Pam David Talks on 10%
Pam David was interviewed by David Perry here, talking about Openhouse and giving insights into the intersection of her activism, public service and leadership of the Fund. Pam is a 2014 recipient of Openhouse’s Adelman/Gurevitch Founders Award (and Marcy Adelman interviews Pam here), and has rich perspective on the history, and the future, of San Francisco’s
Philanthropist of the Year Award: Amanda Feinstein
We are so pleased to announce that Amanda Feinstein, Senior Program Officer for Economic Security at the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, has been awarded the Philanthropist of the Year Award by the California Asset Building Coalition for her work with Asset Funders Network. CABC writes Chosen from among a pool of grantmakers from across
Be Counted! The Economic and Social Impact Study of California’s Nonprofit Sector
The Fund invites its grantees (and all California nonprofits) to participate in a new study being promoted by CalNonprofits that is collecting the characteristics and impact of California’s large and diverse nonprofit sector, highlighting the impacts nonprofits have on communities and their role as leaders of innovation. CalNonprofits writes To our knowledge, this will be the first
Pam David Quoted in the Chron
Steven Winn’s story, SF Bay Area Philanthropy Runs Deep, which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday October 20, 2013, gives a look back to philanthropy in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the digital age. Executive Director, Pam David, is quoted in the article remarking on the notable contributions from Jewish philanthropists.
10/28 Phone System Up at the Fund
Trying to reach us on the phone? The Fund is was having a temporary outage of our phone service, which we hope to resolved this morning. by Monday afternoon, October 28th If you ever need to reach us without using a phone, try email: For grant-related inquiries: [email protected] For all other inquiries: [email protected] Thanks!
New Grants in July
The Fund’s Board of Trustees met in July and approved $1.52M in grants to 28 organizations. With these decisions, the Fund’s 2013 support of vital organizations working in the arts, economic security, education and Jewish life comes to nearly $7.3M. Details are here, along with information about all of our grants made or renewed in the past two
Signing On: Philanthropy’s Promise
The Fund has signed on to Philanthropy’s Promise, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s initiative which values a focus on marginalized communities and high-impact, socially just strategies that promote positive social change. By signing, we are not just underscoring the alignment of our values with a diverse group over 150 of big and small private foundations, corporate foundations,
A Little Housekeeping: Grantseeker Proposal Resources
Grantseekers invited to submit full proposals should check our resource page for new templates and updates to our submission process: A new cover sheet, now a PDF form, has been redesigned to allow for secure, digital signatures. Budget templates now include in-line help, automatic calculations, and flexible line items that allow applicants to fully describe
New Grants in April
The Fund’s Board of Trustees met in early April and approved $1.71M in grants to 21 organizations. With these decisions, the Fund’s 2013 support of vital organizations working in the arts, economic security, education and Jewish life comes to nearly $3.6M. Details are here, along with information about all of our grants made or renewed in the
