Funding search · EIN 472044444 · Encino, CA

Jeanne and Dennis Masel Foundation

Name: Jeanne and Dennis Masel 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.

41
grants reported: $490,674
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,589
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.

Top recipients

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

The Brooklyn Museum3 grants · $72,500
Sundance Institute2 grants · $60,000
Brooklyn Museum1 grant · $55,000
Berkeley Carrol School2 grants · $50,000
Sundance Institute1 grant · $35,000
Prospect Park Alliance3 grants · $33,697
The Berkeley Carrol School1 grant · $25,000
Independent Curators International3 grants · $22,762
Masterpiece International1 grant · $21,500
Whitney Museum of American Art1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$96,500

2022

$126,518

2023

$93,824

2024

$173,832

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$37,500
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$35,000
Sundance Institute · New York City, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$35,000
Sundance Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$25,000
The Berkeley Carrol School · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$25,000
Berkeley Carrol School · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$25,000
Prospect Park Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$25,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$25,000
Berkeley Carrol School · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$25,000
Sundance Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$21,500
Masterpiece International · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$20,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$14,000
Independent Curators International · New York, NY · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$10,000
Transportation Alternatives · New York, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$10,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$10,000
Whitney Museum of America · New York, NY · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$7,500
The Berkeley Carroll School · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$7,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$6,135
Watermill Center · New York, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$6,000
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$5,589
Prospect Park Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$5,075
Hayground School · Bridgehampton, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$5,018
Independent Curators International · New York, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$5,000
Museum of Arts and Design · New York, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$4,145
Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$3,744
Independent Curators International · New York, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$3,108
Prospect Park Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$3,099
Artadia (the Art Council Inc) · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$3,000
Longhouse Reserve · East Hampton, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$3,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$3,000
Artadia · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$2,513
Silver Art Projects · New York, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$2,500
Hayground School · Bridgehampton, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$2,500
Build Crew · East Hampton, NY · 2022
To fund exempt purpose activity
$2,422
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm · Shelter Island, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$2,045
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$2,000
Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity
$1,236
Hayground School · Bridgehampton, NY · 2024
To fund exempt purpose activity
$1,045
Ocs Art Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
To fund exempt purpose activity
$1,000
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm · Shelter Island, NY · 2023
To fund exempt purpose activity

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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.