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Trust Funds 2009

Trust Funds direct annual support to specifically named charitable organizations or issues selected by the donor. The following Funds express their founders' charitable interests in perpetuity.


Louise Ackerman Trust
To support the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Audubon Canyon Ranch Endowment Fund, and Audubon Canyon Ranch.

Mabel Alanson Memorial Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Katharyn Lucille Armour Trust

To support amputees and blind individuals.

Audubon Canyon Ranch Endowment Fund

To support expenses and wages related to the improvement and maintenance of Audubon Canyon Ranch.

Emelie, Sarah, and Stanley L. Balmer Educational Fund

To support California Institute of Technology and University of California at San Diego.

J. Downey Harvey Barron Foundation

To support mental health and rehabilitation. Created under the will of Mrs. Genevieve Harvey Barron.

Helen Beckley Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, with preference to retirement residences in Oakland.

Mo and Rea Bernstein Fund

To support Glide Memorial United Methodist Church.

Edgar S. Bissinger Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

George R. and Evelyn W. Bliss Trust

To support the needy and disabled.

Grace and Samuel Bloom Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, specifically in San Francisco.

Henrik and Marian E. Blum Public Health Student Loan Fund

To support financially needy graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Public Health.

Marian E. Blum Lower Division Endowment Fund

To support financially needy lower division students at the University of California at Berkeley.

William F. Booth Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Wilhelmina N. Bossana Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Florence Welch Bruce Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Marjorie Edwards Brush Fund

To support nursing and homemaker services assisting elderly people and maintaining independent living arrangements in their homes.

Lily M. Budde and Henry J. Budde Scholarship Fund

To support Knox College and University of San Francisco

Katherine A. Burgess Memorial Fund

To support needy and elderly San Franciscans residing in rest or nursing homes. Created under the will of Lewis E. Burgess.

DeWitt and Elizabeth Burnham Fund

To support the Diabetic Youth Foundation.

Judge George Henry Cabaniss and Harriet Howell Cabaniss Memorial Fund

To support the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Grace Cathedral, Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, Junior League of San Francisco, San Francisco Ballet Association, San Francisco Opera, and San Francisco Symphony.

Cadogan Scholarship Fund

To support scholarships to painting, sculpture, drama, music, and literature students.

Adele M. Moore Cahill Foundation

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Esther CaJacob Trust

To support underprivileged, disabled, or orphaned children.

Vivienne Camp Trust

To support Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Mabel Lee Ferral Scholarship Fund, and Mills College.

Richard L. Carle and Patrick McGonigle Memorial Fund

To support gay communities in San Francisco.

Henry and Barbara Sesnon Cartan Trust

To support people with speech, vision, or hearing problems.

Chinese Hospital Ide Fund - Charitable Remainder Trust

To support Chinese Hospital.

Chinese Hospital Ide Fund - Personal Trust

To support Chinese Hospital.

Jeanne Christy Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Gertrude Coleman Trust

To support dependent and neglected children and young people in trouble.

Rose A. Cooke Memorial Fund

To support the medical care for children.

Coon/Hathaway Trust

To support the Salvation Army, the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Save the Redwoods League, and the Sierra Club.

M. M. Lillie Cordes Trust

To support the American Cancer Society of California Division, Inc., American Lung Association of San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, Odd Fellows Home of California, Salvation Army, the University of California, San Francisco, Martha Heasley Cox Raw Play Series at The Magic Theatre, and Magic Theatre.

Esther D. Crites Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

William H. and Ethel W. Crocker Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs. Created by Mrs. Henry Potter Russell in memory of her parents.

Delantoni Trust for Charity

To support policy groups that implement massive social change to our sociopolitical environment.

Monte A. Dernham Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Carol Berg Dessauer Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, specifically in San Francisco.

George Dettner Memorial Fund

To support youth-serving organizations. Created by Mrs. George T. Dettner in memory of her husband.

