How much does Fort Mason Center give?

Fort Mason Center reported 9 grants totaling $5,554,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does Fort Mason Center fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Housing & Shelter (3%), Environment (1%).

Who are Fort Mason Center's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Grabhorn Institute ($2.9M), Bay Area Theatresports dba BATS Improv ($2.3M), Magic Theatre Inc ($1.3M).

Does Fort Mason Center fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Fort Mason Center?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Maxwellhanrahan Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation.

Where is Fort Mason Center based?

Fort Mason Center is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Fort Mason Center

FORT MASON CENTER engages and connects people with arts and culture on a historic waterfront campus. We inspire and foster creativity by providing a vibrant gathering place and a home for thought-provoking programs, events, and organizations.

$5.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 9
Grants FY2024: 5
Organizations funded FY2023: 40%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $39,472
Largest grant, FY2024: $2,881,039
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 7; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $78M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Fort Mason Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	9	$5.6M	44%
FY2023	5	$512k	40%
FY2022	7	$1.8M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$7.4MHousing & Shelter$233kEnvironment$115kCrime & Legal$111kFood & Nutrition$14k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Grabhorn Institute	$2,881,039	1	n/a
Bay Area Theatresports dba BATS Improv	$2,254,477	2	n/a
Magic Theatre Inc	$1,251,641	4	87%
Museo Italoamericano	$530,880	4	57%
Greenszen Center	$202,344	5	n/a
San Francisco Camerawork Inc	$176,100	1	51%
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC	$172,930	3	9%
Environmental Traveling Companions	$115,126	5	3%
California Lawyers for the Arts	$111,096	6	3%
San Francisco Childrens Art Center	$99,762	2	67%

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All grantees of Fort Mason Center by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Grabhorn Institute	$2,881,039	1	n/a
Bay Area Theatresports dba BATS Improv	$2,254,477	2	n/a
Magic Theatre Inc	$1,251,641	4	87%
Museo Italoamericano	$530,880	4	57%
Greenszen Center	$202,344	5	n/a
San Francisco Camerawork Inc	$176,100	1	51%
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC	$172,930	3	9%
Environmental Traveling Companions	$115,126	5	3%
California Lawyers for the Arts	$111,096	6	3%
San Francisco Childrens Art Center	$99,762	2	67%
FOR-SITE Foundation	$60,216	3	4%
The Long Now Foundation	$31,143	2	1%
Seedling Projects Good Food Foundation	$14,358	4	1%

Fort Mason Center supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.

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.

The Maxwellhanrahan FoundationCA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Maxwellhanrahan Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Fleishhacker Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Bernard Osher Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Fort Mason Center

How much does Fort Mason Center give?: Fort Mason Center reported 9 grants totaling $5,554,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Fort Mason Center fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Housing & Shelter (3%), Environment (1%).
Who are Fort Mason Center's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Grabhorn Institute ($2.9M), Bay Area Theatresports dba BATS Improv ($2.3M), Magic Theatre Inc ($1.3M).
Does Fort Mason Center fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fort Mason Center?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Maxwellhanrahan Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation.
Where is Fort Mason Center based?: Fort Mason Center is based in CA.