Grants awarded
Who does The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation fund?
The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation has awarded $6.6 million across 165 grants to 69 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $10,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$6.6M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
69
Grants
165
Years
2020–2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Individual recipient | $881K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mark Morris Dance Group | $563K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Edible Schoolyard Project
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$512K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum | $361K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$342K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| U University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library | $255K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Crowden Music Center
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$250K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Aspen Institute INC
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$225K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| S Smithsonian American Art Museum | $215K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation | $215K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$205K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U Ucsf Foundation Cardiology | $205K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Edible Schoolyard Project | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Smithsonian National Board | $175K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Smithsonian Institute Cooper Hewitt Design Museum | $150K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$141K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Experience Camps
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$105K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| I Individual recipient | $105K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Meals on Wheels of San Francisco | $101K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
| I Individual recipient | $90K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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$79K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $76K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
California Academy of Sciences
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$70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U Ucsf Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Aspen Institute Society of Fellows | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Crowden Music Center | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | $49K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Smithsonian Institution
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$40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| J Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art (uc Davis) | $38K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U Ucsf | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$28K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| L Leland Stanford Junior University | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Portrait Gallery | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Baker Institute | $25K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Ucsf Chancellors Circle Fund | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P PBS Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| T The Kitchen Sisters | $19K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Baker Institute for Children with Hearing Loss | $15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C California Academy of Sciences | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Olana Partnership
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$12K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
California College of the Arts
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The New York Historical | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Furniture Society | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S San Francisco Host Committee | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Charlie Cart Project | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Year Up United | $10K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sfmoma | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Big Sur Fire Department | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Furniture Society | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Frick Collection | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S San Francisco Host Committee | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| S St Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| S Shakespeare for Kids | $600 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Whitney Museum of American Art
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$500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
The American Federation of Arts INC
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$500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$225 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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$150 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY |
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