California · Private foundation
The Errett Fisher 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.
- $977k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations The Errett Fisher Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $620k 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 | 11 | $827k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $960k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $159k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $800k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $463k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $433k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $767k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $575k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shalom Project Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 49% |
| Direct Relief | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Forsyth County Foundation | $265,375 | 2 | 28% |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc | $190,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $140,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City With Dwellings Community First Initiative | $125,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shalom Project Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 49% |
| Direct Relief | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Forsyth County Foundation | $265,375 | 2 | 28% |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc | $190,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $140,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City With Dwellings Community First Initiative | $125,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cal Poly Corporation | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wilderness Youth Project Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lions Clubs International Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nc Congress of Latino Organizations (Ncclo) | $70,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Disability Advocates of Northwest Nc Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 30% |
| Community Environmental Council | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc | $43,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Unity Shoppe Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greenest | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Errett Fisher Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Santa Barbara Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · California Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Errett Fisher Foundation
- How much does The Errett Fisher Foundation give?
- The Errett Fisher Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $976,806 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Errett Fisher Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Health (24%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are The Errett Fisher Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Shalom Project Inc ($500k), Direct Relief ($300k), United Way of Forsyth County Foundation ($265k).
- Does The Errett Fisher Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Errett Fisher 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 The Errett Fisher Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Williams-Corbett Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation.
- Where is The Errett Fisher Foundation based?
- The Errett Fisher Foundation is based in CA.
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