Walter & Elise Haas Fund

• Walter & Elise Haas Fund, based in San Francisco, CA, prioritises the Bay Area, naming Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties among its priority area alongside Oakland and San Francisco specifically, so fit with this named area matters before applying.
• A realistic request would sit at or below the median grant of $28,000, since half of its 877 grants were at or under that level across its recent filings, though grants have ranged up to $500,000 and specific programmes are sized differently, such as Possibility Grants at $100,000.
• Application routes vary by programme: the WE Initiative accepts letters of inquiry, while Creative Power Awards work through a community nomination process and do not accept unsolicited proposals, so nonprofits should not approach that route directly.
• Possibility Grants prioritise smaller organisations whose organisational or youth-organising programme budget is $500,000 or less annually, which is worth checking before applying.
• With 83% of its grant dollars in its latest filing going to organisations it had also funded previously, the Fund looks relationship-led, so new applicants may find it competitive to break into.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Oakland Promise · Seven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being
  $500,0002024 tax year
• East Bay Community Law Center · Seven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Californians for Justice Education Fund · Seven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being
  $500,0002024 tax year
• La Cocina · Seven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Young Womens Freedom Center · Seven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being
  $500,0002024 tax year
• East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy · Seven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Oakland Kids First · Seven years of general operating support to close the racial and gender wealth gap and improve nonprofit well-being
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Nonprofit Finance Fund · 15 months of project support to produce and disseminate original research on nonprofit worker well-being across a broad spectrum of stakeholders in the nonprofit ecosystem
  $250,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.