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Mimi and Peter Haas Fund

Accepts applications San Francisco, California · EIN 946064551

Mimi and Peter Haas Fund is a private foundation in San Francisco, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $15.5 million in 238 grants; the typical grant was $15,000 and the largest $2.8 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $13.7 million the year before.

26% 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 yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$13.7 million232$176 million
2024$15.5 million238$178 million

How to apply

ContactExecutive Director
201 Filbert Street 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone or email(415) 296-9249

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Mimi and Peter Haas Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 10 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California172$12.0 million
New York39$2.0 million
Massachusetts14$531,584
Pennsylvania3$250,000
Washington1$250,000
District of Columbia4$102,500
Maine1$37,168
Oregon1$25,000
Maryland2$15,000
Virginia1$2,500

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 238 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Tipping Point Community
San Francisco, CA
General operating support$2.8 million
Illuminate the Arts
San Francisco, CA
Bay lights 360 project$500,000
San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco, CA
Early education department, pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade initiative$470,425
Edvance
San Francisco, CA
San francisco early childhood education workforce development$450,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
"working in concert" campaign to renovate david geffen hall$400,000
Teach for America
Los Angeles, CA
General operating support$400,000
Sparksf Public Schools
San Francisco, CA
Literary curriculum adoption institutes$300,000
San Francisco Early Learning Alliance
San Francisco, CA
Annual support$280,000
Felton Institute
Alameda, CA
Model centers initiative 2024 dr. Martin luther king jr. And family developmental centers$273,918
Felton Institute
Alameda, CA
Model centers initiative 2023 dr. Martin luther king jr. And family developmental centers$261,412
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
Annual giving 2024-2025$260,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA
Dr. Paul nghiem's research in merkel cell carcinoma$250,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
Annual contribution fy 2024-2025$250,000
Tipping Point Community
San Francisco, CA
San francisco housing and homelessness$250,000
Compass Family Services
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2024$232,093
Cross Cultural Family Center
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2023, golden gate, leland, and richmond centers$228,375
Cross Cultural Family Center
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2024, golden gate, leland, and richmond centers$228,375
Compass Family Services
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2023$210,993
Council on Foreign Relations
New York, NY
Endowment for the council's national symposiums$200,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund
New York, NY
General operating support$200,000
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
2024 annual campaign$200,000
New Israel Fund
Philadelphia, PA
General operating support$200,000
South of Market Child Care
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2023, transbay and yerba buena gardens centers$187,500
South of Market Child Care
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2024, transbay and yerba buena gardens centers$187,500
The Surfrider Foundation
San Clemente, CA
Two surfrider retreats in 2024$170,000
Mission Neighborhood Centers
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2024 bayview children's campus$152,146
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Annual appeal$150,000
San Francisco Parent Coalition
San Francisco, CA
General operating support$150,000
Stillpoint Martha's Vineyard
Chilmark, MA
Capital improvements$150,000
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Sausalito, CA
Connections program$145,000
Mission Neighborhood Centers
San Francisco, CA
Model centers initiative 2023 bayview children's campus$140,477
Family & Child Empowerment Services San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Inclusion services at bayview hunters point cdc$102,800
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Kalmanovitz child development center general scholarship fund$100,000
Homeless Prenatal Program
San Francisco, CA
Childwatch/child development center$100,000
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
First thousand days initiative$100,000
Low Income Investment Fund
San Francisco, CA
Connecting children to nature$100,000
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Workforce housing project$100,000
Red Tab Foundation
San Francisco, CA
General operating support$100,000
Robin Hood Foundation
New York, NY
Robin hood benefit 2024$100,000
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Transform mental and behavioral health fund$100,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Mimi and Peter Haas Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Mimi and Peter Haas Fund give?

$15.5 million in tax year 2024, across 238 grants, with a typical grant of $15,000.

Who runs Mimi and Peter Haas Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists Miriam L Haas (Trustee/President), Ari A Lurie (Trustee) and Karina Moreno (Execut.dir/Secretary/Treasurer).

What does Mimi and Peter Haas Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and youth programs.

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