Walter & Elise
Haas Fund

2021 Annual Report

Investing in a more just and vibrant Bay Area for current and future generations.

Reflections

Looking back at — and learning from — 2021.

From
Executive Director,
Jamie Allison and
Board President,
Charlotte Haas Prime

Jamie Allison
Jamie Allison
Executive Director
Charlotte Haas Prime
Charlotte Haas Prime
Board President

Dear Friends,

At the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, we continuously strive to match the work we do to the emerging needs and requirements of our community.

In 2021, the pandemic continued, the gulf of economic inequality grew wider, and the struggle for racial justice inched ahead. Amid — and as part of — this landscape, we reflected on what the times require of us. As one result of our introspection, we redefined the Fund’s values.

Values are the seeds we commit to grow within and around our organization. We plant them by laying claim to them. We nurture them by practicing them. We share them by showing them. Values are always aspirational and never only aspirational. They must be in evidence not because of what we say but because of who we are and how we are and what we do.

They speak to our history, and they guide us to our future. They are consequential.

These are the four values the people who make up the Walter & Elise Haas Fund choose to live by:

Family:
To care for each other as a human family, forging connections, creating continuity of culture and practice; to learn from the past and to protect, care, and plan for future generations today.

The Walter & Elise Haas Fund’s commitment to family is demonstrated in our COVID response, and in our support for the childcare economy and eviction protection. It can be felt in the love we express for our community through our work and our lives.

Shared Responsibility:
To do our part to heal the world (as in the Jewish concept of tikkun olam), leading when necessary and joining when possible; to acknowledge our shared fate; to embrace collective action that strengthens our community.

An example of the way we share responsibility is seen in our collaborative support of the Generational Recovery Fund, which works to support today’s youth in their recovery from the loss of opportunity and connection caused by COVID-19.

Belonging:
To seek equity and justice; to embrace and celebrate our differences; to be in community with others, building trust that makes a “we” possible.

In 2021, we undertook a top-to-bottom review of our JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) practices, seeking to understand where and how we could improve. This was paired with the creation of a Strategist for Justice, Equity & Learning position and other changes, such as changing the title of “program officer” to “program lead” — a change that addresses an imbalance of power dynamics so that all who encounter the Fund feel a greater sense of belonging.

Possibility:
To embrace what could be; to dream big, aspiring to foster a society in which we all thrive.

Despite another challenging year, we remain full of hope and eager to foster possibility. We continued hosting Learning Labs and other convenings with philanthropic sector partners. One of our dynamic B.A.Y. Fellows, Kathya, aptly defined philanthropy as essentially a “transfer of privilege.” That is the possibility we aim to actualize.

We wish you all a year of belonging. We hope you will join us in sharing responsibility for making the Bay Area a more just, vibrant, and healthy place that is full of possibility.

Sincerely,
Jamie Allison and Charlotte Haas Prime

Our Family

The board and staff members of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund extend their heartfelt thanks to our nonprofit partners and to our community of peer funders, government contributors, and individuals — all those who have kept us inspired to foster a more just, healthy, vibrant society in the Bay Area during this and every year.

As we look back at 2021, we want to recognize our Coro Fellow, Mara Hoplamazian, and our two B.A.Y. Fellows, Kathya and Sam, all three of whom contributed greatly to the work of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund. We appreciate all the ways their questions and insights sparked our own continued learning.

We thank, also, all the participants in our two Learning Labs and in our Learning Lab Summit. Those who engaged include youth and adults from the Bayview community, from Ms. Jade Rivera’s Teaching for Social Justice class at Balboa High School in San Francisco, and colleagues of ours in the philanthropy, education, and nonprofit sectors.

To all those who joined in the creation of the Generational Recovery Fund, and to those who shared their expertise and intelligence with us at board and staff meetings: thank you.

In 2021, after 26 years on the Walter & Elise Haas Fund board, Elizabeth Haas Eisenhardt retired as Trustee Emeritus. Her contributions of intelligence, leadership, and heart helped the Fund continue to reach across the Bay Area and offer support to as many as possible. Thank you, Betsy, for all of the ways you have lifted us up over these decades.

