The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation
Private foundation · West Hollywood, CA · EIN 26-3209213 · reported 2025
31grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$5,000smallest grant
$1.7Mtotal paid
7states reached
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 31 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $30K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
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 |
| Meals ON Wheels OF San Francisco GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $100,900 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group GENERAL USE | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 |
| University OF California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation CAL PERFORMANCES | Berkeley, CA | $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 |
| Congregation Emanu-El GENERAL USE | Wichita, KS | $30,000 |
| 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 |
| California Academy OF Sciences GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $15,000 |
| Fine Arts Museums OF San Francisco GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $14,430 |
| Common Sense Media GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| New York Philharmonic GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| San Francisco Host Committee GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| SF Botanical Garden GENERAL USE | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| The Charlie Cart Project GENERAL USE | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 |
| The New York Historical GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Baker Institute for Children With Hearing Loss GENERAL USE | Palo Alto, CA | $5,000 |
| The Frick Collection GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| The Furniture Society GENERAL USE | Bangall, NY | $5,000 |
| The Kitchen Sisters GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| Year UP United GENERAL USE | Boston, MA | $5,000 |
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