MERLE AND TERESA FISCHLOWITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION · GetFunded
Private foundation
MERLE AND TERESA FISCHLOWITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION
SAN DIEGO, CAEIN
Funds preselected organizations onlyPhilanthropy and grantmaking41 grants on file · $95.9K · FY2016–2023IRS 990-PF · FY2024
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Funds preselected organizations only
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
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Not publishedSAN DIEGO, CA, 92121The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$0
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$545K
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$437K
FY2024
Expenses
$4,767
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$437,249
$4,767
$0
$545,459
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Arts and culture$56.2K · 6
Human services$3,000 · 2
Health care$2,000 · 2
Medical research$2,000 · 1
Food and agriculture$1,030 · 3
Education$1,000 · 1
Where recipients are
CA$75K · 20
FL$5,780 · 4
IA$5,539 · 4
HI$3,400 · 4
DC$2,430 · 4
MA$2,000 · 1
MO$1,700 · 3
IL$100 · 1
Based on the 49% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
41 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.LA JOLLA, CA
PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY
$500
2022
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
$545,459
FY2023
990-PF
$5,329
$4,954
$500
$113,170
$113,170
FY2022
990-PF
$15,344
$17,290
$10,318
$112,795
$112,795
FY2021
990-PF
$12,154
$27,477
$22,231
$114,741
$114,741
FY2020
990-PF
$20,821
$29,937
$25,220
$130,066
$130,064
FY2019
990-PF
$18,505
$31,745
$27,648
$139,506
$139,506
FY2018
990-PF
$5,070
$4,486
$0
$152,890
$152,890
FY2017
990-PF
$7,064
$3,321
$0
$152,018
$152,018
FY2016
990-PF
$14,601
$16,580
$10,000
$148,505
$148,505
SAN DIEGO OPERAMatched to this organization because 7 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SAN DIEGO, CA
GENERAL SUPPORT
$500
2023
St Louis JCCSt Louis, MO
Support for Camp Sabra
$500
2021
SAN DIEGO OPERAMatched to this organization because 7 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SAN DIEGO, CA
Greater Chicago Food DepositoryMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Washington, DC
General Support
$330
2021
Touretter Association of AmericaLos Angeles, CA
General Support
$200
2019
Hanbahau'oli SchoolHonolulu, HI
General Support
$200
2020
VFW FoundationKansas City, MO
General Support
$200
2019
Hanbahau'oli SchoolHonolulu, HI
General Support
$200
2019
Alzheimer AssocationSan Diego, CA
General Support Opera NEO
$200
2020
Make a Wish San DiegoSan Diego, CA
General Support
$100
2019
Greater Chicago Food DepositoryMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Washington, DC