2021 Staff

Jamie Allison
Executive Director
Faiza Bukhari
Program Associate
Racial Justice and Arts Build Resilient Communities
Deeptansh Chadha
Associate
Grants and Learning
Anna Hernandez
Executive Associate
Padmini Parthasarathy
Strategist
Justice, Equity, and Learning
Marcel Marania
Grants Manager
Suki O’Kane
Administrator
France Phillips
Program Lead
Arts and Creative Work Fund
Stephanie Rapp
Program Lead
Jewish Life and Special Projects
Pui Ling Tam
Program Lead
Education

2021 Board Members

Charlotte Haas Prime
Board President
Sarah Eisenhardt
Trustee
Elizabeth Haas Eisenhardt
Trustee Emeritus
Alejandro Foung
Trustee
Daniel S. Goldman
Trustee
Bradley Haas
Trustee
Jennifer C. Haas
Trustee
Peter E. Haas, Jr.
Trustee Emeritus

Program Areas

Arts

Arts Portfolio By Strategy

26 %

Arts Education

$ 725,000

33 %

Cultural Commons

$ 910,163

40 %

Creative Work Fund

$ 1,102,000

Organization Strategy Amount
Accion Latina & Paul Flores $0
Advaita Society $0
African-American Shakespeare Company Creative Work Fund $500
Alliance For California Traditional Arts Creative Work Fund $0
Alliance Of South Asians Taking Action & Sruthi Sarathy Creative Work Fund $0
Api Cultural Center Inc Creative Work Fund $0
Artogether Creative Work Fund $0
Artogether & Taro Hattori Creative Work Fund $0
Asian Art Museum Foundation Of San Francisco Creative Work Fund $0
Asian Art Museum Foundation Of San Francisco & Alleluia Panis Creative Work Fund $0
Auntie Sewing Squad Creative Work Fund $500
Authentic Arts & Media Creative Work Fund $0
Authentic Arts & Media & jose e. abad Creative Work Fund $0
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Creative Work Fund $0
Bay Area Video Coalition Inc Creative Work Fund $0
Baykeeper & Ryan Nicole Austin Creative Work Fund $0
Bayview Hunters Point Center For Arts And Technology Creative Work Fund $0
Bayview Hunters Point Center For Arts And Technology & Chris Temple Creative Work Fund $0
Blue Bear School Of Music Creative Work Fund $0
Brava For Women In The Arts Creative Work Fund $0
Brava For Women In The Arts & Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe Creative Work Fund $0
Cal Performances Creative Work Fund $0
California Alliance For Arts Education Creative Work Fund $0
California Poets In The School Arts Education $20,000
Californians For The Arts Arts Education $0
Cantare Con Vivo Arts Education $0
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics Arts Education $0
Center For The Art Of Translation Arts Education $0
Chapter 510 Ink Arts Education $0
Chitresh Das Institute & Alka Raghumram Arts Education $0
Circus Center Arts Education $0
Community Music Center Creative Work Fund $500
Community Music Center & Cava Lee Menzies Creative Work Fund $0
CubaCaribe Creative Work Fund $0
Cutting Ball Theater Creative Work Fund $0
Cutting Ball Theater & Rotimi Agbabiaka Creative Work Fund $0
Destiny Arts Center Creative Work Fund $0
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co Creative Work Fund $0
Diamond Wave Creative Work Fund $0
Emerging Arts Professionals Creative Work Fund $0
Epiphany Dance Theater Creative Work Fund $0
Flyaway Productions Creative Work Fund $0
Fresh Meat Productions Creative Work Fund $0
Headlands Center For The Arts Creative Work Fund $0
Intermusic Sf Creative Work Fund $0
Intermusic SF Creative Work Fund $0
International Society For Arts Sciences And Technology Inc Creative Work Fund $0
International Society For Arts Sciences And Technology Inc & Ian Winters Creative Work Fund $0
Joe Goode Perfomance Group Creative Work Fund $0
Kearny Street Workshop Inc Creative Work Fund $0
Kearny Street Workshop Inc & Kristian Kabuay Creative Work Fund $0
Kuumbwa Jazz Society & Elena Pinderhughes Creative Work Fund $0
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center Creative Work Fund $0
Luna Kids Dance Inc Creative Work Fund $0
Magic Theatre Inc Creative Work Fund $0
Mosaic America & Charya Burt Creative Work Fund $0
Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana De San Jose Incorporated Creative Work Fund $0
Oakland Leaf Foundation Creative Work Fund $0
Oaktown Jazz Workshop Creative Work Fund $0
Ocean Conservation Research Creative Work Fund $0
One Life Counseling Center & Philein Wang Creative Work Fund $0
Open Architecture Collaborative Inc Creative Work Fund $0
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation Creative Work Fund $0
Prescott Circus Theatre Creative Work Fund $0
Project Bandaloop Creative Work Fund $0
Project Bandaloop & Bayo Agbelekale Creative Work Fund $0
San Francisco Bay Area Little Brothers – Friends Of The Elderly Creative Work Fund $0
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players & Brian Baumbusch Creative Work Fund $0
San Francisco Film Society Creative Work Fund $0
San Francisco Jazz Organization Creative Work Fund $0
San Francisco Public Press Creative Work Fund $0
San Francisco Youth Theatre Creative Work Fund $0
Sangam Arts Creative Work Fund $0
Shakespeare-San Francisco Creative Work Fund $0
Small Press Distribution Inc Creative Work Fund $0
Sogorea Te Land Trust & Dohee Lee Creative Work Fund $45,000
SOMA Pilipinas & Sean San Jose Creative Work Fund $0
Southern Exposure Creative Work Fund $500
Southern Exposure Creative Work Fund $0
Southern Exposure & CristĂłbal Martinez Creative Work Fund $0
Stand For Families Free Of Violence Creative Work Fund $0
Stand For Families Free Of Violence & Patricia Montgomery Creative Work Fund $0
The Kitchen Sisters Productions Creative Work Fund $0
The Kitchen Sisters Productions & Sitalbanat Muktari Creative Work Fund $0
The@Living Earth Show Creative Work Fund $0
The@Living Earth Show & Terry Berlier Creative Work Fund $0
Tibetan Association Of Northern California Creative Work Fund $0
Urban Jazz Dance Company Creative Work Fund $0
Us Japan Cultural Trade Network Inc Creative Work Fund $0
West Edge Opera Creative Work Fund $0
Womens Audio Mission Creative Work Fund $0
World Arts West Creative Work Fund $0
Yerba Buena Arts & Events Creative Work Fund $0
Yerba Buena Arts & Events Creative Work Fund $0
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts Creative Work Fund $500
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts & Alice Sheppard Creative Work Fund $0
Young Audiences Of Northern California Creative Work Fund $0
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra Arts Education $50,000
Z Space Studio Arts Education $0
Zaccho S F Arts Education $0

