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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Total Grants | Total Amount |
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California | 1 | $5,000 |
Room to Read | 3 | $8,750 |
Root Division | 2 | $7,000 |
Roots of Peace | 1 | $180 |
Rose Foundation | 2 | $3,840 |
Roseland Charter School | 1 | $1,000 |
Rosenberg Fund for Children | 3 | $1,250 |
Ross Police Officers Association | 2 | $1,100 |
Ross School Foundation | 5 | $23,400 |
Rossmoor Fund | 2 | $200 |
Rotacare Bay Area | 2 | $5,300 |
Rotaplast International | 1 | $250 |
Rotary District 5170 Foundation | 1 | $1,500 |
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | 1 | $100 |
Rubicon Programs | 2 | $500 |
Rural California Broadcasting Corp. KRCB-TV Channel 22 | 2 | $1,000 |
RYSE | 1 | $5,000 |
Sacramento Loaves and Fishes | 1 | $2,500 |
Sacred Heart Community Service | 2 | $2,000 |
Safe & Sound | 7 | $59,000 |
Saint Francis Foundation | 1 | $2,500 |
Saint Vincent's Day Home | 1 | $500 |
Salem Presbytery dba Epiphany Presbyterian Church | 1 | $18,000 |
Salvation Army - Golden State Division | 7 | $4,150 |
Salvation Computer | 1 | $1,000 |
Samaritan House | 15 | $13,600 |
San Antonio Community Development Corporation | 6 | $7,000 |
San Diego Humane Society & SPCA dba Project Wildlife | 1 | $5,000 |
San Diego Junior Golf Association | 1 | $5,000 |
San Domenico School | 1 | $5,000 |
San Francisco 49ers Academy | 1 | $400 |
San Francisco AIDS Foundation | 10 | $11,260 |
San Francisco Architectural Heritage | 5 | $2,900 |
San Francisco Art and Film Program | 1 | $2,500 |
San Francisco Art Institute | 1 | $100,000 |
San Francisco Arts Education Project | 2 | $7,500 |
San Francisco Ballet Association | 17 | $165,400 |
San Francisco Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame | 1 | $1,000 |
San Francisco Beautiful | 2 | $1,200 |
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Education Fund | 1 | $1,000 |
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum | 15 | $103,900 |
San Francisco Camerawork | 1 | $180 |
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis | 1 | $1,000 |
San Francisco Center for the Book | 1 | $180 |
San Francisco Chapter of the Older Women's League | 1 | $180 |
San Francisco Choral Society | 1 | $1,500 |
San Francisco Community Clinics Consortium | 2 | $25,000 |
San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 10 | $127,250 |
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players | 1 | $200 |
San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program | 3 | $6,500 |
San Francisco Day School | 2 | $1,500 |
San Francisco Early Music Society | 2 | $1,100 |
San Francisco Education Fund | 4 | $1,041,480 |
San Francisco First Tee | 2 | $2,300 |
San Francisco Foundation | 3 | $7,959,190 |
San Francisco Free Clinic | 16 | $152,794 |
San Francisco Friends School | 4 | $241,000 |
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus | 1 | $180 |
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | 20 | $204,710 |
San Francisco Girls Chorus | 3 | $2,180 |
San Francisco Hillel | 20 | $20,178 |
San Francisco Host Committee | 1 | $2,500 |
San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival | 1 | $500 |
San Francisco Jewish Comm Publications | 58 | $117,888 |
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center | 2 | $1,600 |
San Francisco Maritime National Park Association | 1 | $1,000 |
San Francisco Mime Troupe | 2 | $5,250 |
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society | 1 | $2,500 |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | 40 | $974,792 |
San Francisco Opera Association | 19 | $222,950 |
San Francisco Opera Guild | 1 | $20,000 |
San Francisco Parks Alliance | 16 | $91,900 |
San Francisco Performances | 3 | $2,700 |
San Francisco Playhouse | 4 | $14,900 |
San Francisco Public Health Foundation | 1 | $38,500 |
San Francisco Rescue Mission | 1 | $100 |
San Francisco SafeHouse | 1 | $500 |
San Francisco School | 2 | $2,000 |
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival | 1 | $2,500 |
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 11 | $13,750 |
San Francisco Suicide Prevention | 1 | $200 |
San Francisco Symphony | 45 | $361,425 |
San Francisco Unified School District - KALW | 8 | $3,000 |
San Francisco University High School | 5 | $6,300 |
San Francisco Women Artists | 1 | $400 |
San Francisco Youth Theatre | 1 | $3,000 |
San Francisco Zen Center | 1 | $5,000 |
San Francisco Zoological Society | 8 | $70,450 |
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | 41 | $72,808 |
San Jose Museum of Art Association | 1 | $10,000 |
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles | 1 | $250 |
San Jose Public Library Foundation | 1 | $100 |
San Jose Wind Symphony | 1 | $500 |
San Leandro Hebrew Congregation- Temple Beth Sholom | 1 | $350 |
San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation | 6 | $1,400 |
San Mateo County Health Foundation | 3 | $400 |
San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation | 5 | $1,500 |
San Mateo Public Library Foundation | 3 | $750 |
San Ramon Valley Unified School District | 1 | $250 |
Sand Lake Center for the Arts Circle Theatre Players | 1 | $100 |