Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund
Preselected recipients only
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund is a private foundation in San Francisco, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $21.9 million in 180 grants; the typical grant was $33,250 and the largest $3.3 million. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$21.9 million
- Number of grants180
- Typical grant$33,250
- Largest grant$3.3 million
- Assets$484 million
- New grantees33%
Giving in 2024 was down from $24.4 million the year before.
33% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $24.4 million | 208 | $469 million |
| 2024 | $21.9 million | 180 | $484 million |
How to apply
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 13 states, the most to California.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 133 | $20.6 million |
| District of Columbia | 16 | $1.5 million |
| New York | 11 | $1.3 million |
| Illinois | 4 | $378,500 |
| Indiana | 1 | $345,000 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | $272,500 |
| Arizona | 2 | $120,500 |
| Maryland | 1 | $50,000 |
| Virginia | 1 | $20,000 |
| Oregon | 2 | $11,000 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tides Center | For the move the valley project to engage voters in the central valley. For the leaderstrust to provide flexible leadership awards to hjf grantees and support its growth as a self-sustaining entity, for emerging practitioners in philanthropy membership dues. | $3.3 million |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | Volunteer services grant; to the haas, jr. Fund single entity beneficiary fund at ggnpc for future improvements. For general support. For the trails forever dinner celebration. For the trails forever dinner celebration and annual renewal. | $2.2 million |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | To scale impact and expand the number of coaches and youth reached, and one-time support for the acceleration fundraising plan. Board services grant; for general support. | $1.6 million |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | To support season of sharing's research and innovative marketing experiments to engage younger and more diverse donors, and implementation of refreshed branding, positioning and fundraising strategies. To help raise and distribute emergency support to families and individuals in the bay area. For general support. | $1.5 million |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | To the four freedoms fund to educate and engage a national network of funders, promote immigrant civic participation and humane border policies, and coordinate rapid response for immigrant rights. To the four freedoms fund for rapid response support to advance narrative/strategic communications and ensure the safety and wellbeing of black migrants. | $750,000 |
| Foundation for California Community Colleges | 2024 fdn ca cmty colleges, arthur s. Marmaduke award (clg); for california college guidance initiative to begin to develop resources and materials for classroom use that will systematize a baseline of college and career guidance for middle and high school students. For ccgi to pilot resources and materials in a range of 9th-grade classes by teachers that will systematize a baseline of college and career guidance. For california student aid commission to continue to implement a student-facing and family-facing communications plan and tools that promote completion of the fafsa and cadda. For conference; for csac to amplify the extension of the ca financial aid deadline and provide updated guidance to students from mixed-status families on how to meet the deadline. | $690,000 |
| California Calls Education Fund | For voter engagement and democracy reform. To support the convening of we are california/project day one coalition, and narrative and agenda development. For the million voters project of california calls to engage voters in the 2024 election. | $650,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | To transform the student population and create a more welcoming and inclusive campus. For the institute for governmental studies project at uc berkeley to conduct polling and host events on democracy in california. To deepen student and staff othering, belonging and bridging practices at uc berkeley and to share lessons learned with the broader community. For the institute for governmental studies project at uc berkeley to translate its poll on california democracy into mandarin, cantonese, korean, and vietnamese for the first time. In memory of karl j. Uebel. | $640,750 |
| San Francisco Foundation | 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 | For sponsorship of fund the people's talent justice summit. For socal can to continue and expand the work to ensure first-generation, low-income, minority, and undocumented students have access to state and federal financial aid resources. For general support; for socal can to increase fafsa completion for low-income and mixed-status students to reduce the impact of new fafsa implementation. For the california native vote project to support leadership development and the training of organizers in native american communities. | $418,525 |
| Complete College America Inc | To develop a comprehensive roadmap for california's higher education systems to achieve the governor's college degree attainment goal of 70% of california adults (aged 25-64) earning degrees. To sponsor complete college america's annual convening: all in. | $345,000 |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | To advance the full civic inclusion of black, arab, middle eastern, southeast asian, and muslim refugee and immigrant communities. To support a new independent revenue generation project with support from the progressive multiplier fund. To support building a coalition to seek expanded language services for immigrant voters. | $320,000 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | For the development of a language access campaign. For the california initiative for technology and democracy project's community outreach as well as for the california common cause project's independent revenue generation experiment. For california common cause for democracy reform. | $305,000 |
