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111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420
Rockville, MD 20850-5168
Tel: 301-294-8560
Fax: 301-294-8562
[email protected]
Dear Fisher House Friend:
Thank you for taking an interest in Fisher House Foundation. Enclosed you will find
important information on our mission. In addition to the materials contained in this
information packet, there are other documents available for downloading from the
Fisher House Foundation website, www.fisherhouse.org, such as posters, and brochures.
Included on the website are detailed descriptions of our current programs. You can also
view copies of all major media stories, to include archives for past years.
Fisher House Foundation is a well-established not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, we
are nationally recognized as a premier non-profit with a four star Charity Navigator
rating for the past 12 years and one of only three military charities to receive an A+ from
the American Institute of Philanthropy.
Should you need additional materials or have other media inquiries please contact us by
phone or feel free to send an email to [email protected].
Sincerely,
David A. Coker
President
Fisher H use Facts
®
Since Inception (1990):
• Families served: Over 277,000
• Number of lodging days offered: 6.5 million
• Saved families nearly $320 million in lodging
and transportation cost
Ratings:
• Four stars (out of four) from Charity Navigator
• A+ from American Institute of Philanthropy
Greater Los Angeles Fisher House
A Fisher House is “a home away from home” for
families of patients receiving medical care at major
military and VA medical centers. The homes are
normally located within walking distance of the
treatment facility or have transportation available.
There are 69 Fisher Houses located in the United
States and Germany.
Typically, the houses are 5,000 to 16,800 square foot
homes donated by Fisher House Foundation. Each
house is designed to provide eight to 21 suites. All are
professionally furnished and decorated in the tone and
style of the local region. The houses can accommodate
16 to 42 family members. They feature a common
kitchen, laundry facilities, spacious dining room and
an inviting living room with library, and toys for children.
For more information please see our website:
www.fisherhouse.org
Fisher House Foundation facilitates several
major programs that help improve the lives
of military families, including:
Who Runs a Fisher House:
Fisher Houses are given to the U.S. Government as
gifts. Military service secretaries and the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs are responsible for the operation
and maintenance of the homes. The Fisher House
Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization under
section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, builds new houses,
and assists in the coordination of private support and
encourages public support for the homes.
Who Is Eligible to Stay At A Fisher House:
Criteria established locally by hospital or installation
commanders. Families do not pay to stay at a Fisher
House. Fees at Army, Navy and Air Force Fisher
Houses are underwritten by Fisher House Foundation.
2015 Highlights:
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Families served: Over 27,000
Average length of stay: 10 days
Daily lodging capacity: Over 900 families
Saved families more than $44 million in
lodging cost, plus food and transportation
Allows donated frequent flyer miles to be used to bring family
members to the bedside of injured service-members
Newman’s Own Award
A grant program that supports other military charities
Scholarships for Military Children
A grant program that provides scholarships to
children of military families.
For further information about the program,
volunteering or to make a tax deductible gift:
Fisher House Foundation, Inc.
111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (888) 294-8560
Fax: (301) 294-8562
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.fisherhouse.org
®
* As of February 1, 2016
Charity Ratings
Fisher House Foundation is a well-established not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization and works hard to be a
good steward of the resources entrusted to us. Below, please find our ratings from several of these
organizations.
American Institute of Philanthropy
Fisher House Foundation has received an A+ rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy in its
“Veterans and Military” category. Out of 55 charities rated, Fisher House Foundation is one of three charities
to receive their A+ rating.
Charity Navigator
Fisher House Foundation has received Charity Navigator’s coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal
management for the 12th consecutive year, a rating achieved by less than 1% of the charities they monitor.
“We are proud to announce Fisher House Foundation has earned our twelfth consecutive 4-star rating. Receiving
four out of a possible four stars indicates that your organization adheres to good governance and other best practices
that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way.
Less than 1% of the charities we rate have received at least 12 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Fisher
House Foundation outperforms most other charities in America. This “exceptional” designation from Charity
Navigator differentiates Fisher House Foundation from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their
trust.”
