Bella Vista Foundation
Historical FunderSan Francisco, California · EIN 94-3345967 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$3.8M
Organizations funded105
Typical grant$35,000
Total assets$68.4M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $50,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | STEFANI WILLIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
|---|---|
| Address | 1660 BUSH STREET SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94109 |
| Phone | 4155616540 |
| Form and materials | FOR GUIDELINES AND MORE INFO ABOUT THIS FOUNDATION, SEE WWW.BELLAVISTAFOUNDATION.ORG |
| Deadlines | FOR GUIDELINES AND MORE INFO ABOUT THIS FOUNDATION, SEE WWW.BELLAVISTAFOUNDATION.ORG |
| Restrictions | FOR GUIDELINES AND MORE INFO ABOUT THIS FOUNDATION, SEE WWW.BELLAVISTAFOUNDATION.ORG |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
20% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Freshwater Trust | Portland, OR | Driving new conservation funding and coordinated investment to restoration | $120,000 |
| California Trout | San Francisco, CA | Klamath basin salmon recovery and habitat restoration | $100,000 |
| Mid Klamath Watershed Council | Orleans, CA | Western klamath restoration partnership, wkrp | $75,000 |
| Family Connections Centers | San Francisco, CA | Building a foundation of early care and family support | $60,000 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | General support of reading partners san francisco | $60,000 |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | Nevada City, CA | General support | $60,000 |
| Tandem Partners in Early Learning | San Francisco, CA | San francisco programs and operations | $60,000 |
| The Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | Restoring spring chinook to the mid-klamath | $60,000 |
| Buckelew Programs | Novato, CA | For support of services provide through LA maternidad y esperanza | $55,000 |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | San Jose, CA | Safe, secure and loved: resilient families | $55,000 |
| Deschutes River Conservancy | Bend, OR | General support | $53,000 |
| 826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA | 826 valencias early literacy program | $50,000 |
| American Rivers Inc | Washington, DC | Building collaborative partnerships for enhanced watershed resilience | $50,000 |
| Blue Mountain Land Trust | Walla Walla, WA | Stewardship associate - phipps meadow project manager | $50,000 |
| Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County | San Jose, CA | The new beginnings program | $50,000 |
| Cora Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse | San Mateo, CA | Bilingual support groups for victims of domestic violence and trauma-informed services for their children | $50,000 |
| Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Enhanced parenting | $50,000 |
| Homeless Children's Network | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $50,000 |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | San Francisco, CA | Wellness services | $50,000 |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | San Francisco, CA | Jumpstart: strengthening the early education sector | $50,000 |
| Mujeres Unidas Y Activas | San Francisco, CA | For support of the apapachos (warm embraces) in alameda and san francisco | $50,000 |
| Parent Services Project Inc | San Rafael, CA | Aprendiendo juntos/learning together | $50,000 |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | Petaluma, CA | Increasing the pace, scale, and efficacy of meadow restoration in the sierra nevada | $50,000 |
| Project Avary Inc | San Rafael, CA | General support | $50,000 |
| Sierra Streams Institute | Nevada City, CA | For general support | $50,000 |
| South Fork John Day Watershed Council | John Day, OR | $25,000 for general support and $25,000 for the john day basin partnership | $50,000 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | 2022-25 program support for bay area literacy programming | $50,000 |
| Starvista | Burlingame, CA | Support of early childhood mental health consultation and healthy homes in san mateo county | $50,000 |
| The Sierra Fund | Auburn, CA | Resilient sierra nevada watersheds | $50,000 |
| Gum Moon Residence Hall | San Francisco, CA | The early childhood development and parent support program | $45,000 |
| Safe & Sound | San Francisco, CA | Integrated family support for children prenatal to 3 and their caregivers | $45,000 |
| Somos Mayfair Inc | San Jose, CA | Activities of family resource centers focused on families / caregivers of children ages 0-3 | $45,000 |
| Sustainable Northwest | Portland, OR | For advancing climate resilience, restoration and social justice in the upper klamath basin | $45,000 |
| A Home Within | Oakland, CA | To support sf implementation of building practice in community program | $40,000 |
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | San Francisco, CA | To support in-school mental health program | $40,000 |
| At the Crossroads | San Francisco, CA | For general support | $40,000 |
| Blue Mountains Forest Partners | Mount Vernon, OR | General support | $40,000 |
| California Heritage Indigenous Research Project | Nevada City, CA | For watershed restoration | $40,000 |
| Hoopa Valley Tribe | Hoopa, CA | Restoring the trinity river | $40,000 |
| Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center(Lyric) | San Francisco, CA | General support | $40,000 |
