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We are looking ahead to the future, ever dedicated to finding ways the Fund can make a unique contribution to this very special place in which we live.

Evelyn D. Haas

$695 million in grants,
71 years of change­making

Explore our digital timeline to learn more about the Fund’s work and to find out about the heroic accomplishments of the leaders and organizations we have the privilege of supporting.

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2023

2021

2021

Introducing The LeadersTrust

At the Haas, Jr. Fund, we know that strong, compassionate and capable leaders are key to fulfilling the promise of these and other movements for change. That’s why we are so excited to see how the Fund’s longstanding work to strengthen nonprofit and movement leadership has blossomed to become an independent entity, The LeadersTrust.

Alongside other funders, we launched The LeadersTrust earlier this year—and now this new organization is welcoming its first executive director, Sidney Hargro. Sidney is a nationally known leader with a career-long commitment to advancing racial equity and social justice through smart and innovative philanthropy. He is the right person to move The LeadersTrust into high gear as it sets out to support more people and organizations to deliver on their goals for their communities and the world.

2020

May
2020

Integrating Racial Equity in Nonprofit Work

Fist in the air at a rally

The Racial Equity to Accelerate Change (REACH) Fund awards $1.36 million in its second year of grantmaking. Launched in June 2019 by the Haas, Jr. Fund and other funders, the REACH Fund supports practitioners who are helping nonprofit organizations make racial equity a day-to-day priority in their work and operations.

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2019

June
2019

REACH Fund Boosts Race Equity Training for Nonprofits

The Reach Fund Photo by Borealis Philanthropy

Along with 11 funding partners, The Haas, Jr. Fund launches the REACH Fund to help make make racial equity a top priority for organizations and movements. The Fund awarded $1.2 million to eight inaugural grantees: organizations and practitioners providing racial equity learning and strategy consultative services to nonprofits.

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January
2019

Resource Leaders Fellowship Launched

Photo by Rockwood Institute

Resource Leaders, a new fellowship is launched by the Rockwood Leadership Institute and the Haas, Jr. Fund, to support social justice leaders. Participating fellows will get the tools and support they need to see themselves as changemakers in their own right, equipped to mobilize the people and resources that organizations need to transform communities for the better.

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2017

October
2017

New tools for supporting nonprofit talent

Photo by Jamie Thrower

Haas, Jr. Fund grantee and partner Fund the People publishes a comprehensive new toolkit for investing in the nonprofit workforce as a way to increase the sector’s impact. Linda Wood, senior director of the Haas Leadership Initiatives states, “This rich new resource is full of information that will help funders, nonprofits and others maximize their investments in talent and leadership.”

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April
2017

Philanthropy’s role in a challenging time

Stormy White House Photo by Amanjeev

The 100-day mark of the Trump administration is a time of reflection for philanthropy and its partners in the work of advancing rights and creating opportunities for immigrants, LGBT people, and other communities. Haas, Jr. Fund Vice President of Programs Cathy Cha joins the dialogue with three colleagues in an article for the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The article follows up on a presentation the group made at a Northern California Grantmakers debate.  

2015

2015

A new focus on fundraising challenges—and solutions

Abstract crowd Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg

The Fund launches research into key fundraising challenges facing nonprofits. Over the next year it publishes two new reports, Beyond Fundraising and Fundraising Bright Spots, as well as a series of blog posts focused on “learning out loud” about fundraising challenges and solutions in the sector.

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2014

2013

January
2013

Fundraising prompts a new conversation

Underdeveloped Report Cover, Nonprofit Leadership

The Fund and CompassPoint Nonprofit Services publish a groundbreaking report, UnderDeveloped, that spurs sector-wide talk about how to create a “culture of philanthropy” in nonprofit organizations.

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2012

2010

2010

The power of coaching

Lina Sheth discusses how coaching

As a leading philanthropic supporter of executive coaching, the Fund creates a series of short videos that provide firsthand accounts about the impact of coaching in the nonprofit sector.

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2009

2004

2004

Introducing The Flexible Leadership Awards

Man presents at a Flexible Leadership Awards Convening

The Fund introduces the Flexible Leadership Awards to help nonprofits and their leaders become even more effective. The program, which launches the following year, provides long-term leadership support to selected Fund grantees.

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1999

1999

Leadership is a new priority

Woman leader presenting at Urban Ecology conference

Fund directors approve a new grantmaking program for nonprofit leadership development.