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 namesort descending Total Grants Total Amount
Whistlestop 1 $2,000
Whitefield Foundation and Center 1 $118
Wider Bridge 2 $10,500
Wikimedia Foundation 11 $6,498
Wild Salmon Center 1 $350
Wildaid 2 $200,108
Wildcare 6 $19,750
Wildcoast 1 $300,000
Wilderness Society 6 $150,600
Wilderness Torah 9 $45,680
Wildlife Conservation Society 1 $100
Wildlife Guardians 1 $20,000
Wilkes Bashford Helping Hands Emergency Fund 1 $250
William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice 5 $26,050
Williams College 2 $6,000
Williams Memorial Institute 1 $250
Willow Creek Foundation 1 $300
Wilshire Boulevard Temple 3 $17,000
Win Without War Education Fund 1 $284
Wine to Water 1 $250
Winters Friends of the Library 1 $100
Winters Healthcare Foundation 1 $1,000
Winters Joint Unified School District 1 $1,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra 1 $5,000
Witness for Peace 1 $500
Women for Women International 3 $700
Women Make Movies 2 $1,500
Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent 1 $200
Women With a Vision 1 $400
Women's Action for New Directions Education Fund 2 $2,834
Women's Audio Mission 1 $2,500
Women's Cancer Resource Center 1 $180
Women's Daytime Drop-In Center 1 $500
Women's Foundation of California 1 $5,000
Women's Global Education Project 1 $1,000
Women's International Network for Guatemalan Solutions 1 $250
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project - WRRAP 2 $2,340
WomenShelter of Long Beach 1 $5,000
Wood River Community YMCA 1 $800
Wood River Jewish Community 1 $1,900
Wood River Women's Foundation 1 $1,100
Woodside School Foundation 1 $1,000
Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation 1 $2,000
Woodstock Museum 1 $12,500
Working Assumptions Foundation 4 $2,100,000
World Affairs Council of Northern CA 1 $4,250
World Animal Protection 1 $100
World Arts West 2 $2,150
World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Jewish Organizations 1 $250
World Food Program 1 $118
World Jewish Congress American Section 13 $13,790
World Resources Institute 2 $45,000
World Union for Progressive Judaism 11 $44,680
World Vision 1 $100
World Wildlife Fund 12 $37,400
Wounded Warrior Project 7 $3,000
WriterCoach Connection 1 $250
Writers in the Schools 1 $500
Xavier University of Louisiana 1 $500
Yale University 21 $111,994
Yavneh Day School 1 $1,000
Year Up Bay Area 2 $75,000
Yellow Ribbon Fund 1 $180
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 1 $1,000
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 1 $500
YES Nature to Neighborhoods 3 $3,485
YES, Ross Valley Schools Foundation 2 $3,500
Yeshiva Day School of Silicon Valley 1 $18,000
Yeshiva University 1 $10,000
Yeshiva University of Los Angeles Boys High School 3 $8,200
Yeshiva-Torah Vodaath-Mesivta 1 $1,800
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Ltd. 2 $1,500
Yesod Foundation 1 $12,000
Yiddish Farm Education Center 1 $18,000
YMCA of San Francisco 4 $49,540
YMCA of the East Bay 1 $1,000
Yolo County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 1 $250
Yosemite Conservancy 5 $6,080
You Can Vote 1 $50,000
Young Audiences of Northern California 1 $1,500
Young Women's Choral Projects 2 $20,000
Youth Community Service 1 $200
Youth in Arts 1 $350
Youth Law Center 1 $7,500
Youth Radio 3 $1,050
Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project 1 $1,000
Youth Speaks 2 $13,000
Youth Spirit Artworks 1 $250
Youth Tennis Advantage 2 $2,600
YWCA San Francisco & Marin 1 $3,000
YWCA Silicon Valley 1 $5,000
Zaccho SF 1 $3,000
Zamir Choral Foundation 1 $1,800
Zen Hospice Project 3 $4,200
Zeta Beta Tau Foundation 1 $2,000
Zioness Movement 2 $6,400
Zionist Organization of America 4 $2,250
Zohar Dance Company 2 $1,100
Zonta International Foundation 1 $720

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