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The Donald R and Barbara a Fisher Memorial Foundation C/O Rm Mendillo at a glance

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The Donald R and Barbara a Fisher Memorial Foundation C/O Rm Mendillo

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2018
16
Grants FY2018
6
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Health$6kPhilanthropy$1kReligion$1kCivil Rights$675Education$550International$250Arts & Culture$150Other$0
02FY2018 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
6
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DANA FARBER CANCER CENTER$1,000
UNITED JEWSIH APPEAL OF METROW$500
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES$300
HEBREW REHAB CENTER$300
AMERICAN PARKINSONS DISEASE ASSOCIATION$250
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE ASSOC$250
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$250
SHRINERS HOSPITAL$250
JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER$250
JEWISH BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER$250
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$250
TEMPLE BETH AVODAH$250
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$200
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$200
SIMON WIESENTHEL CENTER$200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%DANA FARBER CANCER CENTER: $2k → 7%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $250 → 8%YIDDISH BOOK CENTER: $150 → 12%BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $250 → 16%SHRINERS HOSPITAL: $250 → 17%SIMON WIESENTHEL CENTER: $250 → 14%JEWISH NATIONAL FUND: $250 → 6%AMERICAN PARKINSONS DISEASE ASSOCIATION: $250 → 11%WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: $225 → 17%HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $200 → 14%ALZHEIMERS DISEASE ASSOC: $250 → 11%TEMPLE BNAI AVIV: $250 → 13%SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $200 → 9%UNITED JEWSIH APPEAL OF METROW: $500 → 4%DANA FARBER CANCER CENTER: $1k → 7%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $200 → 8%BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $200 → 16%SIMON WIESENTHEL CENTER: $200 → 14%AMERICAN PARKINSONS DISEASE ASSOCIATION: $250 → 11%ALZHEIMERS DISEASE ASSOC: $250 → 11%JEWISH BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER: $250 → 8%HEBREW REHAB CENTER: $300 → 16%TEMPLE BETH AVODAH: $250 → 8%BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $300 → 16%JEWISH BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER: $250 → 8%HEBREW SENIOR LIFE: $225 → 16%TEMPLE BETH AVODAH: $250 → 8%BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $250 → 16%JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER: $250 → 16%JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER: $250 → 16%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $300 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
OK
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7k · 10 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against -23% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
5

Total granted

$7k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
-23%

Still filing today

80%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18
HealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +162%
  • BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $550 · revenue +89%
  • JB
    JEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON
    2× · 2017–2018 · $500 · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $250
  • WJ
    WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS
    one grant, 2017 · $225
  • HS
    Hebrew Senior Life Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $225 · revenue -23%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
Joslin Clinic Inc

To provide the highest quality specialty medical care to patients with diabetes and diabetes related conditions and to search for a cure.

Health
4
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
5
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
6
National Jewish Health

National Jewish Health's mission since 1899 is to heal, discover and educate as a preeminent healthcare institution. We serve by providing the best integrated and innovative care for patients and their families; by understanding and…

Health
7
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
8
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc

Tertiary care academic medical center

Health
9
Beth Israel Hospital & Children's Hospital Medical Care Corporation

Pediatric healthcare, education & research

—
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute IncJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $500 · HealthJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INCAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $500 · HealthAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCChildren's Hospital Corporation: $450 · HealthChildren's Hospital CorporationAmerican Heart Association Inc: $450 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncUNITED JEWSIH APPEAL OF METROW: $500 · OtherUNITED JEWSIH APPEAL OF METROWTEMPLE BETH AVODAH: $500 · OtherTEMPLE BETH AVODAHALZHEIMERS DISEASE ASSOC: $500 · OtherALZHEIMERS DISEASE ASSOCHEBREW REHAB CENTER: $300 · OtherHEBREW REHAB CENTERSHRINERS HOSPITAL: $250 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: $225 · OtherWORLD JEWISH CONGRESSSHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $200 · OtherSHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $200 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $200 · OtherHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH BIG …Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $300 · PhilanthropyCombined Je…Hebrew Senior Life Inc: $225 · PhilanthropyHebrew Seni…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $450 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $150 · Arts & CultureBENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $550 · EducationJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $250 · International
Health$4,400Other$3,125Philanthropy$1,025Arts & Culture$600Education$550International$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Donald R and Barbara a Fisher Memorial Foundation C/O Rm Mendillo funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donald R and Barbara a Fisher Memorial Foundation C/O Rm Mendillo. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology: 5% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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