William and Alice Hinckley Fund

Gave $167K in 2024

San Francisco, California · EIN 94-6080975 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2024)$167K

Organizations funded4

Typical grant$20,000

Total assets$3.2M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $15,000 and $30,300.

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From the return

How to apply

The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):

Contact	Galen Workman
Address	1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco CA 94109
Phone	(415) 776-4580
Form and materials	There is no specific form for grant submission. A letter to gale workman is sufficient. Additional information if needed may be requested from applicant. Scholarship application forms are mailed in early February in response to letters of inquiry received by board members at the above address. Scholarships are awarded during the summer, 50% of the award disbursed in August and the remaining 50% is made at the end of the year, contingent on evidence of satisfactory education progress.
Deadlines	Grants - January 31; scholarships - March 31
Restrictions	Grants are restricted to non-profit organizations engaged in fostering religion, learning, and charity to the poor. Scholarships are restricted to graduate level students training for work in the helping professions.

Wording as filed; text the foundation typed in capitals is shown in normal case. 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.

Human Services1

Where it gives

25% of grants went outside California.

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Human Services grants in Massachusetts1 of its grant, $30K · 1,808 foundations

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
First Unitarian Universalist Society Sf	San Francisco, CA	General support	$53,600
Beloved Builders Inc	Florence, MA	General support	$30,300
Open Door Legal	San Francisco, CA	General support	$20,000
Name withheld	San Francisco, CA	General support	$15,000

The return also lists 7 grants to individuals ($48,250). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Name withheld: we could not match the recipient to an IRS-registered organization, and the name may be a person's. Amount, place and purpose are as filed.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$167,150	11
2023	$133,150	11

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 12, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503169349102505
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 94-6080975
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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