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The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation: 31 grants to organizations, $1.7 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation, a private foundation in West Hollywood, CA, paid 31 grants to organizations totaling $1,660,830 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 11, 2026. The largest was $600,000 to San Francisco Ballet in San Francisco, CA for general use.
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- EIN
- 263209213
- Based in
- West Hollywood, CA
- Assets
- $342,371
- Grants paid
- $1,660,830
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 11, 2026, IRS object ID 202611319349104261. It reported $1,660,830 in grants paid; 31 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Ballet | San Francisco, CA | General use | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | General use | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meals On Wheels of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General use | $100,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mark Morris Dance Group | Brooklyn, NY | General use | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | Cal performances | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Spca | San Francisco, CA | General use | $50,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crowden Music Center | Berkeley, CA | General use | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Bentonville, AR | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smithsonian Institute Cooper Hewitt Design Museum | New York, NY | General use | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uc Regents | Berkeley, CA | General use | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library | Berkeley, CA | The robert h. hirst fund for the mark twain papers project | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Congregation Emanu-El | Wichita, KS | General use | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | SF, CA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | General use | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| PBS Foundation | Arlington, VA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smithsonian National Board | Washington, DC | General use | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ucsf Foundation Cardiology | San Francisco, CA | General use | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, DC | General use | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General use | $14,430 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Common Sense Media | San Francisco, CA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | General use | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| SF Botanical Garden | San Francisco, CA | General use | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Host Committee | San Francisco, CA | General use | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Charlie Cart Project | Berkeley, CA | General use | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New York Historical | New York, NY | General use | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baker Institute for Children With Hearing Loss | Palo Alto, CA | General use | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | General use | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Furniture Society | Bangall, NY | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kitchen Sisters | Washington, DC | General use | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Year Up United | Boston, MA | General use | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed July 25, 2025, IRS object ID 202532069349100808. It reported $1,406,238 in grants paid; 33 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | General use | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mark Morris Dance Group | Brooklyn, NY | General use | $192,633 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Ballet | San Francisco, CA | General use | $173,350 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | General use | Social science | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smithsonian Institute Cooper Hewitt Design Museum | New York, NY | General use | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crowden Music Center | Berkeley, CA | General use | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Bentonville, AR | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Smithsonian National Board | Washington, DC | General use | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ucsf Foundation Cardiology | San Francisco, CA | General use | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Bancroft Library | Berkeley, CA | Towards the elaine tennant fund | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uc Regents | Berkeley, CA | General use | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | General use | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | SF, CA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Congregation Emanu-El | Wichita, KS | General use | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | General use | Youth development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| PBS Foundation | Arlington, VA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Spca | San Francisco, CA | General use | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, DC | General use | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General use | $14,430 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baker Institute for Children With Hearing Loss | Palo Alto, CA | General use | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA | General use | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | General use | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Charlie Cart Project | Berkeley, CA | General use | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Furniture Society | Bangall, NY | General use | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Sur Fire Department | Big Sur, CA | General use | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bravo Vail | Vail, CO | General use | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General use | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kitchen Sisters | Washington, DC | General use | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Year Up United | Boston, MA | General use | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shakespeare for Kids | Walnut Creek, CA | General use | $600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arttable | New York, NY | General use | Public and societal benefit | $225 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $430,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $285,000 |
| Social science | $125,000 |
| Youth development | $25,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $15,000 |
| Human services | $5,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $225 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $2,079,210 |
| New York | $492,858 |
| District of Columbia | $250,000 |
| Arkansas | $100,000 |
| Kansas | $55,000 |
| Virginia | $50,000 |
| Connecticut | $25,000 |
| Massachusetts | $10,000 |
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Updated May 11, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.