About Fisher Global Foundation
Fisher Global Foundation concentrates its giving in scientific research, making a small number of large grants to university and nonprofit research organizations. Recent support targets biomedical and disease-specific research (notably Lyme/tick-borne disease) as well as environmental science, suggesting an interest in research with public-health and ecological implications. Grants are geographically distributed across major research institutions rather than focused locally.
Focus Areas
Lyme disease and tick-borne illness research and diagnosticsBiomedical and clinical research at major medical schoolsEnvironmental science and ecology research with potential public‑health links
Who They Fund
medical researchers and research institutionsenvironmental researchers and research institutionsscientific innovators/early-stage research teamsparticipants in vocational training programsnonprofit organizations (general operating recipients)
About Fisher Global Foundation
Fisher Global Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a single large medical research grant: $743,684 to John Hopkins University for medical research in 2025. That scale, paired with other sizable awards to research institutions, shows a foundation that favors concentrated support for scientific work rather than a high volume of small grants. Its giving includes biomedical research, Lyme and tick-borne disease work, environmental research, and selected support for organizations serving first responders, veterans, and education. In the recent grants list, Bay Area Lyme Foundation received $608,085 for medical research, and Oregon State University Foundation received $599,732 for environmental research, underscoring a pattern of funding universities and nonprofit research organizations. The foundation also makes general support grants to a mix of nonprofits, but the largest awards are directed toward research-driven projects with public-health or ecological relevance. Recent recipients range from major academic institutions to specialized disease and environmental organizations, indicating that the foundation funds both broad institutional research and more targeted science initiatives.
What Fisher Global Foundation Funds
Medical research is the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It gave $125,000 to The Avalon Network Inc for support medical research, and $50,000 to Cleveland Clinic Keep Memory Alive for support medical research. A smaller grant of $10,000 went to Dysautonomia International Inc for support medical research, showing attention to disease-specific work as well as larger institutional research. Environmental science is another defined area: the foundation awarded $75,000 to The Pacific Forest Trust Inc for support environmental reseaarch and $21,000 to Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation for support environmental research. It also supports workforce-oriented and education work, including $40,000 to MikeRoweWorks Foundation for support vocational programs and $225,000 to Childrens Literacy Project for general support. These grants show a mix of research, education, and applied nonprofit support.
How Fisher Global Foundation Gives
The recent grant distribution shows a wide spread in size, from $4,000 up to $743,684, with a median grant of $40,000 and a third quartile of $125,000. That points to a small number of very large awards alongside a larger set of mid-sized grants. The foundation is a private foundation, gives no grants to individuals, and does not make program-related investments. Recent filings show 2025 grantmaking only in the provided list, so repeat-year recipient patterns cannot be established from this data. Several of its stated programs are proactive or quiet-research oriented, and multiple listed programs accept unsolicited applications as false, suggesting a selective, research-driven approach rather than an open application model.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.8M
Total Assets
$2.7M
Total Revenue
$6.7M
Total Expenses
$4M
Geographic Reach
National16 states funded
About 14% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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