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
George Washington High School Alumni Association 1 $250
George Washington University 1 $1,000
Georgetown University 4 $101,720
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School 1 $3,000
German Marshall Fund of the United States 2 $1,000,000
German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California 1 $1,000
Gesher Foundation 1 $100
Giants Community Fund 4 $10,100
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School 20 $274,794
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence 8 $15,340
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of San Jose 1 $500
Gilroy Foundation 2 $2,684
Giraffe Conservation Foundation USA 1 $1,000
Girl Scouts of Northern California 3 $12,150
Girls Inc of the Central Coast 1 $1,000
Girls Leadership Institute 1 $25,000
Girls Middle School 4 $6,000
Girls of Alameda County 1 $100
Girls To Women 1 $100
GirlVentures 1 $200
Givat Haviva Educational Foundation 2 $4,050
Give2Asia 1 $100
GiveDirectly 3 $6,273
Giving Back Fund 1 $50,000
GLAAD 1 $10,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation 4 $4,750
GLBT Historical Society 1 $10,000
GLIDE Foundation 25 $777,700
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance 2 $3,950
Global Alliance forinerator Alternatives 1 $15,000
Global Camps Africa 1 $10,000
Global Citizen Year 3 $12,500
Global Fund for Women 3 $7,500
Global Glimpse 1 $5,000
Global Jewish Assistance and Relief Network 1 $300
Global Justice Ecology Project 1 $275
Global Strategies for HIV Prevention 1 $1,000
Global Wildlife Conservation 1 $50,000
Gloucester Stage Company 1 $500
GLSEN 2 $2,400
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer 2 $368
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary and Education Center 1 $1,000
Golden Bridges School 1 $6,000
Golden Gate Blues Society 1 $1,600
Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue 1 $100
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy 14 $28,975
Golden Gate Opera 1 $600
Golden Gate Philharmonic 1 $1,800
Golden Gate Symphony and Chorus 1 $5,000
Good Food Institute 1 $2,000
Good Neighbor Settlement House 1 $500
GOOD+ Foundation FKA Baby Buggy 1 $1,800
Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties 2 $600
Gottesman RTW Academy 1 $1,800
Government Accountability Project 2 $5,835
Grace Cathedral 1 $1,000
Grace Science Foundation 3 $36,000
Graduate Theological Union 2 $2,750
Grameen Foundation 1 $150
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations 1 $750
Grassroots Collaborative 1 $250,000
Great American Songbook Foundation 2 $25,500
Greater Boston Legal Services 1 $150
Greater Miami Jewish Federation 2 $500
Greater Washington Comunity Foundation 1 $300
Green Science Policy Institute 1 $350
Green Street Rescue 1 $1,000
Greenlight Clinic 8 $13,600
Greenpeace Fund 11 $8,430
Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre 1 $3,000
Groundspark 1 $500
Growgood 1 $1,800
Guardsmen 2 $3,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind 1 $100
Guide Dogs for the Blind 5 $5,730
Guiding Eyes for the Blind 1 $250
Gulf of Maine Research Institute 1 $350
Gunn Memorial Library 1 $1,000
Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology 1 $1,800
Guttmacher Institute 2 $2,600
Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley 1 $25,000
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco 5 $1,500
Habitat for Humanity International 4 $3,750
Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County 1 $300
Habonim Camp Association 1 $1,000
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America 13 $16,910
Haight Ashbury Food Program 2 $2,000
HairToStay 13 $46,800
Haiti Partners 1 $1,000
Halachic Organ Donor Society 1 $180
Halleck Creek Ranch 1 $3,750
HAMAQOM 10 $584,883
Hamilton College 1 $2,500
Hamilton Families 8 $9,488
Hand in Hand: American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel 5 $19,040
Hands Across the Sea 1 $500
Hands Across the Valley 1 $1,000
Hands of Peace 2 $1,440
Happy Shalom School 5 $6,800
Happy Valley Foundation 1 $500

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