Celebrating the vitality and beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area and its diverse people and cultures

Grants in this area are by invitation only and are generally made to organizations with whom the Fund has had a long term relationship.

We feel privileged to live and work in an area with extraordinary cultural and civic institutions, magnificent parks and public spaces, and exemplary community-wide initiatives that provide vital services to residents in need. Over the decades, the Haas, Jr. Fund has been a leading supporter of many of the organizations and institutions that make the Bay Area the special place that it is, and we intend to build on this work through special partnerships and initiatives in the years ahead.

Over the past five years (2003-2007), the Fund has made investments totaling nearly $43.3 million in this area.

Carrying on a tradition of giving exemplified by Evelyn and Walter A. Haas, Jr., the Fund also makes Critical Assistance grants that provide emergency food, clothing, shelter, transportation and other vital services for very low-income families and individuals. Over the past five years (2003-2007), the Fund has made grants totaling nearly $3.3 million in this area.

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for Crissy Field and the Presidio
$15.3 million since 1986 for Crissy Field
$7 million since 2007 for the Presidio as part of a $15 million challenge grant

San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund
$2.1 million since 1986

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
$18.9 million since 1973

Team-Up for Youth
$6.4 million since 1999 including $1.2 million of a pending $5.5 million challenge grant

University of California, Berkeley
$13.8 million since 1995 plus a pending $15 million challenge grant for the
Student Athlete High Performance Center

Freedom to Marry
$1.8 million since 2001

San Francisco Beacon Initiative
$2.1 million since 1994

San Francisco Symphony for Keeping Score: MTT on Music
$5 million since 2000 as part of a $10 million challenge grant

Violence Prevention
$2.1 million since 2006

Critical Assistance
$6.5 million since 1997

Communities of Opportunity
$1.1 million since 2005