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Private foundation (trust)EIN 363101263Est. 1981-07

MASON FOUNDATION INC

CHICAGO, IL 606061250

Total Assets

$10.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$381K

FY 2024

Grants Made

22

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$17K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$53K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$282K

Total Expenses

$412K

Qualifying Distributions

$393K

Distributable Amount

$473K

Min. Investment Return

$477K

Undistributed Income

$461K

Payout rate 83%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.83%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

22 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $16K to maximum $53K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $453K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

139 grants

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AND SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
$268K
6 grants
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE
$235K
6 grants
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
$198K
6 grants
HOOVER INSTITUTION AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$161K
6 grants
VASSAR COLLEGE
$124K
6 grants
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST - LIBERTYVILLE
$118K
5 grants
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
$115K
6 grants
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
$105K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

139 grants

<$10K
68
grants
$10–50K
66
grants
$50–250K
5
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

8 states

Illinois
$1.3M
61% of total
New York
$206K
10% of total
Virginia
$198K
9% of total
California
$187K
9% of total
Wisconsin
$100K
5% of total
Massachusetts
$95K
4% of total
Utah
$22K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$13K
1% of total

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