Economic Security

Economic Security Portfolio By Strategy

9 %

Public Policy and Systems Change

$ 250,000

21 %

Workforce Development

$ 595,000

70 %

Build and Protect Assets

$ 1,960,000

Organization Strategy Amount
Asset Funders Network Arts Education $0
California Asset Building Coalition Arts Education $0
California Budget & Policy Center Arts Education $0
Centro Community Partners Arts Education $0
Childrens Council Of San Francisco Arts Education $0
Closing The Women’s Wealth Gap Initiative Arts Education $0
Earn Inc Arts Education $0
East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy Arts Education $0
Esq Apprentice Arts Education $0
FreeFrom Arts Education $0
HOPE SF Arts Education $0
Insight Center For Community Economic Development Arts Education $0
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service Arts Education $0
La Cocina Arts Education $0
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Of The San Francisco Bay Area Arts Education $0
Liberation In A Generation Arts Education $0
Mission Asset Fund Arts Education $0
Oakland Promise Arts Education $0
Public Rights Project Build and Protect Assets $100,000
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center Build and Protect Assets $0
Rising Sun Center For Opportunity Build and Protect Assets $0
Rubicon Programs Inc Build and Protect Assets $0
SFMade, Inc. Workforce Development $50,000
Small Business Majority Foundation Workforce Development $0
Techequity Collaborative Workforce Development $0
United Way Of The Bay Area Workforce Development $0
Upwardly Global Workforce Development $0
Western Center On Law And Poverty Workforce Development $0
Working Solutions CDFI Workforce Development $0

