· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $116k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Chapman University | $50,000 |
| United Way of OC | $41,000 |
| Bowers Museum | $30,000 |
| Laguna Beach HS Water Polo | $20,000 |
| Girls Inc | $15,000 |
| Action in Africa | $10,000 |
| National Park Foundation | $9,000 |
| Orange County Sheriff's Advisory Co | $7,500 |
| Boys Girls Club | $6,272 |
| Laguna Playhouse | $5,462 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| City of Hope | $5,000 |
| Laguna Plein Air Painters Associati | $1,500 |
| Laguna Art Museum | $1,200 |
| Hillcrest Academy | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CUCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY6× · 2017–2024 · $330k · revenue +62%
MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER4× · 2017–2022 · $33k · revenue +51%- UWUSA WATER POLO INC6× · 2017–2023 · $29k · revenue +71%
Funded once
- TUTHE ULI FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +97%
- OIOCEAN INSTITUTEone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -11%
- LSLHBS Scholarship Foundationone grant, 2019 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…
How this is measured
30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds CHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE ULI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds USA WATER POLO INC ↗
- Who funds ACTION IN AFRICA INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds OCEAN INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds LAGUNA ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFFS ADVISORY COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds SHATTUCK-ST MARY'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds LAGUNA FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds MIRACLES FOR KIDS INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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