Investing in a more just and vibrant Bay Area for current and future generations.
Looking back at — and learning from — 2023.
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:
How we do our work is just as important as what we do. That’s why we are taking the following steps:
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
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 | Arts Education | $50,000 |
Betti Ono Foundation | Arts Education | $50,000 |
Black Banjo Reclamation Project | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Black Women Birthing Justice Inc | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Black Women Birthing Justice Inc & Jen Gilomen | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Brava For Women In The Arts | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Bridge Live Arts | Creative Work Fund | $75,000 |
Cal Performances | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
California College Of The Arts | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Calle 24 Latino Cultural District | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Center For Asian American Media | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Chapter 510 Ink | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Chinese Culture Foundation Of San Francisco | Creative Work Fund | $75,000 |
Chinese Historical Society Of America | Creative Work Fund | $75,000 |
Circus Center | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Community Resource Initiative | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Create California | Arts Education | $60,000 |
Del Sol Performing Arts Organization | Arts Education | $500 |
Del Sol Performing Arts Organization & Genny Lim | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Destiny Arts Center | Arts Education | $50,000 |
Diamond Wave | Arts Education | $50,000 |
Earth Lab SF | Arts Education | $500 |
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation | Arts Education | $500 |
El/La Para Translatinas | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Emerging Arts Professionals | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Emerging Arts Professionals | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
Emerging Arts Professionals & Antwan Williams | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
First Exposures | Arts Education | $50,000 |
Fresh Meat Productions | Cultural Commons | $100,000 |
Galeria Studio 24 | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Galeria Studio 24 & Marcel Pardo Ariza | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society and Julián Delgado | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Golden Gate Audubon Society Inc | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Heyday | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
Immersive Arts Alliance | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Jewish Community Center Of San Francisco | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Jewish Community Center Of San Francisco & Day Schildkret | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
La Pena Cultural Center | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center | Cultural Commons | $75,000 |
Magic Theatre | Arts Education | $50,000 |
New Conservatory | Arts Education | $500 |
Nihonmachi Little Friends | Arts Education | $500 |
Nihonmachi Little Friends and Melody Takata | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Northern California Grantmakers | Cultural Commons | $50,000 |
Oakland Leaf Foundation | Arts Education | $50,000 |
Oaklash | Arts Education | $500 |
Oaktown Jazz Workshop | Arts Education | $50,000 |
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation | Arts Education | $500 |
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation and Kija Lucas | Creative Work Fund | $36,000 |
Performing Arts Workshop Inc | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Petaluma Arts Council | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Petaluma River Park Foundation Inc | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Petaluma River Park Foundation Inc & Kayatta Patton | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Queer Cat Productions | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Root Division | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
San Francisco Arts Education Project | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
San Francisco Bay Area Little Brothers – Friends Of The Elderly | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
San Francisco Jazz Organization | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
School Of Arts And Culture At MHP | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
School Of Arts And Culture At MHP & Francisco Ramirez | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Sonoma Community Center | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Sonoma County Synagogue Center | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
South Of Market Community Action Network | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Surfrider Foundation | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Teatro Vision | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Teatro Vision and Yosimar Reyes | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
The 500 Capp Street Foundation | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
The Center For Cultural Innovation | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
The Women’S Hiv Program At Ucsf | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Tibetan Association Of Northern California | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Ubuntu Theater Project Inc | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Unseen California | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Uptown Tenderloin Inc | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
West Edge Opera | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
Wholly H2O | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
World Arts West | Creative Work Fund | $500 |
World Arts West & Eric Solano | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Youth Art Exchange | Creative Work Fund | $75,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
Eden I&R Inc | Creative Work Fund | $150,000 |
Legal Access Alameda | Disaster Preparedness | $100,000 |
San Francisco Community Agencies Responding To Disaster | Disaster Preparedness | $100,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
Alameda Health System Foundation | Disaster Preparedness | $100,000 |
All Due Respect | Disaster Preparedness | $50,000 |
Bay Area Community Services Inc | Disaster Preparedness | $100,000 |
Californians For Justice Education Fund | Disaster Preparedness | $3,000 |
Californians For Justice Education Fund | Disaster Preparedness | $25,000 |
Coleman Children And Youth Services | Possibility Grants | $100,000 |
