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Barbara and Gerson Bakar Foundation

Name: Barbara and Gerson Bakar Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

129
grants reported: $16.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship student reimbursement tuition expense fees

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Baptist Health Foundation3 grants · $4.8M
Ucsf Foundation3 grants · $1.5M
Archbishop Riordan High School5 grants · $1.4M
Holy Names High School6 grants · $1.3M
Uc Berkeley Foundation3 grants · $1.2M
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco3 grants · $1.0M
Notre Dame High School3 grants · $777,503
Mercy High School3 grants · $378,700
Boston Plastic & Oral Surgery Foundation3 grants · $330,921
San Francisco Playhouse3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$6.5M

2022

$4.7M

2023

$4.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 129 grants.

$3.3M
Baptist Health Foundation · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
General support
$1.0M
Baptist Health Foundation · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
General support
$600,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$597,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
General support
$540,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$525,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$494,427
Notre Dame High School · Belmont, CA · 2023
Tuition expense reimbursement
$470,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$440,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$385,035
Holy Names High School · Oakland, CA · 2023
Tuition expense reimbursement
$313,091
Holy Names High School · Oakland, CA · 2024
Tuition expense reimbursement
$311,153
Holy Names High School · Oakland, CA · 2022
Tuition expense reimbursement
$300,000
Archbishop Riordan High School · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$295,966
Archbishop Riordan High School · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Tuition expense reimbursement
$293,000
Archbishop Riordan High School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Tuition expense reimbursement
$279,423
Archbishop Riordan High School · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Tuition expense reimbursement
$275,668
Notre Dame High School · Belmont, CA · 2024
Tuition expense reimbursement
$250,000
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$200,000
Archbishop Riordan High School · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$166,058
Mercy High School · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Tuition expense reimbursement
$150,000
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$120,282
Mercy High School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Tuition fees reimbursement
$110,307
Boston Plastic & Oral Surgery Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$110,307
Boston Plastic & Oral Surgery Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$110,307
Boston Plastic & Oral Surgery Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Hebrew Free Loan Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Holy Names High School · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Jewish Family & Children'S Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Hebrew Free Loan Association · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Holy Names High School · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Oakland Museum of California · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Holy Names High School · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Oakland Museum of California · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
San Francisco Playhouse · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$96,000
Um Bascom Palmer Eye · Miami, FL · 2023
General support
$92,360
Mercy High School · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Tuition expense reimbursement
$75,000
Champion Charities · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Ucsf Benioff Children'S Hospital Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Ucsf Benioff Children'S Hospital Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Ucsf Benioff Children'S Hospital Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$60,000
Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$60,000
Berkeley Repertory Theatre · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Bridge Housing · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Champion Charities · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Ucsf Cardiology Council · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Bridge Housing · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Champion Charities · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Chronicle Season of Sharing · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Hebrew Free Loan Association · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Ucsf Cardiology Council · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Jewish Vocational Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Jewish Vocational Services · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Jewish Vocational Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Uc Berkeley Real Estate Forum · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Uc Berkeley Real Estate Forum · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Uc Berkeley Real Estate Forum · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Center for Independent Living · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Computer Technologies Program · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Center for Independent Living · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Computer Technologies Program · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Center for Independent Living · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Computer Technologies Program · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2024
General support
$15,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2023
General support
$15,000
Nestor Orozco-Llamas · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Student scholarship
$15,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022
General support
$15,000
Jamm Magaling · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Student scholarship
$15,000
Nestor Orozco-Llamas · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Student scholarship
$13,900
Peninsula Jewish Community Center · Foster City, CA · 2022
General support
$10,667
Maximiliano Beas · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Student scholarship
$10,000
Brightright Israel Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Children'S Wisconson Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$10,000
National AIDS Memorial · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Northern Nevada Math Club · Sparks, NV · 2023
General support
$10,000
San Francisco Hillel · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Center for Independent Living · Alameda, CA · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.