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
Breast Cancer Research Foundation 1 $25,000
Breastcancer.org 1 $100
Breathe California of the Bay Area 1 $100
BrightFocus Foundation 1 $100
Brigid Alliance 1 $1,500
Bring Change to Mind 1 $1,500
Bring Me a Book Foundation 1 $1,000
British Schools and Universities Foundation 1 $6,450
Broadway Barks 1 $5,000
Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS 1 $2,000
Broadway Childrens School of Oakland 1 $500
Brooklyn Academy of Music 1 $150
Brothers for Life 3 $7,000
Brown RISD Hillel 2 $1,000
Brown University 10 $34,000
Bryn Mawr College 2 $3,500
Buckelew Programs 2 $2,000
Budding Artist Foundation 1 $2,000
Buffalo Bill Center of the West 1 $250
buildOn 3 $2,150
Bunny World Foundation 1 $300
Burlingame Library Foundation 3 $2,400
Burning Man Project 5 $9,223
Cake4Kids 2 $750
Cal Performances 6 $10,550
California Academy of Sciences 12 $118,500
California ChangeLawyers 1 $100
California Clean Money Campaign 1 $300
California College of the Arts 13 $317,500
California Film Institute 5 $5,411
California Fire Foundation 1 $25,000
California Genealogical Society 1 $1,000
California Historical Society 2 $20,250
California Homebuilding Foundation 1 $10,000
California Indian Environmental Alliance 1 $300
California Institute of Integral Studies 1 $1,000
California Invasive Plant Council 1 $180
California Jazz Conservatory 2 $20,500
California Lawyers for the Arts 1 $100
California Literary and Prologue Society 1 $375
California Masonic Foundation 2 $2,320
California Music Center 1 $100
California Odd Fellows Foundation 1 $5,000
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation 21 $622,910
California Poets in the Schools 1 $3,000
California Police Activities League 3 $700
California Prison Focus 2 $4,000
California Public Interest Research Education Fund 4 $1,000
California Scottish Rite Foundation 1 $500
California State Parks Foundation 11 $7,500
California State Wildlife Foundation 3 $3,650
California Trout 2 $5,000
California-Hawaii Elks Major Project 1 $100
Californians Against Waste Foundation 2 $450
Call to Action of Northern California 1 $180
CALmatters 2 $11,500
Cambodia Human Rights Task Forces 1 $35,000
Cambridge in America 2 $30,000
CAMERA 9 $5,620
Camfed USA Foundation 1 $2,000
Caminar 2 $3,500
Caminos de Agua 1 $250
Camp Havaya 1 $1,000
Camp Hazen YMCA 1 $3,000
Camp Kesem 5 $5,750
Camp Possibilities Foundation 1 $2,000
Camp Ramah in Northern California 8 $70,360
Camp Ramah in the Berkshires 1 $100
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin 2 $1,000
Campaign Legal Center 2 $1,500,000
Campanile Foundation 1 $5,000
Camperships for Nebagamon 1 $250
Canal Alliance 1 $20,000
Cancer Commons 3 $3,500
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation 1 $400
Cancer Research Institute 2 $500
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona 1 $1,500
Canine Companions for Independence 2 $1,100
Canopy 2 $5,300
Canopy Canopy Canopy 1 $40,000
Cantare Con Vivo 1 $2,000
Cantors Assembly 1 $250
Canvas Church of San Francisco 2 $90,000
Capitol Public Radio 1 $500
Carbon180 1 $50,000
Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Mid-Peninsula 1 $100
CARE 3 $1,300
Caring for Children 2 $2,500
CaringBridge 1 $100
Carleton College 1 $100
Carlmont Academic Foundation 2 $2,400
Carlmont Music Boosters 1 $250
Carmel Art Association 1 $150
Carolina for Kibera, 2 $200
Carter Center 1 $100
CASA of San Mateo County 2 $1,500
CASA of Ventura County 1 $300
Case Western Reserve University 1 $400
Castilleja School Foundation 3 $15,250
Castro Organ Devotees Association 1 $5,000

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