- Michael Thatcher, President & Chief Executive Officer, Charity Navigator
ALASKA
JBER Hospital
4943 Zeamer Ave.
673 MDSS/SGS/FH
Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506
(907)222-1673
Manager: Jenny Hall
[email protected]
CALIFORNIA
Camp Pendleton
MCI WEST – Fisher House
BLDG 2014 San Jacinto Rd.
Camp Pendleton, CA 92055
(760) 763-5308
Manager: Kiana Bright
[email protected]
VA Greater Los Angeles HS
11301 Wilshire Blvd (10AF)
Building 523
Los Angeles, CA 90073
(310)268-4457 Fax (310) 268-3499
Manager: Sharon Hudson
[email protected]
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
3801 Miranda Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-5000 x.60384
fax: (650) 849-1269
Manager: Betsey Striebel
[email protected]
Naval Medical Center San Diego I, II
34800 Bob Wilson Dr. Bldg 46
San Diego, CA 92134-5000
(619) 532-9055 fax: (619) 532-5216
Manager: Kristin Palmer
[email protected]
David Grant USAF Medical Center I,
II
100 Bodin Circle
Travis AFB, CA 94535-1804
(707) 423-7550 fax: (707) 423-7552
Manager: Charlene Hall
[email protected]
COLORADO
VA Eastern Colorado HCS
1954 Quentin St.
Aurora, CO 80010
(303) 399-8020 x. 2049
fax:(303) 364-4882
Manager: Tessa Levy
[email protected]
DELAWARE
Fisher House for Families of the Fallen
220 Lajes St.
Dover AFB, DE 19902
(302) 677-6660
Manager: TSgt. Dorothy Whitfield
[email protected]
GEORGIA
Charlie Norwood VAMC
One Freedom Way
Augusta, GA 30904
(706) 729-5773
Manager: Anne Arnold
[email protected]
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington DC VA Medical Center
50 Irving St. NW
Washington, DC 20422
(202) 745-2482
Manager: Stacey Childs
[email protected]
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Fisher House Rd. – Bldg 280
Ft. Gordon, GA 30905-5650
(706) 787-7100 fax: (706) 787-5106
Manager: Francisco Cruz
[email protected]
FLORIDA
Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
10000 Bay Pines Blvd.
Bay Pines, FL 33744
(727) 398-6661 x.11350 or (727) 319-1350
fax: (727) 319-1106
Manager: Lana Toenjes
[email protected]
Eglin Hospital
350 Boatner Rd.
Eglin AFB, FL 32542
(850) 883-2865, fax
Manager: Ron Gribble
[email protected]
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans HS
1601 SW Archer Rd.
Gainesville, FL 32608
(352) 548-6492
Manager: Tanya Fookes
[email protected]
Miami VA Healthcare System
1201 NW 16th St.
Miami, FL 33125
(305) 575-7260 fax: (305) 575-7261
Manager: Carolyn Soucy
[email protected]
James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612
(813) 910-3000 fax: (813) 910-3088
Manager: Paula Welenc
[email protected]
West Palm Beach VA Medical Center
7305 N. Military Trail-Route 136
W. Palm Beach, FL 33410
(561) 422-5554 fax: (561) 442-8793
Manager: Shelley Prickett
[email protected]
HAWAII
Tripler Army Medical Center I, II
315 Krukowski Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96819
(808) 433-1291 x: 28
fax: (808)433-3619
Manager: Anita Clingerman
[email protected]
ILLINOIS
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
5000 S 5th Ave.
Hines, IL 60141
(708) 202-7154 fax: (708) 202-7155
Manager: Holly Wright
[email protected]
KENTUCKY
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
652 Joel Dr.
Fort Campbell, KY 42223
(270) 798-8330 fax: (270) 798-8804
Manager: Wendy Carlston
[email protected]
MARYLAND
Malcolm Grow Clinics & Surgery Center
1076 West Perimeter Rd.
Andrews AFB, MD 20762
(301) 981-1243 fax: (301) 981-7629
Manager: Janet Grampp
[email protected]
