Funding search · EIN 330758342 · Aliso Viejo, CA

Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation

Name: Masson-Shaffer Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

82
grants reported: $770,045
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

college education chartiable scholarship

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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.

Chapman University2 grants · $105,000
Chapman University2 grants · $95,000
United Way of Oc2 grants · $91,500
United Way of Oc2 grants · $56,000
Bowers Museum2 grants · $40,000
Girls2 grants · $31,000
Laguna Playhouse2 grants · $23,057
Lbhs Scholarship Foundation2 grants · $20,500
Action in Africa2 grants · $20,000
Laguna Beach Hs Water Polo1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$136,525

2021

$212,094

2022

$212,710

2023

$208,716

2024

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$50,500
United Way of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$50,000
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$50,000
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2021
College education
$45,000
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$45,000
United Way of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$41,000
United Way of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$30,000
Bowers Museum · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$20,000
Laguna Beach Hs Water Polo · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$16,000
Girls · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$15,000
Girls · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$13,057
Laguna Playhouse · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$12,000
Laguna Playhouse · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$11,000
United Way of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$10,500
Lbhs Scholarship Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$10,340
Pacific Marine Mammal · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$10,000
Action in Africa · Aspen, CO · 2024
Charitable support
$10,000
Action in Africa · Aspen, CO · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Bowers Museum · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Bowers Museum · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$10,000
Mission Hospital · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$10,000
Laguna Playhouse · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$10,000
Lbhs Scholarship Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021
Scholarship support
$10,000
USA Water Polo · Irvine, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$9,000
National Park Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Charitable support
$8,792
Boys Girls Club · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$8,000
Go4gold Skating Academy · Shakopee, MN · 2023
Charitable support
$7,792
Laguna Beach Food Pantry · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$7,500
Orange County Sheriff'S Advisory Co · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$6,774
Cardinal Hayes · Millbrook, NY · 2022
Charitable support
$6,272
Boys Girls Club · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$6,272
Boys & Girls Club · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$6,000
National Park Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Charitable support
$6,000
Go4gold Skating Academy · Shakopee, MN · 2022
Charitable support
$5,462
Laguna Playhouse · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$5,325
Shattuck-St Mary'S School · Fairbault, MN · 2021
College education
$5,300
Orange County Sherrifs · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$5,181
Laguna Food Pantry · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
Cardinal Hayes · Millbrook, NY · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charitable support
$5,000
Cardinal Hayes · Millbrook, NY · 2023
Charitable support
$5,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Charitable support
$5,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
USA Water Polo · Irvine, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2021
Charitable support
$5,000
Mission Hospital · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$5,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021
Charitable support
$5,000
Pacific Marine Mammal · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$5,000
Sheriff'S Advisory Council · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$5,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2021
Chartiable support
$3,700
Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$2,500
Girls · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable support
$2,100
California Academy of the Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$2,081
Laura'S House · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$2,058
Action in Africa · Aspen, CO · 2022
Charitable support
$2,000
Orangewood Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$1,912
Girl Scouts of Orange · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,531
Costa Mesa Historical Society · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$1,500
Laguna Plein Air Painters Associati · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$1,500
Laguna Plein Air Painters · Laguna Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$1,500
Action in Africa · Aspen, CO · 2021
Charitable support
$1,500
Cardinal Hayes · Millbrook, NY · 2021
Charitable support
$1,500
Laguna Plein Air Painters · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$1,260
Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,200
Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$1,200
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,200
USA Water Polo · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,200
Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach, CA · 2021
Charitable support
$1,000
Hillcrest Academy · Temecula, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$1,000
Costa Mesa Historical Society · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Hillcrest Academy · Temecula, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Hillcrest Academy · Temecula, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$682
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charitable support
$400
Newport Beach Library · Newport Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$250
Council On Aging Southern Californi · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$104
Other · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$100
Family Assistance Ministries · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Charitable support

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