| Lotus Bloom | Oakland, CA | For general program support of multicultural family resource centers serving families with children ages 0-3 years old in oakland. | $40,000 |
| Maidu Summit Consortium | Chester, CA | General support | $40,000 |
| Modoc Nation | Miami, OK | To support modoc homeland efforts | $40,000 |
| Oregon Wild | Portland, OR | Restoring & protecting ecosystems in the upper deschutes and john day basins | $40,000 |
| Postpartum Support Center | San Rafael, CA | General operating support | $40,000 |
| San Francisco Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | High-Impact literacy tutoring in sfusd | $40,000 |
| San Jose Grail Family Services | San Jose, CA | Birth and beyond family empowerment | $40,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | The infant parent programs perinatal mental health service project | $40,000 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | Northern sierra and klamath conservation programs | $40,000 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support (oasis for girls) | $40,000 |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | Arlington, VA | For implementing process based restoration in critical watersheds through partnership | $40,000 |
| North Fork John Day Watershed Council | Long Creek, OR | For general support | $37,000 |
| Central Oregon Forest Stewardship Foundation | Bend, OR | For deschutes collaborative forest project | $35,000 |
| Lincoln | Oakland, CA | Trauma-Informed playgroups at the mandela family resource center | $35,000 |
| Mount St Joseph-St Elizabeth | San Francisco, CA | The parent-child center | $35,000 |
| One Life Counseling Center | San Carlos, CA | For the parent and child support program | $35,000 |
| Peninsula Family Connections | Palo Alto, CA | The nurturing families project | $35,000 |
| Spark Sf Public Schools | San Francisco, CA | Each and every by name | $35,000 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | Conserving and restoring oregons watersheds and forests through collaboration | $35,000 |
| Wu Yee Children's Services | San Francisco, CA | Perinatal to three family support programs | $35,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 105 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | General support of reading partners san francisco | $120,000 |
| Tandem Partners in Early Learning | San Francisco, CA | San francisco programs and operations | $120,000 |
| Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County | San Jose, CA | The new beginnings program | $100,000 |
| Project Avary Inc | San Rafael, CA | General support | $100,000 |
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | San Francisco, CA | To support in-school mental health program | $80,000 |
| At the Crossroads | San Francisco, CA | For general support | $80,000 |
| Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center(Lyric) | San Francisco, CA | General support | $80,000 |
| San Francisco Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | High-Impact literacy tutoring in sfusd | $80,000 |
| Mid Klamath Watershed Council | Orleans, CA | Western klamath restoration partnership, wkrp | $75,000 |
| Community Institute for Psychotherapy | San Rafael, CA | School-Based services and student and family counseling support | $60,000 |
| Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc | San Francisco, CA | For huckleberry teen health program (hthp) | $60,000 |
| Larkin Street Youth Services | San Francisco, CA | For youth services wellness program | $60,000 |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | Nevada City, CA | General support | $60,000 |
| The Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | Restoring spring chinook to the mid-klamath | $60,000 |
| Deschutes River Conservancy | Bend, OR | General support | $53,000 |
| Blue Mountain Land Trust | Walla Walla, WA | Stewardship associate - phipps meadow project manager | $50,000 |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | Petaluma, CA | Increasing the pace, scale, and efficacy of meadow restoration in the sierra nevada | $50,000 |
| Reach Out and Read Bay Area | Hayward, CA | General support of reach out and read san francisco | $50,000 |
| Sierra Streams Institute | Nevada City, CA | For general support | $50,000 |
| Blue Mountains Forest Partners | Mount Vernon, OR | General support | $40,000 |
| Lotus Bloom | Oakland, CA | For general program support of multicultural family resource centers serving families with children ages 0-3 years old in oakland. | $40,000 |
| Oregon Wild | Portland, OR | Restoring & protecting ecosystems in the upper deschutes and john day basins | $40,000 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support(oasis for girls) | $40,000 |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | Eugene, OR | For restoring salmon to klamath river tributaries | $25,000 |
| Legacy Global Programs | Mesa, AZ | For reviving blue sky(new leaf climate partners) | $15,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,794,274 | 130 |
| 2023 | $4,040,372 | 114 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 23, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202502969349100865
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 94-3345967
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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