Funding search · EIN 208973776 · Annapolis, MD

Norman J Fisher and Doris Fisher

Name: Norman J Fisher and Doris Fisher grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

236
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community build healthier life homeless shelter education arts

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “music education” · $23,500

$6,000
Preservation Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025
To provide assistance in music education
$5,000
Preservation Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To provide assistance in music education
$5,000
Preservation Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To provide assistance in music education
$7,500
Preservation Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To provide assistance in music education

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts4 grants · $420,000
Annapolis Opera Company4 grants · $370,000
Watershed Stewards Academy4 grants · $364,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute3 grants · $350,000
Good Samaritan Haven4 grants · $189,000
Scenic Rivers Land Trust4 grants · $170,000
Center for An Agricultural Economy4 grants · $75,000
Annapolis Film Festival4 grants · $55,000
American Cancer Society3 grants · $51,000
Nature Conservancy Mddc4 grants · $49,000

Giving over time

$543,500

2022

$563,000

2023

$613,000

2024

$1.3M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 236 grants.

$254,000
Watershed Stewards Academy · Millersville, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$250,000
Annapolis Opera Company · Annapolis, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$250,000
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts · Annapolis, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$150,000
Good Samaritan Haven · Barre, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$150,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$100,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$100,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$90,000
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts · Annapolis, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$68,000
Watershed Stewards Academy · Millersville, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$50,000
Scenic Rivers Land Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Annapolis Opera Company · Annapolis, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts · Annapolis, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Scenic Rivers Land Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Annapolis Opera Company · Annapolis, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Scenic Rivers Land Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Annapolis Opera Company · Annapolis, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts · Annapolis, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$40,000
Scenic Rivers Land Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$31,000
Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$30,000
Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$25,000
Annapolis Film Festival · Annapolis, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$25,000
Good Samaritan Haven · Barre, VT · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$22,000
Watershed Stewards Academy · Millersville, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$20,000
Onion River Community Access Media · Montpelier, VT · 2025
To support the green mountain film festival
$20,000
Watershed Stewards Academy · Millersville, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$18,000
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$18,000
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$15,000
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$15,000
Hope Lodge · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$15,000
Nature Conservancy Mddc · Bethesda, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$12,500
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$12,000
Friends of the Peter a Krusch Nature Preserve · Cambridge, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$12,000
Nature Conservancy Mddc · Bethesda, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$12,000
Nature Conservancy Mddc · Bethesda, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$12,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$12,000
Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$12,000
Planned Parenthood of the South Atlantic · Raleigh, NC · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Chesapeake Arts Center · Brooklyn Park, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Committee On Temporary Shelter · Burlington, VT · 2025
For assistance in providing shelter for the homeless
$10,000
Nek Art Council · St Johnsbury, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas · Dallas, TX · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Annapolis Film Festival · Annapolis, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Annapolis Film Festival · Annapolis, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Good Samaritan Haven · Barre, VT · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Nature Conservancy Mddc · Bethesda, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas · Dallas, TX · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Annapolis Film Festival · Annapolis, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Coop Development Institute · Northampton, MA · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$10,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$8,000
Craftsbury Chamber Players · Craftsbury, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$8,000
Jenna'S Promise · Johnson, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$8,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$8,000
Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$8,000
Jenna'S Promise · Johnson, VT · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$8,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$8,000
Lymphoma Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$7,500
The Hardwick Gazette · Hardwick, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$7,500
Preservation Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To provide assistance in music education
$7,000
American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$7,000
Committee On Temporary Shelter · Burlington, VT · 2024
For assistance in providing shelter for the homeless
$7,000
Craftsbury Chamber Players · Craftsbury, VT · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Old Growth Forest Network · Easton, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Preservation Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025
To provide assistance in music education
$6,000
American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Jeudevine Memorial Library · Hardwick, VT · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Old Growth Forest Network · Easton, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Center for Land Reform · Flint, MI · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Committee On Temporary Shelter · Burlington, VT · 2023
For assistance in providing shelter for the homeless
$6,000
Jenna'S Promise · Johnson, VT · 2023
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
American Visionary Arts Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Camp Thorpe · Brandon, VT · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Center for An Agricultural Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Craftsbury Chamber Players · East Craftsbury, VT · 2022
To provide assistance in education
$6,000
Jenna'S Promise · Johnson, VT · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$6,000
Livewell Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra · Annapolis, MD · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Aware · Hardwick, VT · 2025
To assist a community arts center
$5,000
Child Haven International · Massena, NY · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Heartbeat Lifesharing · Hardwick, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Homegrown National Park · Boston, MA · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Light House · Annapolis, MD · 2025
For assistance in providing shelter for the homeless
$5,000
Pennypack Eco Restoration Trust · Huntingdon Valley, PA · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Rails-To-Trail Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Vermont Journalism Trust - Vermont Digger · Montpelier, VT · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra · Annapolis, MD · 2024
To help build a healthier community life
$5,000
Aware · Hardwick, VT · 2024
To assist a community arts center
$5,000
Center for Arts and Learning · Montpelier, VT · 2024
To help build a healthier community life

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