Paul L Wattis Foundation
Private foundation · San Francisco, CA · EIN 84-1624183 · reported 2023–2025
33grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$500smallest grant
$1.2Mtotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 33 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $25K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
180 Montgomery St Ste 1616
San Francisco, CA 94104-4235
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California College of the Arts Huang Matching Gift Challenge for unrestricted operating support | San Francisco, CA | $112,500 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization Support the SFJAZZ Immersive Media Project | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization Support the SFJAZZ Immersive Media Project | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 |
| University of California Regents Support the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive purchase of Masako Miki, Ichiren-bozu, 2018 | Berkeley, CA | $89,250 |
| Minnesota Street Project Foundation Support Fall Exhibition of "Venus Blues" | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 |
| Sweetwater Music Hall | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 |
| The Dry Dock Corporation Support for general expenses | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| Lacma - Museum Associates Support Ed Ruscha/Now Then: A Retrospective | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Sweetwater Music Hall | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 |
| Lacma - Museum Associates Support Ed Ruscha/Now Then: A Retrospective | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Sweetwater Music Hall | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 |
| The Grabhorn Institute & Arion Press Capital campaign to help move the Arion Press historic printing facility to Fort Mason | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| The Grabhorn Institute & Arion Press Capital campaign to help move the Arion Press historic printing facility to Fort Mason | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
| The Salvation Army - Golden State Division To support the Joseph McFee Center | San Francisco, CA | $31,000 |
| American Near East Refugee Aid Inc Support the distribution of meals to people affected by the war in Gaza | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Support Kehinde Wiley: An Archeology of Silence | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Support the de Young 2023 Open Exhibition | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Hazel Hawkins Hospital Foundation To honor Willene M. Wattis | Hollister, CA | $25,000 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation Support for the Annual Fund | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization Support the SFJAZZ Gala 2024 | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco For acquisition of Hiba Kalache's Ecology of Violence II (2023) | San Francisco, CA | $22,400 |
| Transit Books To support the organization's project to develop a book from initial concept through final publicati | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 |
| Trisha Brown Dance Company To support the upcoming production in celebration of the Robert Rauschenberg Centennial | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Hazel Hawkins Hospital Foundation | Hollister, CA | $10,000 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation For the foundation's Annual Fund | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 |
| San Benito County Heritage Foundation To support the Water Project Committee with funding of a second well and water supply in the Southwe | Tres Pinos, CA | $10,000 |
| The Swedenborgian Church Support the provision of a space available for community purposes | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 |
| Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation Support of art conservation | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Diocese of Monterey Support the Parish Painting Project | Tres Pinos, CA | $5,000 |
| Saint John's Presbyterian Church Support the provision of a space available for community purposes | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| The Swedenborgian Church Support the provision of a space available for community purposes | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| Little Village Foundation For the foundation's Annual Fund | Solvang, CA | $2,500 |
| Aspen Historical Society | Aspen, CO | $500 |
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