Illinois · Public charity
The Masonry Foundation
To provide high quality education, conduct research for the industry, promote masonry careers, provide grants, and conduct other activities.
- $132k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $127k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Masonry Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | $127k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $81k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $91k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $85k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $41k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Masonry Council | $60,530 | 4 | 1% |
| Mason Contractors Association of America | $50,500 | 1 | 2% |
| National Concrete Masonry Association | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Masonry Institute of Michigan Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Masonry Association of Florida Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Masonry Society | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Masonry Association of Georgia Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Masonry Institute of Tennessee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Masonry Institute of Iowa | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($249k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Masonry 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: NCMA Education Research Foundation
How this is measured
About The Masonry Foundation
- How much does The Masonry Foundation give?
- The Masonry Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $126,500, out of $131,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Masonry Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (33%), Membership Benefit (28%), Community Improvement (12%).
- Who are The Masonry Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arizona Masonry Council ($61k), Mason Contractors Association of America ($51k), National Concrete Masonry Association ($50k).
- Does The Masonry Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Masonry Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NCMA Education Research Foundation.
- Where is The Masonry Foundation based?
- The Masonry Foundation is based in IL.
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