Pennsylvania · Private foundation
M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B
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.
- $487k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,672
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $233,442
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 19 | $487k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $509k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $520k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $530k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $446k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $428k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $406k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $448k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highmark Health | $1,187,795 | 5 | n/a |
| The Kingsley Association | $449,217 | 8 | 3% |
| Humane Animal Rescue | $139,022 | 6 | 0% |
| Westminster College | $89,843 | 8 | 0% |
| St Barnabas Nursing Home Inc | $89,843 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association Greater Pittsburgh | $89,843 | 8 | 0% |
| Upmc Community Provider Services | $89,331 | 8 | n/a |
| Presbyterian SeniorCare | $79,174 | 7 | 0% |
| Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf | $44,923 | 8 | 0% |
| Breathe Pennsylvania | $44,923 | 8 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highmark Health | $1,187,795 | 5 | n/a |
| The Kingsley Association | $449,217 | 8 | 3% |
| Humane Animal Rescue | $139,022 | 6 | 0% |
| Westminster College | $89,843 | 8 | 0% |
| St Barnabas Nursing Home Inc | $89,843 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association Greater Pittsburgh | $89,843 | 8 | 0% |
| Upmc Community Provider Services | $89,331 | 8 | n/a |
| Presbyterian SeniorCare | $79,174 | 7 | 0% |
| Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf | $44,923 | 8 | 0% |
| Breathe Pennsylvania | $44,923 | 8 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Church USA Foundation | $44,923 | 8 | n/a |
| Mars Home for Youth Foundation | $44,923 | 8 | 1% |
| Humane Society of WPA | $40,664 | 2 | n/a |
| St Margaret Foundation | $34,756 | 6 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Seniorcare Foundation | $10,669 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $10,122 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B 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.
Open a dossier: M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35 · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Mason Martha Lockhart · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Hillman Family Foundations · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B
- How much does M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B give?
- M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B reported 19 grants totaling $487,308 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (59%), Youth Development (12%), Religion (6%).
- Who are M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Highmark Health ($1.2M), The Kingsley Association ($449k), Humane Animal Rescue ($139k).
- Does M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B 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 M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Mason Martha Lockhart.
- Where is M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B based?
- M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B is based in PA.
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