Private foundation
MASON, MIEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $3,000,000 | $2,988,368 | $2,988,368 | $72,255 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peckham IncLansing, MI | Grant provided matching funds for a vocational training program. | $32,000 | 2017 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| $72,255 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $3,350,000 | $3,377,035 | $3,377,035 | $60,623 | $60,623 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $3,550,002 | $3,535,961 | $3,535,961 | $87,658 | $87,658 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $1,100,365 | $1,210,673 | $1,210,673 | $73,617 | $73,617 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $1,026,817 | $1,696,787 | $1,686,787 | $183,925 | $183,925 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $1,683,060 | $3,702,833 | $3,702,833 | $853,895 | $853,895 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $13,337,580 | $11,038,461 | $11,038,461 | $2,873,668 | $2,873,668 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $4,201,427 | $4,085,380 | $4,085,380 | $574,549 | $574,549 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $3,203,636 | $3,320,986 | $3,320,986 | $453,502 | $453,502 |
| Grant will purchase equipment and materials to establish three Makerspaces at their new K-5 Wilemon STEAM Academy. |
| $30,835 |
| 2018 |
| DeWitt Public SchoolsDeWitt, MI | Second installment: Grant will purchase portable audio equipment for their large meeting spaces as well as a variety of software for K-12 use. | $30,375 | 2018 |
| Broward County Public SchoolsFort Lauderdale, FL | Grant will purchase equipment, kits, accessories and supplies to create a fully functional MakerSpace. | $30,045 | 2018 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | Support for strengthening families. | $30,000 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy - MichiganLansing, MI | Purchase equipment that was outlined on list submitted 10/11/2012. | $30,000 | 2016 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | Support for strengthening families. | $30,000 | 2023 |
| The Foundation for RushMeridian, MS | Grant purchased a variety of equipment for the facility. | $30,000 | 2021 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | Support for strengthening families. | $30,000 | 2022 |
| Project Lead The Way IncIndianapolis, IN | Multi-yr grant third and final installment to fund PLTW programs in Tumwater High School, DeSoto High School and Duncanville High School. | $30,000 | 2018 |
| ITEC-LansingLansing, MI | Multi-yr grant (second of three installments) to fund the Tech Transport bus and iMath program. | $30,000 | 2017 |
| Corona-Norco Settlement HouseCorona, CA | Grant purchased a cargo van to assist in transporting perishable donations to their food bank. | $29,755 | 2021 |
| Okemos Public SchoolsOkemos, MI | Grant will purchase new and upgraded STEM equipment for their middle school and high school. | $29,360 | 2019 |
| Meals on Wheels of LancasterLancaster, PA | Grant will purchase a Combi-Oven. | $28,635 | 2020 |
| Urbana School District 116Urbana, IL | Grant will assist in establishing a STEM Lab at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School as well as to upgrade the current Makerspace/STEM Lab at Thomas Paine Elementary. | $28,400 | 2019 |
| OSF HealthCare FoundationUrbana, IL | Grant will purchase a ventilator system and two emergency department stretchers. | $27,910 | 2019 |
| Impression 5 Science CenterLansing, MI | Grant was used to cover costs for materials and labor to create and deliver hands-on STEM kits to all HeadStart children (ages 3-5) within mid-Michigan. | $27,500 | 2021 |
| Twin Falls School DistrictTwin Falls, ID | Grant will fund the transition of the vocational/woodshop-style classroom to an engineering-focused classroom at Robert Stuart Middle School. | $27,400 | 2018 |
| Ephrata Public LibraryEphrata, PA | Multi-yr grant second of three installments for the renovations of their Exploratorium building into a Community Hub. | $27,000 | 2019 |
| Ephrata Public LibraryEphrata, PA | Multi-yr grant first of three installments to renovate their 10,000 square foot Exploratorium building into a Community Hub, which will centralize several community service organizations under one roof. | $27,000 | 2018 |
| Ephrata Public LibraryEphrata, PA | Multi-yr grant third and final installment to renovate their 10,000 square foot Exploratorium building into a Community Hub, which will centralize several community service organizations under one roof. | $26,870 | 2020 |
| The Upper Chesapeake Health FoundationBel Air, MD | Grant will purchase two SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Exam) Room exam tables. | $25,655 | 2018 |
| Grace and Mercy Charitable FoundationLodi, CA | Grant will purchase a refrigerated truck to transport large quantities of perishable food. | $25,570 | 2020 |
| Children First Fund The Chicago Public Schools FoundationMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Chicago, IL | Grant will purchase a mobile virtual welding simulator and lab furniture associated to the equipment for lessons taught at the Simeon Career Academy High School. | $25,000 | 2020 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | General Support | $25,000 | 2016 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.