OVERVIEW: The Ginnie and Peter Haas Jr. Fund supports education, immigration, health, human services and youth in the Bay Area of California.
IP TAKE: This funder has worked extensively in education in recent years. Unfortunately, it lacks transparency limiting information about its grantmaking practices.
PROFILE: The Ginnie and Peter Haas Jr. Fund, which has also gone by the name of the Peter E. Haas Jr. Fund, is part of the Haas legacy of giving in California. This particular Haas foundation is based in Novato. Peter Haas Jr. was born in 1947 to a Jewish family in San Francisco. He is a distant relative of Levi Strauss, the founder of the denim and clothing company, and was appointed manager of Levi Strauss Company in 1972. In addition to the Haas Fund, he has been involved with the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Red Tab Foundation, the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the Novato Youth Center Honorary Board and the San Francisco Foundation. The fund supports education, immigration, health, human services and youth in the Bay Area.
Little is know about the fund’s specific grantmaking priorities, but education has received the lion’s share of funding in recent years. Many grants have been administrated by the Marin County Foundation. Past grantees include Leland Stanford Junior University, Friends of Stafford Lake Bike Park, Youth Leadership Institute Ritter House and the Marin Child are Council. The Haas Fund has also supported the California Campus Catalyst, which supports undocumented students and families in Northern California.
This foundation does not appear accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The foundation’s principal officer is Thomas Peters, Ph.D., who is the president and CEO of the Marin Community Foundation. The phone number to reach the foundation staff is 415-464-2500.
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