Walter & Elise
Haas Fund
2023 Annual Report
Investing in a more just and vibrant Bay Area for current and future generations.
Reflections
Looking back at — and learning from — 2023.
From Executive Director, Jamie Allison
and Board Chair, Bradley Haas
Dear Friends,
The last few years have been a time of transformation for the Walter & Elise Haas Fund.
In 2023, we continued to move into stronger alignment with our values – family, possibility, shared responsibility, and belonging – by listening to the needs of our grantee partners and communities. We are grateful to all of you because deeper listening brings greater clarity about how our values must be embodied at every level and in every part of our work. It is clear that when our approach is more holistic and focused on partnerships, the impact of our work is greater.
As funders, we know that our work to listen to and respond to the needs of our grant partners and our communities is more urgent than ever. Our nonprofit partners are continuing boldly forward toward their vision and mission amidst a time of unimaginable hardships and tragic loss, from the continued impacts of COVID and systemic injustice to the ongoing violence in Israel and Gaza. In the face of so much pain and grief, the memory of all those who have lost their lives demands that we speak out and take action. In moments of crisis, philanthropy must take seriously our responsibility to support our nonprofit partners to win, in both the immediate and long-term. That’s why we have made big shifts in our grantmaking and approach that lay the groundwork to create a better future for all of us.
Our values and operational pillars guide all of our work and serve as accountable measures so that we can be in strong relationship with community and that our community knows what to expect from us. Our staff and board are already finding alignment in how we operate. Here are some achievements and practices we hope to take into 2024 and beyond:
- We are making larger and longer-term grants, such as the Endeavor Fund. We awarded seven leading BIPOC-led nonprofits $3.5 million each over seven years, a new direction that is much more meaningful to nonprofits and the communities they serve.
- We are integrating our grantmaking portfolios, beginning with the creation of Economic Well-being to help close the racial and gender wealth gap and promote nonprofit well-being. We are planning for another integration in the next year.
- We are shifting power to young people through youth-led grantmaking and shaping a new model of participatory grantmaking that engages and supports youth as full partners and leaders in our grantmaking on issues affecting them and their peers.
- We are driving conversations on urgent topics among our peers on nonprofit job quality, with a series of blogs and presentations at conferences. Next year, we will be co-sponsoring a nonprofit worker well-being conference in partnership with James Irvine Foundation and ReWork the Bay of the San Francisco Foundation.
How we do our work is just as important as what we do. That’s why we are taking the following steps:
- We are making our work less transactional and more transformational by incorporating community voices, and shifting our roles so that our staff can be in community with grantee partners as facilitators, rather than simply decision makers in a top-down sense.
- We are weaving in trust-based practices, centering community, and building right relationships through all the ways we operate to be accountable to ourselves and our broader community.
In the year ahead, we also plan to be more transparent about how these shifts take shape internally and externally, and how we are embodying these practices. We will be reaching out to you and creating opportunities to receive feedback from grantees as well as our colleagues.
Lastly, this past year was Bradley’s first as Board Chair. We also welcomed three family members as new trustees and a trustee designate to our board. Bradley sees this iteration of the Fund as the living legacy of his great great grandparents and envisions them being proud of how we are taking action for what is needed today and in the future, which is what family philanthropy is all about – connecting generations. Thank you for being with us on this journey.
In partnership,
Jamie Allison, Executive Director
Bradley Haas, Board Chair
Program Areas
The Arts
The Arts Portfolio By Strategy
45 %
Cultural Commons
$ 1,125,000
29 %
Arts
Arts
Education
$ 735,000
26 %
Creative
Creative
Work Fund
$ 658,500
| Organization | Strategy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 Partition Archive | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Afrosolo Theatre Company | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Afrosolo Theatre Company and Destiny Muhammad | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Alliance For California Traditional Arts | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
| Amateur Music Network | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| American Conservatory Theatre Foundation | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| ARTogether | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Audium Incorporated | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Bay Area Girls Rock Camp | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Bayview Hunters Point Center For Arts And Technology | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Betti Ono Foundation | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Black Banjo Reclamation Project | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Black Women Birthing Justice Inc | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Black Women Birthing Justice Inc & Jen Gilomen | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Brava For Women In The Arts | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Bridge Live Arts | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
| Cal Performances | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| California College Of The Arts | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Calle 24 Latino Cultural District | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Center For Asian American Media | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Chapter 510 Ink | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Chinese Culture Foundation Of San Francisco | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
| Chinese Historical Society Of America | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
| Circus Center | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Community Resource Initiative | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Create California | Cultural Commons | $60,000 |
| Del Sol Performing Arts Organization | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Del Sol Performing Arts Organization & Genny Lim | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Destiny Arts Center | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Diamond Wave | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Earth Lab SF | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| El/La Para Translatinas | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Emerging Arts Professionals | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Emerging Arts Professionals | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
