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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 90-0653262

Phyllis C Wattis Foundation

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 42 grants and $484,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Tiffany Wood
1660 Bush St-Ste 300
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 561-6540
[email protected]
Form and materials
For guidelines and more information about this foundation, see the foundation's website at www.phylliscwattisfoundation.org
Deadlines
See form and content above
Restrictions
See form and content above

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $484,000

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $9,330,331
  • Tax year 2023

    $531,000

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $9,070,676
  • Tax year 2022

    $859,500

    Grants listed
    50
    Assets, end of year
    $8,598,357
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,051,025

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $11,222,591
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,026,000

    Grants listed
    109
    Assets, end of year
    $11,131,645
  • Tax year 2019

    $444,100

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $11,090,178
  • Tax year 2018

    $456,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $9,828,712

Grants paid in 2024

42 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. SOMArtsSan Francisco, CA

    General operating support

    $15,000
  2. Individual

    Manchapravesh (entering the stage), by Ishami Dance Company

    $15,000
  3. Individual

    Calling Us In

    $15,000
  4. Canyon Cinema FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Print Generations

    $15,000
  5. Circuit NetworkSan Francisco, CA

    Cyclonauts

    $15,000
  6. CounterPulseSan Francisco, CA

    Dance House, by The Major S

    $15,000
  7. Dancers' GroupSan Francisco, CA

    PIT, by Concept o4

    $15,000
  8. Individual

    Songs of the Diaspora

    $15,000
  9. Kulintang Arts IncSan Francisco, CA

    Burden of Proof

    $15,000
  10. Left Coast Chamber EnsembleSan Francisco, CA

    Interrogations, by composer David Dominique and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

    $15,000
  11. Magic Theatre IncSan Francisco, CA

    The Boiling by Sunhui Chang

    $15,000
  12. The Playwrights Foundation IncSan Francisco, CA

    Resident Playwright Program Public Presentations

    $15,000
  13. San Francisco Bay Area Theatre CompSan Francisco, CA

    A Community Quilting Project, by Soft Spaces for Hard Times

    $15,000
  14. Individual

    Temporal Tides: The Eco-acoustics of Shoreline Flux

    $15,000
  15. AXIS Dance CompanyBerkeley, CA

    General Operating Support

    $13,500
  16. Shotgun Players IncBerkeley, CA

    General Operating Support

    $13,500
  17. CounterPulseSan Francisco, CA

    general operating support

    $12,500
  18. Fresh Meat ProductionsSan Francisco, CA

    general operating support

    $12,500
  19. Kala InstituteBerkeley, CA

    General Operating Support

    $12,500
  20. Womens Audio MissionSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $12,500
  21. Opera ParallleSan Francisco, CA

    general operating support

    $12,500
  22. Brava for Women in the ArtsSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $12,000
  23. Project BandaloopOakland, CA

    General Operating Support

    $12,000
  24. Zaccho SFSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $11,500
  25. Frameline IncSan Francisco, CA

    general operating support

    $11,000
  26. Dancers' GroupSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $10,500
  27. Individual

    General Operating Support

    $10,500
  28. Root DivisionSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $10,500
  29. Intersection for the ArtsSan Francisco, CA

    SF Bay Area Contemporary Spotlight Series, by Moth Belly Gallery

    $10,000
  30. QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay BiseSan Francisco, CA

    general operating support

    $10,000
  31. Southern ExposureSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $10,000
  32. Northern California GrantmakersSan Francisco, CA

    Arts Loan Fund

    $10,000
  33. Joe Goode Performance Group IncSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $9,000
  34. New Performance TraditionsSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $8,000
  35. PlayGround IncBerkeley, CA

    General Operating Support

    $7,500
  36. InterMusic SFSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $7,000
  37. Jess CurtisGravity IncSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $7,000
  38. The Lab SFSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $7,000
  39. Dancers GroupSan Francisco, CA

    Avenge, My Love, by tinypistol

    $6,000
  40. Circo ZeroSan Francisco, CA

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  41. Bridge Live ArtsSan Francisco, CA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  42. Artist Magnet Justice AllianceOakland, CA

    Go2 wilderness

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture28 grants $311,00090% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $21,5006% of the total
  3. Jobs and employment1 grant $12,5004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California37 grants $413,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Carlie WilmansPres/Exec Dir Hours 2Pay $0
  • Carol CaseySECY/TREAS Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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