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The Shelk Fischer Family 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.

$181k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Health$88kHuman Services$86kPublic Safety & Disaster$68kAnimals$25kEducation$24kFood & Nutrition$15kYouth Development$10kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KULTURECITY$100,000
TAPS (TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS)$10,000
WIREGRASS FOOD BANK$6,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$6,000
ARMSTEAD ACADEMIC PROJECT$6,000
K9S FOR WARRIORS$6,000
WIREGRASS CHILDREN'S HOME$6,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED (DOTHAN)$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY OF DOTHAN$5,000
CANINE ASSISTANTS$5,000
CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA$5,000
FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION (FAN)$5,000
SHEILAH A DOYLE FOUNDATION$3,500
WIREGRASS HUMANE SOCIETY$3,000
FUR (FELINES UNDER RESCUE)$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION (FAN): $5k → 10%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $5k → 13%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION (FAN): $3k → 10%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $5k → 13%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION (FAN): $3k → 10%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $5k → 13%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION (FAN): $3k → 10%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $5k → 13%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION (FAN): $3k → 10%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $5k → 13%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION (FAN): $3k → 10%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $5k → 13%KULTURECITY: $100k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$388k · 19 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
2

Total granted

$388k
$11k

Still filing today

68%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthPhilanthropyEducationEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NATIONAL
    4× · 2020–2023 · $38k · revenue +43%
  • CA
    CANINE ASSISTANTS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +15%
  • TC
    The Children's Hospital of Alabama
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • MA
    MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • TA
    THE ANA PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $5k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
3
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
4
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
5
Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation

Arms wide open childhood cancer foundation is committed to funding pediatric cancer research, supporting families who are suffering hardship due to their child's cancer diagnosis both financially and emotionally, educating the general…

Health
6
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
7
World Childhood Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to inspire, promote, and develop solutions to end the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.

Human Services
8
Canines With a Cause

The mission of Canines With a Cause is to harness the untapped potential of shelter dogs to heal emotional and psychological wounds, provide unconditional love, support and companionship, and give a new leash on life to those in need…

Animals
9
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
10
Arkansas Children's Northwest Inc

We champion children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow.continued on schedule o.arkansas children's will fundamentally transform healthcare delivery for the children of arkansas and beyond. arkansas children's core values…

Health
11
Children's Miracle Network

Children's miracle network (dba "children's miracle network hospitals") works to save kids' lives by bringing people together to raise money for children's healthcare in local communities.

Unclassified
12
The Washington County Humane Society Inc

Rescue and care for stray or unwanted animals.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Forestry Center and the most unlike its peers is Humane Society of the Ochocos. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KultureCity — $100,000 · Human ServicesKultureCityCANINE ASSISTANTS INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesCANINE ASSISTANTS INCFamily Access Network Foundation — $20,000 · Human ServicesFamily Access Network FoundationWIREGRASS CHILDREN'S HOME INC — $18,500 · Human ServicesWIREGRASS CHILDREN'S HOME INCTAPS (TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS) — $60,000 · OtherTAPS (TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR…WIREGRASS FOOD BANK — $21,000 · OtherWIREGRASS FOOD BANKCOVENANT CARE INC — $18,000 · OtherCOVENANT CARE INCWIREGRASS SALVATION ARMY — $15,000 · OtherWIREGRASS SALVATION ARMYGIRLS INCORPORATED (DOTHAN) — $15,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED (DOTHAN)FUR (FELINES UNDER RESCUE) — $7,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — $6,000 · OtherWORLD FORESTRY CENTER — $6,000 · OtherCROOK COUNTY FOUNDATION — $6,000 · Other+2 more — $10,000 · Other+2 moreCHILDREN'S NATIONAL — $38,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONALThe Children's Hospital of Alabama — $29,500 · HealthThe Children's Hosp…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $21,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S …WIREGRASS HUMANE SOCIETY — $13,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE OCHOCOS — $12,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC — $6,000 · AnimalsWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $24,000 · InternationalSHEILAH A DOYLE FOUNDATION — $22,000 · EducationWIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC — $12,000 · PhilanthropyARMSTEAD ACADEMIC PROJECT — $6,000 · Philanthropy
Human Services$168,500Other$164,000Health$88,500Animals$31,000International$24,000Education$22,000Philanthropy$18,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetKultureCity — $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL — $38,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCANINE ASSISTANTS INC — $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama — $29,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHEILAH A DOYLE FOUNDATION — $22,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Access Network Foundation — $20,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWIREGRASS CHILDREN'S HOME INC — $18,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWIREGRASS HUMANE SOCIETY — $13,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE OCHOCOS — $12,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC — $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetARMSTEAD ACADEMIC PROJECT — $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWORLD FORESTRY CENTER — $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCROOK COUNTY FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds KultureCity
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S NATIONAL
  • Who funds CANINE ASSISTANTS INC
  • Who funds The Children's Hospital of Alabama
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
  • Who funds SHEILAH A DOYLE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds Family Access Network Foundation
  • Who funds WIREGRASS CHILDREN'S HOME INC
  • Who funds WIREGRASS HUMANE SOCIETY
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE OCHOCOS
  • Who funds WIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC
  • Who funds ARMSTEAD ACADEMIC PROJECT
  • Who funds WORLD FORESTRY CENTER
  • Who funds CROOK COUNTY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community FoundationOR12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Shelk Fischer Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • Crook County Foundation2% of income from government
  • World Forestry Center0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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