Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
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About Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
The Mimi and Peter Haas Fund concentrates its philanthropic dollars on a single Bay Area intermediary, providing substantial, repeated support to Tipping Point Community. Their giving indicates a focus on large-scale, local anti-poverty and social safety-net work delivered via an effective regional grantmaking organization. This suggests the fund prioritizes impact through a trusted partner rather than many small grantees.
Focus Areas
Bay Area poverty alleviation via intermediary grantmakerSupport for social safety-net programs in San Francisco Bay AreaCapacity and flexible funding for a regional nonprofit intermediary (Tipping Point Community)
Who They Fund
young children (pre-K to 3rd grade)early childhood educators (including Black early educator candidates)low-income families and neighborhood-based communities (Bayview, Sunnydale, Tenderloin-type centers)people experiencing housing instability / homelessness in San Franciscomedical researchers / cancer research community
About Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
A defining feature of the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund is its repeated, large support for Tipping Point Community, including a $2,750,000 grant in 2025 and additional seven-figure awards in prior years. That pattern points to a funder that uses a single regional intermediary to channel substantial resources into Bay Area anti-poverty work and social safety-net services. The fund also backs early childhood initiatives, family development centers, housing and homelessness support, and selected arts, education, and medical-research projects. The grant list shows a blend of operating support and targeted project funding. In San Francisco, the fund has supported the Early Learning Alliance, Edvance, the San Francisco Unified School District, and Felton Institute’s model centers work for children and families. Outside that core local pattern, it has made larger grants to arts institutions in New York, including The Shed and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for Merkel cell carcinoma research. The foundation’s giving is regional overall, but its recent grants reveal a consistent emphasis on Bay Area institutions and a small set of recurring partners.
What Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Funds
Early childhood education is a visible strand of the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund’s giving. In 2025, it gave $470,425 to San Francisco Unified School District for the Early Education Department, pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade initiative, and it also awarded $450,000 to Edvance for San Francisco early childhood education workforce development. Family and neighborhood-based services appear through Felton Institute, which received $273,918 in 2025 for the Model Centers Initiative 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Family Developmental Centers, after similar awards in earlier years. The fund also supported San Francisco Early Learning Alliance with $280,000 in 2025 for annual support. Its portfolio extends beyond education and family services. The fund gave $250,000 to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for Dr. Paul Nghiem’s research in Merkel cell carcinoma, and it backed arts infrastructure with grants to Illuminate the Arts for the Bay Lights 360 Project and to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for annual giving.
How Mimi and Peter Haas Fund Gives
Typical grants cluster around a $5,000 p25, $10,000 median, and $50,000 p75, but the recent record also includes six- and seven-figure awards. The fund is a Pure DAF Provider and funds individuals. Recurrence is a clear pattern: Tipping Point Community appears across 2023, 2024, and 2025, as do multiple awards to several other recipients such as The Shed, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. The file shows operating support, annual support, campaign funding, and program-specific grants rather than a single grantmaking format.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$15.5M
Total Assets
$177.6M
Total Revenue
$18.9M
Total Expenses
$19M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $50K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional13 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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