Byer Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3216991. Reported 112 grants totalling $1,797,400 to 66 organizations 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. 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 $10,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eifocus | San Rafael, CA | $246,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $228,475 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Baseball Hall of Fame | Cooperstown, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chi Omega Foundation | Memphis, TN | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation | Burlingame, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Temple Shalom | Burlingame, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peter Michael Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $49,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Water 4 Mercy | Clearwater, FL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dropping Dimes Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Greater Bay Area | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Sacramento, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shoe 4 Africa | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Endurance With Jan & Dave Dravecky | Salina, KS | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Love's Legacy Rescue | Novato, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucille Packard Foundation for Children | Palo Alto, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Samaritan House | South San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $21,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| V Foundation - BP28 | Cary, NC | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Father's Day Council (gennette) | Long Island City, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jessica's Haven and Rescue | San Rafael, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fwsf Scholarship Fund | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
28 of 66 (42%) 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 74%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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 recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
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 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 70% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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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