Education

Education Portfolio By Strategy

1 %

Community Designated Grants

$ 7,150

2 %

Quality Jobs

$ 30,000

47 %

Transforming Systems

$ 725,000

50 %

Youth Empowerment

$ 765,000

Organization Strategy Amount
5 Elements Youth Program Community Designated Grants $300
826 Valencia Community Designated Grants $0
American National Red Cross Community Designated Grants $0
Bayview Hunters Point Mobilization For Adolescent Growth Community Designated Grants $0
Californians For Justice Education Fund Community Designated Grants $0
Causa Justa Just Cause Community Designated Grants $0
Center For Empowered Politics Education Fund Community Designated Grants $0
Center For Young Womens Development Community Designated Grants $0
Coleman Children And Youth Services Community Designated Grants $0
Coleman Children And Youth Services Community Designated Grants $0
Coleman Children And Youth Services Community Designated Grants $0
Coleman Children And Youth Services Community Designated Grants $0
Coleman Children And Youth Services Community Designated Grants $0
Communities United For Restorative Youth Justice Community Designated Grants $0
Connected The National Center For College And Career Community Designated Grants $0
East Oakland Collective Community Designated Grants $0
Education Trust West Community Designated Grants $0
Flourish Agenda Inc Community Designated Grants $0
Generational Recovery Fund Community Designated Grants $0
Girls Who Code Inc Community Designated Grants $0
Homeaid America Inc Community Designated Grants $0
Immigrants Rising Community Designated Grants $0
Larkin Street Youth Services Community Designated Grants $0
Larkin Street Youth Services Community Designated Grants $0
Love Never Fails Community Designated Grants $0
Love Never Fails Community Designated Grants $0
Milo Foundation Community Designated Grants $0
Muttville Community Designated Grants $0
Oakland Kids First Community Designated Grants $0
Oakland Unified School District Community Designated Grants $0
Oasis For Girls Community Designated Grants $0
Pearl & Ivy Community Corporation Community Designated Grants $0
Performing Arts Workshop Inc Community Designated Grants $0
Project Level Community Designated Grants $0
San Francisco Alumni Delta Community Foundation Community Designated Grants $0
San Francisco Food Bank Community Designated Grants $0
San Francisco Food Bank Community Designated Grants $0
San Francisco Food Bank Community Designated Grants $0
San Francisco Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Community Designated Grants $0
San Francisco Unified School District Youth Empowerment $75,000
San Francisco Unified School District Youth Empowerment $0
San Jose Evergreen Community College District Foundation Youth Empowerment $0
The Oakland Public Education Fund Youth Empowerment $0
Young Community Developers Youth Empowerment $0
Young Community Developers Youth Empowerment $0
Young Mens Christian Association Of San Francisco Youth Empowerment $0
Youth Organize! California Youth Empowerment $0

Jewish Life

Jewish Life Portfolio By Strategy

22 %

Diversity

$ 505,000

78 %

Building Partnerships for Justice

$ 1,615,000

Organization Strategy Amount
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice Youth Empowerment $0
Berkeley Hillel Youth Empowerment $0
Board of Trustees of the Glide Foundation Youth Empowerment $0
Challah For Hunger Youth Empowerment $0
Dayenu: A Jewish Call To Climate Action Youth Empowerment $0
Dimensions Educational Consulting Youth Empowerment $0
Facing History And Ourselves Inc Youth Empowerment $0
Faith In Action Bay Area Youth Empowerment $0
Institute For Jewish And Community Research Youth Empowerment $0
Integrity First For America Youth Empowerment $0
Interfaith Council Of Alameda County Youth Empowerment $0
Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity Youth Empowerment $0
Interfaith Youth Core Building Partnerships for Social Justice $100,000
Islamic Networks Inc Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Jewish Community Center Of San Francisco Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Jewish Community Center Of The East Bay Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Jewish Social Justice Roundtable Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Jewish Youth For Community Action Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Join For Justice Inc Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Kitchen Slow Down Jew Up Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
L A VOICE Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
The Aspen Institute Inc Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Union For Reform Judaism Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Urban Adamah Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Western States Center Inc Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0

Safety Net

Safety Net Portfolio By Strategy

5 %

Policy

$ 60,000

8 %

Information and Referral

$ 90,000

13 %

Legal Services

$ 150,000

73 %

Direct Services

$ 820,000

Organization Strategy Amount
A Safe Place Building Partnerships for Social Justice $0
Abode Services Direct Services $30,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank Direct Services $0
Bay Area Community Services Direct Services $0
Board Of Trustees Of The Glide Foundation Direct Services $0
California Association Of Food Banks Direct Services $0
Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Direct Services $0
Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Oakland Direct Services $0
Chronicle Season Of Sharing Fund Direct Services $0
Compass Family Services Direct Services $0
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation Direct Services $0
Davis Street Community Center Direct Services $0
East Bay Community Law Center Direct Services $0
Eden I & R Inc Direct Services $0
Episcopal Community Services Of San Francisco Direct Services $0
Eviction Defense Collaborative Direct Services $0
Hamilton Families Direct Services $0
International Rescue Committee Inc Direct Services $0
La Casa De Las Madres Direct Services $0
Legal Aid Association Of California Direct Services $0
Legal Link Direct Services $0
Meals On Wheels Of San Francisco Direct Services $0
Mei Fong And Associates Direct Services $0
Mercy Retirement Care Center Direct Services $0
Nourish California Direct Services $0
One Degree Direct Services $0
Open Door Legal Direct Services $0
Project Open Hand Direct Services $0
Raphael House Of San Francisco Direct Services $0
San Francisco Food Bank Direct Services $0
Simply The Basics Direct Services $0
Society of St Vincent De Paul of Alameda County Direct Services $0
Southern Alameda County Comite For Raza Mental Health Direct Services $0
St. Anthony Foundation Direct Services $0
United Way Of The Bay Area Direct Services $0
Young Mens Christian Association Of San Francisco Direct Services $0

