South Dakota · Private foundation
Robert E & Patricia S Fishback 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,738
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,739
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $494k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 3 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $25k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $27k | 89% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $27k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Humanities Council | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Brookings Public Library Inc | $17,927 | 2 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University Foundation | $9,547 | 1 | 0% |
| Mitchell Area Historical Society | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greenwood Cemetery Association | $7,483 | 1 | 2% |
| Brookings Regional Humane Society Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookings County Historical Society | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermillion Cultural Association | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Healing Words Foundation | $3,164 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Humanities Council | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Brookings Public Library Inc | $17,927 | 2 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University Foundation | $9,547 | 1 | 0% |
| Mitchell Area Historical Society | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greenwood Cemetery Association | $7,483 | 1 | 2% |
| Brookings Regional Humane Society Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookings County Historical Society | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermillion Cultural Association | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Healing Words Foundation | $3,164 | 1 | 1% |
| Brookings Arts Council | $3,000 | 2 | 6% |
| States Newsroom | $2,977 | 1 | 0% |
| Ascension Lutheran Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fun & Friends | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brookings Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kelly McGeough Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kidney Cancer Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Dakota Ballet Co | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert E & Patricia S Fishback 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.
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How this is measured
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About Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation
- How much does Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation give?
- Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $26,477 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Health (21%), Education (19%).
- Who are Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: South Dakota Humanities Council ($20k), Friends of the Brookings Public Library Inc ($18k), South Dakota State University Foundation ($10k).
- Does Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert E & Patricia S Fishback 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 Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Dakota Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation based?
- Robert E & Patricia S Fishback Foundation is based in SD.
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