Byer Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3216991. Reported 143 grants totalling $2,459,900 to 79 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Byer Foundation 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 $11,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $115,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $265,142 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Eifocus | San Rafael, CA | $246,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Greater Bay Area | Oakland, CA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Baseball Hall of Fame | Cooperstown, NY | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Chi Omega Foundation | Memphis, TN | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation | Burlingame, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Peninsula Temple Shalom | Burlingame, CA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Asher House | Salem, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Water 4 Mercy | Clearwater, FL | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $69,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $66,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Peter Michael Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lucille Packard Foundation for Children | Palo Alto, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dropping Dimes Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Love's Legacy Rescue | Novato, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Samaritan House | South San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Children's Brain Tumor Foundation | New York, NY | $36,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Campus for Jewish Living | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Endurance With Jan & Dave Dravecky | Salina, KS | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Sacramento, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sf Campus for Jewish Living | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $31,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Shoe 4 Africa | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pandora's Kids | West Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pandoras Kids | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peninsula Jewish Community Center | Foster City, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Home and SR Living Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| My Faulty Gene | Grand Saline, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| V Foundation - BP28 | Cary, NC | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jessica's Haven and Rescue | San Rafael, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rise Scholars Inc | San Rafael, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bellarmine College Prep | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eat Learn Play Foundation | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Federation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Laxarex Cancer Foundation | Danville, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Penisula Jewish Community Center | Foster City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bread and Roses Presents | Corte Madera, CA | $7,833 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Father's Day Council (gennette) | Long Island City, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fathers Day Mothers Day Council Inc | Long Island City, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Vincent De Paul | San Mateo, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beta Theta Pi Foundation | Oxford, OH | $5,125 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Chance in Life (boysgirls Towns of Italy) | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adopt a Family | Roseville, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fwsf Scholarship Fund | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family and Childrens Services | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marin Primary & Middle School | Larkspur, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Museum of Wildlife Art | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Holland Union Cemetery | New Holland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Next Generation Scholars Advisi Program | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Next Generation Scholars Advising Program | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Point Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sf - Marin Food Bank | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Side By Side | San Anselmo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Branson School | Ross, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Foreseeable Future Found | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alpha Chi Omega Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Care for Wild | Camarillo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jessica's Haven | San Rafael, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Utah State University | Logan, UT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | Ny, NY | $2,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amnesty INTERNATIONALUNITED4IRAN | Ny, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yellowhammer Fund | Tuscaloosa, AL | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zayas Foundation for the Gworls | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Management Leadership for Tomorrow | Bethesda, MD | $875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| M J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partnership to End Addiction | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
32 of 79 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 63%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Chronicle Season of Sharing
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 78 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 | 5 | $132,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $472,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $535,400 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $657,500 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 31 | $662,500 | $15,000 |
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
68% 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 $11,000. 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 Byer Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 66 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94103. 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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