Walter Reed National Military
Medical Center I, II, III, IV, V
24 Stokes Rd.
Bethesda, MD 20814-5002
(301)295-5334 fax: (301) 295-5632
Manager: Michael Ybarra
[email protected]
Walter Reed – Forest Glen
2460 Linden Ln. Bldg 173
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-319-5442
fax: (301)295-8012
Manager: Maurice Borde
[email protected]
Wright-Patterson Medical Center I, II
417 Schlatter Dr.
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
(937) 257-0855 fax: (937) 656-2150
Manager: Karen Healea
[email protected]
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
7485 Wurzbach Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78229
(210) 617-5542 x. 61672 fax: (210) 593-0902
Manager: Erik Zielinski
[email protected]
MASSACHUSETTS
VA Boston Healthcare System
1400 VFW Pkwy.
West Roxbury, MA 02132
(857) 203-4000
Manager: Elizabeth St. Pierre
[email protected]
PENNSYLVANIA
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
University Drive C, Bldg 33
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
(412) 360-2030
Manager: Heather Frantz
[email protected]
UTAH
Salt Lake City VA Health Care System
690 S. Valdez Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84148
(801) 588-5900
Manager: Quinn Kiger-Good
[email protected]
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis VAHCS I, II
1 Veterans Dr.
Minneapolis, MN 55417
(612) 467-5602 fax: (612) 970-5864
Manager: Marge Oslund
[email protected]
TENNESSEE
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
3400 Lebanon Pike
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(615) 225-5758
Manager: Becky Wood
[email protected]
VIRGINIA
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
9201 Woodbury Rd.
Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060
(703) 805 5203
Manager: Roxannamaria Calderon
[email protected]
MISSISSIPPI
Keesler Medical Center
509 Fisher St.
Keesler AFB, MS 39534-2599
(228) 377-8264 fax: (228) 377-7691
Manager: Larry Vetter
[email protected]
TEXAS
VA North Texas HCS
4500 S. Lancaster Rd. Bldg 79
Dallas, TX 75216
(214) 857-2574 fax: (214) 462-4923
Manager: Lydia Henderson
[email protected]
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
853 Fisher Dr. Bldg 287
Portsmouth, VA 23708
(757) 953-6889 fax: (757) 953-7174
Manager: Jill Thompson
[email protected]
MISSOURI
VA St. Louis Medical Center
1 Jefferson Barracks Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63125
(314) 894-6145 fax: (314) 894-6147
Manager: Vanniecia Brown
[email protected]
William Beaumont Army
Medical Center
Bldg 7360 Rodriguez St.
El Paso, TX 79930
(915) 742-1860 fax: (915) 569-1862
Manager: Jennifer Daugherty
[email protected]
NEW YORK
Albany Stratton VA Medical Center
113 Holland Ave.
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 626-6919 fax: (518) 626-5452
Manager: Michael Fitzpatrick
[email protected]
Carl R. Darnall Army
Medical Center
Bldg. 36015 Fisher Ln.
Ft. Hood, TX 78254
(254) 286-7927 fax: (254) 286-7929
Manager: Theresa Johnson
[email protected]
NORTH CAROLINA
Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune
4 Recovery Way
Camp Lejeune, NC 28547
(910) 450-3885 fax: (910) 450-3887
Manager: Josie Callahan
[email protected]
Brooke Army Medical
Center I,II,III,IV
San Antonio Military Medical Center
3623 George C. Beach Dr.
Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234
(210) 916-6000 fax: (210) 916-6488
Manager: Inge Godfrey
[email protected]
Womack Army Medical Center
12 Bassett St.
Ft. Bragg, NC 28307-5000
(910) 432-1486 fax: (910) 432-3825
Manager: Lorie Southerland
[email protected]
OHIO
Cincinnati VAMC
3200 Vine St.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
(513) 475-6571 fax: (513) 487-6661
Manager: Karrie Hagan
[email protected]
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center I, II
2002 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 794-8095 fax: (713) 794-7194
Manager: Frank Kelley
[email protected]