| Emerging Arts Professionals & Antwan Williams | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| First Exposures | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Fresh Meat Productions | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
| Galeria Studio 24 | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Galeria Studio 24 & Marcel Pardo Ariza | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society and Julián Delgado | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society Inc | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Heyday | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
| Immersive Arts Alliance | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Jewish Community Center Of San Francisco | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Jewish Community Center Of San Francisco & Day Schildkret | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| La Pena Cultural Center | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
| Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
| Magic Theatre | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| New Conservatory | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Nihonmachi Little Friends | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Nihonmachi Little Friends and Melody Takata | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Northern California Grantmakers | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Oakland Leaf Foundation | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Oaklash | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Oaktown Jazz Workshop | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Palo Alto Art Center Foundation | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Palo Alto Art Center Foundation and Kija Lucas | Cultural Commons | $36,000 |
| Performing Arts Workshop Inc | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Petaluma Arts Council | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Petaluma River Park Foundation Inc | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Petaluma River Park Foundation Inc & Kayatta Patton | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Queer Cat Productions | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Root Division | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| San Francisco Arts Education Project | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| San Francisco Bay Area Little Brothers – Friends Of The Elderly | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| School Of Arts And Culture At MHP | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| School Of Arts And Culture At MHP & Francisco Ramirez | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Sonoma Community Center | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Sonoma County Synagogue Center | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| South Of Market Community Action Network | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Surfrider Foundation | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Teatro Vision | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Teatro Vision and Yosimar Reyes | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| The 500 Capp Street Foundation | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| The Center For Cultural Innovation | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| The Women’S Hiv Program At Ucsf | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Tibetan Association Of Northern California | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Ubuntu Theater Project Inc | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Unseen California | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Uptown Tenderloin Inc | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| West Edge Opera | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| Wholly H2O | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| World Arts West | Cultural Commons | $500 |
| World Arts West & Eric Solano | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Youth Art Exchange | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
Disaster Resilience
Disaster Resilience Portfolio By Strategy
100 %
Disaster Preparedness
$ 350,000
| Organization | Strategy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Eden I&R Inc | Cultural Commons | $150,000 |
| Legal Access Alameda | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
| San Francisco Community Agencies Responding To Disaster | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
Economic Well-Being
Economic Well-Being Portfolio By Strategy
73 %
Endeavor Fund
$ 3,605,000
9 %
Policy Grants
$ 450,000
18 %
Possibility Grants
$ 900,000
| Organization | Strategy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda Health System Foundation | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
| All Due Respect | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
| Bay Area Community Services Inc | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
| Californians For Justice Education Fund | Cultural Commons | $3,000 |
| Californians For Justice Education Fund | Cultural Commons | $25,000 |
| Coleman Children And Youth Services | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
| Coleman Children And Youth Services | Endeavor Fund | $25,000 |
| Coleman Children And Youth Services | Endeavor Fund | $3,000 |
| Communities For A Better Environment | Possibility Grants | $100,000 |
| East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy | Endeavor Fund | $3,500,000 |
| East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy | Endeavor Fund | $3,000 |
| East Bay Community Law Center | Endeavor Fund | $3,500,000 |
| East Bay Community Law Center | Endeavor Fund | $3,000 |
| Education Trust Inc | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
| Fund The People | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
| La Cocina | Policy Grants | $3,500,000 |
| La Cocina | Policy Grants | $3,000 |
| Maven Collaborative | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
| Mypath | Policy Grants | $25,000 |
| Mypath | Policy Grants | $3,000 |
| Oakland Kids First | Policy Grants | $3,000 |
| Oakland Kids First | Policy Grants | $3,500,000 |
| Oakland Promise | Policy Grants | $3,500,000 |
| Oakland Promise | Policy Grants | $3,000 |
| Oakland Unified School District | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
| Oasis For Girls | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
| People Organizing To Demand Environmental & Economic Rights | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
| Rework The Bay | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
| San Francisco Rising | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
