Funding search · EIN 800356889 · Pasadena, CA

Z Clark Branson Foundation

Name: Z Clark Branson 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.

12
grants reported: $197,264
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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.

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Grant history

All 12 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Boston Court Performing Arts Center · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Donation for art upfront, student matinees and community access tickets.
$28,878
Boston Court Performing Arts Center · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Donation to help underwrite the pilot teen playwriting initiative and to support the artistic and creative team for developmental workshops.
$28,000
Boston Court Performing Arts Center · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Donation to help underwrite the pilot teen playwriting initiative and to support the cost of ticket subsidies.
$24,886
Boston Court Performing Arts Center · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Donation to help underwrite the pilot teen playwriting initiative and to support the cost of ticket subsidies.
$15,000
Armory Center for the Arts · Pasadena, CA · 2025
To sponsor the teen apprentice program that serves underprivileged students in the san gabriel valley.
$15,000
Armory Center for the Arts · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To sponsor the teen apprentice program that serves underprivileged students in the san gabriel valley.
$15,000
Armory Center for the Arts · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Donation to underwrite the teen apprentice program.
$10,500
A Noise Within · Pasadena, CA · 2025
To sponsor matinee programs in the pasadena & altadena area.
$10,000
Armory Center for the Arts · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Donation to underwrite field trips for students in the pasadena unified school district and support off-site community programs.
$7,500
A Noise Within · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To sponsor matinee programs in the pasadena & altadena area.
$7,500
A Noise Within · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To sponsor a student matinee at a school in the pasadena or altadena area
$5,000
A Noise Within · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To sponsor a student matinee at a school in the pasadena or altadena area

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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.