Home for Good Fund
Funding Amount
Target: $50 million (raised $26+ million to date)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
A collaborative initiative between the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) and the San Francisco Foundation (SFF) that allows individual donors and philanthropic investors to help San Francisco families find and keep affordable homes through loans to community developers.
Geographic Scope: San Francisco, California
Focus Areas:
- Expanding affordable housing in San Francisco
- Supporting community developers to expand much-needed affordable housing
Funding Model:
- Loans to community developers (not grants)
- Investments return to donors' Donor Advised Funds (DAF) at end of loan term
- Funds revolve to support multiple projects
Campaign Status:
- Target: $50 million
- Raised to date: $26+ million
- Status: Active fundraising campaign
Notable Donors/Investors:
- Ross Boucher
- Saikat Chakrabarti
- David & Katherine August deWilde
- John Fisher
- Keith & Priscilla Geeslin
- Arno & Nadine Harris
- Tjarko & Aimee Liefer
- Jeremy Liew & Ranee Lan
- Amy Margolis
- Leslie & Matt Mayerson
- Menorah Park Foundation
- Jen Hamilton & Seth Boro
Address: 564 Market St, Suite 225, San Francisco CA 94104
How to Apply
Ways to Contribute
- Existing DAF holders at San Francisco Foundation: Recommend a portion of their donor advised fund be invested in the Fund
- DAF holders at other institutions or own foundations: Make a grant to SFF to be invested in the Fund
- New donors: Open a DAF at SFF to be invested in the Fund
- All donors: Make a permanent grant to the Fund for maximum impact (grant will revolve in perpetuity to support as many projects as possible)
Contact: Use the website contact form or reach out directly to express interest in joining as an investor/donor
What The San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2021 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
The San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund reported $4,000 in grants for 2023 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2021, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2021
- 2
- Total given
- $119K
- Median grant
- $60K
- Range
- $11K–$109K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA.
Example grants
Meda HAF Small Properties LLC · San Francisco, CA
Operating deficit grant
$109K
270 Turk GP LLC · San Francisco, CA
Operating deficit grant
$11K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Affordable housing
- Housing
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