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Grant recipient EIN 94-2655955Arts and culture

Who funds Somarts?

18 private foundations gave Somarts in San Francisco, CA $542,668 across 39 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

39 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2025

    To provide support

    $6,000
  2. J-P Conte Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    General support.

    $25,000
  3. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    General operating support

    $15,000
  4. The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2024

    To provide support

    $6,540
  5. Tahbazof Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  6. Kenneth Rainin FoundationOakland, CA 2024

    Elder mother

    $5,000
  7. Fleishhacker FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    General Supportt for Macro Waves

    $5,000
  8. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    To support grantee's project macro waves

    $5,000
  9. McNabb FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  10. J-P Conte Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support.

    $50,000
  11. JSLH FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support

    $30,000
  12. JSLH FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support

    $30,000
  13. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General operating support

    $20,000
  14. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    To support the state of the arts event

    $12,500
  15. JSLH FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support

    $10,000
  16. The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2023

    To provide support

    $5,500
  17. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2023

    Program/operating support

    $1,000
  18. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $54
  19. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    Gen Op ($25,000) Artists Adaptability Circles ($20,000)

    $45,000
  20. Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA 2022

    Two years of project support for sffilm's accessibility initiatives and accessibility congress

    $40,000
  21. The Mental Insight FoundationWalnut Creek, CA 2022

    Charitable

    $35,000
  22. Kenneth Rainin FoundationOakland, CA 2022

    Water.bodies.land

    $24,000
  23. Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA 2022

    One year of project support for artists' adaptability circles, helping bay area artists, culture bearers, and arts workers to implement shifts in their communities to heal and thrive

    $14,700
  24. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    Arts equity and recovery series; events

    $10,000
  25. The Robert J and Helen H Glaser Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2022

    To provide support

    $5,500
  26. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $53
  27. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General Operating Support

    $35,000
  28. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    Arts equity and recovery series

    $10,000
  29. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    Community arts covid response grant

    $10,000
  30. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    General Operating Support

    $500
  31. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $44
  32. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    General support

    $30,000
  33. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    Covid response

    $10,000
  34. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For general operating support

    $2,000
  35. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $5
  36. San Francisco Association of Realtors FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2019

    General support

    $3,000
  37. Heinz Family FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2018

    For mcsweeney's publishing in honor of their 20th anniversary

    $20,000
  38. October Mountain Foundation IncLynbrook, NY 2018

    General support

    $10,000
  39. The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic FoundLouisville, KY 2017

    General operating support

    $5,272

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in San Francisco, CA and are not among Somarts’s funders above.

  1. The Bernard Osher FoundationSan Francisco, CA 137 grants Accepts applications $3,563,000 to similar organizations
  2. Koret FoundationSan Francisco, CA 192 grants Accepts applications $12,323,349 to similar organizations
  3. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 94 grants Preselected only $607,484 to similar organizations
  4. The Sam Mazza FoundationSan Francisco, CA 85 grants Accepts applications $935,610 to similar organizations
  5. The James Irvine FoundationSan Francisco, CA 87 grants Preselected only $2,499,579 to similar organizations
  6. Ann & Gordon Getty FoundationSan Francisco, CA 55 grants Preselected only $2,643,000 to similar organizations
  7. The Rock FoundationSan Francisco, CA 118 grants Preselected only $1,410,750 to similar organizations
  8. The Yelp FoundationSan Francisco, CA 46 grants Preselected only $18,067 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 94-2655955 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.