Community Initiatives

Grants Awarded

  • $5,000 2023

  • $100,000 2023

    To increase awareness and applications for in-state tuition and financial aid for undocumented Californians. $100,000

  • $30,000 2023

    For membership in the Black Funders Network of the Bay Area and to support its Cornerstone Campaign. $30,000 over two years (2023-2025)

  • $15,000 2022

    For membership in the Black Funders Network of the Bay Area and to support its Cornerstone Campaign. $15,000

  • $100,000 2022

    For Immigrants Rising, to remove barriers to in-state tuition and financial aid for undocumented Californians. $100,000

  • $15,000 2020

  • $50,000 2019

    For Immigrants Rising project, to develop the organizational structure and executive leadership needed for rapid growth. $50,000

  • $42,500 2019

    To reduce chronic absence of disadvantaged San Francisco children in the early grades. $42,500

  • $60,000 2019

    For the Parent Advisory Council project, to elevate parents' voices in shaping San Francisco Unified School District policies. $60,000

  • $100,000 2019

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $100,000

  • $200 2018

  • $3,000 2018

  • $150,000 2018

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $150,000

  • $3,000,000 2018

    To support the Educators for Fair Consideration project's California Campus Catalyst Fund, a program to expand support services to undocumented immigrants at campuses in California's public higher education systems. $3,000,000 over three years (2018-2021)

  • $20,000 2018

  • $90,000 2018

    To reduce chronic absence of disadvantaged San Francisco children in the early grades. $90,000

  • $10,000 2017

  • $150,000 2017

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $150,000

  • $60,000 2017

    To support the Educators for Fair Consideration project in helping undocumented Bay Area students access higher education. $60,000

  • $40,000 2017

    To support the Butler Koshland Fellowships project in launching new fellows for immigrant and LGBT rights. $40,000

  • $120,000 2017

    For the Parent Advisory Council project to elevate parents' voices in shaping San Francisco Unified School District policies. $120,000 over two years (2017-2019)

  • $100,000 2016

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $100,000

  • $50,000 2016

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $50,000

  • $50,000 2016

    For the Parent Advisory Council project to give parents a voice in shaping school district policies in San Francisco. $50,000

  • $35,000 2015

    For the Parent Advisory Council project to help parents shape San Francisco Unified School District's policies. $35,000

  • $60,000 2015

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $60,000

  • $30,000 2015

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $30,000

  • $25,000 2014

  • $70,000 2014

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $70,000

  • $10,000 2014

  • $30,000 2014

    To strengthen strategic communications to advance the work of Haas, Jr. Fund grantees. $30,000

  • $20,000 2013

  • $35,000 2013

    For Our Children, Our City: Renewing Public Investments for San Francisco's Future, to solicit input from community stakeholders for improved public funding and services that secure better outcomes for children and youth. $35,000

  • $15,000 2013