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 $45,000
Advaita Society $500
African-American Shakespeare Company $500
Alliance For California Traditional Arts $240,000
Alliance Of South Asians Taking Action & Sruthi Sarathy $42,560
Api Cultural Center Inc $20,000
Artogether $20,000
Artogether & Taro Hattori $45,000
Asian Art Museum Foundation Of San Francisco $500
Asian Art Museum Foundation Of San Francisco & Alleluia Panis $33,000
Auntie Sewing Squad $500
Authentic Arts & Media $500
Authentic Arts & Media & jose e. abad $45,000
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp $10,000
Bay Area Video Coalition Inc $15,000
Baykeeper & Ryan Nicole Austin $45,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center For Arts And Technology $25,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center For Arts And Technology & Chris Temple $45,000
Blue Bear School Of Music $15,000
Brava For Women In The Arts $500
Brava For Women In The Arts & Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe $45,000
Cal Performances $45,000
California Alliance For Arts Education $80,000
California Poets In The School $20,000
Californians For The Arts $40,000
Cantare Con Vivo $20,000
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics $500
Center For The Art Of Translation Arts Education $30,000
Chapter 510 Ink Arts Education $20,000
Chitresh Das Institute & Alka Raghumram Arts Education $45,000
Circus Center Arts Education $500
Community Music Center Arts Education $500
Community Music Center & Cava Lee Menzies Arts Education $45,000
CubaCaribe Arts Education $50,000
Cutting Ball Theater Arts Education $500
Cutting Ball Theater & Rotimi Agbabiaka Arts Education $45,000
Destiny Arts Center Arts Education $80,000
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co Arts Education $25,000
Diamond Wave Arts Education $1,888
Emerging Arts Professionals Arts Education $17,375
Epiphany Dance Theater Arts Education $12,000
Flyaway Productions Arts Education $15,000
Fresh Meat Productions Arts Education $40,000
Headlands Center For The Arts Arts Education $500
Intermusic Sf Arts Education $10,000
Intermusic SF Arts Education $18,000
International Society For Arts Sciences And Technology Inc Arts Education $500
International Society For Arts Sciences And Technology Inc & Ian Winters Arts Education $45,000
Joe Goode Perfomance Group Arts Education $500
Kearny Street Workshop Inc Arts Education $500
Kearny Street Workshop Inc & Kristian Kabuay Arts Education $45,000
Kuumbwa Jazz Society & Elena Pinderhughes Arts Education $40,500
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center Arts Education $35,000
Luna Kids Dance Inc Arts Education $15,000
Magic Theatre Inc Arts Education $25,000
Mosaic America & Charya Burt Arts Education $45,000
Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana De San Jose Incorporated Arts Education $15,900
Oakland Leaf Foundation Arts Education $20,000
Oaktown Jazz Workshop Arts Education $40,000
Ocean Conservation Research Arts Education $500
One Life Counseling Center & Philein Wang Arts Education $45,000
Open Architecture Collaborative Inc Arts Education $20,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation Arts Education $500
Prescott Circus Theatre Arts Education $20,000
Project Bandaloop Arts Education $500
Project Bandaloop & Bayo Agbelekale Arts Education $45,000
San Francisco Bay Area Little Brothers – Friends Of The Elderly Arts Education $500
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players & Brian Baumbusch Arts Education $34,000
San Francisco Film Society Arts Education $80,000
San Francisco Jazz Organization Arts Education $25,000
San Francisco Public Press Arts Education $500
San Francisco Youth Theatre Arts Education $15,000
Sangam Arts Arts Education $500
Shakespeare-San Francisco Arts Education $25,000
Small Press Distribution Inc Arts Education $25,000
Sogorea Te Land Trust & Dohee Lee Arts Education $45,000
SOMA Pilipinas & Sean San Jose Arts Education $43,000
Southern Exposure Arts Education $500
Southern Exposure Arts Education $25,000
Southern Exposure & CristĂłbal Martinez Arts Education $38,940
Stand For Families Free Of Violence Arts Education $500
Stand For Families Free Of Violence & Patricia Montgomery Arts Education $45,000
The Kitchen Sisters Productions Arts Education $500
The Kitchen Sisters Productions & Sitalbanat Muktari Arts Education $45,000
The@Living Earth Show Arts Education $500
The@Living Earth Show & Terry Berlier Arts Education $45,000
Tibetan Association Of Northern California Arts Education $25,000
Urban Jazz Dance Company Arts Education $50,000
Us Japan Cultural Trade Network Inc Arts Education $500
West Edge Opera Arts Education $500
Womens Audio Mission Arts Education $70,000
World Arts West Arts Education $50,000
Yerba Buena Arts & Events Arts Education $500
Yerba Buena Arts & Events Arts Education $60,000
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts Arts Education $500
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts & Alice Sheppard Arts Education $45,000
Young Audiences Of Northern California Arts Education $20,000
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra Arts Education $50,000
Z Space Studio Arts Education $15,000
Zaccho S F Arts Education $500

