The Age Fisher Foundation makes a small number of large, targeted gifts focused on enabling philanthropy, higher-education scholarships, and services for people with disabilities. Their grants include support for intermediary grantmaking vehicles (DAFs), scholarship endowments tied to a university, and program support for disability recreational programming, suggesting a mix of strategic philanthropic enabling and direct service funding. Grants appear national rather than strictly local to Silicon Valley.
A single $525,000 scholarship endowment grant to Purdue for Life Foundation stands out in the Age Fisher Foundation’s recent giving and points to a funder that uses large, targeted gifts rather than broad dispersal. The foundation also committed $480,000 in 2023 and $475,000 in 2024 to Schwab Charitable Fund to support grantmaking, showing sustained support for philanthropic infrastructure alongside direct charitable work. Its other major gifts connect to disability services, including $400,000 to Via Rehabilitation Services Inc for a camp experience for individuals with disabilities and special needs. Smaller awards continue that pattern: support for special-needs services, educational institutions, and community nonprofits. Across the recent record, the Age Fisher Foundation appears to favor defined purposes, often tied to endowments, general support, annual giving, or program support, with several repeat recipients appearing in multiple years. The portfolio combines scholarship support, intermediary giving, and services for people with disabilities and special needs, with additional grants to schools, food security organizations, and emergency-aid charities.
Education appears through both endowment and school support. In 2025, the foundation gave $525,000 to Purdue for Life Foundation for a scholarship endowment and support account, and it also made smaller grants to Presentation High School for a college preparatory girls school and annual giving campaign. Philanthropic infrastructure is another clear theme: Schwab Charitable Fund received $480,000 in 2023 and $475,000 in 2024 to support grantmaking. Disability-related funding shows up in direct service grants as well, including $400,000 to Via Rehabilitation Services Inc for a camp experience for individuals with disabilities and special needs. The foundation also supported broader community needs with grants such as $5,182 to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for a nonprofit food bank and $30,000 to Children’s Emergency Fund Via Save the Children for general support.
Typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile, which sits alongside a few much larger targeted awards. The pattern includes repeat recipients across multiple years: Schwab Charitable Fund, Almaden Country Day School, Abilitypath, Valley Adaptive Sports Inc, The Family Giving Tree, Presentation High School, Network for Good Inc, and Purdue-linked entities each appear more than once. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it makes grants nationally. It also funds individuals, which aligns with the scholarship-oriented giving visible in the recent record.
$1.1M
$82.7M
$36.4M
$1.3M
Most grants fall between $5K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
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Very concentrated giving: a small number (4) of large grants totaling $1.88M, including repeat support to an intermediary (Schwab Charitable). Emphasis on few high-dollar gifts that either enable further grantmaking or seed/endow scholarship and programmatic operations.
Notable grantees: Schwab Charitable Fund, Purdue for Life Foundation, Via Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
Grants land entirely in the United States, with California receiving the largest share of recipient activity. San Jose appears repeatedly through awards to Almaden Country Day School, Presentation High School, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, and The Family Giving Tree, while Redwood City and Santa Clara also show up in the Bay Area. Outside California, recent recipients include Lafayette and West Lafayette in Indiana, Orlando in Florida, and Washington, DC. The distribution is national, but California accounts for 39% of grants by count.
Recent grants show three main patterns: scholarship and education support, philanthropic infrastructure through grantmaking intermediaries, and services for people with disabilities and special needs. The foundation also made smaller grants to a food bank, emergency aid charities, and schools.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Schwab Charitable Fund in 2023 and 2024, Almaden Country Day School in 2023, 2024, and 2025, Abilitypath in 2024 and 2025, and Valley Adaptive Sports Inc in 2024 and 2025.
The grant-size distribution centers on $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile. That distribution sits alongside a few very large grants, including a $525,000 scholarship-endowment award and two grants near the $475,000-$480,000 range to support grantmaking.