| California Immigrant Policy Center | To advance the economic mobility of immigrant youth and strengthen regional advocacy and organizing infrastructure for the benefit of all immigrants in california. Over 18 months.; for colab to advance narrative change capacity building and collaboration across the immigrant rights field. | $300,000 |
| Campaign for College Opportunity | For education and advocacy efforts to increase college access and affordability in california. | $300,000 |
| Equivalence Systems | To accelerate the development of an ai platform to streamline the transfer process. | $300,000 |
| National Immigration Law Center | To advance legal protections and economic benefits for immigrants. | $300,000 |
| Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | To advance immigrant and voting rights for latino communities. | $275,000 |
| Pico California | To support faith-based organizing, civic engagement, narrative change, and leadership development. To support pico california's new year statewide leadership assembly in oakland. To study and improve voter engagement messaging and tactics. | $245,000 |
| Public Policy Institute of California | To support research on college access and success by the center for higher education at ppic. To support research on vote centers and drop boxes in voters choice act counties. | $225,000 |
| Working Partnerships USA | For coalition building and public education on the benefits of democracy dollars. To support the development and convening of a coalition seeking to educate about the potential for democracy dollars in san jose. | $225,000 |
| National Day Laborer Organizing Network | To advance policies that improve the lives of immigrant workers and pro-immigrant narratives. To strengthen membership-based movement lawyering to protect immigrant workers. | $220,000 |
| American Business Immigration Coalition | To seed efforts to scale business and employer coalitions in california to push back against deportations. To lead a nationwide coalition advancing legal and policy solutions, economic mobility, and strategic communications in support of immigrant rights. | $215,000 |
| California Competes | To california competes to strengthen its research and advocacy efforts on policy issues related to higher education and workforce development in california. To sponsor their 2025 nonpartisan higher education policy events. To sponsor their 2025 nonpartisan higher education policy events. | $215,000 |
| Immigrants Rising | For general support; for the higher education division to continue its advocacy and support for policies related to access and affordability in higher education for immigrant students. | $210,000 |
| Center for Community Change | To advance economic mobility and justice for immigrant communities. | $200,000 |
| City of Oakland | For the city of oakland's public ethics commission to add capacity to assist with the development and implementation of an equity-centered democracy dollars engagement plan. | $200,000 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees | To strengthen grassroots immigrant rights organizing and rapid response across california. | $200,000 |
| Justice Action Center | To advance strategic litigation, communications, and narrative change. | $200,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles | To advance the economic and academic wellbeing of immigrant college students in california. | $200,000 |
| Tides Foundation | For the orange county civic engagement table to support faith-based organizing, civic engagement, narrative change, and leadership development. | $200,000 |
| United We Dream Network | To protect immigrant youth, expand legal pathways, and advance strategic communications. | $200,000 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | For the oakland rising project to conduct voter engagement and leadership development in alameda county. For the bay rising project's government power project for leadership development and co-governance work. For the oakland rising project to develop an independent revenue generation project with support from the progressive multiplier fund. | $197,500 |
| The Institute for College Access and Success | To support ongoing education and advocacy efforts to increase college access and affordability in california. To cover registration fees and travel for three students and one ticas staff member to attend complete college america's annual conference. | $185,000 |
| National Immigration Forum | To strengthen support and center coalitions for immigration reform. | $175,000 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | For the asian americans and pacific islanders for civic empowerment education fund project to polling, research, and policy development to support aapi civic participation. To support aapi leadership development, and voter education and outreach. | $165,000 |
| National Skills Coalition | To advocate for immigrant inclusion and economic mobility through workforce development programs. | $163,000 |
| National Center for Civic Innovation | To the president's alliance on higher education and immigration for policy advocacy and technical assistance focused on immigrant and mixed-status families to address anticipated submission challenges related to the fafsa. | $150,075 |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern California | To support language access, expand voting rights, and defend and reform the california voting rights act. | $150,000 |
| Black Alliance for Just Immigration | To build organizing and service capacity to advance the rights of migrant families and youth. | $150,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Cathy Cha
- Marcos Orozco III
- Walter J Haas
- Elizabeth H Eisenhardt
- Robert D Haas
- Jesse Eisenhardt
- Elise Haas
- Walter A Haas III
Questions people ask
Does Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund accept grant applications?
No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.
How much does Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund give?
$21.9 million in tax year 2024, across 180 grants, with a typical grant of $33,250.
Who runs Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund?
Its 2024 filing lists Cathy Cha (President and Ceo), Marcos Orozco III (Secretary and Treasurer), Walter J Haas (Chair) and Elizabeth H Eisenhardt (Director) among 8 officers and trustees.
What does Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund fund?
Based on its grants, mainly human services, education and community development.