COVID-19

COVID-19 Portfolio By Strategy

40 %

Educational
Equity

$ 1,081,734

10 %

Housing &
Basic Needs

$ 275,000

27 %

Nonprofit
Capacity

$ 750,000

14 %

Vaccine Equity

$ 375,000

9 %

Workers &
Small Businesses

$ 255,000

Organization Strategy Amount
Bay Area Community Services Inc Direct Services $0
Booker T Washington Community Service Center Direct Services $0
California Association For Microenterprise Opportunity Direct Services $0
California Reinvestment Coalition Direct Services $0
Catholic Charities Cyo Of The Archdiocese Of San Francisco Direct Services $0
Childrens Council Of San Francisco Direct Services $0
Community Arts Stabilization Direct Services $0
Community Living Campaign Workers & Small Businesses $25,000
Community Music Center Workers & Small Businesses $0
Community Vision Capital & Consulting Workers & Small Businesses $0
Compasspoint Nonprofit Services Workers & Small Businesses $0
East Bay Community Law Center Workers & Small Businesses $0
East Bay Community Law Center Workers & Small Businesses $0
Eviction Defense Collaborative Inc Workers & Small Businesses $0
First Nations Development Institute Workers & Small Businesses $0
Flyaway Productions Workers & Small Businesses $0
Golden State Opportunity Foundation Workers & Small Businesses $0
Jamestown Community Center Inc Educational Equity $165,400
Kultivate Labs Educational Equity $0
Latino Community Foundation Educational Equity $0
Lava Mae Educational Equity $0
Leo T. McCarthy Center For Public Service And The Common Good Educational Equity $0
Magnolia Womens Recovery Program Inc Educational Equity $0
Opportunity Fund Community Development Educational Equity $0
Safe & Sound Educational Equity $0
The Center For Cultural Innovation Educational Equity $0
The Dance Brigade A New Group From Wallflower Order Educational Equity $0
University Of Oregon Educational Equity $0
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts Educational Equity $0
Youth Art Exchange Educational Equity $0
Youth Power Fund Educational Equity $0
Zaccho S F Educational Equity $0
Zaccho SF Educational Equity $0

Racial Justice

Racial Justice Portfolio By Strategy

16 %

Racial Justice

$ 143,000

29 %

Health & Well-Being

$ 255,000

54 %

Community Organizing

$ 470,000

Organization Strategy Amount
AAPI Force-EF Educational Equity $0
Artist as First Responder Educational Equity $0
Asian Pacific Fund Educational Equity $0
Black Citizen Educational Equity $0
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation Educational Equity $0
Black Organizing Project Inc Educational Equity $0
Chinese Progressive Association Educational Equity $0
East Oakland Collective Educational Equity $0
Ella Baker Center For Human Rights In California Educational Equity $0
First Nations Development Institute Educational Equity $0
Greenlining Institute Educational Equity $0
Homeless Childrens Network Educational Equity $0
OCCUR Educational Equity $0
Planting Justice Educational Equity $0
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Educational Equity $0
Sogorea Te Land Trust Educational Equity $0
The Lunar Project Educational Equity $0
Urban Ed Academy Educational Equity $0

Grantmaking

Arts

 $2,737,163

17%

Economic Security

 $2,805,000

17%

Education

 $1,527,150

10%

Jewish Life

 $2,245,000

14%

Safety Net

 $1,120,000

7%

Mission-Related

 $1,870,269

Rapid Response

 $150,000

1%

COVID-19

 $2,736,734

17%

Racial Justice

 $868,000

5%

Detailed 2021 financial information, including audits, tax returns and investment performance, and project descriptions of grants awarded in 2021 can all be accessed on our website.

Allocation

Arts

24%
71%
5%

Economic Security

78%
19%
3%

Education

51%
49%

Jewish Life

34%
66%

Safety Net

87%
13%

Mission-Related

62%
38%

Rapid Response

33%
67%

COVID-19

24%
76%

Racial Justice

63%
37%

Total Grantmaking

48%
50%
2%

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