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Private foundation (trust)EIN 942949602Est. 1984-12

GERSON BAKAR FOUNDATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133

Total Assets

$2.5B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$169.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

33

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$5.1M

FY 2024

Grant Range

$90–$96.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$198.3M

Total Expenses

$184.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$165.6M

Distributable Amount

$122.3M

Min. Investment Return

$125.6M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

33 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $90 through median $20K to maximum $96.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $327.0M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

162 grants

UCB FOUNDATION
$360.9M
3 grants
UCSF FOUNDATION
$276.5M
3 grants
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
$99.8M
1 grant
BAKAR BIOENGUINUTY HUB
$46.8M
2 grants
SMITH COLLEGE
$40M
4 grants
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES
$22.7M
3 grants
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION
$16.7M
1 grant
SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$12M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

162 grants

<$10K
88
grants
$10–50K
25
grants
$50–250K
5
grants
$250K–1M
13
grants
$1–5M
11
grants
$5M+
20
grants

Geographic Focus

12 states

California
$849.8M
92% of total
Massachusetts
$40M
4% of total
New York
$23.9M
3% of total
Rhode Island
$10.5M
1% of total
Florida
$2M
0% of total
Texas
$100K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$85K
0% of total
Virginia
$8K
0% of total
Washington
$6K
0% of total
Utah
$750
0% of total

+2 more states

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