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Who does Gerson Bakar Foundation fund?

Gerson Bakar Foundation has awarded $1.2 billion across 208 grants to 107 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $500 and $475,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $12,500 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$1.2B
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
107
Grants
208
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 107 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
U Ucb Foundation $360.9M32022–20242024— —
U Ucsf Foundation $350.5M42021–20242024— —
U University of California San Francisco Foundation $99.8M120202020— —
I Individual recipient $90.4M32020–20222022— —
U Uc Berkeley Foundation $61.4M22020–20212021— —
U University of California Berkley $59.0M120212021— —
S Smith College $50.0M52020–20242024— —
J Jewish Family & Children Services $22.7M32022–20242024— —
S San Francisco General Hospital Foundation $15.0M42020–20242024— —
N Naval War College $10.5M120232023— —
Kqed INC $10.4M42020–20232023CA
California Academy of Sciences $8.8M52020–20242024CA
A Addison Labs Foundation $8.3M22023–20242024CA
S San Francisco Marin Food Bank $5.0M22020–20212021— —
San Francisco Food Bank $4.5M32022–20242024CA
A American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee INC $3.0M32022–20242024— —
J Jewish Family & Children's Services $3.0M120212021— —
B Baptist Health Foundation $2.0M120242024— —
J Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco $1.4M32021–20242024— —
Uc Berkeley Hillel $1.2M22020–20212021CA
C City and County of San Francisco $1.0M120202020— —
T The Exploratorium $900K32021–20232023— —
E Exploratorium $850K22020–20242024— —
The Alameda County Community Food Bank INC $502K22020–20212021CA
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco $500K22023–20242024CA
A Asian Art Museum $300K22020–20212021— —
That Man May See INC $225K52020–20242024CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art $125K52020–20242024CA
American Heart Association INC $100K120202020TX
I Individual recipient $60K32022–20242024— —
A Alzheimers Association Northern California $50K22021–20222022— —
San Francisco Playhouse $50K120202020CA
S Sfmoma $50K120202020— —
S Stanford University $50K22022–20232023— —
Hopewell Fund $49K22020–20232023DC
I Individual recipient $30K120202020— —
L Leading Edge Alliance INC $30K22020–20232023— —
Smithsonian Institution $25K120222022DC
Steinberg Institute $25K22022–20232023CA
E Epa Center $25K120242024— —
Jewish Community High School of the Bay $25K42020–20232023CA
Calmatters $20K120202020CA
T The Trustees of Stanford University $20K120212021— —
Birthright Israel Foundation $20K32020–20232023NY
P Pef Israel Endowment Funds INC $20K22020–20212021— —
T The Trustees of Stanford University Nephrology Research $15K120212021— —
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts $11K120232023DC
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America $10K120242024NY
M Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation INC $10K120202020— —
S Shalom Hartman Institute $10K120222022— —
Stanford Health Care 227 $10K120242024CA
Peninsula Jewish Community Center $10K120202020CA
The Contemporary Jewish Museum $10K120202020CA
College Track $10K120242024CA
S Sefaria INC $10K120242024NY
J Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation $10K120212021— —
T The Salvation Army $7K42020–20232023— —
C Children INC $6K32022–20242024— —
O Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California $6K32022–20242024— —
Mental Health America of California $5K120202020CA
E Etta $5K120212021— —
I Individual recipient $5K120212021— —
T The Washington Institute $5K120242024— —
Project Healthy Minds Corporation $5K120232023PA
Oakland Hebrew Day School $5K120232023CA
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center $5K120242024CA
I Individual recipient $5K120212021— —
I Individual recipient $5K120242024— —
J Jewish Community Relations Council $5K120232023— —
A American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra $5K120222022— —
C Children Incorporated $4K22020–20212021— —
G Galleria Studio 24 $4K22023–20242024— —
O Order of Malta Clinic Northern California $4K22020–20212021— —
Beyond Differences $4K42020–20232023CA
I Individual recipient $3K42020–20232023— —
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center INC $2K32020–20232023CA
East Bay Integrated Care INC $2K120232023CA
A Achieve Foundation $2K120202020— —
Bay Nature Institute $2K32021–20232023CA
L Loma Linda Univ Children's Hospital $1K120222022— —
A Aliso Niguel Hs Instrumental Music Booster $1K120212021— —
I Individual recipient $1K32020–20222022— —
J-SEI INC $1K42020–20242024CA
S San Francisco Community Health Center $1K120212021— —
C Chicana Latina Foundation $1K22020–20212021— —
Topaz Museum $1K42020–20242024UT
East Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $1K42020–20242024CA
Japanese American National Museum $1K32020–20242024CA
Densho $75032021–20242024WA
Conservation Society of California $75032020–20222022CA
S San Diego Spaniel Rescue $70032020–20222022CA
Theatre Bay Area $500120202020CA
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation $500120212021CA
Anti-Defamation League $500120232023NY
The College Preparatory School $500120222022CA
L Love Heals Free Clinics INC $500120232023— —
N National Wwi Museum $500120232023— —
B Bayshore PTO $49022023–20242024CA
L Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Foundation $400120212021— —
Feeding America $350120202020IL

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