Personal Philanthropy
View the 2019 Grantmaking Report
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, in 2019 the Federation facilitated 10,050 grants from donor-advised funds and supporting foundations, totaling $175,078,668. Putting these assets into community reflects the Jewish values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (taking care of the needy), kehillah (community), and tzedek (pursuing justice). These four values underpin and guide our philanthropic work, which supports a wide range of Jewish and broader causes, across local, national and international organizations.
For a summary of our collective impact, view the infographic.
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Grantee name | Total Grants | Total Amount |
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Save a Child's Heart Foundation U.S. | 1 | $100 |
St. James Infirmary | 1 | $100 |
American Friends of Darche Noam | 1 | $3,600 |
American Oversight | 1 | $250,000 |
Association for Women in Science | 1 | $200 |
California Lawyers for the Arts | 1 | $100 |
Center for Civilians in Conflict | 1 | $1,000 |
Center on Conscience and War | 1 | $250 |
Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center | 1 | $500 |
Equal Justice Society | 1 | $500 |
Fortune Society | 1 | $1,000 |
Friends of the High Line | 1 | $100 |
Girls of Alameda County | 1 | $100 |
Honor Flight Bay Area Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region | 1 | $11,000 |
Lutheran Volunteer Corps | 1 | $350 |
Parkinson's Foundation | 1 | $1,000 |
R Street Institute | 1 | $25,000 |
Science History Institute | 1 | $5,000 |
Virgie Giles Foundation | 1 | $2,000 |
Beloved Builders | 1 | $5,000 |
Catholics for Choice | 1 | $2,840 |
Chevra Kol Israel | 1 | $5,000 |
Congregation Shomrei Torah | 1 | $5,000 |
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale | 1 | $1,000 |
Lubavitch of Iowa | 1 | $540 |
Rodeph Shalom Congregation | 1 | $19,075 |
Amigos de Las Americas | 1 | $200 |
Bay Area Rescue Mission | 1 | $200 |
Brigid Alliance | 1 | $1,500 |
Canal Alliance | 1 | $20,000 |
Challah for Hunger | 1 | $1,000 |
Dancing While Cancering | 1 | $1,200 |
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Beit Halochem | 1 | $4,000 |
Ingles Sin Limites | 1 | $1,080 |
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice | 1 | $1,800 |
Legal Aid Chicago | 1 | $100 |
Midrasha East Bay Jewish Community High School | 1 | $180 |
Netherland-America Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Oakes Children's Center | 1 | $3,000 |
Para Los Ninos | 1 | $180 |
Reel Fathers | 1 | $5,000 |
San Diego Junior Golf Association | 1 | $5,000 |
Senior Adults Legal Assistance | 1 | $100 |
SOS-Soldier's Organized Services | 1 | $1,000 |
Story Works Alaska | 1 | $200 |
The Mission Continues | 1 | $720 |
Trustees of Reservations | 1 | $25,000 |
Volunteers of America | 1 | $100 |
Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation | 1 | $2,000 |
Alameda High School Boosters | 1 | $1,000 |
American Friends of the Toronto International Film Festival | 1 | $1,635 |
Association pour le Retablissement des Institutions et Oeuvres Israelites en France | 1 | $2,000 |
Berkeley High Jazz Association | 1 | $3,000 |
Castro Organ Devotees Association | 1 | $5,000 |
Creative Capital | 1 | $5,000 |
Earthdance Creative Living Project, | 1 | $1,000 |
George Bush Presidential Library Foundation | 1 | $2,500 |
Ignite Adaptive Sports | 1 | $540 |
Lamplighters Music Theatre | 1 | $500 |
MacGuffin Theatre and Film Company | 1 | $10,000 |
Nevada City School of the Arts | 1 | $3,500 |
Paul Taylor American Modern Dance | 1 | $1,000 |
Salvation Computer | 1 | $1,000 |
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society | 1 | $2,500 |
Santa Fe Opera | 1 | $1,000 |
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture | 1 | $5,000 |
Town Hall Theatre Company | 1 | $1,000 |
Walt Disney Family Museum | 1 | $10,000 |
American Association of University Women | 1 | $250 |
Bentley School | 1 | $5,000 |
CreaTV | 1 | $1,500 |
Edible Schoolyard Project | 1 | $5,000 |
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology | 1 | $500 |
Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library | 1 | $360 |
Global Glimpse | 1 | $5,000 |
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati | 1 | $180 |
Jewish Academy of Orlando | 1 | $18,000 |
Kids Included Together | 1 | $100 |
Literacyworks | 1 | $180 |
Marin County Library Foundation | 1 | $100 |
National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership | 1 | $20,000 |
Panetta Institute for Public Policy | 1 | $1,000 |
Pilchuck Glass School | 1 | $7,500 |
Rice University | 1 | $100 |
SHE-CAN GLobal | 1 | $150 |
St. Andrew's - Sewanee School | 1 | $15,000 |
Thacher School | 1 | $1,000 |
Williams Memorial Institute | 1 | $250 |
Yeshiva University | 1 | $10,000 |
Blue Water Baltimore | 1 | $250 |
Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture | 1 | $100 |
Environmental and Energy Study Institute | 1 | $4,000 |
Forest Park Conservancy | 1 | $5,000 |
Global Alliance forinerator Alternatives | 1 | $15,000 |
Maliasili Initiatives | 1 | $20,000 |
No Paws Left Behind | 1 | $5,000 |
Otter Project | 1 | $250 |
Spikenard Farm | 1 | $12,000 |
Wildlife Conservation Society | 1 | $100 |