Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation
Private foundation · West Hollywood, CA · EIN 26-3209213 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation
90grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$225smallest grant
$4.1Mtotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 90 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $85K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
8605 Santa Monica Blvd 126165
West Hollywood, CA 90069-4109
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Ballet GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $600,000 |
| Edible Schoolyard Project GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $200,000 |
| Edible Schoolyard Project GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $200,000 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group GENERAL USE | Brooklyn, NY | $192,633 |
| San Francisco Ballet GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $173,350 |
| The Aspen Institute GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $125,000 |
| Meals on Wheels of San Francisco GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $100,900 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group GENERAL USE | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 |
| Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION PROJECT | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 |
| Smithsonian Institute Cooper Hewitt Design Museum GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art GENERAL USE | Bentonville, AR | $92,500 |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation CAL PERFORMANCES | Berkeley, CA | $75,000 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group GENERAL USE | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 |
| San Francisco SPCA GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $50,500 |
| Crowden Music Center GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art GENERAL USE | Bentonville, AR | $50,000 |
| Smithsonian Institute Cooper Hewitt Design Museum GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| UC Regents GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library THE ROBERT H. HIRST FUND FOR THE MARK TWAIN PAPERS PROJECT | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library TOWARDS THE ELAINE TENNANT FUND | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| Crowden Music Center GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| The Aspen Institute GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| Ucsf Foundation Cardiology GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Crowden Music Center GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art GENERAL USE | Bentonville, AR | $50,000 |
| Smithsonian National Board GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| Ucsf Foundation Cardiology GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library TOWARDS THE ELAINE TENNANT FUND | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 |
| Meals on Wheels of San Francisco GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 |
| UC Regents GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $40,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $40,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El GENERAL USE | Wichita, KS | $30,000 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 |
| San Francisco Ballet GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $29,850 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet GENERAL USE | SF, CA | $25,000 |
| Leland Stanford Junior University GENERAL USE | Stanford, CA | $25,000 |
| PBS Foundation GENERAL USE | Arlington, VA | $25,000 |
| Smithsonian National Board GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Ucsf Foundation Cardiology GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet GENERAL USE | SF, CA | $25,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El GENERAL USE | Wichita, KS | $25,000 |
| Experience Camps GENERAL USE | Westport, CT | $25,000 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet GENERAL USE | SF, CA | $25,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El GENERAL USE | Wichita, KS | $25,000 |
| Experience Camps GENERAL USE | Westport, CT | $25,000 |
| PBS Foundation GENERAL USE | Arlington, VA | $25,000 |
| San Francisco SPCA GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art (UC Davis) GENERAL USE | Davis, CA | $23,500 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $19,000 |
| California Academy of Sciences GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $15,000 |
| California Academy of Sciences GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| PBS Foundation GENERAL USE | Arlington, VA | $15,000 |
| California Academy of Sciences GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $14,430 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $14,430 |
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