Dora Donner Ide Core Trust

To support the American Cathedral in Paris Foundation, College Fund/UNCF, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Habitat for Humanity San Francisco, Salvation Army, and Sempervirens Fund.

Howard and Julia Eastman Fund

To support Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, California Pacific Medical Center Foundation, Light House for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and San Francisco Vocational Services.

Dwight Edwards Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Henry O. Eggert Trust

To support medical care and treatment to blind or disabled children.

Kate Felton Elkins Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, specifically in San Francisco.

Eugene S. Elkus, Sr. Fund

To support the National Association of Credit Management.

Elise Eilers Elliott Fund

To support Pacific University.

Elise Eilers Elliott Perpetual Fund

To support the California Historical Society and California Pacific Medical Center Foundation.

Mae Bogart Eskey Trust

To support disabled and blind children in San Francisco.

Euphrat Memorial Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

John Farnham and John W. Farnham Memorial Fund

To support the Boy Scouts of America, Clara-Belle L. Hamilton Core Trust, Bay Area Open Space Council, City of Richmond, First Unitarian Church of Oakland, Hospice of Marin, LifeHouse, Marin Conservation League, Oakland SPCA, Saint Anthony Foundation, Saint Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County, Salvation Army of Marin County, and University of California at Santa Cruz Foundation.

Mabel Lee Ferral Scholarship Fund

To provide scholarships for underprivileged students.

Lesley Fleishhacker Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

French American International School Scholarship Fund

To support the French American International School.

Roberta Gilbert Fund

To support children and the visually handicapped.

Richard Wallis Goodspeed Fund

To support environmental conservation programs.

Lorraine Gosslin Trust

To support impoverished people in need of homes and shelter in Contra Costa County.

John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Trust

To support emerging photographers.

Clara-Belle L. Hamilton College of Marin Registered Nursing Program

To support College of Marin.

Clara-Belle L. Hamilton Core Trust

To support organizations serving the elderly and disabled in Marin County.

Clara-Belle Hamilton Endowment Fund For the Marin Dance Theatre

To support the Marin Dance Theatre.

Clara-Belle Hamilton Marin Music Chest Scholarship Endowment

To support the Marin Music Chest.

Edward A. Harang Estate

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Allan Hauser Fund (of the Willard E. Hauser Memorial Trust)

To support Children’s Hospital of Oakland, Frederic S. Hirschler Charitable Trust, Girl Scouts of the USA, Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay, Mills College, Regents of the University of California, San Francisco Bay Girl Scout Council, Stanford University, and United Way of the Bay Area.

Ethel M. Hauser Trust

To support scholarships for students at the School of Medicine at the University of California.

M. Justin Herman Memorial Fund

To support scholarships or grants to individuals or organizations involved in civic affairs, education, or the arts.

Alexander R. Heron Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Anson Herrick Trust

To support scholarships at medical colleges or to alleviate physical suffering.

Frederic S. Hirschler Charitable Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation's programs in response to community needs, with preference to educational and youth programs.

Osgood Hooker Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Hume Fellowship Endowment

To support the Multicultural Fellows in the areas of arts and culture or education.

Alena M. Hunter Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Huntzinger/Menichetti Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Eda Sherman Huse Fund

To support people providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for the death of San Francisco police officers killed in the line of duty. Created by Eda Sherman Huse in memory of her husband.

Joseph Henry Jackson Fund

To support literature. Created by friends and admirers of this San Francisco literary critic.

Jack A. Jacoby Trust

To support needy orphans.

Blanche T. Jennings Trust

To support poor, needy, and disabled individuals, primarily children.

Joseph A. Johnson Fund

To support health and social service programs.

Hermanie Baer Jonas Trust

To support medicine and education.

Alfred and Constance Jonniaux Income Trust

To support the prevention of cruelty to and delinquency of children in San Francisco.

Adaline Kent Memorial Fund

To support San Francisco Art Institute.

Delanie Kilduff Fund

To support the basic human needs and educational opportunities of the disadvantaged.

William Rice Kimball Trust

To support Stanford University.

