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
Jewish Communal Fund of New York 1 $3,600
Jewish Community Center of Baltimore 1 $1,000
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 39 $390,950
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay 7 $41,550
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay 7 $139,750
Jewish Community Center on the Palisades 1 $1,800
Jewish Community Center Sonoma County 2 $3,600
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund of San Francisco 368 $8,438,740
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego 2 $200
Jewish Community Free Clinic 5 $18,400
Jewish Community High School of the Bay 33 $170,960
Jewish Community Legacy Project 2 $500
Jewish Community of Kauai 1 $180
Jewish Community Relations Council 110 $789,986
Jewish Community Relations Council - Jewish Coalition for Literacy 3 $2,250
Jewish Congregation of Maui 1 $600
Jewish Council for Public Affairs 1 $500
Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay 20 $52,240
Jewish Family and Children's Services 104 $461,640
Jewish Family Service Association 2 $60,000
Jewish Family Service of Colorado 3 $3,390
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles 1 $500
Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley 2 $3,500
Jewish Family Service of the Desert 2 $2,000
Jewish Family Services 1 $500
Jewish Federation and Family Services of Orange County 1 $500
Jewish Federation Jewish Social Service 1 $1,500
Jewish Federation of Arkansas 1 $3,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland 2 $175,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles 3 $4,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh 1 $118
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara 3 $11,500
Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation 1 $1,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area 2 $10,000
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley 6 $66,246
Jewish Federation of St. Louis 1 $250
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires 1 $1,000
Jewish Federation of the East Bay 3 $8,500
Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region 1 $11,000
Jewish Federations of North America 1 $10,000
Jewish Federations of North America 10 $321,000
Jewish Film Institute 43 $303,090
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco 1 $500
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous 7 $3,240
Jewish Funders Network 11 $378,287
Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation 58 $662,782
Jewish Home at Rockleigh 1 $180
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network 2 $5,000
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs 6 $161,750
Jewish Jumpstart 5 $41,500
Jewish Learning Institute of Berkeley 1 $30,000
Jewish LearningWorks 25 $200,600
Jewish Life Center 3 $6,540
Jewish National Fund 33 $245,350
Jewish News Service 1 $1,800
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation 10 $16,100
Jewish Resource Center Chabad of Aspen 2 $2,300
Jewish Studio Project 5 $7,915
Jewish Study Network 9 $25,100
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 3 $151,180
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago 1 $5,000
Jewish Vocational Service 46 $232,558
Jewish Women International 1 $1,800
Jewish Women's Archive 4 $10,450
Jewish World Watch 1 $250
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice 1 $1,800
JIMENA 7 $24,400
Jobtrain 3 $20,300
Joe Goode Performance Group 2 $2,100
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 1 $50,000
Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School 1 $600,000
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale 2 $2,000
JQ International 1 $1,000
Judicial Watch 4 $12,300
Julia Morgan School for Girls 2 $25,100
Juma Ventures 1 $100
Jumpstart for Young Children 2 $5,000
JW House 1 $25,000
Kaal Kadosh Mickve Israel 1 $100
Kabbalah Centres of the United States 2 $5,000
KAHAL: Your Jewish Home Abroad 1 $500
Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation of America 1 $10,000
Kala Art Institute 1 $2,000
KARA 2 $1,180
Karmaspirit 1 $4,000
Katahdin Productions 1 $500
Katherine Delmar Burke School 5 $28,000
Kavod 1 $118
KCET 1 $200
KCRW Foundation 2 $700
Keddem Congregation 1 $180
Kehilla Community Synagogue and School 7 $27,415
Kehillah Jewish High School 15 $772,690
KehillahSF 2 $914
Kehillat Etz Chayim 12 $14,292
Kentfield Schools Foundation 1 $3,500
Kentucky Coalition 1 $250,000
Kenyon College 4 $31,460
Keshet 5 $33,850
Keter Torah Synagogue 4 $20,180

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