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Private foundation (trust)EIN 776154082Est. 1999-05

THE ERRETT FISHER FOUNDATION

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105

Total Assets

$10.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

14

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$72K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$10K–$150K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$742K

Total Expenses

$1.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.0M

Distributable Amount

$517K

Min. Investment Return

$526K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

14 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $10K through median $50K to maximum $150K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $1.0M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

49 grants

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
$620K
4 grants
UCSB DISCOVERY AWARD
$275K
3 grants
UNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY FOUNDATION
$265K
2 grants
UCSB FOUNDATION
$225K
2 grants
WAKE FOREST INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
$200K
1 grant
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
$200K
4 grants
UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
$190K
3 grants
INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND SOLUTIONS
$150K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

49 grants

<$10K
3
grants
$10–50K
24
grants
$50–250K
21
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

4 states

North Carolina
$1.9M
57% of total
California
$1.5M
43% of total
Tennessee
$20K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$10K
0% of total

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