About Fischer Family Foundation
The Fischer Family Foundation focuses heavily on youth and children’s services in Southwest Florida, funding after-school programs, summer camps, mentoring, and student mental-health supports. They also invest in local nonprofit capacity-building and community infrastructure, favoring place-based, program-level grants to well-known regional organizations. Most grants support direct service delivery for vulnerable children and adolescents or strengthen local nonprofits that serve them.
Focus Areas
Youth development and mentoring programs in Southwest Florida (Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters)Residential and outpatient supports for at-risk children (Youth Haven, Salvation Army local chapter)Girls' education and diversion programs (Pace Center for Girls)Student mental health counseling and school-based supports (The Immokalee Foundation)Local nonprofit capacity building and technical assistance (Collab oratory, Southwest Florida Community Foundation)
Who They Fund
children (early childhood and school-age)youth/teenagers
About Fischer Family Foundation
A $30,000 capacity-building grant to Collaboratory stands out in Fischer Family Foundation Inc’s recent giving and points to a pattern of supporting organizations that serve children and youth while also strengthening the local nonprofit network around them. The foundation’s grantmaking centers on underprivileged and low-income youth ages roughly 8 to 25, with awards used for therapy, mental-health support, summer camps, educational enrichment, food and food-literacy programs, and transition-to-adulthood services. Recent grants also show steady support for direct-service providers in Southwest Florida, including Youth Haven for children’s programs and The Salvation Army of Lee Hendry & Glades Counties for children’s programming. Another grant went to Pace Center for Girls for children’s services, reinforcing a clear emphasis on youth development and support services rather than broad, unrestricted philanthropy. The foundation also funds local infrastructure work for nonprofits, as seen in grants labeled for capacity building. Across the recent grant list, the pattern is place-based and program-focused, with most awards staying close to the communities the foundation serves.
What Fischer Family Foundation Funds
One major theme is youth development and mentoring. The foundation gave $10,000 to Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Sun Coast for programs for children, reflecting support for mentoring services. Another thread is student mental-health support: The Immokalee Foundation received $10,000 for student mental health counseling, showing that school-linked counseling is part of the portfolio. Education and enrichment also appear in grant purposes tied to youth services, including educational enrichment and STEAM within the foundation’s youth grant program description. The portfolio also includes outdoor and summer experiences, from Steve’s Camp receiving $10,000 for youth summer camps to Youthworks receiving $20,000 for youth mission trip connections. In addition, several grants support residential or therapeutic services for children, including Salus Care and Youth Haven.
How Fischer Family Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster in the five-figure range, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $12,200, and a p75 of $19,628. Recent awards show both recurring support and one-off grants: several organizations in Southwest Florida appear in the recent list across 2024 and 2025, while others are single appearances. The foundation operates as a private family foundation and gives program-level grants rather than program-related investments. Its public youth-grant description indicates unsolicited applications are accepted for one program, while the general grantmaking program does not publish a public application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$66K
Total Assets
$1.2M
Total Revenue
$64K
Total Expenses
$113K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $20K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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