and that encourages a love of learning, independent thinking, social…
Lancaster preschool believes that the preschool is an extension of the home environment where children can learn new skills, interact with teachers and peers, and experience hands-on learning opportunities through developmentally…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 32 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 MILAGRO HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds CHOICES HEALTHCARE ↗
- Who funds THE NATIVITY SCHOOL OF HARRISBURG ↗
- Who funds ASSETS LANCASTER ↗
- Who funds WATER STREET MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds TENFOLD ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE EDIBLE CLASSROOM ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 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: Lancaster County Community Foundation · United Way of Lancaster County · High Foundation · Ppl Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Maria Fisher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maria Fisher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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