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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View 2018 grants

Arts/Culture/Humanities

1,294 grants totaling $9,388,906

Education

1,641 grants totaling $27,569,564

Environment/Animals

744 grants totaling $17,698,729

Health

1,054 grants totaling $15,279,197

Human Services

1,511 grants totaling $11,768,076

Public/Society Benefit

2,598 grants totaling $79,923,414

Religion

1,208 grants totaling $13,450,797
Grantee name Total Grantssort descending Total Amount
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
ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter 1 $250
American Institute for Cancer Research 1 $180
Breast Cancer Research Foundation 1 $25,000
Flashes of Hope 1 $2,500
Health Connected 1 $1,000
Living-Dying Project 1 $250
Melissa's House 1 $100
Northern California Institute for Bone Health 1 $500
Rett Syndrome Research Trust 1 $100
Senior Advocacy Services 1 $180
Alliance for Middle East Peace 1 $10,000
American Friends of Neve Hanna 1 $1,000
Beta Pi Sigma Sorority 1 $1,250
Center for Common Ground 1 $100
Clark County Winchester Heritage Commission 1 $100
Equal Rights Advocates 1 $2,500
Forward Together 1 $300
GirlVentures 1 $200
Greater Washington Comunity Foundation 1 $300
Jewish Federations of North America 1 $10,000
Kids in Need of Defense 1 $180
MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving 1 $100
Migrant Justics 1 $500
New Virginia Majority Education Fund 1 $250,000
ORAM -- Organization for Refuge Asylum and Migration 1 $365
Parks and People Foundation 1 $1,000
Search for Common Ground 1 $250
Sprout 1 $500
Technoserve 1 $250
Virginia Organizing 1 $8,000
Women With a Vision 1 $400
Chabad of Marin and Sonoma 1 $100
Congregation Har-El 1 $1,000
Heska Amuna Synagogue 1 $1,250
Institute for the Next Jewish Future INJF 1 $360
Magain David Sephardim Congregation 1 $20,000
Romemu 1 $500
Temple Israel Canton 1 $1,000
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
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts 1 $3,000
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of San Jose 1 $500
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center 1 $180
Magic Theatre 1 $150
New Amsterdam Presents 1 $5,000
Oakland Museum of California Foundation 1 $5,000
PBS Foundation 1 $200
Portland Museum of Art 1 $300
Santa Rosa Symphony Association 1 $2,000
Tannery Pond Concerts Corporation 1 $200
Wassaic Project 1 $26,000
American Foundation for the University of British Columbia 1 $250
Carlmont Music Boosters 1 $250
Claremont McKenna College 1 $2,000
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences 1 $250
Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools 1 $1,000

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