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
1201 Broad Rock Blvd.
Richmond, VA 23249
(804) 675-6639 fax: (804) 675-5979
Manager: Wayne Walker
[email protected]
WASHINGTON
Madigan Army Medical Center
9999 Wilson Ave.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433
(253) 964-9283 fax: (253) 968-3619
Manager: Jodi Land
[email protected]
VA Puget Sound Healthcare System
1660 South Columbian Way
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 768-5353 fax: (206) 277-1415
Manager: Stephanie Toepp
[email protected]
GERMANY
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center I & II
CMR 402
APO, AE 09180
011-49-6371-9464-7430
Fax: 011-49-6371-866679
Manager: Vivian Wilson
[email protected]
UNITED KINGDOM
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center I, II, Mindelsohn Way
III San Antonio Military Medical Center
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
1445 Foster Ave. Bldg 3865
Birmingham
Lackland AFB, TX 78236
B15 2TH
(210) 671-6037 fax: (210) 671-6020
0121-472-6217 Fax: 0121-41306897
Manager: Sara Richardson-Paniagua
Manager: Patrick Hogan
[email protected]
[email protected]
Future Fisher Houses
The following projects are currently in design or under construction:
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
Long Beach, CA
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, CT
Orlando VA Medical Center
Orlando, FL
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, FL (second house)
Keesler Medical Center
Keesler AFB, MS (second house)
Womack Army Medical Center
Ft. Bragg, NC
New Mexico Health Care System
Albuquerque, NM
Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, OR
*This home is part of the Portland VA Medical Center, but its exact location is in Vancouver, Washington.
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
Charleston, SC
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, TX (third house)
Program of Fisher House Foundation
Fact Sheet
The Hero Miles Program provides round-trip airline tickets to wounded, injured, and ill Service
members and/or their families who are undergoing treatment at a military or VA medical center;
or who are attending an authorized event. Flights are made possible through frequent flyer mile
donations made by individual airline passengers.
Fisher House Foundation administers the Hero Miles and Hotels for Heroes programs in
partnership with the Department of Defense, in accordance with Public Law 108-375, Section
585, 2005 Defense Authorization Act, which was amended in 2011.
Airline Partners
Fisher House Foundation partnered with the following airlines: Alaska Airlines, American
Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, and United Airlines.
* The Hero Miles program provides airline tickets for wounded, injured, or ill Service members
and their families. These tickets can only be used for travel related to the Service member’s
medical condition and/or continuing rehabilitation. Limited exceptions are permitted in
accordance with the individual airline agreements.
How the Program Works
There are two categories of eligible recipients:
1. Wounded, injured, and ill Service members on approved leave may be given a round-trip airline
ticket for a trip from the medical center to their home or to attend an authorized event, if they are
not eligible for government funded airfare.
2. Wounded, injured, and ill Service members may be given a round-trip airline ticket to enable their
family or close friends to visit them while they are undergoing treatment at an authorized medical
center.
The request for tickets originates with the Service member and is forwarded to Fisher House
Foundation by social work staff, the family assistance center at a medical center, or through
service casualty offices.
For more information about Hero Miles and Fisher House Foundation, check out our website at
www.fisherhouse.org, or contact us at 888.294.8560.
Program of Fisher House Foundation
Fact Sheet
The Hotels for Heroes program provides hotel rooms to the families of wounded, injured, and ill military Service
members who are undergoing treatment at authorized medical centers when a Fisher House is full. Rooms are made
possible through the donation of rewards points by the hotels and the hotel’s rewards members. Agreements with our
hotel partners only permit rooms for wounded, injured, or ill service members and their families. These rooms cannot
be used for special events or leisure travel not related to a medical condition.
Fisher House Foundation administers the Hotels for Heroes and Hero Miles programs in partnership with the
Department of Defense in accordance with Public Law 108-375, Section 585, the 2005 Defense Authorization Act,
which was amended in 2011 to include Hotels for Heroes.
Hotel Partners
Fisher House Foundation has partnered with the following major hotels: AmericInn, Best Western, Choice Hotels,
Hilton, La Quinta Inn and Suites, Marriott, and Wyndham.
How the Program Works
Requests for lodging come from two primary sources:
1. Fisher House managers make Hotels for Heroes requests when the local Fisher House is full, in order to
provide lodging for a family until a room at the house becomes available.
2. Hospital case workers and other military liaisons submit requests on behalf of Service members who are
undergoing treatment at hospitals where there is no Fisher House. These requests are approved on a case-bycase basis only.
