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Michael Mason Foundation

Name: Michael Mason Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

25
grants reported: $50,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “fantasy” · $5,500

$1,500
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Granada Hills, CA · 2025
To promote reading
$1,000
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Granada Hills, CA · 2024
To promote reading
$1,000
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Granada Hills, CA · 2023
To promote reading
$2,000
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Van Nuys, CA · 2022
To promote reading

Grant history

All 25 reported grants, largest first.

$3,000
A Window Between Worlds · Venice, CA · 2025
Domestic violence
$3,000
A Window Between Worlds · Venice, CA · 2024
Domestic violence
$3,000
A Window Between Worlds · Venice, CA · 2022
Domestic violence
$3,000
Science Fiction Outreach Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote reading of science fiction
$2,500
Friends of the Israel Defense Force · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Support soldiers of idf
$2,500
Sos Mentor · Calabasas, CA · 2025
Motivate youth to make healthy eating choices
$2,500
Friends of the Israel Defense Force · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support soldiers of idf
$2,500
The Clarion Foundation · Stanford, CA · 2024
Support writers' workshop
$2,500
Am Friends of Magen David Adom · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Emergency medical services
$2,500
The Clarion Foundation · Stanford, CA · 2023
Support writers' workshop
$2,000
Camp Conrad Chinnock · Anaheim, CA · 2025
To promote diabetes educational services
$2,000
Science Fiction Outreach Project · Seattle, WA · 2025
Promote reading of science fiction
$2,000
Camp Conrad Chinnock · Anaheim, CA · 2024
To promote diabetes educational services
$2,000
Science Fiction Outreach Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
Promote reading of science fiction
$2,000
Diabetes Camping Educational Svc · Orange, CA · 2023
Youth ducational svcs
$2,000
Science Fiction Outreach Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
Promote reading of science fiction
$2,000
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Van Nuys, CA · 2022
To promote reading
$1,500
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Granada Hills, CA · 2025
To promote reading
$1,500
Camp Conrad Chinnock · Anaheim, CA · 2022
To promote diabetes educational services
$1,500
Latino Diabetes Association · Montebello, CA · 2022
To promote diabetes education & prevention
$1,500
The Clarion Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2022
Support writers' workshop
$1,000
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Granada Hills, CA · 2024
To promote reading
$1,000
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society · Granada Hills, CA · 2023
To promote reading
$1,000
Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue · San Jose, CA · 2022
To promote bird rescue & adoption
$500
Colel Chabad · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To promote nutritional security for needy israeli households

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.