No. The recipient list is national, with grants going to organizations in California, Indiana, Florida, New York, Connecticut, Washington, Virginia, Idaho, Michigan, and Illinois. California is the most frequent recipient state, but the giving reaches beyond the Bay Area.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURDUE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION | LAFAYETTE, IN | $525,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP - ENDOWMENT AND SUPPORT ACCOUNT |
| VIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC | SANTA CLARA, CA | $400,000 | 2025 | CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITES AND SPECIAL NEEDS |
| CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $60,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC | VICTOR, ID | $25,000 | 2025 | YOUTH TEAM SPORTS |
| ALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | SAN JOSE, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN |
| ACDS INC | PLAINVIEW, NY | $15,800 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ABILITYPATH | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES |
| PAYPAL GIVING FUND | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,204 | 2025 | HELPS PEOPLE SUPPORT THEIR FAVORITE CHARITIES ONLINE |
| THE FAMILY GIVING TREE | MILPITAS, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE | WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS |
| PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL | SAN JOSE, CA | $5,241 | 2025 | COLLEGE PREPATORY GIRLS SCHOOL |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | SAN JOSE, CA | $5,182 | 2025 | NONPROFIT FOOD BANK |
| NETWORK FOR GOOD INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | INDIANAPLOIS, IN | $2,066 | 2025 | ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH VARIOUS INITIATIVES |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | ST HELENA, CA | $1,890 | 2025 | PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR ADVENTIST HEALTH ST. HELENA |
| CAMP CASCO | SUDBURY, MA | $1,000 | 2025 | SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | NEW YORK CITY, NY | $530 | 2025 | RESEARCH AND NONPROFIT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CONDITION |
| CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION | COSTA MESA, CA | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CAN-DO COMPASSION INTO ACTION NETWORK DIRECT OUTCOME | MARINA DEL REY, CA | $500 | 2025 | NONPROFIT PROVIDES CRITICAL AID TO HUMANITARIAN CRISES |
| ALS ASSOCIATION | ARLINGTON, VA | $500 | 2025 | ALS FOUNDATION |
| SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND | ORLANDO, FL | $475,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT GRANTMAKING |
| PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION | WEST LAFAYETTE, IN | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND VIA SAVE THE CHILDREN | FAIRFIELD, CT | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | SAN JOSE, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LYNN UNIVERSITY INC | BOCA RATON, FL | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ABILITYPATH | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $10,472 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION | TRIANGLE, VA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC | VICTOR, ID | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE | SANTA CLARA, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NETWORK FOR GOOD INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL | SAN JOSE, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE FAMILY GIVING TREE | MILPITAS, CA | $5,100 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | SAN CARLOS, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ADVANCEMENT CENTER FOR WASHINGTON TWP SCHOOLS AND N CENTRAL ALUMNI | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $1,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ALPHA TAU OMEGA FOUNDATION | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION | COSTA MESA, CA | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND | ORLANDO, FL | $480,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT GRANTMAKING |
| ALMADEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | SAN JOSE, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION | TRIANGLE, VA | $15,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | $2,500 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE ENCOMPASS FUND |
| FRONT DOOR COMMUNITIES | SAN JOSE, CA | $1,750 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
VIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC
$400,000CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITES AND SPECIAL NEEDS
VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC
$25,000YOUTH TEAM SPORTS
GENERAL SUPPORT
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
$10,000SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL
$5,241COLLEGE PREPATORY GIRLS SCHOOL
ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH VARIOUS INITIATIVES
PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR ADVENTIST HEALTH ST. HELENA
CAMP CASCO
$1,000SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER
RESEARCH AND NONPROFIT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CONDITION
CAN-DO COMPASSION INTO ACTION NETWORK DIRECT OUTCOME
$500NONPROFIT PROVIDES CRITICAL AID TO HUMANITARIAN CRISES
ALS ASSOCIATION
$500ALS FOUNDATION
CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND VIA SAVE THE CHILDREN
$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT
VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
GENERAL SUPPORT
FRONT DOOR COMMUNITIES
$1,750GENERAL SUPPORT