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 | 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 | Creative Work Fund | $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 | Creative Work Fund | $100,000 |
San Francisco Community Agencies Responding To Disaster | Creative Work Fund | $100,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
Alameda Health System Foundation | Creative Work Fund | $100,000 |
All Due Respect | Creative Work Fund | $50,000 |
Bay Area Community Services Inc | Creative Work Fund | $100,000 |
Californians For Justice Education Fund | Creative Work Fund | $3,000 |
Californians For Justice Education Fund | Creative Work Fund | $25,000 |
Coleman Children And Youth Services | Creative Work Fund | $100,000 |
Coleman Children And Youth Services | Creative Work Fund | $25,000 |
Coleman Children And Youth Services | Creative Work Fund | $3,000 |
Communities For A Better Environment | Creative Work Fund | $100,000 |
East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy | Creative Work Fund | $3,500,000 |
East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy | Creative Work Fund | $3,000 |
East Bay Community Law Center | Creative Work Fund | $3,500,000 |
East Bay Community Law Center | Creative Work Fund | $3,000 |
Education Trust Inc | Creative Work Fund | $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 |
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 | Policy Grants | $60,000 |
Jewish Community Federation of SF, Marin, Peninsula & Sonoma Counties | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
Jewish Community Relations Council Of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
Jews Of Color Initiative | Policy Grants | $150,000 |
Join For Justice Inc | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice | Policy Grants | $25,000 |
New Pluralists | Policy Grants | $150,000 |
Philanthropy For Active Civic Engagement | Policy Grants | $25,000 |
Shalom Bayit | Policy Grants | $60,000 |
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
The LUNAR Collective | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Union For Reform Judaism | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
Urban Adamah | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Western States Center | Policy Grants | $100,000 |
Wilderness Torah | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
AAPI Force-EF | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Artist As First Responder | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Asian Pacific Fund | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Black Citizen | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Black Organizing Project Inc | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Chinese Progressive Association | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
East Oakland Collective | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Ella Baker Center For Human Rights In California | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Greenlining Institute | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Homeless Childrens Network | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
LUNAR | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Next River | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
OCCUR | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Planting Justice | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Urban Ed Academy | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
A Safe Place | Policy Grants | $30,000 |
Bayview Hunters Point YMCA | Policy Grants | $10,000 |
Eden I & R Inc | Policy Grants | $30,000 |
International Rescue Committee Inc | Policy Grants | $30,000 |
Legal Aid Association Of California | Policy Grants | $30,000 |
Legal Link | Policy Grants | $35,000 |
Mei Fong And Associates | Policy Grants | $30,000 |
Raphael House Of San Francisco Inc | Policy Grants | $10,000 |
Organization | Strategy | Amount |
---|---|---|
Able Works | Policy Grants | $5,000 |
Access Reproductive Justice | Policy Grants | $10,000 |
Alliance For Justice | Policy Grants | $5,000 |
Artists Television Access | Policy Grants | $10,000 |
Bay Area Young Survivors | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Black Funders Network Of The Bay Area | Policy Grants | $45,000 |
Boardsource | Policy Grants | $20,000 |
Candid | Policy Grants | $15,000 |
Center For Effective Philanthropy Inc | Policy Grants | $25,000 |
Color Congress | Policy Grants | $120,000 |
CTE TAY Hub | Policy Grants | $400,000 |
East Bay Community Foundation | Policy Grants | $50,000 |
Emerging Practitioners In Philanthropy | Policy Grants | $30,000 |
Environmental Grantmakers Association | Policy Grants | $3,560 |
Gamelan Sekar Jaya | Capital | $150,000 |
Goldman School of Public Policy | Capital | $150,000 |
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants And Refugees | Capital | $5,000 |
Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | Capital | $6,000 |
Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | Capital | $70,000 |
Grantmakers In The Arts | Capital | $25,000 |
Jewish Funders Network | Capital | $2,500 |
Justice Funders | Capital | $12,500 |
Kingmakers Of Oakland | Capital | $15,000 |
Kingmakers of Oakland | Capital | $75,000 |
National Center For Family Philanthropy Inc | Capital | $10,000 |
New Israel Fund | Community Designated Grants | $10,000 |
Northern California Grantmakers | Community Designated Grants | $50,000 |
Northern California Grantmakers | Community Designated Grants | $18,000 |
PEAK Grantmaking | Community Designated Grants | $30,000 |
PEAK Grantmaking Inc | Community Designated Grants | $3,000 |
Philanthropy For Active Civic Engagement | Community Designated Grants | $10,000 |
Solidaire Network Inc | Community Designated Grants | $50,000 |
South West Community Corporation | Community Designated Grants | $150,000 |
Urban Clinic | Community Designated Grants | $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