Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund
Invitation OnlySan Francisco, California · EIN 94-6068932 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$24.5M
Organizations funded180
Typical grant$32,500
Total assets$484M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $5,500 and $145,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
26% of grants went outside California.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | For the move the valley project to engage voters in the central valley. for the leaderstrust to provide flexible leadership awards to hjf… | $3,312,500 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | Volunteer services grant; to the haas, jr. fund single entity beneficiary fund at ggnpc for future improvements. for general support. for… | $2,179,400 |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | Oakland, CA | To scale impact and expand the number of coaches and youth reached, and one-time support for the acceleration fundraising plan. board… | $1,607,500 |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | San Francisco, CA | To support season of sharing's research and innovative marketing experiments to engage younger and more diverse donors, and implementation… | $1,524,500 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | To the four freedoms fund to educate and engage a national network of funders, promote immigrant civic participation and humane border… | $750,000 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | Sacramento, CA | 2024 fdn ca cmty colleges, arthur S. marmaduke award (clg); for california college guidance initiative to begin to develop resources and… | $690,000 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | For voter engagement and democracy reform. to support the convening of we are california/project day one coalition, and narrative and… | $650,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | To transform the student population and create a more welcoming and inclusive campus. for the institute for governmental studies project at… | $640,750 |
| San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | For the india basin equitable development plan fund to support the development of the india basin waterfront park. for general support. | $420,000 |
| Community Partners Inc | Los Angeles, CA | For sponsorship of fund the people's talent justice summit. for socal can to continue and expand the work to ensure first-generation,… | $418,525 |
| Complete College America Inc | Indianapolis, IN | To develop a comprehensive roadmap for california's higher education systems to achieve the governor's college degree attainment goal of… | $345,000 |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | City Heights, CA | To advance the full civic inclusion of black, arab, middle eastern, southeast asian, and muslim refugee and immigrant communities. to… | $320,000 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | For the development of a language access campaign. for the california initiative for technology and democracy project's community outreach… | $305,000 |
| California Immigrant Policy Center | Los Angeles, CA | To advance the economic mobility of immigrant youth and strengthen regional advocacy and organizing infrastructure | $300,000 |
| Campaign for College Opportunity | Los Angeles, CA | For education and advocacy efforts to increase college access and affordability in california. | $300,000 |
| Equivalence Systems | Oakland, CA | To accelerate the development of an ai platform to streamline the transfer process. | $300,000 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | To advance legal protections and economic benefits for immigrants. | $300,000 |
| Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Los Angeles, CA | To advance immigrant and voting rights for latino communities. | $275,000 |
| Pico California | Los Angeles, CA | To support faith-based organizing, civic engagement, narrative change, and leadership development. to support pico california's new year… | $245,000 |
| Public Policy Institute of California | San Francisco, CA | To support research on college access and success by the center for higher education at ppic. to support research on vote centers and drop… | $225,000 |
| Working Partnerships USA | San Jose, CA | For coalition building and public education on the benefits of democracy dollars. to support the development and convening of a coalition… | $225,000 |
| National Day Laborer Organizing Network | Pasadena, CA | To advance policies that improve the lives of immigrant workers and pro-immigrant narratives. to strengthen membership-based movement… | $220,000 |
| American Business Immigration Coalition | Chicago, IL | To seed efforts to scale business and employer coalitions in california to push back against deportations. to lead a nationwide coalition… | $215,000 |
| California Competes | Oakland, CA | To california competes to strengthen its research and advocacy efforts on policy issues related to higher education and workforce… | $215,000 |
| Immigrants Rising | San Francisco, CA | For general support; for the higher education division to continue its advocacy and support for policies related to access and… | $210,000 |
| Center for Community Change | Washington, DC | To advance economic mobility and justice for immigrant communities. | $200,000 |
| City of Oakland | Oakland, CA | For the city of oakland's public ethics commission to add capacity to assist with the development and implementation of an equity-centered… | $200,000 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees | Petaluma, CA | To strengthen grassroots immigrant rights organizing and rapid response across california. | $200,000 |
| Justice Action Center | Los Angeles, CA | To advance strategic litigation, communications, and narrative change. | $200,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | To advance the economic and academic wellbeing of immigrant college students in california. | $200,000 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | For the orange county civic engagement table to support faith-based organizing, civic engagement, narrative change, and leadership… | $200,000 |
| United We Dream Network | Washington, DC | To protect immigrant youth, expand legal pathways, and advance strategic communications. | $200,000 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | For the oakland rising project to conduct voter engagement and leadership development in alameda county. for the bay rising project's… | $197,500 |
| The Institute for College Access and Success | Oakland, CA | To support ongoing education and advocacy efforts to increase college access and affordability in california. to cover registration fees… | $185,000 |
| National Immigration Forum | Washington, DC | To strengthen support and center coalitions for immigration reform. | $175,000 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | San Francisco, CA | For the asian americans and pacific islanders for civic empowerment education fund project to polling, research, and policy development to… | $165,000 |
| National Skills Coalition | Washington, DC | To advocate for immigrant inclusion and economic mobility through workforce development programs. | $163,000 |
| National Center for Civic Innovation | New York, NY | To the president's alliance on higher education and immigration for policy advocacy and technical assistance focused on immigrant and… | $150,075 |
