Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Richard L and Virginia M Fischer 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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $68k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 27 | $57k | 74% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $56k | 82% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $21k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $53k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $29k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $115k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington Community Development Corporation | $21,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Riverlife | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Light of Life Ministries Inc | $7,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Kitchen Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($347k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation 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: Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · C F Holdship Charitable Trust · The Pittsburgh Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation with peer funders
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About Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation
- How much does Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation give?
- Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $67,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Philanthropy (22%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mount Washington Community Development Corporation ($21k), Pittsburgh Cultural Trust ($13k), Riverlife ($10k).
- Does Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard L and Virginia M Fischer 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 Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard King Mellon Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations, C F Holdship Charitable Trust.
- Where is Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation based?
- Richard L and Virginia M Fischer Foundation is based in PA.
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