| San Francisco Unified School District | Policy Grants | $150,000 |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
| Young Womens Freedom Center | Policy Grants | $3,000 |
| Young Womens Freedom Center | Policy Grants | $3,500,000 |
| Youth Organize! California | Policy Grants | $3,500,000 |
| Youth Organize! California | Policy Grants | $3,000 |
Jewish Life
Jewish Life Portfolio By Strategy
77 %
Building Partnerships for Social Justice
$ 1,555,000
23 %
Diversity is
Diversity is
a Strength
$ 475,000
| Organization | Strategy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-Defamation League | Policy Grants | $150,000 |
| Dayenu: A Jewish Call To Climate Action | Policy Grants | $300,000 |
| Glide Foundation | Policy Grants | $125,000 |
| Graduate Theological Union | Policy Grants | $75,000 |
| Interfaith America | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
| Interfaith Council Of Alameda County | Policy Grants | $60,000 |
| Islamic Networks Inc | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $60,000 |
| Jewish Community Federation of SF, Marin, Peninsula & Sonoma Counties | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council Of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
| Jews Of Color Initiative | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $150,000 |
| Join For Justice Inc | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
| Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $25,000 |
| New Pluralists | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $150,000 |
| Philanthropy For Active Civic Engagement | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $25,000 |
| Shalom Bayit | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $60,000 |
| T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
| The LUNAR Collective | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Union For Reform Judaism | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
| Urban Adamah | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Western States Center | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
| Wilderness Torah | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
Racial Justice
Racial Justice Portfolio By Strategy
59 %
Health &
Health &
Well-Being
$ 500,000
41 %
Community Organizing
$ 350,000
| Organization | Strategy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| AAPI Force-EF | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Artist As First Responder | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Asian Pacific Fund | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Black Citizen | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Black Organizing Project Inc | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| East Oakland Collective | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Ella Baker Center For Human Rights In California | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Greenlining Institute | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Homeless Childrens Network | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| LUNAR | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| Next River | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $50,000 |
| OCCUR | Health & Well-being | $50,000 |
| Planting Justice | Health & Well-being | $50,000 |
| Sogorea Te’ Land Trust | Health & Well-being | $50,000 |
| Urban Ed Academy | Health & Well-being | $50,000 |
Safety Net
Safety Net Portfolio By Strategy
15 %
Information & Referral
$ 30,000
32 %
Legal Services
$ 65,000
54 %
Direct Services
$ 110,000
| Organization | Strategy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| A Safe Place | Health & Well-being | $30,000 |
| Bayview Hunters Point YMCA | Health & Well-being | $10,000 |
| Eden I & R Inc | Health & Well-being | $30,000 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | Health & Well-being | $30,000 |
| Legal Aid Association Of California | Health & Well-being | $30,000 |
| Legal Link | Health & Well-being | $35,000 |
| Mei Fong And Associates | Health & Well-being | $30,000 |
| Raphael House Of San Francisco Inc | Direct Services | $10,000 |
Mission-Related
Mission-Related Portfolio By Strategy
17 %
Board & Staff
$ 354,886
33 %
Capital
$ 700,000
18 %
Field-Building
$ 385,560
32 %
Responsive Grants
$ 675,000
| Organization | Strategy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Able Works | Direct Services | $5,000 |
| Access Reproductive Justice | Direct Services | $10,000 |
| Alliance For Justice | Direct Services | $5,000 |
| Artists Television Access | Direct Services | $10,000 |
| Bay Area Young Survivors | Direct Services | $50,000 |
| Black Funders Network Of The Bay Area | Direct Services | $45,000 |
| Boardsource | Direct Services | $20,000 |
| Candid | Direct Services | $15,000 |
| Center For Effective Philanthropy Inc | Direct Services | $25,000 |
| Color Congress | Direct Services | $120,000 |
| CTE TAY Hub | Direct Services | $400,000 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | Direct Services | $50,000 |
| Emerging Practitioners In Philanthropy | Direct Services | $30,000 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | Direct Services | $3,560 |
| Gamelan Sekar Jaya | Direct Services | $150,000 |
| Goldman School of Public Policy | Direct Services | $150,000 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants And Refugees | Direct Services | $5,000 |
| Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | Direct Services | $6,000 |
| Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | Direct Services | $70,000 |
| Grantmakers In The Arts | Direct Services | $25,000 |
| Jewish Funders Network | Direct Services | $2,500 |
| Justice Funders | Direct Services | $12,500 |
| Kingmakers Of Oakland | Direct Services | $15,000 |
| Kingmakers of Oakland | Direct Services | $75,000 |
| National Center For Family Philanthropy Inc | Direct Services | $10,000 |
| New Israel Fund | Direct Services | $10,000 |
| Northern California Grantmakers | Direct Services | $50,000 |
| Northern California Grantmakers | Direct Services | $18,000 |
| PEAK Grantmaking | Direct Services | $30,000 |
| PEAK Grantmaking Inc | Direct Services | $3,000 |
| Philanthropy For Active Civic Engagement | Direct Services | $10,000 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Direct Services | $50,000 |
| South West Community Corporation | Direct Services | $150,000 |
| Urban Clinic | Legacy | $90,000 |
Grantmaking
Economic Well-Being
$4,955,000
38%
Arts
$2,518,500
19%
Jewish Life
$2,030,000
16%
Mission-Related
$2,115,446
15%
Racial Justice
$850,000
7%
Disaster Resilience
$350,000
3%
Safety Net
$205,000
2%
Detailed 2023 financial information, including audits, tax returns and investment performance, and project descriptions of grants awarded in 2023 can all be accessed on our website.
Allocation
Arts
55%
40%
5%
Disaster Resilience
29%
71%
Economic Well-Being
79%
14%
7%
Jewish Life
57%
36%
7%
Safety Net
85%
15%
Mission-Related
60%
40%
Racial Justice
88%
12%
Total Grantmaking
68%
27%
5%
General Operating Support Project Support Capital