| Aclu Foundation of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | To support language access, expand voting rights, and defend and reform the california voting rights act. | $150,000 |
| Black Alliance for Just Immigration | Brooklyn, NY | To build organizing and service capacity to advance the rights of migrant families and youth. | $150,000 |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | To strengthen immigrant rights movement litigation. to support legal pathways and economic mobility for immigrant communities. | $150,000 |
| First Gen Empower | Hayward, CA | For project support to immediately help college-access organizations support undocumented students in completing cadaa. for one year for… | $150,000 |
| Inland Empire United Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | To support civic engagement and leadership development in the inland empire. | $150,000 |
| The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights | Chicago, IL | To protect and advance the wellbeing of immigrant and refugee children. | $150,000 |
| Uaspire | Boston, MA | For general support to uaspire to assist in the statewide growth of the free application for federal student aid (fafsa) and california… | $150,000 |
| Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc | New York, NY | To advance the rights of asylum seekers in the united states. to convene and build the capacity of membership-based immigrant rights… | $145,000 |
| Catalyst California | Los Angeles, CA | To support efforts to create a coalition space to explore campaign finance reform and establish a coalition in orange county to explore… | $135,500 |
| Power California | Los Angeles, CA | To support youth focused civic and voter engagement statewide. | $135,000 |
| Beyond 12 Education Inc | Oakland, CA | To pilot a virtual coaching program at UC riverside that helps students navigate the re-enrollment process and persist to degree attainment. | $125,000 |
| Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice | San Bernardino, CA | To strengthen services, civic engagement, and economic opportunities for immigrants in the inland empire. | $125,000 |
| Oakland Kids First | Oakland, CA | For research, advocacy, organizing, coalition leadership, implementation monitoring, and voter engagement in support of the success of vote… | $125,000 |
| Senior Class Project | Santa Monica, CA | For three frames to launch a marketing strategy and national impact campaign to raise awareness of documentary series, the class, on pbs. | $125,000 |
| California Black Power Network | Long Beach, CA | To strengthen a statewide network of black-led and black-serving community based organizations seeking to dismantle systemic and anti-black… | $120,000 |
| Aliento Education Fund | Phoenix, AZ | To support immigrant youth leadership development and engagement. | $115,000 |
| Define American | Los Angeles, CA | To advance narrative change and strengthen digital narrative change infrastructure. for general support in honor of jose antonio vargas and… | $113,500 |
| Council on American-Islamic Relations California | Anaheim, CA | To support afghan immigrant and refugee integration, pathway to citizenship, and youth development in the sacramento valley. | $110,000 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | For the 2024 democracy fund at the california community foundation to support civic engagement. 2025 lapefc membership | $105,000 |
| Bay Area Hybrid College Initiative | Richmond, CA | To solidify the rivet school bridge program in oakland. for general support. | $103,400 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | For free press to combat mis- and disinformation in non-english languages, organize civil society leaders and public interest groups, and… | $100,500 |
| America's Voice Educational Fund | Washington, DC | To strengthen strategic communications capacity and rapid response efforts in the immigrant rights movement. | $100,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 180 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign for College Opportunity | Los Angeles, CA | For education and advocacy efforts to increase college access and affordability in california. | $1,400,000 |
| Asian Law Caucus | San Francisco, CA | For work to ensure an inclusive, multiracial democracy by protecting voting rights of immigrant communities. | $1,330,000 |
| Pico California | Los Angeles, CA | To support faith-based organizing, civic engagement, narrative change, and leadership development. | $1,200,000 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | For the orange county civic engagement table to support faith-based organizing, civic engagement, narrative change, and leadership… | $1,200,000 |
| Immigrants Rising | San Francisco, CA | For the higher education division to continue its advocacy and support for policies related to access and affordability in higher education… | $400,000 |
| Community Partners Inc Ste 240 | Los Angeles, CA | For socal can to continue and expand the work to ensure first-generation, low-income, minority, and undocumented students have access to… | $350,000 |
| Public Policy Institute of California | San Francisco, CA | To support research on college access and success by the center for higher education at ppic. | $350,000 |
| Inland Empire United Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | To support civic engagement and leadership development in the inland empire. | $300,000 |
| Power California | Los Angeles, CA | To support youth focused civic and voter engagement statewide. | $270,000 |
| Aclu Foundation of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | To support language access, expand voting rights, and defend and reform the california voting rights act. | $225,000 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | For the bay rising project's government power project for leadership development and co-governance work. | $200,000 |
| Central Valley Partnership | Fresno, CA | To develop and support a coalition seeking to defend and expand access to the california voting rights act. | $200,000 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | For free press to combat mis- and disinformation in non-english languages, organize civil society leaders and public interest groups, and… | $175,000 |
| Oakland Kids First | Oakland, CA | For research, advocacy, organizing, coalition leadership, implementation monitoring, and voter engagement in support of the success of vote… | $175,000 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA | To support building a coalition to expand access to voting opportunities for immigrants. | $100,000 |
| Yolo Community Foundation | Woodland, CA | To support the yolo county leadership academy project to develop diverse leadership focused on equity at clerk, recorder, assessor, and… | $80,000 |
| Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma | San Francisco, CA | For general support. | $50,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24,500,000 | 197 |
| 2023 | $24,200,000 | 229 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503189349103615
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 94-6068932
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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