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 $45,000
California Asset Building Coalition Arts Education $50,000
California Budget & Policy Center Arts Education $225,000
Centro Community Partners Arts Education $50,000
Childrens Council Of San Francisco Arts Education $40,000
Closing The Women’s Wealth Gap Initiative Arts Education $80,000
Earn Inc Arts Education $180,000
East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy Arts Education $50,000
Esq Apprentice Arts Education $25,000
FreeFrom Arts Education $150,000
HOPE SF Arts Education $50,000
Insight Center For Community Economic Development Arts Education $50,000
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service Arts Education $100,000
La Cocina Arts Education $225,000
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Of The San Francisco Bay Area Arts Education $50,000
Liberation In A Generation Arts Education $50,000
Mission Asset Fund Arts Education $100,000
Oakland Promise Arts Education $120,000
Public Rights Project Arts Education $100,000
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center Arts Education $50,000
Rising Sun Center For Opportunity Arts Education $180,000
Rubicon Programs Inc Arts Education $100,000
SFMade, Inc. Arts Education $50,000
Small Business Majority Foundation Arts Education $225,000
Techequity Collaborative Arts Education $50,000
United Way Of The Bay Area Arts Education $150,000
Upwardly Global Arts Education $50,000
Western Center On Law And Poverty Arts Education $50,000
Working Solutions CDFI Arts Education $50,000

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 Arts Education $300
826 Valencia Arts Education $315
American National Red Cross Arts Education $280
Bayview Hunters Point Mobilization For Adolescent Growth Arts Education $350
Californians For Justice Education Fund Arts Education $50,000
Causa Justa Just Cause Arts Education $385
Center For Empowered Politics Education Fund Arts Education $30,000
Center For Young Womens Development Arts Education $50,000
Coleman Children And Youth Services Transforming Systems $100,000
Coleman Children And Youth Services Transforming Systems $150
Coleman Children And Youth Services Transforming Systems $350
Coleman Children And Youth Services Transforming Systems $385
Coleman Children And Youth Services Transforming Systems $175
Communities United For Restorative Youth Justice Transforming Systems $300
Connected The National Center For College And Career Transforming Systems $25,000
East Oakland Collective Transforming Systems $280
Education Trust West Transforming Systems $100,000
Flourish Agenda Inc Transforming Systems $50,000
Generational Recovery Fund Transforming Systems $500,000
Girls Who Code Inc Transforming Systems $150
Homeaid America Inc Transforming Systems $245
Immigrants Rising Transforming Systems $20,000
Larkin Street Youth Services Transforming Systems $245
Larkin Street Youth Services Transforming Systems $245
Love Never Fails Transforming Systems $245
Love Never Fails Transforming Systems $20,000
Milo Foundation Transforming Systems $210
Muttville Transforming Systems $280
Oakland Kids First Transforming Systems $200,000
Oakland Unified School District Transforming Systems $150,000
Oasis For Girls Transforming Systems $100,000
Pearl & Ivy Community Corporation Transforming Systems $245
Performing Arts Workshop Inc Transforming Systems $70
Project Level Transforming Systems $385
San Francisco Alumni Delta Community Foundation Transforming Systems $300
San Francisco Food Bank Transforming Systems $280
San Francisco Food Bank Transforming Systems $280
San Francisco Food Bank Transforming Systems $280
San Francisco Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Transforming Systems $210
San Francisco Unified School District Transforming Systems $75,000
San Francisco Unified School District Transforming Systems $100,000
San Jose Evergreen Community College District Foundation Transforming Systems $210
The Oakland Public Education Fund Transforming Systems $50,000
Young Community Developers Transforming Systems $100,000
Young Community Developers Transforming Systems $100,000
Young Mens Christian Association Of San Francisco Transforming Systems $100,000
Youth Organize! California Transforming Systems $100,000

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 Transforming Systems $125,000
Berkeley Hillel Transforming Systems $65,000
Board of Trustees of the Glide Foundation Transforming Systems $100,000
Challah For Hunger Transforming Systems $25,000
Dayenu: A Jewish Call To Climate Action Transforming Systems $175,000
Dimensions Educational Consulting Transforming Systems $50,000
Facing History And Ourselves Inc Transforming Systems $100,000
Faith In Action Bay Area Transforming Systems $125,000
Institute For Jewish And Community Research Transforming Systems $90,000
Integrity First For America Transforming Systems $50,000
Interfaith Council Of Alameda County Transforming Systems $30,000
Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity Transforming Systems $120,000
Interfaith Youth Core Transforming Systems $100,000
Islamic Networks Inc Transforming Systems $50,000
Jewish Community Center Of San Francisco Transforming Systems $100,000
Jewish Community Center Of The East Bay Diversity is a Strength $100,000
Jewish Social Justice Roundtable Diversity is a Strength $75,000
Jewish Youth For Community Action Diversity is a Strength $40,000
Join For Justice Inc Diversity is a Strength $100,000
Kitchen Slow Down Jew Up Diversity is a Strength $45,000
L A VOICE Diversity is a Strength $100,000
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights Diversity is a Strength $50,000
The Aspen Institute Inc Diversity is a Strength $100,000
Union For Reform Judaism Diversity is a Strength $90,000
Urban Adamah Diversity is a Strength $120,000
Western States Center Inc Diversity is a Strength $120,000

