Funding search · EIN 263209213 · West Hollywood, CA

The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation

Name: The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

117
grants reported: $5.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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.

What they fund

elaine tennant admission free museum hirst mark papers

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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.

1 grant matching “hirst” · $50,000

$50,000
University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library · Berkeley, CA · 2025
The robert h. Hirst fund for the mark twain papers project

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

San Francisco Ballet4 grants · $855,700
Mark Morris Dance Group4 grants · $442,633
Edible Schoolyard Project2 grants · $400,000
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art4 grants · $242,500
University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation3 grants · $215,000
University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library4 grants · $205,000
Crowden Music Center4 grants · $200,000
The Edible Schoolyard Project2 grants · $200,000
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum2 grants · $200,000
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco3 grants · $180,900

Giving over time

$926,000

2022

$985,150

2023

$1.4M

2024

$1.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 117 grants.

$600,000
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$200,000
Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General use
$200,000
Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General use
$192,633
Mark Morris Dance Group · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General use
$173,350
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$125,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$100,900
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$100,000
Mark Morris Dance Group · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General use
$100,000
Smithsonian Institute Cooper Hewitt Design Museum · New York, NY · 2024
General use
$100,000
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Free museum admission project
$100,000
The Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General use
$100,000
University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General use
$100,000
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum · New York, NY · 2022
Free museum admission project
$100,000
The Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General use
$92,500
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2023
General use
$75,000
University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Cal performances
$75,000
Mark Morris Dance Group · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General use
$75,000
Alonzo King Lines Ballet · Sf, CA · 2022
General use
$75,000
Mark Morris Dance Group · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General use
$55,000
University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Towards the elaine tennant fund
$52,500
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$50,500
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$50,000
Crowden Music Center · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General use
$50,000
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2025
General use
$50,000
Smithsonian Institute Cooper Hewitt Design Museum · New York, NY · 2025
General use
$50,000
Uc Regents · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General use
$50,000
University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library · Berkeley, CA · 2025
The robert h. Hirst fund for the mark twain papers project
$50,000
Crowden Music Center · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General use
$50,000
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2024
General use
$50,000
Smithsonian National Board · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$50,000
Ucsf Foundation Cardiology · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$50,000
University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Towards the elaine tennant fund
$50,000
Crowden Music Center · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General use
$50,000
Smithsonian American Art Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
$50,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
$50,000
Ucsf Foundation Cardiology · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General use
$50,000
University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Towards the elaine tennant fund
$50,000
Crowden Music Center · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General use
$50,000
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2022
General use
$50,000
Smithsonian American Art Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$50,000
Ucsf Foundation Cardiology · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$40,000
Uc Regents · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General use
$40,000
University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General use
$40,000
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General use
$40,000
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$30,000
Congregation Emanu-El · Wichita, KS · 2025
General use
$30,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$29,850
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General use
$25,000
Alonzo King Lines Ballet · Sf, CA · 2025
General use
$25,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General use
$25,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2025
General use
$25,000
Smithsonian National Board · Washington, DC · 2025
General use
$25,000
Ucsf Foundation Cardiology · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$25,000
Alonzo King Lines Ballet · Sf, CA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Congregation Emanu-El · Wichita, KS · 2024
General use
$25,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2024
General use
$25,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General use
$25,000
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Smithsonian American Art Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$25,000
Alonzo King Lines Ballet · Sf, CA · 2023
General use
$25,000
Congregation Emanu-El · Wichita, KS · 2023
General use
$25,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2023
General use
$25,000
Congregation Emanu-El · Wichita, KS · 2022
General use
$25,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2022
General use
$25,000
National Portrait Gallery · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$25,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$25,000
Smithsonian National Board · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$23,500
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art (Uc Davis) · Davis, CA · 2023
General use
$20,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$19,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General use
$15,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$15,000
Smithsonian American Art Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
General use
$15,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$15,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General use
$15,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
General use
$15,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$15,000
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art (Uc Davis) · Davis, CA · 2022
General use
$15,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General use
$14,430
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$14,430
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$12,000
The Olana Partnership · Hudson, NY · 2023
General use
$10,000
Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$10,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2025
General use
$10,000
San Francisco Host Committee · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$10,000
Sf Botanical Garden · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General use
$10,000
The Charlie Cart Project · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General use
$10,000
The New York Historical · New York, NY · 2025
General use
$10,000
Baker Institute for Children With Hearing Loss · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General use
$10,000
California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$10,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2024
General use
$10,000
The Charlie Cart Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General use
$10,000
The Furniture Society · Bangall, NY · 2024
General use
$10,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Museum of Performance Design · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General use
$10,000
The Charlie Cart Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General use
$10,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$10,000
Museum of Performance Design · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$5,000
Baker Institute for Children With Hearing Loss · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
General use
$5,000
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2025
General use
$5,000
The Furniture Society · Bangall, NY · 2025
General use

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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.