Funding search · EIN 363101263 · Chicago, IL

Mason Foundation

Name: Mason 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.

91
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $16,000
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

campaign capital conservation partners school vassar center endowment

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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 “vassar” · $114,000

$32,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025
The vassar fund
$26,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
The vassar fund; loeb art center
$26,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
The vassar fund; loeb art center
$30,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
The vassar fund; loeb art center

Top recipients

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

Art Institute of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $247,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation4 grants · $171,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University4 grants · $140,000
Lake Forest College4 grants · $140,000
Vassar College4 grants · $114,000
Ravinia Festival and Ravinia Steans Music Institute4 grants · $89,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $83,000
International Crane Foundation4 grants · $83,000
John G Shedd Aquarium4 grants · $83,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago4 grants · $83,000

Giving over time

$453,000

2022

$394,000

2023

$381,000

2024

$502,000

2025

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

$81,000
Art Institute of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Annual fund; school annual fund, department of the applied arts of europe-old master acquisition endowment; museum general operating support luminary
$60,000
Art Institute of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Annual fund; school annual fund; old masters
$53,000
Art Institute of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Annual fund; school annual fund, depatment of painting and sculpture of europe painting and sculpture of europe curatorial discretionary fund
$53,000
Art Institute of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Annual fund; school annual fund; old masters
$48,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Mason phelps memorial scholarship
$45,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$39,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General charitable purposes
$39,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Forester fund
$39,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$39,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$37,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$37,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Capital campaign
$32,000
Christian Science Society Libertyville Il · Libertyville, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$32,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025
The vassar fund
$32,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$32,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Forester fund
$32,000
Hoover Institution at Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$32,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Capital campaign
$31,000
Ravinia Festival and Ravinia Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Annual fund; steans institute
$30,000
First Church of Christ Scientist - Libertyville · Libertyville, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$30,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
The vassar fund; loeb art center
$26,000
First Church of Christ Scientist - Libertyville · Libertyville, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$26,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
The vassar fund; loeb art center
$26,000
First Church of Christ Scientist - Libertyville · Libertyville, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$26,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
The vassar fund; loeb art center
$23,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
Annual fund
$23,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2025
General charitable purposes
$23,000
John G Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2025
Annual fund
$23,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Annual campaign
$22,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Annual fund
$22,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$22,000
John G Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capital campaign
$22,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Annual campaign
$22,000
Ravinia Festival and Ravinia Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Annual fund
$19,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
Annual fund
$19,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$19,000
John G Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Annual fund
$19,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Annual campaign
$19,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Annual fund
$19,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$19,000
John G Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capital campaign
$19,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Annual campaign
$18,000
Ravinia Festival and Ravinia Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Annual fund & steans institute
$18,000
Ravinia Festival and Ravinia Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Annual fund
$16,000
First Church of Christ Scientist - Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
General charitable purposes
$16,000
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff History Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$15,000
First Church of Christ Scientist - Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Annual fund; endowment fund
$15,000
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Outward Bound Youth at Risk · Albany, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$13,000
Outward Bound USA · Boulder, CO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$13,000
First Church of Christ Scientist - Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose fund
$13,000
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff History Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$13,000
First Church of Christ Scientist - Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Annual fund; endowment fund
$13,000
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff History Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$13,000
Outward Bound Youth at Risk · Albany, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$12,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Deer Path Art League · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Annual fund
$7,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Annual fund
$7,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2025
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
Annual fund
$7,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$7,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Deer Path Art League · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Annual fund
$7,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Annual fund
$7,000
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Annual fund
$7,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Satellite council sponsorship
$6,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Deer Path Art League · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Annual fund
$6,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Annual fund
$6,000
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Annual fund
$6,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Deer Path Art League · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Annual fund
$6,000
Gorton Community Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Annual fund
$6,000
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Annual fund
$6,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Satellite council sponsorship
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund - Development Department · Washington, DC · 2025
Partners in conservation
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund - Development Department · Washington, DC · 2022
Partners in conservation
$2,000
World Wildlife Fund - Development Department · Washington, DC · 2024
Partners in conservation
$2,000
World Wildlife Fund - Development Department · Washington, DC · 2023
Partners in conservation

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