Grants awarded
Who does The Sam Mazza Foundation fund?
The Sam Mazza Foundation has awarded $2.0 million across 185 grants to 90 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $15,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $6,750 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.0M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
90
Grants
185
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| I Individual recipient | $125K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Golden Thread Productions
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$100K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Ars Minerva INC
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$78K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Destiny Arts Center
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$60K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| N Near Arnold's School of Performing | $60K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$59K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $55K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$52K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| 3 3girls Theatre Company | $51K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kansas University Endowment | $50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$50K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $48K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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Pacifica Historical Society
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$46K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S San Francisco Waldorf School | $45K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$44K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Pacifica Education Foundation
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$40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| Z Z Space - Word for Word | $38K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$38K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| E Episcopal Community Services | $36K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Odc | $35K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Youth Musical Theater Company
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$35K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| P Pacifica Gardens | $34K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| B Bright Starts of Bethlehem Nfp | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Theatre Bay Area
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$30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| B Bright Stars of Bethlehem Nfp | $30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Latino Music Education Network | $30K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$30K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| D Deborah Slater Dance Theater | $30K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Look What She Did
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$26K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Crowded Fire Theater Company
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$26K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$22K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| S Sf International Arts Festival | $21K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Playgrounds for Palestine INC
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$21K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| S Sfjazz | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Pacifica Spindrift Players
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$20K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| S San Jose State University Research | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Shotgun Players INC
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$19K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Intersection for the Arts | $18K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Central Stage
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$18K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $17K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Cutting Ball Theater
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| L Litquake | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Spindrift School of Performing Arts INC
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$14K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$13K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| T Tower Foundation Sjsu | $12K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$11K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| P Playground | $10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Joe Goode Performance Group
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| T The Poetry Center | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| B Bright Stars of Bethlehem | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M McKenzie River Community School | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OR | |
| C Council on Foundation | $8K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Afsaneh Art Culture Society | $8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Artseed | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Agile Rascal INC | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
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$8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| M Mixed Bag Productions | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| S San Francisco Youth Theater | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| K Kronos Performing Arts Association | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
826 Valencia
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$6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Central Works
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Fractured Atlas INC
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| O One Minute Gardener | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Crucible | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| E Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Th | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S South Lafourche High School | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$4K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
World Arts West
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$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Meca INC
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Alameda County Community Food Bank INC
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| P Pacifica Community Tv | $750 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $660 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Boys Girls Club of N San Mateo | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $275 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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