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 Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Abode Services Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank Diversity is a Strength $50,000
Bay Area Community Services Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Board Of Trustees Of The Glide Foundation Diversity is a Strength $30,000
California Association Of Food Banks Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Oakland Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Chronicle Season Of Sharing Fund Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Compass Family Services Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Davis Street Community Center Diversity is a Strength $30,000
East Bay Community Law Center Diversity is a Strength $30,000
Eden I & R Inc Information & Referral $30,000
Episcopal Community Services Of San Francisco Information & Referral $30,000
Eviction Defense Collaborative Information & Referral $30,000
Hamilton Families Information & Referral $30,000
International Rescue Committee Inc Information & Referral $30,000
La Casa De Las Madres Information & Referral $30,000
Legal Aid Association Of California Information & Referral $30,000
Legal Link Information & Referral $30,000
Meals On Wheels Of San Francisco Information & Referral $30,000
Mei Fong And Associates Information & Referral $30,000
Mercy Retirement Care Center Information & Referral $30,000
Nourish California Information & Referral $30,000
One Degree Information & Referral $30,000
Open Door Legal Information & Referral $30,000
Project Open Hand Information & Referral $30,000
Raphael House Of San Francisco Information & Referral $30,000
San Francisco Food Bank Information & Referral $50,000
Simply The Basics Information & Referral $30,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul of Alameda County Information & Referral $30,000
Southern Alameda County Comite For Raza Mental Health Information & Referral $30,000
St. Anthony Foundation Information & Referral $30,000
United Way Of The Bay Area Information & Referral $30,000
Young Mens Christian Association Of San Francisco Information & Referral $30,000

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 Information & Referral $50,000
Booker T Washington Community Service Center Information & Referral $50,000
California Association For Microenterprise Opportunity Information & Referral $25,000
California Reinvestment Coalition Information & Referral $200,000
Catholic Charities Cyo Of The Archdiocese Of San Francisco Information & Referral $50,000
Childrens Council Of San Francisco Information & Referral $50,000
Community Arts Stabilization Information & Referral $100,000
Community Living Campaign Information & Referral $25,000
Community Music Center Information & Referral $78,148
Community Vision Capital & Consulting Information & Referral $150,000
Compasspoint Nonprofit Services Information & Referral $150,000
East Bay Community Law Center Information & Referral $25,000
East Bay Community Law Center Information & Referral $50,000
Eviction Defense Collaborative Inc Information & Referral $50,000
First Nations Development Institute Information & Referral $250,000
Flyaway Productions Information & Referral $2,078
Golden State Opportunity Foundation Information & Referral $50,000
Jamestown Community Center Inc Information & Referral $165,400
Kultivate Labs Information & Referral $40,000
Latino Community Foundation Information & Referral $50,000
Lava Mae Information & Referral $25,000
Leo T. McCarthy Center For Public Service And The Common Good Information & Referral $50,000
Magnolia Womens Recovery Program Inc Housing & Basic Needs $50,000
Opportunity Fund Community Development Housing & Basic Needs $40,000
Safe & Sound Housing & Basic Needs $50,000
The Center For Cultural Innovation Housing & Basic Needs $25,000
The Dance Brigade A New Group From Wallflower Order Housing & Basic Needs $80,423
University Of Oregon Housing & Basic Needs $25,000
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts Housing & Basic Needs $68,850
Youth Art Exchange Housing & Basic Needs $41,020
Youth Power Fund Housing & Basic Needs $50,000
Zaccho S F Housing & Basic Needs $4,404
Zaccho SF Housing & Basic Needs $7,411

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 Community Organizing $30,000
Artist as First Responder Community Organizing $25,000
Asian Pacific Fund Community Organizing $30,000
Black Citizen Community Organizing $25,000
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation Community Organizing $25,000
Black Organizing Project Inc Community Organizing $25,000
Chinese Progressive Association Community Organizing $40,000
East Oakland Collective Community Organizing $25,000
Ella Baker Center For Human Rights In California Community Organizing $25,000
First Nations Development Institute Community Organizing $250,000
Greenlining Institute Community Organizing $25,000
Homeless Childrens Network Community Organizing $25,000
OCCUR Community Organizing $25,000
Planting Justice Community Organizing $25,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Community Organizing $250,000
Sogorea Te Land Trust Community Organizing $50,000
The Lunar Project Community Organizing $50,000
Urban Ed Academy Community Organizing $25,000

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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