About Fab Foundation
To provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the means to educate, innovate and invent using technology and digital fabrication to allow anyone to make (almost) anything. We create opportunity.
Focus Areas
EducationSTEMDigital fabrication / maker educationCommunity developmentCapacity building for Fab LabsProfessional development for educatorsEvents and network building
Who They Fund
students / learners (STEM)STEM educators and program staffmakerspaces / Fab Labssocial innovators and technology-driven community projects (global)
Funding Style
About Fab Foundation
The Fab Foundation’s recent grantmaking is organized around one core idea: expanding access to digital fabrication tools, knowledge, and opportunity so people can make, learn, and build through Fab Labs and related programs. In 2024, its largest grants supported STEM education and technology-enabled social innovation, including $50,000 to Stem Connector for fiscal sponsorship and $50,000 to Donors Choose for STEM education activities. A separate $46,250 grant to Shift 7 LLC was framed as fiscal sponsorship to promote the leveraging of technologies for social innovations globally. The pattern shows a funder that backs both education intermediaries and project-based initiatives, with support flowing to schools, colleges, nonprofits, and networked technology programs. Grants also point to a practical, infrastructure-oriented approach: awards for equipment upgrades, materials, staffing, and fiscal sponsorship appear alongside funding for broader STEM access and Fab Lab capacity. Sherry Lassiter leads the foundation, and the organization’s grant portfolio reflects its stated emphasis on education, innovation, invention, and community needs through digital fabrication.
What Fab Foundation Funds
Education and hands-on technology access are central to the foundation’s giving. It awarded $20,000 to Jackson County School District for equipment upgrades, materials, and staffing, and $10,000 to Odessa College for the same purpose, showing support for instructional infrastructure rather than only program activities. Maker and Fab Lab support also appears directly in the record: Mantles & Makers Inc received $6,842 for fiscal sponsorship for Fab House. The foundation also funds intermediaries that move STEM resources into classrooms, such as Donors Choose, which received $50,000 for STEM education activities. Another strand is social innovation through technology, reflected in the $46,250 grant to Shift 7 LLC for leveraging technologies to promote social innovations globally. Across these grants, the common thread is support for practical capacity, tools, and programming.
How Fab Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster at $10,000, with the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile reported at $10,000, $10,000, and $39,688. That suggests a base level of support with some larger project and sponsorship awards above it. The 2024 list includes both one-off project grants and support through named funds, fellowships, scholarships, and RFP-style opportunities, with some channels marked as unsolicited and others not. The foundation is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals. The recent grant list shows multiple grants in the same year, but the provided data do not show repeated awards to the same recipient across years.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$96K
Total Assets
$4.4M
Total Revenue
$6.5M
Total Expenses
$5.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $40K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$40K
Geographic Reach
National6 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SHERRY LASSITER
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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