Funding search · The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation · grants

The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation: all 117 grants

Largest first · $5.0M across 2022–2025 · back to the overview

• $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