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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Taube Center for Jewish Studies-Stanford University | 1 | $8,000 |
Trustees of Tufts College | 1 | $500 |
University of California Irvine Foundation | 1 | $500 |
University of Virginia Law School Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
Wellesley College | 1 | $1,100 |
Algalita Marine Research Foundation | 1 | $500 |
Felidae Conservation Fund | 1 | $20,000 |
Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter | 1 | $100 |
Heirs to Our Oceans | 1 | $5,000 |
Laughing Pony Rescue | 1 | $5,000 |
MINA: Mariana Islands Nature Alliance | 1 | $500 |
Silver Creek Alliance | 1 | $250 |
Ability Now Bay Area | 1 | $200 |
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | 1 | $150 |
Art of Yoga Project | 1 | $1,000 |
Bonita House | 1 | $1,000 |
Chordoma Foundation | 1 | $1,800 |
Familial Dysautonomia Now Foundation | 1 | $180 |
Guiding Eyes for the Blind | 1 | $250 |
La Clinica de la Raza | 1 | $500 |
Multiple Sclerosis Society Northern California Chapter | 1 | $100 |
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition | 1 | $100 |
Operation Walk Los Angeles | 1 | $100 |
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
Women's Cancer Resource Center | 1 | $180 |
Airline Ambassadors International | 1 | $1,000 |
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center | 1 | $300 |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland | 1 | $100 |
City of Hope National Medical Center | 1 | $300 |
Community Change | 1 | $100 |
Friends of European Leadership Network | 1 | $100,000 |
George Mason University Foundation | 1 | $125,000 |
Highlander Research and Education Ctr. | 1 | $500 |
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | 1 | $750 |
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area | 1 | $500 |
Livable City | 1 | $250 |
Mechanics Institute | 1 | $1,000 |
On the Move | 1 | $1,000 |
Palm Center | 1 | $25,000 |
Protect Democracy Project | 1 | $50,000 |
RepresentUS Education Fund | 1 | $118 |
Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Education Foundation | 1 | $300 |
Skysthelimit.org | 1 | $1,000 |
Thrive Networks Global | 1 | $250 |
YMCA of the East Bay | 1 | $1,000 |
B'nai Israel of Rossmoor | 1 | $1,000 |
Chabad Lubavitch of Wyoming | 1 | $20,000 |
Chabad of the Inland Empire | 1 | $180 |
Congregation Beth Elohim | 1 | $3,125 |
Congregation Brith Shalom | 1 | $1,300 |
Grace Cathedral | 1 | $1,000 |
Jewish Congregation of Maui | 1 | $600 |
National Council of Young Israel - Century City | 1 | $5,000 |
The Chatham Synagogue | 1 | $500 |
Yeshiva-Torah Vodaath-Mesivta | 1 | $1,800 |
Acalanes Booster Club | 1 | $200 |
American Friends of Likud | 1 | $250 |
Attitudinal Healing International | 1 | $180 |
Black Girls Run Foundation | 1 | $225 |
Camp Hazen YMCA | 1 | $3,000 |
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin | 1 | $1,000 |
Exhale to Inhale, | 1 | $1,800 |
Foster Care Counts | 1 | $5,000 |
Girls Inc of the Central Coast | 1 | $1,000 |
Hope Ministries | 1 | $1,000 |
Los Angeles LGBT Center | 1 | $500 |
Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa | 1 | $100 |
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women | 1 | $500 |
North Carolina Agricultural Foundation | 1 | $10,000 |
Outdoors for All Foundation | 1 | $10,000 |
Planting Justice | 1 | $250 |
Sacramento Loaves and Fishes | 1 | $2,500 |
Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering Fair Association | 1 | $500 |
Slow Food USA | 1 | $200 |
St. Anne's Home - Little Sisters of the Poor | 1 | $5,000 |
Trans Lifeline | 1 | $100 |
Wilkes Bashford Helping Hands Emergency Fund | 1 | $250 |
42nd Street Moon | 1 | $100 |
Arts for Oakland Kids | 1 | $250 |
California Odd Fellows Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
Chicago Public Media | 1 | $100 |
Compassionate Listening Project | 1 | $180 |
Dezart Performs | 1 | $500 |
Flux Foundation | 1 | $1,000 |
Friends of the Rockridge Library | 1 | $1,000 |
Groundspark | 1 | $500 |
InterMusic SF | 1 | $1,000 |
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society | 1 | $500 |
Maryland State Boychoir | 1 | $1,000 |
National Museum of Women in the Arts | 1 | $250 |
Northern California Center for the Arts | 1 | $3,000 |
Rhythm Section Drumlines | 1 | $2,500 |
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus | 1 | $180 |
San Jose Museum of Art Association | 1 | $10,000 |
Silent Film Festival | 1 | $2,500 |
StoryCorps | 1 | $2,500 |
Theatre Lab (School of the Dramatic Arts) | 1 | $1,000 |
Vilna Project | 1 | $100 |
Alder Graduate School of Education | 1 | $5,000 |
Boston University | 1 | $1,000 |