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Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Stanford, California · EIN 060952015

Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Stanford, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.6 million in 9 grants; the typical grant was $27,116 and the largest $980,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $1.2 million the year before.

33% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.1 million9$20.9 million
2024$1.2 million7$23.7 million
2025$1.6 million9$24.1 million

How to apply

ContactShelley Fishkin
807 San Francisco Terrace, Stanford, CA 94305
Phone or email(516) 294-0400
What to submitWritten applications

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California2$995,000
Connecticut2$507,116
Virginia1$45,000
Pennsylvania1$30,000
Florida1$24,000
Washington1$20,000
Massachusetts1$600

Grants paid in 2025

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Mt View, CA
Donation$980,000
Community Foundation of G
New Haven, CT
Donation$480,000
Feminist Majority Foundation
Arlington, VA
Donation$45,000
Media Upper Provience Library
Media, PA
Donation$30,000
Pequot Library
Southport, CT
Donation$27,116
Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Li
Miami, FL
Donation$24,000
Seattle Public Library
Seattle, WA
Donation$20,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Donation$15,000
Friends of the JV Fletcher Librar
Westford, MA
Donation$600

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc give?

$1.6 million in tax year 2025, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $27,116.

Who runs Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Shelley Fishkin (Pres & Dir) and James Fishkin (Director).

What does Renee B Fisher Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly community development and education.

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