James C. Kirkman Fund

To assist needy business students. Created by Kathleen I. Kirkman in memory of her husband.

Robert C. Kirkwood Memorial Fund

To support an annual award to a person who has contributed significantly to the community. Created by
friends and admirers.

Daniel E. Koshland Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Jessie and Edith Koshland Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Louis and Dorothy Kovitz Fund

To support the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco.

In Memory of Belle Lachman and Charles Lachman Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Allan Browning Lane Trust

To support needy patients with cancer, heart disease, or mental illness.

Roger D. Lapham Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Leland S. Lathrop, Jr. Trust

To support financial assistance to young people pursuing nursing or medical education.

Mary H. Layman Trust

To support charitable and educational projects for minorities.

Carolyn H. Loeb Trust

To support mental health studies, research, and aid.

Jane Kraemer Loeb Trust

To support charitable and educational purposes, with preference for the Jewish aged.

Rose E. Lovotti Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, specifically in San Francisco.

J. W. Mailliard, Jr. Trust

To support the American Cancer Society of California Division, Inc., Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, Guardsmen, National Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug, Addictions-Bay Area, and San Francisco Special Events Committee.

Carrie Manasse Trust

To support medical research.

Beverly Twiford Manuell Trust

To support disabled children.

Marin Ballet Fund

To support Marin Ballet.

Alfred L. Marsten Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Ruth Harriet Mathebat Memorial Fund

To support the blind and people with eye defects or diseases in Alameda County.

Nancy K. Mattson Trust

To support veterans of the United States military, including counseling, advocacy, and medical care.

John R. May Memorial Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Thomas McCarthy, Laura May McCarthy, and Ruth Vivian McCarthy Memorial Fund

To support medical and educational needs of Bay Area citizens at risk.

William R. McGuire and Agnes M. McGuire Charitable Trust

To support disadvantaged children and the elderly. Created by Agnes M. McGuire.

Orenia Bowen Menzel Trust

To support City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University.

Charles W. Merrill Trust

To support Planned Parenthood Golden Gate and United Way of the Bay Area.

Meyer Chaban Trust

To support the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, United Way of the Bay Area, and University of California at Berkeley.

Gladys R. Meyer Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Floyd and Evelyn Mick Trust

To support preservation of open spaces, animal and plant wildlife, and practical training of gardeners and horticulturists.

Doris Martin Miller Trusts

To support indigent cancer patients.

Jefferson MacLeod Moore Trust

To support educational and charitable purposes.

Estate of Michael Moran

To support LGBT youth programs.

Carlo Sutro Morbio Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Rhoda Mills Morse Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs. Created by Rhoda Mills Morse in memory of her mother and father, Sarah R. Robinson Mills and Warren Fountain Mills.

Jack K. and Gertrude Murphy Trust

To support graduate fine arts students of unusual caliber.

Edward M. Nagel Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, with preference to educational opportunities for needy and deserving students.

John D. Neppert Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

North Baker "A" Trust

To support the California Historical Society, Edgewood Center for Children and Families, Florence Crittenton Services, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, San Francisco Symphony, and World Affairs Council of Northern California.

North Baker FBO Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation's programs in response to community needs.

Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Foundation

To support health, welfare, and education programs.

On Lok Ide Fund - Charitable Remainder Trust

To support On Lok, Inc.

On Lok Senior Services Ide Fund - Personal Trust

To support On Lok, Inc.

Oroweat Scholarship Fund

To support scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students in California.

Orrick II

To support disadvantaged children.

Downey Orrick and Marjorie Soule Orrick Fund

To support disadvantaged children.

Mary D. Orrick Memorial Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs. Created by William H. Orrick.

Estate of Ruth Peabody

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Edith E. Pence Fund

To support educational or health projects.

James D. Phelan Foundation Visiting Nurses Association

To support free nursing care at home to the sick poor of San Francisco.

James D. Phelan Trust for Literature and Art

To support the Phelan Awards in art and literature.

Matilda Price Fund

To support Guide Dogs for the Blind.

