California · Private foundation
Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $209k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,272
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $209k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $207k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $207k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $132k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $136k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $145k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $149k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $202k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman University | $330,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Laguna Playhouse | $171,769 | 8 | 1% |
| Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Uli Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| USA Water Polo Inc | $29,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Action in Africa Inc | $24,608 | 5 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $20,682 | 5 | 0% |
| Ocean Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($592k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Masson-Shaffer Family 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.
Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Weaver Family Private Foundation · The Hanauer Family Foundation · Roberta Freeman Cox Charitable Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Sempra Foundation
How this is measured
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About Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation
- How much does Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation give?
- Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $208,716 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (17%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chapman University ($330k), The Laguna Playhouse ($172k), Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation ($50k).
- Does Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Masson-Shaffer Family 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 Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, O L Halsell Foundation, Argyros Family Foundation.
- Where is Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation based?
- Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation is based in CA.
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