Maryland · Private foundation
Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio
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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $140k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Museum of Language Arts Inc | $750,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $260,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Aslan Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Plains Conservation Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| My Sister's Place Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvary Women's Services Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($360k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio 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: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio
- How much does Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio give?
- Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio reported 1 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Human Services (4%), Education (3%).
- Who are Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Museum of Language Arts Inc ($750k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($260k), Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc ($200k).
- Does Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio 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 M Fisher Memorial Foundatio?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio based?
- Robert M Fisher Memorial Foundatio is based in MD.
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