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Gerson Bakar Foundation

Name: 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.

111
grants reported: $751.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

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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.

Where the money goes

Nine-figure general support to UC Berkeley and UCSF foundations
Jewish family services and community institutions in San Francisco
Smith College, $10 million annually, unrestricted
San Francisco safety-net health: SF General Hospital Foundation, food bank
Bay Area science and culture: Cal Academy, Exploratorium, SFMOMA
Small personal gifts under $25,000 to dozens of local causes

Typical grant

The distribution is barbell-shaped. Median grant is $10,000 and half of all grants fall between $1,000 and $737,500, but two recipients, UC Berkeley Foundation and UCSF Foundation, absorb roughly 85 percent of the $752 million on file. The very large checks go to named university relationships and repeat annually at similar scale; the small checks look like personal charitable giving and also repeat, often at the exact same amount year over year.

Positioning adjacent work

Top recipients

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

Ucb Foundation3 grants · $360.9M
Ucsf Foundation3 grants · $276.5M
Smith College3 grants · $30.0M
Jewish Family & Children Services3 grants · $22.7M
Bakar Bioenguinuty Hub1 grant · $12.4M
Naval War College1 grant · $10.5M
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation2 grants · $10.0M
Addison Labs Foundation2 grants · $8.3M
California Academy of Sciences3 grants · $7.5M
San Francisco Food Bank3 grants · $4.5M

Giving over time

$327.0M

2022

$255.4M

2023

$169.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 111 grants.

$205.3M
Ucb Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$118.6M
Ucb Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$97.5M
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$96.5M
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$82.5M
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$37.0M
Ucb Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$12.4M
Bakar Bioenguinuty Hub · San Francisco, NY · 2022
General support
$10.5M
Naval War College · Newport, RI · 2023
General support
$10.3M
Jewish Family & Children Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10.0M
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2024
General support
$10.0M
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2023
General support
$10.0M
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2022
General support
$7.8M
Addison Labs Foundation · San Francisco, NY · 2024
General support
$6.8M
Jewish Family & Children Services · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$5.6M
Jewish Family & Children Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$5.0M
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$5.0M
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$2.5M
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$2.5M
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$2.5M
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$2.5M
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Baptist Health Foundation · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
General support
$1.2M
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1.0M
San Francisco Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1.0M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$475,000
Addison Labs Foundation · San Francisco, NY · 2023
General support
$300,000
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$300,000
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$300,000
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$250,000
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
That Man May See · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
That Man May See · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Epa Center · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
That Man May See · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Alzheimers Association Northern California · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$25,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$24,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Steinberg Institute · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$11,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
College Track · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Sefaria · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Stanford Health Care · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Jewish Community High School of the Bay · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Leading Edge Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Steinberg Institute · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Shalom Hartman Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Washington Institute · Washington Dc, WA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Together We Rise Corporation · Brea, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Jewish Community Relations Council · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Oakland Hebrew Day School · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Project Healthy Minds · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Jewish Community High School of the Bay · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$2,000
Children · North Chesterfield, VA · 2024
General support
$2,000
Galleria Studio 24 · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
Children · North Chesterfield, VA · 2023
General support
$2,000
East Bay Integrated Care · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2023
General support
$2,000
Galleria Studio 24 · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$2,000
Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$2,000
Children · North Chesterfield, VA · 2022
General support
$2,000
Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$2,000
The Salvation Army · Carson, CA · 2022
General support
$1,400
Loma Linda Univ Children'S Hospital · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$1,050
The Salvation Army · Carson, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Beyond Differences · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Beyond Differences · San Rafael, CA · 2022
General support
$750
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500
Bay Nature Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$500
Love Heals Free Clinics · Garden City, ID · 2023
General support
$500
National Wwi Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$500
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$500
Bay Nature Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$500
Japanese American National Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$500
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$500
Mabel Mattos Elementary Pta · Milpitas, CA · 2022
General support
$500
The College Preparatory School · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$400
Bayshore Pto · Daly City, CA · 2023
General support
$250
Densho · Seattle, WA · 2024
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.