Andersen Foundation

About Andersen Foundation

A defining pattern for Andersen Foundation is its support for law school education alongside community grants in the cities where Andersen has offices. The largest recent grant on file is $458,495 to the University of San Francisco for general support for the School of Law, followed by additional School of Law grants of $200,000 in 2025 and $150,595 in 2024. That law-school support sits next to a separate stream of local nonprofit funding, where grants are tied to immediate community needs, disaster relief, and educational support. The foundation also shows a clear memorial and employee-linked dimension in its scholarship and giving portfolio. Recent grants include $25,000 to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in memoriam of a deceased former employee of Arthur Andersen LLP, and $25,000 to Garden of Dreams in New York in memoriam of a deceased former employee of Arthur Andersen LLP. Other grants connect to communities in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Orange County, showing a multi-city pattern rather than a single-issue strategy.

What Andersen Foundation Funds

Education appears in two distinct forms in Andersen Foundation’s grantmaking. In higher education, the foundation gave $458,495 to the University of San Francisco for general support for the School of Law, and later repeated support with $200,000 in 2025 and $150,595 in 2024. It also funds scholarships for employees and family members, including the Andersen Foundation Future Tax Leaders Scholarship, which supports current college students entering the professional services industry and tax profession. Community support is another consistent lane. The foundation awarded $40,000 to Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose to support needs in the greater San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose communities, and $25,000 to Saint Marys Center for the same regional purpose. It also gave $25,000 to Veteran's Legal Institute for the greater Los Angeles community and $20,000 to Homeless Children's Education Fund for the greater Pittsburgh community. Memorial-designated giving shows up in health and family-related institutions as well. Massachusetts General Hospital received $25,000 in memory of a deceased former employee of Arthur Andersen LLP.

How Andersen Foundation Gives