Veterans are only eligible when the request originates through a Fisher House that would provide lodging for
that Veteran, but cannot because the Fisher House is full.
If a Service member or their family is eligible to stay at a Fisher House, and the Fisher House is full, they are eligible
to benefit from Hotels for Heroes.
The Hotels for Heroes program is designed to meet short-term lodging needs of a week or less. Lodging in excess of a
week would be provided on a case-by-case basis, according to the specific circumstance and need, as identified by the
requesting Fisher House manager or military liaison. Fisher Houses are the best resource for long-term needs.
For more information about Hotels for Heroes and Fisher House Foundation, visit our website at
www.fisherhouse.org, or contact us at 1-888-294-8560.
Kenneth Fisher
Partner, Fisher Brothers
Chairman & CEO, Fisher House Foundation
Co-Chairman, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Kenneth Fisher is a senior partner at Fisher Brothers, based in New
York City, and is part of the third generation of leadership,
overseeing the leasing, management and marketing of more than
five million square feet of class-A commercial space in Midtown
Manhattan covering the Park, 6th and 3rd Avenue corridors and 1.5
million square feet in Washington DC.
Ken is a member of the executive committees of New York’s Board
of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), as
well as the Washington D.C. based Real Estate Round Table. He
also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Strategic
Hotels and Resorts, a publicly traded REIT. Ken is a member of
the executive committee of City Investment Fund, a $770 million
multi-year plan established in 1996 to mobilize the city’s financial
and business leaders to help build a stronger and more diversified
local economy.
As a philanthropist, Ken is Chairman and CEO of the Fisher House
Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that constructs “comfort
homes” for families of hospitalized military personnel and veterans. Founded in 1990 by his late uncle
Zachary Fisher, the program has built 63 houses to date in the United States and Germany, and partnered
with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Help for Heroes to open a Fisher House for British
Families in the United Kingdom. Fisher Houses serve more than 22,000 families each year and have
saved more than $200 million in lodging and travel costs since inception. The foundation also
administers the Hero Miles program, allowing frequent flyers to donate their unused airline miles to
provide free tickets to military families, and the Hotel for Heroes program.
Ken also serves as co-chairman of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, which
welcomes nearly 1 million visitors every year. The Intrepid Museum is home to more than 30 military
aircraft, the nuclear submarine Growler, and the NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise.
He sits on the board of directors of the New York’s Finest Foundation and the Jackie Robinson
Foundation and the General Command and Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, as well as a
trustee of the New York City Association for the Help of Retarded Children.
For his philanthropic endeavors and humanitarian efforts, Ken has been named an honorary Army Green
Beret (2004) and an Honorary Marine (2011). He has been twice awarded the Army Distinguished
Service Medal as well as the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the second with
Bronze Palm, presented for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to national
security or defense of the United States, and is the nation’s highest non-combat related military award
and highest joint service decoration. He has also received the Highest Civilian Honor awarded by the
Department of Veterans Affairs, The Secretary’s Award.
In 2007, Ken was appointed by George W. Bush the President’s Commission on Care for America’s
Returning Wounded Warriors, which conducted a comprehensive review of the care provided to soldiers
who return from the battlefield. Later that year, he joined the ranks of an elite few to be named one of
America’s Best Leaders by US News & World Report and Harvard University.
Ken has also received George C. Marshall Medal, The Association of the United States Army Highest
Civilian Award.
Among other honors, he received the Public Awareness award from the Paralyzed Veterans of America,
and is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit. He has also received the Arts & Entertainment
television network’s prestigious “Lives That Make a Difference” Award.
This January Ken gained recognition by his industry peers, receiving The Real Estate Board of New
York’s prestigious Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award celebrating a lifetime of
exceptional achievement in the real estate industry and civic welfare.
Zachary Fisher
Founder, Fisher House Program
September 26, 1910 -- June 4, 1999
Zachary Fisher was a prominent figure in the New York real estate
community and a major philanthropic benefactor for the men and
women in the United States Armed Forces, as well as numerous other
not-for-profit organizations.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Fisher began working in
construction at the age of 16. Shortly thereafter, he and his brothers,
Martin and Larry, joined forces to form Fisher Brothers, which has
grown into one of the real estate industry’s premier residential and
commercial developers, owning more than five lion square feet of
office space.
