California · Private foundation
Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
60% of Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,697
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $680,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $7.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $855k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $629k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $551k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $668k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $813k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $549k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $423k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena Group Foundation | $320,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Neighborhood Music School Inc | $272,410 | 5 | 2% |
| Feminist Majority Foundation | $248,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Pequot Library Association | $231,020 | 9 | 2% |
| The Friends of the Bancroft Library | $75,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Media Upper Providence Free Library | $65,250 | 5 | 2% |
| Friends of the Library of Hawaii | $43,910 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of the Seattle Public Library | $42,350 | 2 | 7% |
| Lancaster Public Library | $16,600 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Concordia University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena Group Foundation | $320,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Neighborhood Music School Inc | $272,410 | 5 | 2% |
| Feminist Majority Foundation | $248,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Pequot Library Association | $231,020 | 9 | 2% |
| The Friends of the Bancroft Library | $75,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Media Upper Providence Free Library | $65,250 | 5 | 2% |
| Friends of the Library of Hawaii | $43,910 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of the Seattle Public Library | $42,350 | 2 | 7% |
| Lancaster Public Library | $16,600 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Concordia University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holocaust Museum La | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yalewomen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Women in Need Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Jv Fletcher Library Inc | $4,596 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends of the Port Angeles Library | $3,125 | 2 | 2% |
| The Catticus Corporation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Science Fair Association Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc
- How much does Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc give?
- Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $1,134,534 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Arts & Culture (7%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Helena Group Foundation ($320k), Neighborhood Music School Inc ($272k), Feminist Majority Foundation ($249k).
- Does Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc based?
- Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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