Funding search · EIN 900653262 · San Francisco, CA

Phyllis C Wattis Foundation

Name: Phyllis C Wattis 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.

135
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $12,500
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Dancers' Group6 grants · $83,000
Somarts3 grants · $80,000
Counterpulse4 grants · $70,000
Womens Audio Mission3 grants · $60,750
Shotgun Players3 grants · $57,750
The Center for Cultural Innovation1 grant · $50,000
Kala Institute3 grants · $49,750
Brava for Women in the Arts3 grants · $49,000
Odc3 grants · $47,750
Axis Dance Company3 grants · $47,750

Giving over time

$859,500

2022

$531,000

2023

$484,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 135 grants.

$50,000
The Center for Cultural Innovation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
East Bay Artist Relief Fund - Pooled Funds
$45,000
Somarts · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Gen Op ($25,000) Artists Adaptability Circles ($20,000)
$30,000
Counterpulse · San Francisco, CA · 2022
general operating support
$30,000
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$30,000
Womens Audio Mission · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
Aurora Theatre Company · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
Bayview Opera House · San Francisco, CA · 2022
general operating support
$25,000
Brava for Women in the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
Kala Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
artist residencies and exhibitions programs
$25,000
Odc · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
Root Division · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
Shotgun Players · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$20,000
Somarts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Ubuntu Theater Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
"Autobiography of Red" by Lisa Ramirez
$20,000
Axis Dance Company · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$20,000
Fresh Meat Productions · San Francisco, CA · 2022
general operating support
$20,000
Immersive Arts Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Oakland Immersive Arts Festival/Local Artist Fees
$20,000
La Pena Cultural Center · Berkeley, CA · 2022
GenERAL OPERATING SUPPORT ($10,000) and Artist Adaptability Circles ($10,000)
$20,000
Northern California Grantmakers · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Arts Loan Fund - Pooled Funds
$20,000
Opera Parallle · San Francisco, CA · 2022
general operating support
$20,000
Project Bandaloop · Oakland, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$20,000
Southern Exposure · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$20,000
The Art Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
2022 San Francisco Artadia Award
$20,000
Zaccho Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$19,250
Shotgun Players · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$18,500
Robert Moses' Kin · San Francisco, CA · 2023
ONE Act Dances - Artistic Addition by Robert Moses
$18,250
Womens Audio Mission · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$17,500
Berkeley Ballet Theater · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Magma (Arty Party + Film) produced by Post:ballet
$17,500
Push Dance Company · San Francisco, CA · 2023
"Performable Posthumanism"
$17,500
Rawdance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
20th Anniversary Season
$17,500
Una · San Francisco, CA · 2023
"Beyond"
$17,200
The Living Earth Show · San Francisco, CA · 2023
"This Impossible Building"
$17,000
Joe Goode Performance Group · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$17,000
The Cutting Ball Theater · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$16,000
Intersection for the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support Blinkpopshift for "Art Museum from Bed"
$16,000
Playground · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$15,000
Anne Bluethenthal · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Calling Us In
$15,000
Canyon Cinema Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Print Generations
$15,000
Circuit Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Cyclonauts
$15,000
Counterpulse · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Dance House, by The Major S
$15,000
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
PIT, by Concept o4
$15,000
Del Sol Performing Arts Organizatio · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Songs of the Diaspora
$15,000
Factsf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Manchapravesh (entering the stage), by Ishami Dance Company
$15,000
Kulintang Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Burden of Proof
$15,000
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Interrogations, by composer David Dominique and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
$15,000
Magic Theatre · San Francisco, CA · 2024
The Boiling by Sunhui Chang
$15,000
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Comp · San Francisco, CA · 2024
A Community Quilting Project, by Soft Spaces for Hard Times
$15,000
San Francisco Contemporary Music Pl · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Temporal Tides: The Eco-acoustics of Shoreline Flux
$15,000
Somarts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
The Playwrights Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Resident Playwright Program Public Presentations
$15,000
Northern California Grantmakers · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Arts Loan Fund
$15,000
Project Bandaloop · Oakland, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$15,000
Intermusic Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$15,000
New Performance Traditions · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$14,800
Kinetech Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
"Palladium"
$14,250
Axis Dance Company · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$13,500
Axis Dance Company · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$13,500
Shotgun Players · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$13,500
Bayview Opera House · San Francisco, CA · 2023
general operating support
$13,000
The Lab Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$12,500
Counterpulse · San Francisco, CA · 2024
general operating support
$12,500
Fresh Meat Productions · San Francisco, CA · 2024
general operating support
$12,500
Kala Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$12,500
Opera Parallle · San Francisco, CA · 2024
general operating support
$12,500
Womens Audio Mission · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$12,500
Counterpulse · San Francisco, CA · 2023
general operating support
$12,500
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$12,500
Opera Parallle · San Francisco, CA · 2023
general operating support
$12,500
Intersection for the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support Diamond Wave's creation of four new works for 2023 THEYFRIEND nonbinary performance festival
$12,250
Fresh Meat Productions · San Francisco, CA · 2023
general operating support
$12,250
Kala Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$12,250
Odc · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$12,000
Brava for Women in the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$12,000
Project Bandaloop · Oakland, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$12,000
Brava for Women in the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$12,000
Frameline · San Francisco, CA · 2023
general operating support
$12,000
Root Division · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$12,000
Frameline · San Francisco, CA · 2022
general operating support
$12,000
Jess Curtisgravity · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$11,500
Zaccho Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$11,500
Zaccho Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$11,000
Frameline · San Francisco, CA · 2024
general operating support
$10,500
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$10,500
Odc · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$10,500
Root Division · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$10,500
Southern Exposure · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Operating Support
$10,000
Intersection for the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
SF Bay Area Contemporary Spotlight Series, by Moth Belly Gallery
$10,000
Northern California Grantmakers · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts Loan Fund
$10,000
Qcc-the Center for Lesbian Gay Bise · San Francisco, CA · 2024
general operating support
$10,000
Southern Exposure · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$10,000
New Performance Traditions · San Francisco, CA · 2023
for the charitable purposes of Brett Carson for "Tell Me a Bedtime Story (ABRAXAS)," an Opera.
$10,000
Qcc-the Center for Lesbian Gay Bise · San Francisco, CA · 2023
general operating support
$10,000
The Art Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
2023 San Francisco Artadia Award
$10,000
Theatre Rhinoceros Incorporated · San Francisco, CA · 2023
"The Pride of Lions" by Roger Q. Mason
$10,000
Alternative Theater Ensemble · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Rella Lossy Award winning Indigiqueer comedy Pueblo Revolt by Dillon Chitto
$10,000
Chinese Culture Foundation of Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Present Tense: Perilous Playground
$10,000
Circo Zero · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Operating Support
$10,000
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2022
rale by David Herrera Performance Company
$10,000
Dancers' Group · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Onwudiwe-(Mixtape DG2) by Afro Urban Society
$10,000
Fictional Artists Contemporary Thea · San Francisco, CA · 2022
general operating 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.