From the earliest days of his construction career, Mr. Fisher was a
strong supporter of the U.S. Armed Forces. Prevented from active
service in World War II due to a leg injury, Mr. Fisher drew on his
building skills to assist the U.S. Coastal Service in the construction of
coastal fortifications. His patronage of the Armed Forces became an
ongoing concern from that time, evolving to occupy increasing
amounts of his energies.
In the 1970s, while remaining active in Fisher Brothers, Mr. Fisher’s commitment to both the Armed Forces and
other philanthropic causes intensified still further through his leadership role in a number of major projects.
In 1978, he founded the Intrepid Museum Foundation to save the historic and battle-scarred aircraft carrier
INTREPID from the scrap yard. Four years of involvement with the foundation resulted in his spearheading the
opening of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City, now the world’s largest naval museum.
In 1982, the same year as the museum’s opening, Mr. Fisher established the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher
Armed Services Foundation. Through the foundation, he made significant contributions to the families of the
victims of the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. Since then, the Armed Services Foundation
has made contributions of $25,000 to numerous military families who have lost loved ones under tragic
circumstances.
Mr. Fisher made similar donations to the families of New York City firefighters who lost their lives in the line
of duty. His Armed Services Foundation also provides scholarship funds to active and former service members
and their families.
In 1990, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher began the Fisher House program, dedicating more than $20 million to the
construction of comfort homes for families of hospitalized military personnel. With the establishment of Fisher
Houses throughout the United States and in Landstuhl, Germany, the program has provided thousands of
lodging days, saving families millions of dollars each year, a service invaluable to these Armed Forces families.
In 1994, Mr. Fisher, in partnership with David Rockefeller, established the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s
Research Foundation, which funds Alzheimer’s disease research with the goal of finding a cause and cure. The
foundation operates the nation’s largest and most modern Alzheimer’s research laboratory, housed at The
Rockefeller University in New York City.
Throughout his life, Mr. Fisher held a number of posts on a variety of charitable and arts organizations and
military charities throughout the country. He served as Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation and was a supporter of the Coast Guard Foundation, the Navy
League and other military charities. Mr. Fisher also established the annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Award for Excellence in Military Medicine.
He was a major supporter of the Metropolitan Opera, Temple Israel, the Jewish Institute of National Security
Affairs, the George C. Marshall Foundation, the Margaret Thatcher Foundation, the Reagan Presidential
Library, the United Jewish Appeal and many other organizations. Mr. Fisher also served on the boards of
Carnegie Hall and several other institutions and received honorary doctorate degrees from the Massachusetts
Maritime Academy and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
In 1998, Mr. Fisher received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton in honor of his
wide-ranging contributions on behalf of the young men and women in the US Armed Forces. He also received
the Horatio Alger Award, the Volunteer Action Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, the Senior Civilian
Award from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense, as well as the top awards a
civilian can receive from each branch of the military.
Separately, Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as
Margaret Thatcher and the late Yitzak Rabin, recognized Mr. Fisher for his support of charitable organizations
throughout the United States.
In December, 1999, President Clinton signed Public Law 106-161 conferring upon Zachary Fisher the status of
an honorary veteran in the U.S. Armed Forces. He was recommended for this honor prior to his death on June 4,
1999.
Three words, etched in the marble of Zachary Fisher’s tomb, speak to his legacy:
Builder…Philanthropist…Patriot
Because we
our heroes.
For more than 25 years, the Fisher House program has provided free
temporary lodging to military and Veterans’ families so they can be close to
their loved ones during treatment at major military and VA medical centers,
allowing them to focus on what’s important — the healing process.
The Fisher House Foundation is able to build and help support the operation
of more than 65 existing homes due to the generosity of people like you.
Additionally, our Hero Miles program assists with travel needs, our Hotel for
Heroes program offers additional accommodation options and our scholarship
program offers educational opportunities to military children and spouses.
With your help, we will continue to meet the needs of our military
community. Show your love by making a donation to Fisher House in support
of a “home away from home” for our heroes. To learn more, please visit
www.fisherhouse.org or call (888) 294-8560.
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