Coleman Children And Youth Services | Possibility Grants | $25,000 |
Coleman Children And Youth Services | Possibility Grants | $3,000 |
Communities For A Better Environment | Possibility Grants | $100,000 |
East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy | Possibility Grants | $3,500,000 |
East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy | Possibility Grants | $3,000 |
East Bay Community Law Center | Possibility Grants | $3,500,000 |
East Bay Community Law Center | Possibility Grants | $3,000 |
Education Trust Inc | Possibility Grants | $100,000 |
Fund The People | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
La Cocina | Endeavor Fund | $3,500,000 |
La Cocina | Endeavor Fund | $3,000 |
Maven Collaborative | Endeavor Fund | $100,000 |
Mypath | Endeavor Fund | $25,000 |
Mypath | Endeavor Fund | $3,000 |
Oakland Kids First | Endeavor Fund | $3,000 |
Oakland Kids First | Endeavor Fund | $3,500,000 |
Oakland Promise | Endeavor Fund | $3,500,000 |
Oakland Promise | Endeavor Fund | $3,000 |
Oakland Unified School District | Endeavor Fund | $100,000 |
Oasis For Girls | Endeavor Fund | $50,000 |
People Organizing To Demand Environmental & Economic Rights | Endeavor Fund | $100,000 |
Rework The Bay | Endeavor Fund | $100,000 |
San Francisco Rising | Endeavor Fund | $100,000 |
San Francisco Unified School District | Possibility Grants | $150,000 |
Sustainable Economies Law Center | Possibility Grants | $50,000 |
Young Womens Freedom Center | Possibility Grants | $3,000 |
Young Womens Freedom Center | Possibility Grants | $3,500,000 |
Youth Organize! California | Possibility Grants | $3,500,000 |
Youth Organize! California | Possibility Grants | $3,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
Anti-Defamation League | Possibility Grants | $150,000 |
Dayenu: A Jewish Call To Climate Action | Possibility Grants | $300,000 |
Glide Foundation | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $125,000 |
Graduate Theological Union | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $75,000 |
Interfaith America | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
Interfaith Council Of Alameda County | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $60,000 |
Islamic Networks Inc | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $60,000 |
Jewish Community Federation of SF, Marin, Peninsula & Sonoma Counties | Diversity is a Strength | $100,000 |
Jewish Community Relations Council Of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula | Building Partnerships for Social Justice | $100,000 |
Jews Of Color Initiative | Diversity is a Strength | $150,000 |
Join For Justice Inc | Diversity is a Strength | $100,000 |
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice | Diversity is a Strength | $25,000 |
New Pluralists | Diversity is a Strength | $150,000 |
Philanthropy For Active Civic Engagement | Diversity is a Strength | $25,000 |
Shalom Bayit | Diversity is a Strength | $60,000 |
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights | Diversity is a Strength | $100,000 |
The LUNAR Collective | Diversity is a Strength | $50,000 |
Union For Reform Judaism | Diversity is a Strength | $100,000 |
Urban Adamah | Diversity is a Strength | $50,000 |
Western States Center | Diversity is a Strength | $100,000 |
Wilderness Torah | Diversity is a Strength | $50,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
AAPI Force-EF | Diversity is a Strength | $50,000 |
Artist As First Responder | Diversity is a Strength | $50,000 |
Asian Pacific Fund | Diversity is a Strength | $50,000 |
Black Citizen | Community Organizing | $50,000 |
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation | Community Organizing | $50,000 |
Black Organizing Project Inc | Community Organizing | $50,000 |
Chinese Progressive Association | Community Organizing | $50,000 |
East Oakland Collective | Community Organizing | $50,000 |
Ella Baker Center For Human Rights In California | Community Organizing | $50,000 |
Greenlining Institute | Community Organizing | $50,000 |
Homeless Childrens Network | Health & Well-being | $50,000 |
LUNAR | Health & Well-being | $50,000 |
Next River | Health & Well-being | $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 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
A Safe Place | Health & Well-being | $30,000 |
Bayview Hunters Point YMCA | Health & Well-being | $10,000 |
Eden I & R Inc | Information & Referral | $30,000 |
International Rescue Committee Inc | Direct Services | $30,000 |
Legal Aid Association Of California | Legal Services | $30,000 |
Legal Link | Legal Services | $35,000 |
Mei Fong And Associates | Legal Services | $30,000 |
Raphael House Of San Francisco Inc | Direct Services | $10,000 |
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 | Responsive Grantmaking | $50,000 |
Black Funders Network Of The Bay Area | Responsive Grantmaking | $45,000 |
Boardsource | Responsive Grantmaking | $20,000 |
Candid | Responsive Grantmaking | $15,000 |
Center For Effective Philanthropy Inc | Responsive Grantmaking | $25,000 |
Color Congress | Responsive Grantmaking | $120,000 |
CTE TAY Hub | Responsive Grantmaking | $400,000 |
East Bay Community Foundation | Responsive Grantmaking | $50,000 |
Emerging Practitioners In Philanthropy | Philanthropic Field-Building | $30,000 |
Environmental Grantmakers Association | Philanthropic Field-Building | $3,560 |
Gamelan Sekar Jaya | Capital | $150,000 |
Goldman School of Public Policy | Responsive Grantmaking | $150,000 |
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants And Refugees | Philanthropic Field-Building | $5,000 |
Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | Philanthropic Field-Building | $6,000 |
Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | Philanthropic Field-Building | $70,000 |
Grantmakers In The Arts | Philanthropic Field-Building | $25,000 |
Jewish Funders Network | Philanthropic Field-Building | $2,500 |
Justice Funders | Philanthropic Field-Building | $12,500 |
Kingmakers Of Oakland | Responsive Grantmaking | $15,000 |
Kingmakers of Oakland | Responsive Grantmaking | $75,000 |
National Center For Family Philanthropy Inc | Responsive Grantmaking | $10,000 |
New Israel Fund | Responsive Grantmaking | $10,000 |
Northern California Grantmakers | Responsive Grantmaking | $50,000 |
Northern California Grantmakers | Philanthropic Field-Building | $18,000 |
PEAK Grantmaking | Philanthropic Field-Building | $30,000 |
PEAK Grantmaking Inc | Philanthropic Field-Building | $3,000 |
Philanthropy For Active Civic Engagement | Philanthropic Field-Building | $10,000 |
Solidaire Network Inc | Philanthropic Field-Building | $50,000 |
South West Community Corporation | Philanthropic Field-Building | $150,000 |
Urban Clinic | Philanthropic Field-Building | $90,000 |
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.
General Operating Support Project Support Capital