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Private foundation (trust)EIN 202557737Est. 2005-08

WILLIAM FRIES II FOUNDATION

LAFAYETTE, CA 94549

Total Assets

$37.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

9

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$170K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$25K–$600K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.3M

Total Expenses

$1.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.7M

Distributable Amount

$1.8M

Min. Investment Return

$1.8M

Undistributed Income

$1.6M

Payout rate 96%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.96%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

9 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $25K through median $75K to maximum $600K, 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 $1.8M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

31 grants

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals
$1.2M
2 grants
THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
$842K
4 grants
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
$700K
1 grant
UFC Berkeley
$600K
1 grant
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$383K
2 grants
CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND
$275K
4 grants
SAN FRANCISCO - MARIN FOOD BANK
$250K
3 grants
The Living Desert
$250K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

31 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
10
grants
$50–250K
16
grants
$250K–1M
5
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

2 states

California
$5.4M
99% of total
Iowa
$50K
1% of total

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