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
Threshold Choir, Executive Director 2 $434
Thrive Networks Global 1 $250
Tiba Foundation 5 $16,200
Tiburon Peninsula Foundation 3 $2,500
Tides Center 3 $10,000
Tides Center - Shalom Bayit 42 $83,003
Tides Foundation 1 $1,000,000
Tides Network 1 $500
Tikkun 1 $250
Tikva Children's Home 1 $5,000
Tipping Point Community 19 $7,211,920
Together We Rise 1 $443
TOLI 2 $10,250
Tom Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice 4 $2,280
Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation 3 $11,600
Torrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation 1 $30,000
Touch of Kindness 1 $5,000
Tower Foundation of San Jose State University 1 $25,000
Town Hall Theatre Company 1 $1,000
Town School For Boys 2 $51,000
Trace Elementary School, San Jose CA 1 $5,000
Tranqulity Farm 1 $3,000
Trans Lifeline 1 $100
Transcendence Theater Company 1 $3,000
Transgender Law Center 1 $180
Trap Free Montana 1 $2,000
Treasure Island Museum Association 2 $1,250
Trees Foundation 1 $4,000
Trevor Project 1 $180
Tri-Valley Haven for Women 1 $100
Tri-Valley Montessori School 1 $1,500
Trips for Kids Marin 2 $3,180
Trout Unlimited 1 $300
Truckee Donner Land Trust 3 $10,200
Truman Center For National Policy 1 $300,000
Trust for Hidden Villa 2 $200
Trust for Public Land 12 $79,257
Trust Women Foundation 2 $11,150
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York AKA Columbia Univer 1 $3,000
Trustees of Princeton University 2 $1,000
Trustees of Reservations 1 $25,000
Trustees of Tufts College 1 $500
Truth to Power Foundation 1 $125,000
TSNE MissionWorks 1 $10,000
Tucson Rodeo Parade Committee 1 $2,500
Tufts Hillel 2 $750
Tufts University 3 $2,350
Tulane Hillel 2 $860
Tulane University 1 $500
Tulsa Congregation B'nai Emunah 1 $720
Turtle Island Restoration Network 1 $250,000
Tyler Clementi Foundation 1 $250
Tzedakah Fund 4 $6,800
U.S.-Japan Council 1 $10,000
UC Davis Foundation 8 $17,500
UC Hastings Foundation 6 $24,500
UC Santa Barbara Foundation 5 $5,900
UC Santa Cruz Foundation 1 $10,000
UCLA Anderson School of Management 1 $2,500
UCLA Foundation 12 $123,350
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation 8 $59,500
UCSJ Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union 1 $180
UJA-Federation of New York 3 $2,800
Ujamaa Community Resource Team 1 $20,000
ULI Foundation 1 $5,000
Ultimate Peace 5 $80,300
UNICEF USA 3 $1,250
UNICEF USA 8 $3,050
Union College 1 $200
Union for Reform Judaism 10 $136,250
Union of Concerned Scientists 9 $8,000
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 3 $16,000
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito 1 $1,000
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee 3 $2,040
United Nations Watch - USA 3 $10,500
United Negro College Fund 2 $700
United Policyholders 2 $750
United Religions Initiative 5 $115,000
United Service Organizations 3 $400
United States Association for UNHCR 4 $8,750
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 36 $39,844
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee 1 $5,000
United States Olypmic and Paralympic Foundation 1 $15,000
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 7 $13,260
United Way of Central Maryland 1 $10,000
United Way of Miami-Dade. 1 $1,000
United Way of the Bay Area 7 $4,700
United Way of the Wine Country 1 $1,000
United Workers Association 1 $25,000
Unity San Francisco 1 $1,000
Unity Shoppe 2 $50,000
University Club of Palo Alto Scholarship Fund 1 $250
University Corporation San Francisco State 6 $84,500
University of Arizona Foundation 1 $900
University of California at Berkeley 58 $1,534,800
University of California Irvine Foundation 1 $500
University of California San Diego Foundation 3 $210,000
University of California San Francisco 1 $10,000
University of California San Francisco 126 $11,041,200
University of California-Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life 11 $46,780

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