Gerson Bakar Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 94-2949602 · Headquarters: San Francisco, CA 94133-3238
NTEE code: not stated · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $1,379,315,499.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 242 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($148,534,126.00); $1,230,781,373.00 across 202 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $183,951,625.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $99,750,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143199349108124 |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $37,500,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033219349106363 |
| Naval War College Foundation Inc. | Newport, RI | $9,750,000.00 | FY2019 | 202033219349106363 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349106592 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503189349101225 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213189349107461 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $2,500,500.00 | FY2021 | 202213189349107461 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $2,500,500.00 | FY2022 | 202303189349100845 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $2,500,125.00 | FY2020 | 202143199349108124 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $2,500,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303189349100845 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $2,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349106592 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $2,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503189349101225 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143199349108124 |
| Jewish Community Federation of S F Marin Peninsula & Sonoma Counties | San Francisco, CA | $1,200,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349106592 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,500.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349106592 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc. | New York, NY | $1,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202303189349100845 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc. | New York, NY | $1,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349106592 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc. | New York, NY | $1,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503189349101225 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503189349101225 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $750,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143199349108124 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $183,951,625.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $165,590,310.00 | qualifying_distributions | 33 | 19 | 14 | $159,037,584.00 |
| FY2023 | $259,968,107.00 | qualifying_distributions | 40 | 25 | 15 | $244,023,111.00 |
| FY2022 | $318,183,320.00 | qualifying_distributions | 38 | 19 | 19 | $320,644,558.00 |
| FY2021 | $204,309,366.00 | qualifying_distributions | 46 | 25 | 21 | $239,668,551.00 |
| FY2020 | $141,094,281.00 | qualifying_distributions | 51 | 31 | 20 | $68,029,676.00 |
| FY2019 | $91,076,191.00 | qualifying_distributions | 51 | 32 | 19 | $42,115,829.00 |
| FY2018 | $172,298,825.00 | qualifying_distributions | 62 | 35 | 27 | $133,813,255.00 |
| FY2017 | $20,899,385.00 | qualifying_distributions | 74 | 39 | 35 | $18,430,099.00 |
| FY2016 | $5,895,714.00 | qualifying_distributions | 49 | 17 | 32 | $5,018,710.00 |
| All years on file | $1,379,315,499.00 | 444 | 242 | 202 | $1,230,781,373.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/34734761-9258-45ba-adc0-f5d2d5d33829
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 94-2949602.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).