Wisconsin · Private foundation
Ba Mason Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Ba Mason Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $300k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $265k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $145k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $137k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $158k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $120k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $99k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $189k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed My People Inc | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| McDonell Area Catholic Schools | $125,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Chippewa Youth Hockey Association | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Hope Gospel Mission Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Museum of Eau Claire Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Flying Eagles Ski Club Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Veritas Classical Academy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Chippewa Falls Youth Football | $50,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Chippewa Valley Cultural Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed My People Inc | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| McDonell Area Catholic Schools | $125,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Chippewa Youth Hockey Association | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Hope Gospel Mission Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Museum of Eau Claire Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Flying Eagles Ski Club Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Veritas Classical Academy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Chippewa Falls Youth Football | $50,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Chippewa Valley Cultural Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Our Nawakwa Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Chippewa Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eau Claire Community Humane Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eau Claire Community Parks Assoc Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Agnes Table and Community Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Community Table Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valley Vineyard Church Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Tech | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Barnabus Ministries | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Badger Boys State Incorporated | $2,000 | 1 | 7% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($478k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ba Mason Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Pablo Foundation Inc · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Casper Foundation · Eau Claire Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Chippewa Co · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Edward and Hannah M Rutledge Charities Inc · Rcu Foundation Inc · Annmarie Foundation Inc · Mayo Clinic Group Return · The Nordson Corporation Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ba Mason Trust
- How much does Ba Mason Trust give?
- Ba Mason Trust reported 2 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ba Mason Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Health (13%).
- Who are Ba Mason Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative ($250k), Feed My People Inc ($135k), McDonell Area Catholic Schools ($125k).
- Does Ba Mason Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ba Mason Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ba Mason Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pablo Foundation Inc, The Jamf Nation Global Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Ba Mason Trust based?
- Ba Mason Trust is based in WI.
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