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Yerba Buena Fund: 54 grants to organizations, $1.4 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Yerba Buena Fund, a private foundation in San Francisco, CA, paid 54 grants to organizations totaling $1,444,200 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 15, 2025. The largest was $250,000 to Alma Backyard Farms in Los Angeles, CA for general operations.
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- EIN
- 461997261
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
- Assets
- $37,384,738
- Grants paid
- $1,444,200
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 15, 2025, IRS object ID 202523199349100437. It reported $1,444,200 in grants paid; 54 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Backyard Farms | Los Angeles, CA | General operations | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Manifestworks | Los Angeles, CA | General operations | Human services | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace | Washington, DC | General operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington, DC | To hire and retain full-time staff for the african american cultural heritage action fund | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Healthy Hearts Institute | Dublin, CA | General operations | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | Operation dignity | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | San Francisco, CA | Loan forgiveness for seniors | $36,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | Los Angeles, CA | Guarantor fund for seniors | $36,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bonafide | Oakland, CA | General operations | Crime and legal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hand in Hand | Portland, CA | General operations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Community Relations Council | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles Conservancy | Los Angeles, CA | General operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Opera | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | General operations | Religion-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Heritage | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Blue Card | New York, NY | Ongoing monthly financial assistance to holocaust surivivors living in los angeles county | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Class of 1969 matching challenge | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Al Otro Lado | San Ysidro, CA | General operations | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish News of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mount Tamalpais College | San Quentin, CA | General operations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Aids Memorial | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spur | San Francisco, CA | Annual fund | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ujima Maternity Network | Conway, AR | General operations | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Young Center for Immigrant Children | Chicago, IL | General operations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Because Projects | Berkeley, CA | Documentary about the rise of antisemitism in berkeley after october 7th | Arts, culture and humanities | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stern Grove Festival | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | Student scholarships for the 2024 spring assembly | Religion-related | $7,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace | Washington, DC | Donor cultivation | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | Inter-agency task force on israeli-arab issues | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Asian Pacific American Community Center | San Francisco, CA | 25th anniversary | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Fiction | Brooklyn, NY | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cocolife | Westville, NY | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | General operations | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Urban Forest | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gallaudet University | Washington, DC | Innovation and entrepreneurship institute | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Garden for the Environment | Berkeley, CA | Gfe general operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Campaign for Tibet | Waldorf, MD | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Las Fotos Project | Los Angeles, CA | Las fotos project | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria, NY | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Tropical Botanical Garden | Kalaheo, HI | General operations | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Roxie Theater | San Francisco, CA | Capital campaign | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Historical Society | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Save the Redwoods League | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Site-Specific Dances | New York, NY | General operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Drift Magazine | New York, NY | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Nature Conservancy | Merrifield, VA | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Sun Publishing Company | Chapel Hill, NC | General operations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Works and Process Inc | New York, NY | General operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $275,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $177,500 |
| Health care | $60,000 |
| Religion-related | $27,200 |
| Crime and legal-related | $25,000 |
| Environment | $25,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 |
| Education | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,047,000 |
| District of Columbia | $287,200 |
| New York | $55,000 |
| Connecticut | $15,000 |
| Arkansas | $10,000 |
| Illinois | $10,000 |
| Maryland | $5,000 |
| Hawaii | $5,000 |
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Updated November 15, 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.