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Mason Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Milwaukee, Wisconsin · EIN 510171871

Mason Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In tax year 2024 it gave $48,000 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $2,450 and the largest $9,600. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $43,895 the year before.

31% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$43,89514$944,620
2024$48,00016$998,292

How to apply

ContactWilliam Dolan
C/O US Bank PO Box 3168, Portland, OR 97208
Phone or email(503) 275-5929
What to submit, deadlinesContact above
RestrictionsDavid & loa mason trust has 76% of it's income dedicated to named charitable organizations. The comittee has the perogative to select no more than three un-named organizations to receive no more than 8%.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Mason Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Oregon.

StateGrantsAmount
Oregon10$39,360
North Carolina1$2,400
Virginia1$2,400
Connecticut1$960
Nebraska1$960
New Jersey1$960
Wisconsin1$960

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
General operating$9,600
Hood River County School District
Hood River, OR
General operating$5,200
Reading Results
Portland, OR
General operating$5,000
Oregon Museum of Science & Industry
Portland, OR
General operating$4,800
Thrive Hood River
Hood River, OR
General operating$4,000
Oregon Independent College Fnd
Marylhurst, OR
General operating$3,840
Peo Oregon Chapter
Portland, OR
General operating$2,500
Community Vision
Portland, OR
General operating$2,500
Forest History Society
Durham, NC
General operating$2,400
United Way Worldwide
Alexandria, VA
General operating$2,400
Yale University Forestry School
New Haven, CT
Scholarship$960
Oregon Symphony Orchestra
Portland, OR
General operating$960
Rutgers University Foundation
New Brunswick, NJ
General operating$960
Trinity Episcopal Church
Oshkosh, WI
General operating$960
University of Nebraska Foundation
Lincoln, NE
General operating$960
Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR
General operating$960

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Mason Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Contact above.

How much does Mason Charitable Trust give?

$48,000 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $2,450.

Who runs Mason Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Mason Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, environment and conservation and education.

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