Arizona · Private foundation
Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc
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.
- $320k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 | 25 | $320k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $350k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $372k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $345k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $325k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $329k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $259k | 82% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $213k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Outdoor Adventures Inc | $111,500 | 8 | 16% |
| Arizona Foothills 911 Inc | $110,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Fetch Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 6 | 28% |
| Elephant Care Unchained Inc | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Tender Little Hearts Mini Tales | $75,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Phoenix Herpetological Society Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center | $65,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Cast (Catch a Special Thrill) for Kids Foundation | $65,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Desert Caballeros Western Museum | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Sonoran Arts League Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($808k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 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: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd · Thunderbirds Charities · John F Long Foundation Inc · Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Jack Ingebritson Foundation Inc · Colten Cowell Foundation · Mary H Storer Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement
How this is measured
About Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc
- How much does Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc give?
- Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $320,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (36%), Health (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
- Who are Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arizona Outdoor Adventures Inc ($112k), Arizona Foothills 911 Inc ($110k), The Fetch Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc 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 Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, American Express Foundation, Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd.
- Where is Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc based?
- Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc is based in AZ.
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