Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund

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Evelyn and Walter Hass, Jr. Fund
94-6068932 [1]
Legal status 501(c)(3) private foundation [1]
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States [1]
Cathy Cha [1]
Walter D. Haas [1]
Website www.haasjr.org

The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund is a private foundation established in 1953 by Evelyn D. Haas and Walter A. Haas Jr.

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As of 2019, the Fund has awarded nearly $625 million in philanthropic grants. [2]

Based in San Francisco, California, the Haas Fund supports nonprofit organizations and initiatives in five main program areas: Immigrant Rights and Integration; Gay and Lesbian Rights; Education Equity; Nonprofit Leadership; and Community Partnerships and Initiatives.

The foundation supports San Francisco Bay Area institutions such as the University of California, Berkeley and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, [3] and local efforts such as the San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund and the transformation of Crissy Field from a military base to an urban national park. [4]

History

Haas's great-great-uncle Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Bavaria, arrived in San Francisco in 1853 and started a dry-goods house that grew into a prosperous business and eventually became Levi Strauss & Co. A donor to organizations serving children and the poor, as well as the University of California, Berkeley, Strauss was credited in a 1902 obituary for his "numberless un-ostentatious acts of charity in which neither race nor creed were recognized." [5]

Evelyn and Walter's three children and three grandchildren are the foundation's Board Directors: Walter J. Haas, Robert D. Haas, Betsy Haas Eisenhardt, Elise Haas, Jesse Eisenhardt, and Walter A. Haas. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Return of Private Foundation". Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund. Guidestar/ December 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Financials at a Glance". Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund website. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 3 Nov 2020.
  3. ↑ Guthrie, Julian (1 July 2007). "THE HAAS LEGACY How one family's generosity and commitment to civic life are transforming the Bay Area". SF Gate. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Crissy Field". Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy website. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Fund History". Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund website. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Board of Directors". Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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