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William Fries II Foundation: 9 grants to organizations, $1.5 million (tax year ended December 2024)
William Fries II Foundation, a private foundation in Lafayette, CA, paid 9 grants to organizations totaling $1,530,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 12, 2025. The largest was $600,000 to Ufc Berkeley in Berkeley, CA for unrestricted.
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- EIN
- 202557737
- Based in
- Lafayette, CA
- Assets
- $37,393,255
- Grants paid
- $1,530,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202523169349103512. It reported $1,530,000 in grants paid; 9 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ufc Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Unrestricted | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospitals | San Francisco, CA | Provide care for children and their families, train the next generation of clinician-scientist leaders, and pursue research breakthroughs that lead to new treatment options. | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco - Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | Unrestricted | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | San Francisco, CA | To provide emergency assistance for bay area residents facing temporary crises. | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Anthony Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Unrestricted | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | To empower students and build more equitable & inclusive public-school experience. | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Opera | San Francisco, CA | To Provide transformative music education programs to students across the Bay Area and Northern California. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $180,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $75,000 |
| Education | $50,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,530,000 |
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Updated November 12, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.