Michigan · Private foundation
William a Fisher II Family 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $360k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations William a Fisher II Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 13 | $33k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $30k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $30k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $26k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $28k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $28k | 13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc | $10,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Christ Child Society of Northern Michigan Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Top of Michigan Trails Council | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mead Public Library Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Crooked Tree Arts Council Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc | $10,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Christ Child Society of Northern Michigan Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Top of Michigan Trails Council | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mead Public Library Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Crooked Tree Arts Council Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Thoreau College Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Northwest Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William a Fisher II Family 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.
Open a dossier: Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Charlevoix County Community Foundation · The Offield Family Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Oleson Foundation · William T & Ann D McCormick Educational and Charitable Foundation · Triford Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About William a Fisher II Family Foundation
- How much does William a Fisher II Family Foundation give?
- William a Fisher II Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $32,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William a Fisher II Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (49%), Human Services (18%), Education (13%).
- Who are William a Fisher II Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc ($38k), Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc ($11k), Munson Healthcare Foundations ($10k).
- Does William a Fisher II Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William a Fisher II Family 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 William a Fisher II Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, Charlevoix County Community Foundation.
- Where is William a Fisher II Family Foundation based?
- William a Fisher II Family Foundation is based in MI.
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