McClew and Rose Randolph Trust

To support Masonic Homes of California and Women’s Overseas Service League.

Edna M. Reichmuth Educational Fund

To support the American Conservatory Theatre, California College of the Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Scanlon Scholarship Fund, and Shattuck-St. Mary’s School.

Iona R. Reise Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Allison H. and Irma H. Reyman Fund I

To support Mount Zion Health Fund.

Allison H. and Irma Reyman Fund II

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Allison H. and Minerva S. Reyman Fund III

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Helen Crocker Russell Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

William Ryan Fund

To support children’s programs.

Marion Hunicke Sargent Memorial Endowment Fund

To support handicapped or underprivileged children. Created by William P. Sargent, Jr., in honor of his wife.

Scanlon Scholarship Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation's programs in response to community needs with preference given to educational programs.

James H. Schwabacher Charitable Remainder Trust II

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Gustav Sutro Schwartz Trust

To support the Los Angeles County Martin Luther King Drew Medical Center.

William Karl Schwarze Trust

To support Abraham Lincoln High School, Cal Aggie Alumni Association, Merola Opera Program, and University of California at Davis.

Shenson Trust 2

To support music, art, and Jewish social service agencies.

George D. Smith and Eleanor Hart Smith Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, with preference to the needy blind and to educational programs.

Alberta M. Snell Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Dale Stancliff Fund

To support the California State Parks Foundation, Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco, Friends of Recreation and Parks, Friends of the Urban Forest, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco SPCA, Sutter VNA and Hospice Foundation, and Trinity Episcopal Church.

Leland Stanford, Jr. Trust

To support the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association.

Thomas J. and Nellie L. Stephens Trust

To support developmentally disabled children, the needy, the aged, the blind, and Protestant church capital projects.

Robert and Anita Stone Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Mary Louise Stong Fund

To support the Friends and Foundation of San Francisco Public Library.

Thomas More Storke Fund

To support Coro Northern California, San Francisco Symphony, United Way of the Bay Area, and World Affairs Council of Northern California.

Richard Terrill Memorial Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Agnes W. Thompson Trust

To support organizations assisting the blind and for groups assisting and promoting the welfare of elderly people.

Edna Bloss Thorne Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, with preference for particular organizations supporting guide dogs, social services, hospital volunteers, and youth development programs.

Emily C. Timlow Fund

To support lonely or disabled elderly.

TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation Endowment Fund

To support the needs of the TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation.

Sidney and Katherine Baird Treat Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs, with preference to programs aimed at preventing juvenile delinquency.

Joseph, Helen, and Virginia Trickett Fund

To support research and public education to improve the quality of parent-child relationships.

UC Davis Endowment Fund/G&P Miller Feline Health Center Fund

To support UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine to promote research to further feline health.

Van Nuys Fund

To support post-primary school education of male students in San Francisco.

Arthur Hill and Juanita W. Vincent Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Richard and Jean Vulte Charitable Fund

To support financially disadvantaged students pursuing their college or post-graduate education.

Jeanne Wagner Trust

To support education programs for underprivileged children. Companion to the Willys Wagner Trust.

Willys Wagner Trust

To support education programs for underprivileged children, with preference to Native American and African American youth.

Lila Wallace Cultural Participation Fund

To support cultural arts programs.

Whitney Warren Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Jessie Wegner Trust

To support the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Marjorie Mills White Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs. Created in memory of her mother and father, Sarah R. Robinson Mills and Warren Fountain Mills (a companion to the Rhoda Mills Morse Fund).

Effie Hayford Wilson and Odell Wilson Fund

To support the Arthritis Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of America, and Saint Luke’s Hospital Foundation.

Greta R. Windmiller Trust

To support The San Francisco Foundation’s programs in response to community needs.

Harry 'Winnie' Winthrop Theater Fund

To support San Francisco community theater.

Carol S. Wolski Fund

To support The San Francisco Foundation's programs in response to community needs and the First Church of Christ.