California · Private foundation
Jd Mason Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $141k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Jd Mason Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 5 | $35k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $13k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $4k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $675 | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ncga Foundation | $37,100 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation | $35,125 | 6 | 0% |
| Silver Creek Valley Country Club Employee Scholarship Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Cupertino High School Band Booster | $1,390 | 3 | 0% |
| Achievekids | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girlventures | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Regional Training Center | $515 | 1 | 1% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $406 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Ring Ranch | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Adolescent Counseling Services | $300 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ncga Foundation | $37,100 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation | $35,125 | 6 | 0% |
| Silver Creek Valley Country Club Employee Scholarship Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Cupertino High School Band Booster | $1,390 | 3 | 0% |
| Achievekids | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girlventures | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Regional Training Center | $515 | 1 | 1% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $406 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Ring Ranch | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Adolescent Counseling Services | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| The Family Giving Tree | $274 | 1 | 0% |
| Monta Vista High School Athletic Boosters Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $202 | 1 | 0% |
| Wylder Nation Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Steinway Society - the Bay Area | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Cake4kids | $199 | 1 | 0% |
| Code For Fun | $170 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunnyvale Community Services | $160 | 1 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $105 | 1 | 0% |
| Music At Lawson | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| The Undaunted Foundation | $43 | 1 | n/a |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $25 | 1 | n/a |
| PTA Ca Con L P Collins Elementary PTA | $11 | 1 | 0% |
| Edward Boss Prado Foundation | $9 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jd Mason Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Jd Mason Foundation
- How much does Jd Mason Foundation give?
- Jd Mason Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $34,569 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jd Mason Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (44%), Human Services (40%), Education (7%).
- Who are Jd Mason Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ncga Foundation ($37k), San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation ($35k), Silver Creek Valley Country Club Employee Scholarship Foundation Inc ($3k).
- Does Jd Mason Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jd Mason Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jd Mason Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Analog Devices Foundation, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
- Where is Jd Mason Foundation based?
- Jd Mason Foundation is based in CA.
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