Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-2481571. Reported 65 grants totalling $528,800 to 41 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $8,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
It also files a Form 990 with Schedule I
Separately from its 990-PF, this organization reported 13 grants on Form 990 Schedule I, with a median of $10,000 and a total of $123,300.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS Legal Referral Panel | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Centro Legal De La Raza | Oakland, CA | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Alliance Health Project | San Francisco, CA | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adolescent Counseling Services | Redwood City, CA | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fentcheck Inc | Oakland, CA | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alameda Family Services | Alameda, CA | $27,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maitri Compassionate Care | San Francisco, CA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Builders By Adoption | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sf Community Health Center | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Health Initiatives for Youth | San Francisco, CA | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lyon Martin Women's Health Services | San Francisco, CA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lyric (lavender Youth Rec & Info Center) | San Francisco, CA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sf Lgbt Center | Sacramento, CA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rainbow Community Center Contra Costa County | Concord, CA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Side By Side | San Anselmo, CA | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Prc | San Francisco, CA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Star Vista - San Mateo Pride Ctr | Burlingame, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shanti - Pets Are Wonderful Support | San Francisco, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Ctr | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gapa Fund | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lgbt Asylum Project | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lyric (lavender Youth Rec & Info Ctr) | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sf Community Health Center (apiwc) | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Ca Regents - Lgbti Resources | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco AIDS Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alwan Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Health Initiative for Youth | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Waters Wilderness Adventure | Sacramento, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Castro Country Club | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Lgbt Community Center | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sf Lgbt Center Speakers Bureau | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shanti | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Star Vista San Mateo Pride Center | San Carlos, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| No Immigrant No Spice | Piedmont, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association of Gay & Lesbian Psychiatrists | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easy Does It | Berkeley, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faithful Fools Street Ministry | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lavender Phoenix | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
16 of 41 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Sf Community Health Center
MISSION TO TRANSFORM LIVES BY ADVANCING HEALTH, WELLNESS & EQUALITY - Alameda Family Services
FOSTERS HEALING, RESILIENCY AND GROWTH THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF PROGRESSIVE & COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES - Prc
HELPS IN TRANSFORMING LIVES & COMMUNITIES STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, HIV/AIDS, MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, UNEMPLOYMENT & HOMELESNESS - Side By Side
COMMUNITY-BASED NON PROFIT SERVING AT-RISK YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES - Ucsf Alliance Health Project
PRIMARY GOAL IS TO FOSTER SOCIAL SUPPORT AND GREATER AWARENESS OF OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON LGBTI PEOPLE OF COLOR (POC). - AIDS Legal Referral Panel
SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING LEGAL COUNSEL AND REPRESENTATION ON OFTEN-COMPLEX LEGAL MATTERS WITH RESPECT TO HIV/AIDS FOR A COMMUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS OFTEN LEAST ABLE TO AFFORD IT, AND TO LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES OF THE PRIVATE BAR FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 28 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $123,300 | $0 |
| 2022 | 15 | $110,000 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 7 | $65,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $230,000 | $7,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $8,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2022-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 96 Museum Way, San Francisco, CA, 94114. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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